Julian Whittlesey
Born
Julian Hill Whittlesey

October 27, 1905
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 1995 (aged 89)
Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupationarchitect
Years active1931-1977
Employer(s)Mayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant
Known forlarge apartment buildings
Notable workManhattan House
Political partyDemocratic Party
MovementNew Deal
SpouseEunice Stoddard Smith
Children1

Julian Hill Whittlesey (October 27, 1905 – May 20, 1995[1][2] ) 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 military-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][3] In the 1950s, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, based in Reston, Virginia.[1][3]

Works

Buildings

City plans

Other

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Elliott, J. Michael (23 May 1995). "Julian Hill Whittlesey". New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Julian Whittlesey, architect, traveler" (PDF). Wilton Bulletin. 23 May 1995. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. 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 September 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "240 Central Park South Apartments". Culture Now. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 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.
  9. ↑ Solomon, Susan G. (2005). American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space. UPNE. p. 24. ISBN 9781584655176. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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