Editing Max Abramovitz

{{Short description|American architect}}
{{Infobox architect
|name                 = Max Abramovitz
|image                = Max Abramovitz.jpg
|caption              = 
|birth_name           = 
|birth_date           = {{Birth date|1908|5|23}}
|birth_place          = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
|death_date           = {{Death date and age|2004|9|12|1908|5|23}}
|death_place          = [[Pound Ridge, New York]], U.S.
|alma_mater           = [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], [[Columbia University]] School of Architecture, [[École des Beaux-Arts]] 
|practice             = [[Harrison & Abramovitz]]
|significant_buildings= [[David Geffen Hall]], [[Avery Fisher Hall]], [[Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building]]
|significant_projects = 
|significant_design   = 
|awards               = Resident of the American Academy in Rome (RAAR 1961)
}}

[[File:Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford CT - edge.JPG|right|250px|thumb|[[Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building]], [[Hartford, Connecticut]], 1963]]
[[File:Avery Fisher Hall.jpg|thumb|250px|David Geffen Hall, formerly known as Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.]]
[[File:Hilles Library, Radcliffe Quadrangle - IMG 9048-1.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Hilles Library, [[Quadrangle (Harvard)|Radcliffe Quadrangle]], [[Harvard University]]]]

'''Max Abramovitz''' (May 23, 1908 – September 12, 2004) was an American architect. He was best known for his work with the New York City firm [[Harrison & Abramovitz]].

== Life ==
Abramovitz was the son of [[Romanian Jew]]ish immigrant parents. He graduated in 1929 from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] School of Architecture. While at Illinois, Abramovitz was a member of the [[Tau Epsilon Phi]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/illio192935univ|title=Illio|year=1929|editor-last=Friedl|editor-first=John L. Jr.|location=Champaign, Illinois|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illio192935univ/page/472 472]|type=College yearbook}}</ref>  He later received an M.S. from [[Columbia University]]'s architecture school in 1931. He also was the recipient of a two-year fellowship at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris before returning to the US and becoming partners with [[Wallace Harrison]] from 1941 to 1976. In 1961, he was an invited resident (RAAR) of the American Academy in Rome.

Abramovitz died in September 2004 in [[Pound Ridge, New York]], at the age of 96. His drawings and archives are held by the [[Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library]] at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE3D91130F936A2575AC0A9629C8B63|title=Max Abramovitz, 96, Dies, Architect of Avery Fisher Hall|author=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=15 September 2004|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 Jan 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref>  Abramovitz also received an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois in 1970.

== Work ==
{{for|work from 1941 through 1976|Harrison & Abramovitz}}

===Brandeis University===
[[File:Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University.jpg|thumb|right|Slosberg Music Center]]
Abramovitz was a friend and student of [[Brandeis University]] president [[Abram L. Sachar]], who recruited him to work on his new campus.<ref name="BrandeisU01" /> For 30 years, Abramovitz oversaw university planning, was a University Fellow and served on its Board of Overseers and the Creative Arts Commission.<ref name="BrandeisU01" /> Abramovitz designed the "vast majority of buildings on the Brandeis campus" during the mid-1950s, including:<ref name="BrandeisU01">{{cite web |title=Building Brandeis: Style and Function of a University |url=https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/Max.html |website=Brandeis University |access-date=20 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812154014/https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/Max.html|archivedate=12 August 2020}}</ref>

* The Three Chapels, 1955<ref name="Brandeis50">{{cite book |last1=Bernstein |first1=Gerald S |title=Building & Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary |date=1999 |publisher=Brandeis University Office of Publications |isbn=0-9620545-1-8 |pages=34–37}}</ref><ref name="BrandeisU02">{{cite web |title=The Three Chapels |url=https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/Chapels.html |website=Building Brandeis |publisher=Brandeis University |access-date=20 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428115211/https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/Chapels.html|archivedate=28 April 2016}}</ref>
* Slosberg Music Center, 1957<ref name="BrandeisU01" />
* Pearlman Hall, 1957<ref name="BrandeisU00">{{cite web |title=Style of a Campus |url=https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/style.html |website=Building Brandeis |publisher=Brandeis University |access-date=20 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812142228/https://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/exhibits/building/style.html|archivedate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
* The [[Rose Art Museum]], 1961<ref name="Brandeis50" />

===Other work===
* Jerome Greene Hall<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wikicu.com/Jerome_Greene_Hall|title=Jerome Greene Hall – WikiCU, the Columbia University wiki encyclopedia|website=www.wikicu.com|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> at Columbia University, New York, 1961
* [[David Geffen Hall]] at [[Lincoln Center]], originally called Philharmonic Hall, and later [[Avery Fisher Hall]], New York City, 1962
* three buildings on the [[campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
** [[State Farm Center]] (formerly Assembly Hall), at its time the world's largest edge-supported dome, 1963
** [[Krannert Center for the Performing Arts]], 1969
** [[Hillel_at_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign#Building|Hillel International building]], 1951
* [[Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building]], [[Hartford, Connecticut]], 1963
* [[Temple Beth Zion (Buffalo, New York)|Temple Beth Zion]], [[Buffalo, New York]], 1967 [http://www.jbuff.com/Temple%20Beth%20Zion.htm images]
* the [[University of Iowa Museum of Art]], and the Arts Campus of the [[University of Iowa]], [[Iowa City]], [[Iowa]], 1968 onwards
* the International Affairs Building at Columbia University, New York, 1970<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wikicu.com/International_Affairs_Building|title=International Affairs Building – WikiCU, the Columbia University wiki encyclopedia|website=www.wikicu.com|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
* the [[U.S. Steel Tower]] (also known as USX Tower) [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], 1970
* [[National City Tower]], [[Louisville, Kentucky]], 1972
* the [[Tour Gan]], [[La Defense]], [[Paris]], France, 1974
* the [[Learning Research and Development Center#Building|Learning Research and Development Center building]], [[University of Pittsburgh]], 1974, demolished 2022
* [[One SeaGate]], [[Toledo, Ohio]], 1982 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
* [[AEP Building]], [[Columbus, Ohio]], 1983 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
* [[Capitol Square (skyscraper)|Capitol Square]], [[Columbus, Ohio]], 1984 (as Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland)
* [[Rockefeller Center]], in New York City, and the interior of [[Radio City Music Hall]] in Rockefeller Center
* Student Organization Center at Hilles, formerly the Hilles Library at [[Radcliffe College]] and now a part of [[Harvard University]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/arts/15abramovitz.html Obituary from ''New York Times'', 15 Sep 2004]
*[http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-HarrisonAbramovitz.htm New York Architects Profile]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040525045405/http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=101092 Information on Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe]}} – from Emporis.com
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040614140913/http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=100093 Information on Harrison & Abramovitz (the firm's earlier incarnation)]}} – from Emporis.com
*[https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_3459530 Max Abramovitz Architectural Records and Papers, 1926–1995].[http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/da.html/ Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives], [http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery.html/ Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University].
*[http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/040917avery.asp Architect Max Abramowitz, Designer of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, Dies (Architectural Record, September 17, 2004)]

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