Wallace Harrison

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American architect architect human

Wallace Harrison was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for leading major modernist projects in New York City, including significant civic and cultural landmarks.

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Label Occurrences
Wallace Harrison canonical 14
Wallace K. Harrison 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
architecturalStyle corporate modernism ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
basedIn New York City ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1895-09-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-12-02 ⓘ
designed Corning Museum of Glass ⓘ
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ
Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
Kresge Auditorium at MIT ⓘ
Empire State Plaza complex ⓘ
surface form: Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza

Socony–Mobil Building ⓘ
Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center ⓘ
educatedAt Boston Architectural Club ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
employer Harrison & Abramovitz ⓘ
Rockefeller Center ⓘ
surface form: Rockefeller Center, Inc.
familyName Harrison ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
givenName Wallace ⓘ
lifetime 1895–1981 ⓘ
memberOf American Institute of Architects ⓘ
movement International Style ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableProject Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
surface form: 1939 New York World’s Fair

expansion of Rockefeller Center ⓘ
notableWork Empire State Plaza complex ⓘ
surface form: Empire State Plaza

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center

Radio City Music Hall ⓘ
Rockefeller Center ⓘ
Trylon and Perisphere ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
placeOfBirth Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld architect-in-chief of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
chief architect of the United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ellen Hunt Milton ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Headquarters → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
The Egg (performing arts center) → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wallace K. Harrison
General Assembly Hall → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wallace K. Harrison
Harrison & Abramovitz → hasPart → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Harrison & Abramovitz → namedAfter → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Harrison & Abramovitz → hasMember → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Harrison & Abramovitz → notableArchitect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Harrison → hasNotableBearer → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut → hasArchitect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Max Abramovitz → partnerInFirmWith → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Trylon and Perisphere → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Metropolitan Opera House → architect → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wallace K. Harrison
Ellen Hunt Milton → spouse → Wallace Harrison ⓘ
Trylon → designedBy → Wallace Harrison ⓘ