Julian Whittlesey
| Julian Whittlesey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Julian Hill Whittlesey October 27, 1905 Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Died | Wilton, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | architect |
| Years active | 1931-1977 |
| Employer | Mayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant |
| Known for | large apartment buildings |
| Notable work | Manhattan House |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Movement | New Deal |
| Spouse(s) | Eunice Stoddard Smith |
| Children | Peregrine Whittlesey Freund |
Julian Hill Whittlesey (October 27, 1905 – May 20, 1995[1][2][3] ) was a prominent American architect and planner who co-founded the firms Mayer & Whittlesey and then Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant.
Background
Whittlesey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. He studied civil engineering and architecture at Yale (degrees in 1927 and 1930). He also studied on a fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.[1]
Career
In the early 1930s, Whittlesey worked for the Resettlement Administration and the U.S. Public Housing Administration. During World War II, he designed miliary-related housing and administrative buildings.[1]
In 1935, he co-founded Mayer & Whittlesey, with Albert Mayer. The firm designed Manhattan House and other large buildings. They also helped design the cities of Kitimat, British Columbia, and Chandigarh, India.[1][4]
In the 1950's, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, which designed Reston, Virginia.[1][4]
Works
Buildings
- Manhattan House
- 240 Central Park South Apartments[5]
- Printer's Industrial Welfare Building[6]
- Bellmawr Homes[6]
- James Weldon Johnson Houses (in association with Robert J. Reiley and Harry Prince)[7]
- Rangel Houses (in Washington Heights)[8]
- New School:
City plans
Other
- UN Playground (with Isamu Noguchi)[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Elliott, J. Michael (23 May 1995). "Julian Hill Whittlesey". New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "Julian Whittlesey, architect, traveler" (PDF). Wilton Bulletin. 23 May 1995. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ Julian Whittlesey at Find a Grave
- 1 2 Bloom, Nicholas Dagen (2001). Suburban alchemy : 1960s new towns and the transformation of the American dream. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Univ. Press. pp. 18–20. ISBN 9780814208748. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "240 Central Park South Apartments". Culture Now. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Bloom, Nicholas Dagen; Lasner, Matthew Gordon (2015). Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City. Princeton University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780691167817. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ Feuer, Alan (December 27, 2002). "A Digit and a World Apart; At 565 Park, Living the Dream; at 1565, Still Dreaming". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- 1 2 "66 West Twelfth Street Architectural Plans and Drawings, NS.09.01.01 1924-1986" (PDF). New School. 8 March 2013. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Solomon, Susan G. (2005). American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space. UPNE. p. 24. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
External sources
- "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.