Harry Weese

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Harry Weese was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist designs and influential work on projects such as the Washington Metro system.

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instanceOf architect
human
modernist architect
architecturalStyle Brutalism
Modernism
awardReceived American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture (various chapter awards)
surface form: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture in Chicago (regional honors)
basedIn Chicago
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1915-06-30
dateOfDeath 1998-10-29
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
École des Beaux-Arts
employer Harry Weese Associates
surface form: Harry Weese & Associates
familyName Weese
fieldOfWork architecture
historic preservation
urban design
founded Harry Weese Associates
surface form: Harry Weese & Associates
givenName Harry
hasInfluenced transit station design in the United States
knownFor civic and institutional buildings
design of Washington Metro system
modernist architecture
preservation advocacy in Chicago
memberOf American Institute of Architects
nationality American
notableFor coffered concrete vaults in Washington Metro stations
notableWork Arena Stage complex, Washington, D.C.
First Baptist Church, Columbus, Indiana
Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
River Cottages, Chicago
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
Time-Life Building, Chicago
United States Embassy in Accra, Ghana
Washington Metro
Washington Metro system stations
surface form: Washington Metro stations
occupation architect
designer
urban planner
participatedIn design of Washington, D.C. rapid transit system
placeOfBirth Evanston, Illinois
placeOfDeath Evanston, Illinois
sexOrGender male
workLocation Chicago
Washington, D.C.

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200 South Wacker Drive architect Harry Weese
Columbus, Indiana, United States hasArchitecturalWorkBy Harry Weese
subject surface form: Columbus, Indiana
J. Irwin Miller supportedArchitect Harry Weese
Harry Weese Associates foundedBy Harry Weese
Harry Weese Associates namedAfter Harry Weese