Frank Williams (architect)

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Name Frank Williams Role Architect		Books Urban Design Manhattan

Died February 25, 2010, New York City, New York, United States Education Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley Structures Mercury City Tower, Four Seasons Hotel New York People also search for I. M. Pei, Peter Marino, Gennadiy Lvovich Sirota

Frank Williams (December 14, 1936 – February 25, 2010) was an American architect who worked as a lead architect on nearly 20 buildings in Manhattan, including Trump Palace Condominiums, 515 Park Avenue, and the W hotel in Times Square. Williams graduated from UC Berkeley in 1961, and received a masters from Harvard in 1965. He moved to New York City and taught at Columbia University for the next few years.

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He co-authored Urban Design Manhattan, an influential book advocating distinctive skyscrapers and design in Manhattan. He is also the subject of The Architecture of Frank Williams (Architecture Today), published in 1997.

Projects

Frank Williams has designed a number of notable buildings in New York:

515 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA

The London Hotel, New York, NY, USA

W Times Square Hotel, New York, NY, USA

Trump Palace, New York, NY, USA

Four Seasons Hotel, New York, NY, USA (with I.M. Pei & Partners)

World Wide Plaza Residential Complex, New York, NY, USA

The Park Belvedere, New York, NY, USA

The Belaire, New York, NY, USA

The Vanderbilt, New York, NY, USA

And across the world:

Mercury City Tower, Moscow, Russia

Burj Residential Tower, Dubai, U.A.E

Samsung Residential Tower, Seoul, South Korea

Taipei Tower F4, Taipei, Taiwan

Lang Suan Ville, Bangkok, Thailand

References

Frank Williams (architect) Wikipedia

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