https://dana-legacy.njit.edu/files/original/12059c14ee8891431fac85a157c0fb95.jpg 8db34c7c462a51a22fda268c8336aa75 https://dana-legacy.njit.edu/files/original/6126dcc50f450b2a6ff6b2a426829955.jpeg 54e357e1b8ff378ed10201a665182dcf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Architects/Architectural Firms Subject The topic of the resource architects architectural firms Person An individual. Birth Date 1889 Death Date 1973 Occupation architect Birthplace Waterbury, Connecticut Bibliography Holiday.K. Ralph Walker: Architect of the Century. Rizzoli 2012.ISBN-13: 978-0847838882 Ralph Walker, architect, of Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker; Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith; Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith.New York, Henahan House, 1957. Bzdak,M.The architecture of Ralph Thomas Walker, 1919-1939. Ph. D.Dissertation, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1995. Ralph Walker bibliography.[Charlottesville, Va.] : American Association of Architectural Bibliographers, 1960, cover 1959. [Charlottesville, Va.] : American Association of Architectural Bibliographers, 1960, cover 1959. AIA New York : Aldus, 1961. Ralph T. Walker Papers, 1916-1970. Syracuse University. Web Resources Link to external web resources here <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/614156/8-influential-art-deco-skyscrapers-by-ralph-thomas-walker">8 influential Art Deco skyscrapers by Ralph Thomas Walker. ArchDaily April 1st, 2015. <br /></a><a href="http://watch.wliw.org/video/2365339620/">Treasures of New York: Ralph Thomas Walker (channel 13th)</a><br /><h1><a href="http://www.thirteen.org/programs/treasures-of-new-york/ralph-walker/"><strong><em> </em></strong></a></h1> Biographical Text Educated at MIT Ralph Thomas Walker spent his entire career with the firm McKenzie, Voorhees and Gmelin. He was considered one of the foremost 20th century designers "responsible for redefining the skyscrapers both in New York and across America" and was closely involved in the design of the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Walker was a president of the AIA and in 1957 the New York Times named him the “Architect of the Century”when he received the Centennial Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects. He practiced in Boston, Montreal, New York City and Newark where he designed New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building. At the end of his life the architect lived in Chappaqua, N.Y. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ralph Thomas Walker Subject The topic of the resource architect