Julian Whittlesey

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.

Julian Whittlesey
Born
Julian Hill Whittlesey

October 27, 1905
Greenwich, Connecticut
Died
Wilton, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Occupationarchitect
Years active1931-1977
EmployerMayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant
Known forlarge apartment buildings
Notable work
Manhattan House
Political partyDemocratic Party
MovementNew Deal
Spouse(s)Eunice Stoddard Smith
ChildrenPeregrine Whittlesey Freund

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][4]

In the 1950s, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, which designed Reston, Virginia.[1][4]

Works

Buildings

City plans

Other

See also

References
  1. 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. Julian Whittlesey at Find a Grave
  4. 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.
  5. "240 Central Park South Apartments". Culture Now. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "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.
  10. Solomon, Susan G. (2005). American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space. UPNE. p. 24. ISBN 9781584655176. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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