Wallace Harrison

Wallace Harrison
Born
Wallace Kirkman Harrison

(1895-09-28)September 28, 1895
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 1981(1981-12-02) (aged 86)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materÉcole des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAIA Gold Medal (1967)
PracticeHarrison & Abramowitz
BuildingsUnited Nations headquarters
Exxon Building
ProjectsRockefeller Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
DesignTrylon and Perisphere

Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. He is best known for executing large public projects in New York City and upstate, many of them the fruit of his long friendship with Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

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