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	Encyclopedia: List of Swiss people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William Tell (German Wilhelm Tell, French Guillaume Tell) was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century.
		The Battle of Sempach was fought on July 9, 1386 between Duke Leopold III of Austria and the Swiss Confederation.
		Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer, Etching by Arthur William Heintzelman Albert Schweitzer, OM, (January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965) was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Swiss-people (7368 words)

	Lescaze and Howe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William Lescaze was born in Geneva in 1896.
		The partnership of Howe and Lescaze was established in 1929 and lasted until 1934.
		Lescaze, who also helped introduce the Modern Movement to England, died in New York in 1969.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/L/Lescaze/Lescaze.htm (173 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Lescaze (Architecture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		William Lescaze[leskAz´] Pronunciation Key, 1896–1969, American architect, born and trained in Switzerland.
		Emigrating to the United States in 1920, Lescaze became influential in introducing the new European architecture to America.
		His works emphasized prismatic simplicity, as in his plan for the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building (with George Howe, 1930–32) and the CBS studios in Hollywood (1938).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Lescaze.html (176 words)

	Main Line Times - News - 01/26/2004 - A modernist masterpiece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lescaze is a Swiss-born architect who traveled to America to partner with longtime Philadelphia architect George Howe to design the city's PSFS building, one of the first International style buildings in America, the first skyscraper in Philadelphia, and one of the most treasured buildings on the city's skyline.
		In addition to designing Philly's first skyscraper, Lescaze designed the first building planned exclusively for radio and TV (the CBS building in Los Angeles), the first modernist town house in New York, and the first modernist school in the nation (Oak Lane Country Day School).
		Lescaze designed a first-floor three-bay garage clad in local stone facing the street, with a doorway almost hidden among the bays.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1676&dept_id=225412&newsid=10868680&PAG=461&rfi=9 (712 words)

	Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, he was dissatisfied with a strictly Beaux Arts application to the skyscraper and took on William Lescaze as a partner midway through the design of PSFS.
		Lescaze had been educated in Switzerland and was well versed in Modem theory especially those proposed by Hitchcock and Johnson as the International Style.
		Lescaze’s influence brought to the design of PSFS an interest in the expression of volume over that of discreet massing, the rhythmic organization of regular units and no prescription for ornament.
	www.aiasnatl.org /critfifty/article/r_article_24.htm (2247 words)

	Churston Development Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lescaze worked from New York where he was building a townhouse at 211 E 48th Street on the strength of his Dartington contracts.
		Four more houses were completed in 1936, but by then Lescaze had left the project.
		William Lescaze's grand vision for the Elberry Hotel at Churston collapsed when partnership with the Great Western Railway fell through.
	www.dartingtonarchive.org.uk /pages/churston.html (354 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Williamsburg, Brooklyn
		Unfortunately, the school is in a rather dull neoclassic style which adds little to the architectural interest of the group.
		William Lescaze, a Swiss-born architect bent on bringing the International Style to the United States, was the chief designer.
		Lescaze was responsible for the overall design, which includes twenty T- and H-shaped, 4-story
	www.nyc-architecture.com /WBG/wbg034.htm (1348 words)

	NewStandard: 7/29/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was the husband of Mary L. (Law) Whelan and son of the late William N. and Elizabeth (Toner) Whelan.
		Survivors include his widow; two sons, William N. Whelan III of New Bedford and David L. Whelan of Plymouth; a daughter, Marilu Smith of Rochester; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
		Lescaze was born in New York to William Lescaze, an architect, and the former Mary Hughes.
	www.s-t.com /daily/07-96/07-29-96/zobits.htm (983 words)

	William Lescaze -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William Lescaze -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		William Edmond Lescaze (March 27 1896-February 9 1969) was a (The natives or inhabitants of Switzerland) Swiss-born (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)) architect.
		He received his formal education in (The largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country) Zurich, Switzerland, and emigrated to the USA in 1920.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_lescaze.htm (140 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar
		Advertisements at the time proclaimed that there was "nothing more modern" than the high-rise building, acknowledging both its minimalist and elegant architectural style and its unprecedented use of modern technology such as air-conditioning, high-speed elevators and radio outlets in every office.
		Howe and Lescaze, the designers of PSFS, were the subjects of two biographical talks at the conference, given by School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern and Dietrich Neumann of Brown University.
		Lescaze, a Swiss-born architect who immigrated to the United States in 1923, designed celebrated Modernist houses and, in the postwar period, corporate towers.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v33.n8/story22.html (716 words)

	LAC Modern Committee - Past Advocacy
		The Modern Committee supported the nomination of the lobby and exterior of this quintessential symbol of Modern Jet Age Los Angeles and it was designated as a Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Monument in 1994.
		In 1988, the Modern Committee successfully achieved designation of this important combination drive-in, coffee shop and cocktail lounge as a "California State Point of Historic Interest." More recently, it was adaptively reused as Simply Wholesome, a health food restaurant and store.
		This outstanding structure was in pristine condition and reiterates the importance of the Committee's work.
	www.modcom.org /advocacy.shtml (1044 words)

	World War I Memorial
		Following a structural design feature of the 1920's, the stone sections of the monument were engineered to support one another.According to William H. Jordy, although the column itself has a classical motif, Cret's design was not really classical.
		According to Elizabeth G. Grossman, Cret's intention was that it should not to be apparent when viewing the monument "what its message is -- the glory of war or the grief of lives lost in it." Cret believed "it was the function of the architect to provide people with a place to think for themselves.
		In the 1886, however, the monument was taken down to accomodate the downtown river relocation project, and in 1995 was reassembled in front of the Licht Judicial Complex.
	www.brown.edu /Courses/HA0191/new/mm/worldwarI.html (775 words)

	The Dartington Hall Trust
		These properties were designed in the 1930s by William Lescaze and Robert Hening and built by Staverton Builders.
		All of the houses in Warren Lane, except Warren House, are currently undergoing a complete refurbishment and renovation to restore them to their original state.Warren House was built in 1935 by William Lescaze, with assistance from Robert Hening, and is a superb example of an international modern style house.
		It was built for Kurt Jooss as teaching space and accommodation for the Ballet Jooss which was based on the Dartington Hall Estate between 1934 and 1940.
	www.dartingtonhall.org.uk /pages/heritage_and_buildings/warrenhouses.html (238 words)

	Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release
		Designed by George Howe, former head of the Architecture department at Yale during the early 1950's, and William Lescaze, PSFS was the first International Style high-rise building in the United States.
		The 36-story bank and office tower, combining Modernist architectural forms and innovations in structural, circulation and mechanical systems, was heralded as a progressive undertaking when it opened in 1932.
		Also represented will be the team of lesser-known architects assembled by Howe and Lescaze, some at the forefront of European architectural Modernism, and seminal European projects that influenced the design of the Philadelphia building.
	www.cis.yale.edu /opa/newsr/04-07-15-01.all.html (779 words)

	Wright20.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The following two lots are from the estate of George Daub, a collaborator with William Lescaze.
		Daub assisted Lescaze in the design of several homes in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey including the Lloyd Good house and the William Butler house, both from 1937.
		Lescaze and Daub also collaborated on the seminal Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building (1929), the first International Style skyscraper in the United States.
	www.wright20.com /auctions/19_wright/full/individual_lots/288.html (66 words)

	Unbuilt Providence
		In some cases we may gratefully acknowledge the wisdom or circumstances that prevented the completion of projects included here, while in others we might mourn the paths not taken.
		If Thomas Tefft's exchange had been built in 1856, if William Lescaze's Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial had won the 1926 competition, or if Erich Mendelsohn's design for Temple Beth El had been successful, they all would today be considered milestones in American architecture.
		William Lescaze / Albert Harkness Designs for Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, 1927-29
	www.brown.edu /Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/unbuilt.html (566 words)

	The Aaron Copland Collection, ca. 1900-1990: Titles: 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Letter from Aaron Copland to William Lescaze, September 27, 1935.
		Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, January 10, 1943.
		Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, September 26, 1944.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/achtml/coplandbibTitles9.html (254 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Lescaze, William @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Lescaze, William @ HighBeam Research
		LESCAZE, WILLIAM [Lescaze, William], 1896-1969, American architect, born and trained in Switzerland.
		His works emphasized prismatic simplicity, as in his plan for the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building (with George Howe, 1930-32) and the CBS studios in Hollywood (1938).
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Lescaze&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (125 words)

	Time Out New York [outthere] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William Lescaze House at 211 East 48th Street predates those superb examples of the modernist genre imported from Europe after WWII.
		Lescaze was a Swiss-born designer who arrived here in 1920, and he created this elegant home and office in 1934 out of an existing brownstone.
		Renovated with such futuristic features as glass-block walls and central air-conditioning, Lescaze House is considered New York’s first truly modern edifice.
	www.timeoutny.com /outthere/520/520.out.ithappened.html (189 words)

	The Aaron Copland Collection, ca. 1900-1990: Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Letter from Aaron Copland to Mary Lescaze, January 13, 1933.
		Letter from Aaron Copland to Mary Lescaze, September 23, 1935.
		Letter from Aaron Copland to Mary Lescaze, May 12, 1936.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/achtml/corrTitles3.html (997 words)

	High Cross House on AboutBritain.com
		High Cross House was completed in 1932 as the home for the first headmaster if Dartington Hall School, William Burnlee Curry.
		The house was designed by the Swiss-American architect William Lescaze and is regarded as one of his most important and successful commissions.
		Lescaze planned the interior finishes and furnishings with care.
	www.aboutbritain.com /HighCrossHouse.htm (696 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - View Single Post - #142 - Bear Stearns World Headquarters, New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		May 1998), a 12 storey building, featuring two facade mosaic murals of Manhattan skyline, one of which is preserved within the new tower, above the escalator leading to the Grand Central Terminal corridor.
		In 1952 I.M. Pei and William Lescaze, the former acting as the head of Webb and Knapp's architectural division, designed a critically acclaimed duplex penthouse office for the company owner, developer William Zeckendorf and his design team, topped with a cantilevered turret-like private lounge.
		In 1982 the Manhattan Savings Bank sold the building (although remaining in it for four more years) and subsequently a group led by G. Ware Travelstead were planning a replacement tower, only to fall victim of the lack of necessary development rights.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showpost.php?p=299992&postcount=1 (547 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: MEYER, HOWARD RAYMOND
		In 1926, while still a student, he worked in the office of William Lescaze, then one of the leading modern architects on the East Coast.
		Inspired by his work in Lescaze's office, Meyer embarked on a yearlong trip to Europe to see the works of the leading modernists.
		in Dallas (1953-59); in it Meyer collaborated with noted West Coast architect William W. Wurster, sculptors Gyorgy Kepes and Octavio Medellin, and artist Anni Albers, for a work of unusual sophistication and richness.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/MM/fme52.html (541 words)

	William Edmond Lescaze ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by William Edmond Lescaze.
		The event will gather an international group of historians, architects, critics and theorists to examine how 1930's American Modernism reflecting distinctively American social and cu...
		William Edmond Lescaze (1682 - 1740) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
	www.wwar.com /masters/l/lescaze-william_edmond.html (518 words)

	Dr. Leslie Project: PM & AD Magazines
		In April 1937, the editors announced their intent to devote their July or August issue entirely to the Bauhaus school.
		The issue was to be guest edited by Professor Josef Albers and was to feature contributions by Walter Gropius, Xanti Schawinsky, Grace Alexandra Young, William Lescaze and A. Lawrence Kocher.
		The importance of this issue and of the mission of the editors is summed up in the editorial notes of the announcement:
	www.drleslie.com /PMADMagazines/Magazines.shtml (502 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar
		The 36-story Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building was designed by George Howe, former head of Yale's Department of Architecture, and William Lescaze.
		The event will gather an international group of historians, architects, critics and theorists to examine how 1930s American Modernism, with its distinctively American social and cultural sensibilities, evolved from the European model.
		Also represented will be the team of lesser-known architects assembled by Howe and Lescaze, some of whom were at the forefront of European architectural Modernism, and seminal European projects that influenced the design of the Philadelphia building.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v33.n1/story8.html (944 words)

	Aspire Auctions September 2005 Fine Art and Antiques Auction prices realized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The poem "Sunday Morning Apples" by Hart Crane dedicated to William Sommer is framed below the drawing.
		By 1913, he was the region's most outspoken advocate of avant-garde art and wrote the introductory essay for the catalogue of an exhibition of French Cubist paintings at the William Taylor Gallery in Cleveland in the summer of 1913.
		He lectured widely on the defense of European modernism, and two of his paintings were in the New York Armory Show.
	www.aspireauctions.com /auction55/10892.html (1525 words)

	Cinema Treasures \| Calderone Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The architect was William Lescaze for the Skouras Theatres Corp. chain.
		The father of my late husband was William Lescaze.
		On the back is written in Lescaze's handwriting, "Max Spivak first sketch for the mosaic mural at the Calderone Theatre."
	cinematreasures.org /theater/4023 (1376 words)

	Features Item : Manhattan renovation relies on customized stonework (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The building has two entrances, one on 58th Street and the other on 59th Street, creating its own little niche between two prestigious New York City thoroughfares, Park and Lexington Avenues.
		Originally designed in 1968 by architect William Lescaze & Associates, the building was ready for some modernization in October 1999, when the first steps were taken to begin the renovation.
		The grout that we used for the walls was a mix of blue and white Laticrete grout.”
	www.stoneworld.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,4046,121069,00.html (1141 words)

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