Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908–September 12, 2004) was a prominent architect of the New York City firm Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe. Successful works include the UNO Building, New York; the Corning Glass Center, New York; the U.S. Steel Tower (aka USX Tower), Pittsburgh U.S.A. and the Tour GAN, La Defense (Courbevoie), France. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...

Abramovitz graduated in 1929 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for which he later designed three buildings: the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts which was completed in 1969; the Hillel Foundation building; and Assembly Hall ($8.5M), at its time the world's largest edge-supported dome, 400 feet in diameter, and rising 128 feet above the floor. Other campus designs by Abramowitz include the Hilles Library, a new home for the Radcliffe College Library at Harvard, and Jerome L. Greene Hall, the main building of Columbia Law School. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, also known as UIUC and the U of I (the officially preferred abbreviation), is a large public university, the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... Assembly Hall can refer to multiple different arenas. ... Jerome L. Greene Hall, home of the Arthur W. Diamond Library. ...

Abramovitz received an M.S. from Columbia University in 1931. He was a partner of Wallace Harrison from 1941-1976. Wallace K. Harrison is a mid-twentieth-century architect. ...

In 1961, the destruction by fire of the synagogue of congregation of Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo led to a design for a new building by Abramowitz, completed in 1967.

He was the designer of Avery Fisher Hall (originally the Philharmonic Hall) at Lincoln Center (opened 1962.) Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center complex. ... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 15 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts companies. ...

Max Abramovitz died in September 2004 in Pound Ridge, New York, at the age of 96. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8 Richard Girnt... Pound Ridge is a town located in Westchester County, New York. ...

External links

• Obituary from New York Times, 15 Sep 2004
• Information on Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe - from Emporis.com
• Information on Harrison & Abramovitz (the firm's earlier incarnation) - from Emporis.com
• Max Abramovitz Architectural Records and Papers Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York City
• Architect Max Abramowitz, Designer of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, Dies (Architectural Record, September 17, 2004)