Oscar Nitzchke (August 29, 1900 – February 11, 1991) was an architect, best known for designing the

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and the Los Angeles Opera House. Nitzchke was born in Altona, Germany, and grew up in Switzerland. In 1920 he moved to Paris to enter the

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, but left the school in 1922 to work with

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. He came to New York in 1938 to work with the architectural firm

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, and later moved on to Jim Nash Associates, where he was made head of design. He retired in the early 1970s. In his retirement Nitzchke moved back to Paris, and died in the suburb

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* 1900 births 1991 deaths People from Altona, Hamburg German emigrants to Switzerland Swiss expatriates in France Swiss emigrants to the United States 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub