Frank Williams (December 14, 1936 – February 25, 2010) was an American architect who worked as a lead architect on nearly 20 buildings in

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, including Trump Palace Condominiums, 515 Park Avenue, and the

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in Times Square. Williams graduated from

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in 1961, and received a master's degree from Harvard in 1965. He moved to New York City and taught at

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for the next few years. He co-authored ''Urban Design Manhattan'', an influential book advocating distinctive skyscrapers and design in Manhattan. He is also the subject of ''The Architecture of Frank Williams (Architecture Today)'', published in 1997.

Projects

Frank Williams has designed a number of notable buildings in New York: *515 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA *The London Hotel, New York, NY, USA *W Times Square Hotel, New York, NY, USA * Trump Palace, New York, NY, USA *

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, New York, NY, USA (with I.M. Pei & Partners) * World Wide Plaza Residential Complex, New York, NY, USA *The Park Belvedere, New York, NY, USA * The Belaire, New York, NY, USA *The Vanderbilt, New York, NY, USA And across the world: * Mercury City Tower, Moscow, Russia *Burj Residential Tower, Dubai, U.A.E *Samsung Residential Tower, Seoul, South Korea *Taipei Tower F4, Taipei, Taiwan *Lang Suan Ville, Bangkok, Thailand

Gallery

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was finished in 1989, it is located in 825 8th Avenue

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File:Trump-palace1.jpg, The Trump Palace Condominiums in 200 East 69th Street

. The building was commissioned by businessman and later President of the United States,

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and completed in 1991. File:Mercury City Tower July.jpg, Mercury City Tower in

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, completed in November 2012. The building was designed together with M.M. Posokhin and G.L. Sirota. File:4 seasons hotel NY 56 Pk jeh.jpg, The Four Seasons Hotel New York which opened in 1993.Located in 57 East 57th Street

References

External links

Frank Williams & Partners Architects LLP

An American Architect in Moscow: Frank Williams, Passport Moscow
1936 births 2010 deaths Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni Architects from New York City {{US-architect-stub