Joseph_R._Koberling_Jr.
Joseph R. Koberling Jr.
American architect
Joseph R. Koberling Jr. (27 May 1900 – 8 June 1990) was a Hungarian-American architect. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he emigrated to the United States, first to San Francisco, then, in 1917, to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a student of noted art teacher, Adah Robinson.[1] He was in the first graduation class of Tulsa Central High School.[2] He was then educated at the Armour Institute (later part of Illinois Institute of Technology) in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in 1925. He returned to Tulsa, where he began practicing. He received his Oklahoma license in architecture in 1929, which he maintained until his death.[3]
Although much of his work was done solo, he was a principal in three partnerships in Tulsa:[3]
- Redlich & Koberling, 1929-1931 (F. W. Redlich)
- Fleming & Koberling 1933-1937 (Noble B, Fleming)
- Koberling & Brandborg, 1946-1956 (Lennart Brandborg)
Even while he was working outside a partnership, Koberling collaborated with several other architects on notable projects. These included Frank W. Atkinson, Bruce Goff and Leon Senter.