Glenn Buff
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Glenn Allen Jefferson Buff (November 7, 1927, in Newton, North Carolina – November 13, 2007) was an American architect. North Carolina has the third highest number of Modernist residences in the country. Modernist design became popular in the US in the 1930s, primarily in California, and expanded east through the 1960s. Glenn Buff was one of the architects who contributed to the state's design heritage during that time by influencing the modernist movements and designing modernist houses for people. Buff contributed by designing modernist houses and influencing the movement with his work.
Buff was the son of the Reverend Clarence Pinckney Buff and Junie Queen Buff.
Buff was born in Newton, North Carolina, and, starting at the age of 17 served in the U.S. Navy between 1944 and 1948.
Buff graduated from North Carolina State University's School of Design in 1955 and worked for the Raleigh School Board. In the early 1950s, 1953–1955, he worked with Buckminster Fuller on experimental geodesic domes, a type of house that is in the shape of a dome.