Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg (February 6 1857 – April 10 1947) was a noted American architect in the Beaux-Arts style.

Biography

Flagg was born in Brooklyn, New York, studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and began his architectural practice in 1891 in New York. His contributions to zoning and height regulations were essential to New York's first laws governing this aspect of the city's architecture. He was a president of the New York Society of Beaux-Arts Architects.

Projects

* Singer Building, New York City [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bulging Buildings: Cantilevers Make a Comeback |url=http://www.nysun.com/real-estate/bulging-buildings-cantilevers-make-a-comeback/81175/ |quote=In 1908, Ernest Flagg designed one of Lower Manhattan's most distinctive skyscrapers for the Singer Manufacturing Company, at Broadway and Liberty Street ... |work=New York Sun |date=July 3, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-25 ]

* Scribner Building, New York City
* United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
* St. Luke's Hospital and the Washington State Capitol at Olympia, Washington
* Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
* The Towers, a "castle" on Dark Island
* Indian Neck Hall, Long Island estate of Frederick Gilbert Bourne, Oakdale, New York
* Clark Chapel, Pomfret School
* Sheldon Library (now admission's office), St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire

Selected writings

* "Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction" (1922)
* "Le Naos du Parthenon" (1928)

References

Further reading

* Mardges Bacon, "Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer", MIT Press (1986)
* Paul Malo, "Boldt Castle," Laurentian Press (2001)
* Paul Malo, "Fools' Paradise," Laurentian Press (2003)

External links

* [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-Flagg.htm Ernest Flagg] at NYC Architecture
* [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=8186 Ernest Flagg] at MIT Press
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