William F. Lamb
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William Frederick Lamb FAIA (November 21, 1883 – September 8, 1952), was an American architect, chiefly known as one of the principal designers of the Empire State Building.
Biography
Lamb joined the New York architecture firm
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1937 to 1945, including as vice chairman from 1941 to 1945.[2] In 1942 he was elected into the National Academy of Design
as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1950.
The firm also designed 521 Fifth Avenue, the Forbes Magazine Building, the Standard Oil Building, and the Bankers Trust Building and worked with H. Craig Severance on 40 Wall Street in New York. He also designed the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
He died in New York on September 8, 1952.
References
- Bibliography
- Tauranac, John. The Empire State Building, St. Martin's Griffin, New York (USA), ISBN 0-312-14824-0, 1995; pp. 102–4.
External links
- Structurae
- New York Architecture
- Richmond H. Shreve, William F. Lamb, Arthur L. Harmon and Walter Percy Chrysler. photographed in 1941.
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