Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 - December 2, 1981), was an American twentieth-century architect. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction
Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. He is best known for executing large public projects in New York City and upstate, many of them a result of his long and fruitful personal relationship with Nelson Rockefeller, for whom he served as an adviser. The City of New York Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ( July 8, 1908 January 26, 1979) was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, the forty-ninth
Architecturally, Harrison's major projects are marked by straightforward planning and sensible functionalism, although his residential side-projects show more experimental and humane flair. His architectural partner from 1941 to 1976 was Max Abramovitz. Max Abramovitz ( May 23 1908, Chicago - September 12, 2004, Pound Ridge New York) was an Architect of the
In 1931 Harrison established an 11 acre (45,000 m²) summer retreat in West Hills, New York, which was a very early example and workshop for the International Style in the United States, and a social and intellectual center of architecture, art, and politics. West Hills is a Hamlet and Census-designated place (CDP in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, United States The International style was a major Architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s The home includes a 32 foot circular living room that is rumored to have been the prototype for the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center. Two other circular rooms complete the center of Harrison's design. Frequent visitors and guests included Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Moses, Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, and Fernand Léger, who waited out part of World War II by painting a mural at the bottom of Harrison's swimming pool. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ( July 8, 1908 January 26, 1979) was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, the forty-ninth Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Marc Chagall (מאַרק שאַגאַל&lrm Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ; Russian: Марк Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier ( October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965) was a Swiss Joseph Fernand Henri Léger ( February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Leger also created a large mural for the home's circular living room and sculpted an abstract form to serve as a skylight. Calder's first show is said to have taken place at the home.
Harrison's architural drawings and archives are held by the Drawings and Archives Department of Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is one of twenty-five libraries in the Columbia University Library System and is located in Avery Hall on the Morningside Heights Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.
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Major projects
- United Nations headquarters complex, coordinating the work of an international cadre of designers, including Sven Markelius, Le Corbusier, and Oscar Niemeyer, among others;
- The Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City;
- The Exxon Building at Rockefeller Center;
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, coordinating the work of Pietro Belluschi, Gordon Bunshaft, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, among others;
- The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center;
- The Nelson A. The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950 The City of New York The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950 Sven Gottfrid Markelius (1889–1972 was one of the most important Modernist Swedish Architects. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier ( October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965) was a Swiss Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian Architect who is considered one of the most important The Time-Life Building, located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue in Rockefeller Center in New York opened in 1959 and designed by the Rockefeller The City of New York Pietro Belluschi ( August 18 1899 — February 14 1994) was a Portland Oregon architect Gordon Bunshaft ( May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was a 20th century Architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8 1906&ndash January 25 2005 was an influential American Architect. Eero Saarinen (eːro saːrinen (August 20 1910 Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1 1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, his last major project;
- The Rockefeller Apartments, commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller, facing the Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden;
- The Battery Park City complex, New York City;
- LaGuardia Airport, New York City;
- The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, whose details foreshadow the Metropolitan Opera House;
- The First Presbyterian Church ("The Fish Church"), Stamford, Connecticut;
- The New York Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair;
- Hilles Library, Harvard University;
- The National City Tower, Louisville, Kentucky;
- Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939 New York World's Fair;
- Erieview Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. The Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza (commonly known as simply the Empire State Plaza and less formally as The South Mall Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ( July 8, 1908 January 26, 1979) was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, the forty-ninth The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth Battery Park City is a 92 acre (04 km² Planned community at the southwestern tip of Lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. LaGuardia Airport (ləˈɡwɑɹdiə is an airport located in Queens County on Long Island in the The City of New York. Hopkins Center for the Creative and Performing Arts at Dartmouth College is located at 2 East Wheelock Street in Hanover New Hampshire. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The First Presbyterian Church of Stamford Connecticut, is church designed by architect Wallace K The New York Hall of Science occupies one of the few remaining structures of the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park in the The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the third major World's Fair to be held in New York City National City Tower is a Skyscraper in Downtown, Louisville Kentucky, United States, and located at 101 South Fifth Street Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the state of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan Area The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. The Trylon and Perisphere were the central structures known as the Theme Center of the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940. The 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair) was one of the largest The Erieview Tower (also known as the Tower at Erieview, 100 Erieview, or the Erieview Plaza Tower) is a Skyscraper located in downtown Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads
Further reading
- Reich, Cary. The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958. New York: Doubleday, 1996.
- Sudjic, Deyan. The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful - and Their Architects - Shape the World. New York: Penguin, 2005.
See also
External links
- The Moderns 2007 New York Times article on the Rockefeller Apartments and Harrison as the architect. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ( July 8, 1908 January 26, 1979) was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, the forty-ninth Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City.
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