Max Abramovitz

Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908–September 12, 2004) was a prominent architect of the New York City firm Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe. Successful works include the UNO Building, New York; the Corning Glass Center, New York; the U.S. Steel Tower (aka USX Tower), Pittsburgh U.S.A. and the Tour GAN, La Defense (Courbevoie), France.

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May 23 - 1908 - September 12 - 2004 - Architect - New York City

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Abramovitz graduated in 1929 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for which he later designed three buildings: the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts which was completed in 1969; the Hillel Foundation building; and Assembly Hall ($8.5M), at its time the world's largest edge-supported dome, 400 feet in diameter, and rising 128 feet above the floor. Other campus designs by Abramowitz include the Hilles Library, a new home for the Radcliffe College Library at Harvard, and Jerome L. Greene Hall, the main building of Columbia Law School.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Assembly Hall - Columbia Law School

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Abramovitz received an M.S. from Columbia University in 1931. He was a partner of Wallace Harrison from 1941-1976.

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In 1961, the destruction by fire of the synagogue of congregation of Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo led to a design for a new building by Abramowitz, completed in 1967.

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He was the designer of Avery Fisher Hall (originally the Philharmonic Hall) at Lincoln Center(opened 1962.)

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Avery Fisher Hall - Lincoln Center

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Max Abramovitz died in September 2004 in Pound Ridge, New York, at the age of 96.

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September 2004 - Pound Ridge, New York

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