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Harvey Wiley Corbett
Born(1873-01-08)January 8, 1873
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedApril 21, 1954(1954-04-21) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
AwardsNew York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects achievement award, 1954
BuildingsBush Tower
Bush House
Metropolitan Life North Building
ProjectsPeace Arch
George Washington Masonic National Memorial

Harvey Wiley Corbett (January 8, 1873 – April 21, 1954) was an American architect primarily known for skyscraper and office building designs in New York and London, and his advocacy of tall buildings and modernism in architecture.

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Harvey Wiley Corbett

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Harvey Wiley Corbett (January 8, 1873 – April 21, 1954) was an American architect primarily known for skyscraper and office building designs in New York...

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Peace Arch

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international fundraising campaign to build the Arch. American architect Harvey Wiley Corbett donated his talents to design the Arch. International volunteers...

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Bush Tower

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of Times Square. Designed by Frank J. Helmle and Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm Helmle & Corbett, the building occupies a plot at 130–132 West 42nd...

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185 Montague Street

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Company between 1929 and 1930, the 16-story building was designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett and Wallace Harrison in the Art Deco style. 185 Montague Street was...

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New York School of Applied Design for Women

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1908 New York School of Applied Design building was designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett and is now landmarked. The school became the New York Phoenix School...

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Metropolitan Life North Building

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completed in 1921. The North Building was designed in the 1920s by Harvey Wiley Corbett and D. Everett Waid and built in three stages. Metropolitan Life...

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George Washington Masonic National Memorial

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train, he met Harvey Wiley Corbett of the New York City firm of Helmle & Corbett (and coincidentally a Freemason). The GWMNMA selected Corbett to be the chief...

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

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drawings of buildings) and architect. In 1922, skyscraper architect Harvey Wiley Corbett commissioned Ferriss to draw a series of four step-by-step perspectives...

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Master Apartments

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Riverside Drive and West 103rd Street. Designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm Helmle, Corbett & Harrison, in conjunction with Sugarman & Berger,...

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PPL Building

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company. The building was designed by architect and skyscraper pioneer Harvey Wiley Corbett, who would later have a hand in designing New York City's Rockefeller...

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The Tombs

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square foot Art Deco architecture facility was designed by architects Harvey Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers. The facility is the northernmost of the four...

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Bush House

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conceived as a major new trade centre and designed by American architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. The construction was undertaken by John Mowlem & Co. Sections of...

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Hugh Ferriss

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these laws meant for their designs, in 1922 the skyscraper architect Harvey Wiley Corbett commissioned Ferriss to draw a series of four step-by-step perspectives...

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Rockefeller Center

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the Art Deco architectural movement. The other architects included Harvey Wiley Corbett and Wallace Harrison. L. Andrew Reinhard and Henry Hofmeister had...

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UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design

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University of Pennsylvania School of Design Bing Thom Peter Walker Harvey Wiley Corbett Gwendolyn Wright Michael Woo, dean of the Cal Poly Pomona College...

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Agni Yoga

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Master Institute was housed in the Master Apartments, designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett in 1929 for Roerich and built on the site of the former Horch mansion...

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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

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directly to the north, between East 24th and 25th Streets. Architects Harvey Wiley Corbett and D. Everett Waid took up the project in 1928. The approved design...

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American Radiator Building

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College, opened in 2012. When the building was completed, architect Harvey Wiley Corbett observed that "Comment upon the new building has been sharply divided"...

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Rene Paul Chambellan

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New York 1939 – Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (100 Centre Street), Harvey Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers architects, NYC 1939 1940 – Airlines Building...

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Architecture of the night

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architectural features; in the same promotional publication as Hood's essay, Harvey Wiley Corbett argued for the form of the building to take floodlighting into account...

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Theodore Conrad

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architecture through his collaborations with architects such as Harvey Wiley Corbett, Wallace Harrison, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Edward Durell Stone...

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Stambaugh Auditorium

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constructed at a cost of $1.3 million, designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett of the New York firm of Helme and Corbett and is modeled after the public auditorium in...

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Daily News Building

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"practically a complete functionalist". Contemporary modernist architect Harvey Wiley Corbett said in Architectural Forum that the building was a "right about-face...

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List of memorials to George Washington

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Richmond George Washington Masonic National Memorial (1923–1932), Harvey Wiley Corbett, architect, Alexandria: Massive bronze statue of Illustrious Brother...

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