Julian Hill Whittlesey (October 27, 1905 – May 20, 1995
) was a prominent American architect and planner who co-founded the firms Mayer & Whittlesey and then Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant.
Background
Whittlesey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. He studied civil engineering and architecture at Yale (degrees in 1927 and 1930). He also studied on a fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
Career
In the early 1930s, Whittlesey worked for the Resettlement Administration and the U.S. Public Housing Administration. During World War II, he designed military-related housing and administrative buildings.
In 1935, he co-founded Mayer & Whittlesey, with Albert Mayer. The firm designed Manhattan House and other large buildings. They also helped design the cities of Kitimat, British Columbia, and Chandigarh, India.
In the 1950s, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, which designed Reston, Virginia.
Works
Buildings
Manhattan House
The Butterfield House
240 Central Park South
Printer's Industrial Welfare Building
Bellmawr Homes
James Weldon Johnson Houses (in association with Robert J. Reiley and Harry Prince) Rangel Houses (in Washington Heights) New School: Jacob M. Kaplan Building (West Twelfth Street) Albert A. List Building (West Eleventh Street)
City plans
Kitimat, British Columbia
Chandigarh, India
Reston, Virginia
Other
UN Playground (with Isamu Noguchi)