- Harris Armstrong
Harris Armstrong (1899 – 1973) was an American regional modernist architect, considered the dean of modernists active in
St. Louis, Missouri .After working in the office of
Raymond Hood in the 1930s, Armstrong returned to St. Louis and designed many civic landmarks, including the 1935 Shanley Building, awarded a silver medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition of Art and Technology, the 1938 Grant Medical Clinic, the 1946 "Magic Chef" building in collaboration withIsamu Noguchi , and the distinctive 1962 Ethical Society.He was one of five finalists in the design competition for the
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial . Armstrong retired in 1969.External links
* [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/guides/pdf/armstrong.pdf Guide to Harris Armstrong collection at Washington University]
* [http://www.chamberchorus.org/venues/ethicalsociety.html Ethical Society history]
* [http://remiss63.blogspot.com Architectural Ruminations (Armstrong blog)]
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