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.
Julian Whittlesey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julian Hill Whittlesey October 27, 1905 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1995 (aged 89) Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | architect |
| Years active | 1931–1977 |
| Employer(s) | Mayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant |
| Known for | large apartment buildings |
| Notable work | Manhattan House |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Movement | New Deal |
| Spouse | Eunice Stoddard Smith |
| Children | 1 |
Background
editWhittlesey 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
editIn 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
editBuildings
edit- Manhattan House
- The Butterfield House
- 240 Central Park South[4]
- Printer's Industrial Welfare Building[5]
- Bellmawr Homes[5]
- James Weldon Johnson Houses (in association with Robert J. Reiley and Harry Prince)[6]
- Rangel Houses (in Washington Heights)[7]
- New School:
City plans
editOther
edit- UN Playground (with Isamu Noguchi)[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "240 Central Park South Apartments". Culture Now. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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. ISBN 9781584655176. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
External sources
edit- "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.