Arthur Loomis Harmon (July 13, 1878 – October 17, 1958) was an American
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. He is most famous as the design partner of the firm
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, founded as Shreve & Lamb, was an architect, architectural firm, best known for designing the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1931.
History
The firm was founded in ...
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Biography
He was born in Chicago in 1878 and graduated from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
's School of Architecture in 1901. From 1902 to 1911, he practiced with the architectural firm of
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm that came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York. The firm's founding partners Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), Wil ...
. Later, he partnered with the firm of Wallis & Goodwillie before joining Shreve and Lamb to form
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, founded as Shreve & Lamb, was an architectural firm, best known for designing the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1931.
History
The firm was founded in 1920 as Sh ...
. He was elected into the
National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...
as an Associate member in 1935 and became a full Academician in 1944.
He died on October 17, 1958 in
White Plains, New York
(Always Faithful)
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Projects
With the firm, he designed many landmarks that still stand today. Among them are:
740 Park Avenue
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, the
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the st ...
, and
3 Park Avenue.
Personally, he also designed several buildings of relative fame, namely the
Jerusalem International YMCA Jerusalem International YMCA is a YMCA branch in Jerusalem established in the early twentieth century.
History
In 1924, Archibald Clinton Harte, General Secretary of the International YMCA, raised the sum of one million dollars towards the const ...
, Ten-Eyck-Troughton Residence, Shelton Hotel (currently the New York Marriott East Side),
and
Warburton House.
References
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Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni
1878 births
1958 deaths
Artists from Chicago
Architects from Chicago
National Academy of Design members