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Images-New York Architects Wallace Kirkman Harrison |
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biography |
1895–1981, American architect
and city planner, b. Worcester, Mass. Harrison designed the Trylon and
Perisphere, the symbolizing structures for the New York World's Fair,
1939. In 1945 he entered into partnership with Max Abramowitz, who was
later famed for his designs for Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts and the Columbia Univ. law school
(both: 1962). Harrison was responsible for numerous large buildings, such
as those for Alcoa in Pittsburgh (1952) and the Time-Life Building (1960)
and the Exxon Building (1973), both in New York City. He was probably the
most effective large-scale coordinator in American architecture. His
projects included the UN Headquarters (1947–53) and the World's Fair of
1964 in New York City, and the South Mall (1963–78) in Albany, N.Y.
See biography by V. Newhouse (1989). |
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