Carson & Lundin (and later Carson, Lundin & Shaw) was an architectural firm in

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formed initially by the 1941 partnership between Robert Irose Carson with Earl H. Lundin.

Principals

*Robert Carson (July 19, 1906 – 1960) was born in

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and received his bachelor's degree in architecture from the

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before coming to New York City, where he worked with

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and was the senior architect of

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from 1939 until his partnership with Forsyth.Carson, Robert Irose (1906-1960) - philadelphiabuildings.org
/ref> *Earl H. Lundin was born in 1902 and died in 1976.

Notable buildings

Esso Building
(now Time Warner Building /

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in Rockefeller Center) (1947) *

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(1950) *

666 Fifth Avenue 660 Fifth Avenue (formerly 666 Fifth Avenue and the Tishman Building) is a 41-story office building on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The office tower was d ...

(1957) *

55 Public Square 55 Public Square (formerly known as the Illuminating Building, after the Illuminating Company, the building's primary tenant) is a 22-story skyscraper located at number 55 Public Square, the town square of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by ...

Cleveland (1958) *

399 Park Avenue 399 Park Avenue is a 41-story office building that occupies the entire block between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was the world headquarters of Citigroup from 1 ...

(world headquarters of

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) (1961 as Carson Lundin and Shaw)
4 New York Plaza
(1969) *

25 Park Place 25 Park Place, formerly the Trust Company of Georgia Building and later the SunTrust Bank Building is a 28-story skyscraper owned by Georgia State University in Downtown Atlanta. Built across from Woodruff Park, construction was finished ...

, former headquarters of

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(1971)

References

External links

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