Raymond Hood
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Raymond M. Hood (March 29, 1881 - August 14, 1934) was an early-mid twentieth century architect who worked in the Art Deco style. He was educated at Brown University, MIT, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Hood frequently employed the services of architectural sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan to create both sculpture for his building and to make plaster models of his projects.
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Selected works
- Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois 1924
- American Radiator Company Building, also known as the American Standard Building, New York, New York 1924
- New York Daily News Building (the model for Superman's Daily Planet), New York, New York 1929
- Rockefeller Center, New York, New York, where Hood was a senior architect on a large design team. 1933-37
- McGraw-Hill Building, New York, New York 1934
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References
- Walter H. Kilham (1973). Raymond Hood, Architect - Form Through Function in the American Skyscraper. Architectural Book Publishing Co Inc, NY, NY
- Einar Einarsson Kvaran. Architectural Sculpture of America. unpublished manuscriptfr:Raymond Hood