Really, Sort of, Scary. Depending on Your Design Sensibilities . . .
And you thought architects don’t know how to have fun.
New York architects dressed up as the buildings they designed. Beaux-Arts Costume Ball circa 1931.
From left to right:
- A. Stewart Walker – Fuller Building
- Leonard Schultze – Waldorf Astoria New York
- Ely Jacques Kahn – Squibb Building
- William Van Alen – Chrysler Building
- Ralph Walker – One Wall Street
- D.E. Ward – Metropolitan Tower
- Joseph H. Freelander – Museum of the City of New York
What I didn’t know was that this architect-dressed-up-as-the-buildings-they-designed thing is apparently somewhat of a tradition among architects.
Four of the so-called “New York Five.” Vanity Fair circa 1996.
From left to right:
- Michael Graves – Humana Building
- Charles Gwathmey – Gwathmey Residence and Studio
- Richard Meier – New Harmony’s Atheneum
- Peter Eisenman – Max Reinhardts Haus Project (not built)
Missing is John Hajduk.
Happy Halloween!
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