Wallace K. Harrison, architect / Victoria Newhouse.

Main entry:

Newhouse, Victoria.

Title & Author:

Wallace K. Harrison, architect / Victoria Newhouse.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1989.

Description:

332 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-315) and index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Drawing on oral memoirs, and interviews with associates, clients, and other architects, Newhouse traces the history of Harrison's professional career from its humble beginnings in New England to his studies in Paris, his apprentice years in New York, and his association with the Rockefellers. Harrison contributed to the design of the Rockefeller Center, the United Nations complex, the Albany Mall, and also planned and built structures of lesser stature: private houses for the Rockefeller family, the First Presbyterian Church in Connecticut, and the first aluminium skyscraper in Pittsburgh. At once biography, architectural interpretation, and social and urban history, the volume describes the modernist transformation of New York City. Newhouse also explains the difficulties of reconciling architectural creativity with the construction of a great city. ISBN 0-8478-0644-8: $45.00.

ISBN:

0847806448
9780847806447
0847810712
9780847810710

Subject:

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981.
Harrison, Wallace K. 1895-1981
Harrison, Wallace K.
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, New York)
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, New York)
Architects United States Biography.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architects
Architecture
Architektur
Bildband
Architecten.
United States
Architecture, Modern 20th century United States
Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkm ... 1895-

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 151460
Call No.: NA44.H323.9 N4 1989
Status: Available

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