Max Abramovitz

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Max Abramovitz
BornMay 23, 1908
DiedSeptember 12, 2004(2004-09-12) (aged 96)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture, École des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
AwardsRome Prize (1961)
PracticeHarrison & Abramovitz
BuildingsDavid Geffen Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford, Connecticut, 1963
David Geffen Hall, formerly known as Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
Hilles Library, Radcliffe Quadrangle, Harvard University

Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908 – September 12, 2004) was an American architect. He was best known for his work with the New York City firm Harrison & Abramovitz.

Life

Abramovitz was the son of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. He graduated in 1929 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture. While a student at Illinois, Abramovitz was a member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity.[1] He later received an M.S. from Columbia University's architecture school in 1931. He also was the recipient of a two-year fellowship at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before returning to the US and becoming partners with Wallace Harrison from 1941 to 1976. In 1961, he won the Rome Prize.

Abramovitz died in September 2004 in Pound Ridge, New York, at the age of 96. His drawings and archives are held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University.[2] Abramovitz also received an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois in 1970.

Work

for work from 1941 through 1976, also see Harrison & Abramovitz

References

  1. ^ Illio. Champaign, Illinois. 1929. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Randy, Kennedy (15 September 2004). "'Max Abramovitz, 96, Dies, Architect of Avery Fisher Hall '". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

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