Biographies of Members of the Jewish People

Max Abramovitz

Max Abramovitz,   (born May 23, 1908, Chicago, Ill.—died Sept. 12, 2004, Pound Ridge, N.Y.), American architect who , partnered with Wallace K. Harrison to influence the development of modernist architecture and helped shape the Manhattan skyline with his designs for a number of midtown buildings. He collaborated on such high-profile projects as the United Nations complex in New York City and the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., but he was best known for his work on Philharmonic Hall (later Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center, New York City. 

Work

From 1941 through 1976, also see Harrison & Abramovitz

• David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, originally called Philharmonic Hall, and later Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 1962
• three buildings for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including the 1963 State Farm Center (formerly Assembly Hall), at its time the world's largest edge-supported dome, which is 400 feet in diameter and rises 128 feet above the floor, the 1969 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and the Hillel building
• Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford, Connecticut, 1963
• Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, New York, 1967 images
• the University of Iowa Museum of Art, and the Arts Campus of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1968 onwards
• the U.S. Steel Tower (also known as USX Tower) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970
• National City Tower, Louisville, Kentucky, 1972
• the Tour Gan, La Defense, Paris, France, 1974
• the Learning Research and Development Center building, University of Pittsburgh, 1974
• One SeaGate, Toledo, Ohio, 1982 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
• AEP Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1983 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
• Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio, 1984 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
• the Hilles Library, a new home for the Radcliffe College Library at Harvard
• the Three Chapels at Brandeis University
• the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University

References

1. Jump upIllio. Champaign, Illinois. 1929. p. 52.
2. Jump upRandy, Kennedy (15 September 2004). "'Max Abramovitz, 96, Dies, Architect of Avery Fisher Hall '". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

External links

• Obituary from New York Times, 15 Sep 2004
• New York Architects Profile
• Information on Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe - from Emporis.com
• Information on Harrison & Abramovitz (the firm's earlier incarnation) - from Emporis.com
• Max Abramovitz Architectural Records and Papers, 1926-1995. Held in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York City
• Architect Max Abramowitz, Designer of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, Dies (Architectural Record, September 17, 2004)