Elizabeth Gordon (August 8, 1906 – September 3, 2000) was editor of House Beautiful magazine from 1941 to 1964.
[1] In her well-known 1953 essay, "The Threat to the Next America", she criticized International Style modern architecture and associated it with totalitarianism and communism.
[2] For this she earned a personal letter of approval from Frank Lloyd Wright, and the two became friends.
[3] In 1960, she introduced the Japanese aesthetic concept of shibui to an American audience.
"[7] The couple's 1941 residence in Dobbs Ferry, New York, was designed by architect Julius Gregory.