Kenzo Tange
Japanese architect (1913-2005)
Ralph Thomas Walker
American architect
Ralph Thomas Walker FAIAwas an American architect, president of the American Institute of Architects and partner of the firm McKenzie, Voorhees, Gmelin and its successor firms Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker; Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith; Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith; and Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Hainesand 1 Wall Street (1928-31), but was also involved in numerous other Art Deco telecommunications buildings in the New York City area.
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Ralph Thomas Walker FAIAwas an American architect, president of the American Institute of Architects and partner of the firm McKenzie, Voorhees, Gmelin and its successor firms Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker; Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith; Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith; and Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Hainesand 1 Wall Street (1928-31), but was also involved in numerous other Art Deco telecommunications buildings in the New York City area.
Walker was called “The only other honest architect in America” by Frank Lloyd Wright, and “Architect of the Century” by The New York Times when he received the Centennial Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects. His Art Deco designs have been called “bold, spectacularly dynamic”, “radical”, “distinctive”, “theatrical … very dramatic”, “syncopated and jazzy”.
3 Quotes by Ralph Thomas Walker
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When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
Ralph Thomas WalkerAmerican architect
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May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.
Ralph Thomas WalkerAmerican architect
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I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
Ralph Thomas WalkerAmerican architect