Max Abramovitz

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Max Abramovitz (born May 23, 1908 in Chicago , Illinois , † September 12, 2004 in Pound Ridge , New York ) was an American architect .

Life

Avery Fisher Hall

The son of Romanian immigrants studied at the University of Illinois (Bachelor, 1929) and at Columbia University in New York (Master, 1931) and from 1932 to 1934 at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . From 1935 was associated with the architecture studio of Wallace K. Harrison , from 1940 as a partner under the studio name Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz (with André Fouilhoux ), from 1945 under the name Harrison & Abramovitz . He was partly active in academic teaching: 1931/32 and 1937/38 at Columbia University and New York University , 1938–1942 at Yale University . In 1945 he received the Cross of the Legion of Honor ( Legion of Merit ) for the construction of airfields in China during the Second World War. He also won numerous architecture prizes, including a. three times the honorary award of the American Institute of Architects (AIA; 1953, 1956, 1959). He has been an honorary doctor of the University of Illinois since 1970 ; In 1974 Max Abramovitz was elected a full member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design .

architecture

Abramovitz is considered one of the most important representatives of post-war architecture. It stands for functional architecture in the succession of the Bauhaus .

Important buildings (selection)

  • Collaboration at the UN headquarters, New York (as deputy director) (1953)
  • Extension at Rockefeller Center, New York (1955)
  • Brooklyn Aquarium (1957)
  • Wachovia Bank Building, Charleston, North Carolina (1958)
  • Rockefeller Center: Time & Life Building (1960)
  • Central Intelligence Agency, Langley (1961)
  • Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , New York (1962)
  • Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1963)
  • Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford (1964)
  • Beth Zion Temple, Buffalo (1966)
  • Collaboration on Tour CB21 , Paris - La Défense (1972–1974)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "A" / Abramovitz, Max NA 1974 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 13, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

literature

  • John Harwood, Janet Parks: The troubled search. The work of Max Abramovitz. Columbia University, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York NY 2004, ISBN 1-88491-916-2 .
  • The architecture of Max Abramovitz. Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL 1963 (exhibition catalog).
personal data
SURNAME Abramovitz, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2004
Place of death Pound Ridge