Rockfeller Center

Item

Title
Rockfeller Center
Creator
Max Abramovitz (American architect, 1908-2004)
Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
Wallace Kirkman Harrison (American architect, 1895-1981) and others
City
New York, New York, United States
Country
United States
Date Created
1931-1940 (creation)
Century
20th century
Classification
Architecture and City Planning
Building Type
skyscrapers
high-rise buildings
Style/Period
Art Deco
Cultural Context
American
Materials
stone: sandstone
Techniques
construction
Description
view of plaza fountain, depicting "Prometheus" by Paul manship
Principal architect was Raymond Hood, working with and leading three architectural firms, ( Reinhard & Hormeister
Corbett, Harrison, & MacMurray (1929-1935)
Godley & Fouilhoux ), on a team that included a young Wallace Harrison. The firms were known as The Associated Architects. Rockefeller Center was acclaimed as a pioneering concept of commercial, multilevel, superblock planning
its Art Deco skyscrapers, including the RCA Building, are grouped around a sunken plaza. Many are embellished with landscaped terraces. Harrison and Abramovitz were later responsible for the more mundane towers (1959-1974) on the Sixth Avenue side of the complex.
Source
Saif Haq
Photographer
Saif Haq
Rights Holder
© Saif Haq
Access Rights
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Item sets
All Faculty Collections
Saif Haq Collection
Media
https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/ttu_haq_001146.jpg

Max Abramovitz (American architect, 1908-2004), Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934), and Wallace Kirkman Harrison (American architect, 1895-1981) and others, “Rockfeller Center”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 15, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/16311