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Defunct. 1976. Headquarters. New York, New York. Harrison & Abramovitz (also known as Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz; Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe; and Harrison, Abramovitz, & Harris) was an American architectural firm based in New York and active from 1941 through 1976. The firm was a partnership of Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz.
Feb 21, 2024 · Harrison, Johnson, Saarinen, Abramovitz, and other leading mid-century modern architects designed Lincoln Center’s cohesive modernist aesthetic to create a new arts campus befitting New York City. The buildings provide world-class facilities for the center’s resident companies while allowing the focus to remain on the performing arts themselves.
Harrison & Abramovitz (also known as Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz; Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe; and Harrison, Abramovitz, & Harris) was an American architectural firm based in New York and active from 1941 through 1976.
549 Hilles Library 04930. Info. Harrison & Abramovitz. Harrison & Abramovitz was a New York based, American architecture firm founded by Max Abramovitz and Wallace K. Harrison. The firm is responsible for many buildings in the New York area as well as in other parts of the United States, including the now Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center.
The Hall of Science was envisioned as a science pavilion to be converted into a museum after the culmination of the 1965 World Fair. Designed by Harrison and Abramovitz Architects, the 80 feet high, undulating façade of the Great Hall forms the focal point of the Hall of Science. Designed for the exhibition called “Rendezvous in Space ...
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. From large-scale collaborative design and planning projects for government agencies and ...
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Named for the shape it resembles, it was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz as part of the Empire State Plaza project, and built between 1966 and 1978. It is located in the northeast corner of the Plaza. It has become an icon of New York's Capital District, due to its unusual shape and central location.
