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Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Wallace K. Harrison was an American architect best known as head of the group of architects that designed the United Nations building, New York City (1947–50). Harrison studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and in 1921 won a traveling fellowship to Europe and the Middle East.
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Dec 3, 1981 · Wallace K. Harrison, the architect who played a major role in planning Rockefeller Center, the United Nations, Lincoln Center, the 1939 World's Fair and the Empire State Plaza in Albany,...
Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Mar 17, 2011 · In 1947, the UN commissioned Wallace K. Harrison to lead the international design team to create their new world headquarters to be a symbol of the bright, peaceful future ahead that did not...
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Wallace Kirkman Harrison (b. 1895 in Worcester, Massachusetts, d. 1981 in New York City) and Max Abramovitz (b. 1908 in Chicago, Illinois) belong to the generation of architects marking the transition between Beaux-Arts and modernism in American practice.
Wallace K. Harrison was an American architect associated with mid-century modernism in New York City. He worked on such high-profile projects as Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Headquarters, and Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in various capacities, as well as both of the 1939−40 and 1964 World’s Fairs.
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