William E. Lescaze | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Born in Onex, Switzerland in 1896, William Edmond Lescaze received his formal education at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, graduating in 1919. He emigrated to the United States in 1920, and worked at the Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm Hubbel & Benes before establishing his own practice in New York City in 1923. A major break came in 1929 when George Howe, a Philadelphia architect, invited Lescaze to form a partnership; their firm became Howe & Lescaze. Not long after, the pair began working on a commission for the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building. The downtown Philadelphia structure was completed in 1932 and is largely recognized as the first International Modernist... more.

We have 8 objects that William E. Lescaze has been involved with.

Print, Townhouse, 211 East 48th Street, New York, NY: Perspective Rendering

Drawing, Avon Theater, 251 West 45th Street, New York, NY: Design for Alteration to Radio Broadcasting Facility for Columbia Broadcasting System

Blueprint, Townhouse, 211 East 48th Street, New York, NY: Front Elevation

Drawing, Design for Alteration of the Avon Theater

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1928-1931.

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William E. Lescaze has collaborated with
Revere Copper and Brass Company and
CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System).

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