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William Frederick Lamb | |
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| Born | November 29, 1111 |
| Died | September 8, 1952 |
| Alma mater | William College Columbia University's School of Architecture The Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Carrère & Hastings Carrère, Hastings, Shreve & Lamb Shreve & Lamb Shreve, Lamb and Harmon |
| Buildings | Empire State Building |
William Frederick Lamb (November 21, 1883 – September 8, 1952) was one of the principal designers of the Empire State Building.
Lamb was born in Brooklyn and studied at William College, Columbia University's School of Architecture and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He joined the firm of Carrere & Hastings in 1911. In 1920 the firm changed its name to Carrère and Hastings Shreve & Lamb and, in 1925, to Shreve & Lamb, and in 1929 to Shreve, Lamb and Harmon.
The firm also designed 521 Fifth Avenue, the Forbes Magazine Building, the Standard Oil Building, the Bankers Trust Building and worked with H. Craig Severence on 40 Wall Street in New York. He also designed the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
He died in New York.
References
- Bibliography
- Tauranac, John. The Empire State Building, St. Martin's Griffin, New York (USA) , ISBN 0-312-14824-0, 1995; pp. 102–4.
External links
- Structurae
- New York Architecture
- Richmond H. Shreve, William F. Lamb, Arthur L. Harmon and Walter Percy Chrysler. photographed in 1941.
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