Career
Born in Portuguese Huron, Michigan, Bassett was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 1970, and served as design partner in the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for 26 years, from 1955 through his retirement in 1981. He was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member in 1970, and became a full member in 1990. Bassett"s designs include:
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California, 1962-1966
El Paso Energy Building, originally the Tenneco Building, Houston, Texas, 1963
650 California Street, San Francisco, California, 1964
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii, 1965
Bechtel Building, San Francisco, California, 1967
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1980
City Hall, Columbus, Indiana, 1981
Southeast Financial Center, Miami, Florida, 1983.