Architect. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and worked for a number of prominent New York firms such as McKim, Mead and White and Goodhue and Ferguson, though his most famous designs were modernist in style. Harrison worked on a number of important planning projects such as Rockefeller Center, the United Nations, Lincoln Center and the 1939 World’s Fair. He formed a partnership with Max Abramovitz in 1940 which lasted until his retirement from their firm in 1979. Breuer met Harrison in London through their mutual friend, Marian Willard.
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