Harry Weese
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| Harry Weese | |
| Title | FAIA |
| Born | June 30, 1915; Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Died | October 29, 1998; Manteno, Illinois, USA |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Yale University |
| Firms | Harry Weese & Associates (Harry Weese Associates, Chicago, Illinois, USA and Harry Weese Associates, Arlington, Virginia, USA); Skidmore Owings and Merrill-SOM |
| Notes |
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[edit] Projects
- Washington DC Metro Stations, Washington, District of Columbia
- United States Embassy Building, Accra, Ghana
- Arena Stage, Washington, District of Columbia
- Time-Life Building, Chicago, Illinois
- First Baptist Church, Columbus, Indiana
- Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois
- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Humanities Building, Madison, Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, widely considered one the Midwest's best examples of brutalist architecture but slated for demolition soon
- Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. formerly Elvehjem Museum of Art
- Upper School, Chicago, Illinois (high school) building on the campus of The Latin School of Chicago
- Mercantile Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
- Westin Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
- Fulton House, Chicago, Illinois at 345 N. Canal Street, Chicago. Converted 19th century 16-story cold-storage warehouse building to condominium building
- River Cottages, Chicago, Illinois at 357-365 N. Canal Street, Chicago. Sloped, structurally expressive facade responds to the angle and cross bracing of the railroad bridge directly across the river
- William J. Campbell United States Courthouse Annex, Chicago, Illinois
- Middletown City Building, Middletown, Ohio
- Sterling Morton Library, Lisle, Illinois at The Morton Arboretum
- O'Brian Hall, Buffalo, New York at the State University of New York at Buffalo
- Healey Library, Boston, Massachusetts at the University of Massachusetts Boston
- Given Institute, Aspen, Colorado
[edit] Discussion
[edit] References
- "On the Life and Work of Chicago Architect Harry Weese" - ChicagoMag.com - 2010.07
[edit] External Links
- "Harry Weese's Pieces" - Architect's Newspaper, 2010.1022
- "Harry Weese, 83, Designer of Metro System in Washington" - obituary by Herbert Muschamp, New York Times, 1998.1103
- Harry Weese biography, The Chicago Architects Oral History Project, The Art Institute of Chicago
- "A New Look at the Late Harry Weese" by Lee Bey, Lee Bey's Chicago: Beyond the Boat Tour (blog), 2010.0719
- "Humanities architect a hot topic" by Doug Moe, Wisconsin State Journal, 2010.0801
- "Creating the Washington Metro", by Kathleen Murphy Skolnik, ArchitectureWeek No. 496, 2010.1027, p C1.1
