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.

Aliases (1)

Wallace K. Harrison ×3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect → architect → human →
architecturalStyle	corporate modernism → modernist architecture →
awardReceived	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 → 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, Inc. →
familyName	Harrison →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
givenName	Wallace →
lifetime	1895–1981 →
memberOf	American Institute of Architects →
movement	International Style → Modernism →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableProject	1939 New York World’s Fair → expansion of Rockefeller Center →
notableWork	Empire State Plaza → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → 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 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut → General Assembly Hall ("Wallace K. Harrison") → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → Metropolitan Opera House ("Wallace K. Harrison") → The Egg (performing arts center) ("Wallace K. Harrison") → Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center → Trylon and Perisphere → United Nations Headquarters →	architect
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut →	hasArchitect
Harrison & Abramovitz →	hasMember
Harrison →	hasNotableBearer
Harrison & Abramovitz →	hasPart
Harrison & Abramovitz →	namedAfter
Harrison & Abramovitz →	notableArchitect
Max Abramovitz →	partnerInFirmWith