Benno Janssen Collection, 1909-1954, 1915-1938.

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Benno Janssen Collection, 1909-1954, 1915-1938.

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Renderings, drawings, blueprints, and photographs document projects such as the William Penn Hotel, Longue Vue Country Club, Rolling Rock Club and Stables, La Tourelle, other houses and hotels, and a number of unbuilt projects. The largest group of items represents the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, now a part of Carnegie Mellon University.

548 sheets.1 linear feet.10 other oversized items.

Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7269270

Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library

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Hoffman & Crumpton.

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Kaufmann, Edgar, 1910-1989

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d. 1989. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 81396145 Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. (1910-1989) was an American industrial designer, architect and artist. He apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright (1933-1934) and his father, Edgar Kaufmann, Sr., commissioned Fallingwater from noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Among his other accomplishments, he was director of the industrial de...

Cocken, William York.

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Janssen & Cocken.

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Abbott, Franklin.

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Janssen & Abbott.

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Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962

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The final scheme for Lincoln Center was chosen by 1960. From the description of 8 plazas & a park [graphic] : [study for Lincoln Center site plan] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect]. [before 1960] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82399869 The United Nations headquarters complex (Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect) was completed in 1953. Ferriss died in 1962. From the description o...

Janssen, Benno, 1874-1964

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Architect, partner in the firms of Janssen & Abbott and Janssen & Cocken. Janssen is best remembered for monumental buildings such as the William Penn Hotel (1914-16 and 1927-1928), and Mellon Institute (1931-1937); and Mellon Institute (1931-1937); and the Janssen firms were responsible for many other prominent Pittsburgh buildings. Janssen's lasting significance probably lies in the area of domestic design. Here, as elsewhere, Janssen's sources were many and eclectic, but he developed ...