Walter F. March (26 August 1898 – 23 August 1969) was a German

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. Son of German architect

Otto March Otto March (7 October 1845 – April 1913) was a German architect and father of architects Werner March (1894–1976) and Walter March (1898–1969). Biography Otto Jakob March was born in Charlottenburg, to the pottery manufacturer, Ernst ...

and brother of architect

Werner March Werner Julius March (17 January 1894 – 11 January 1976) was a German architect, son of Otto March (1845-1913), and brother of Walter March, both also well-known German architects. Werner March designed Germany's 1936 Olympic stadi ...

. In 1936 he won a gold medal together with his brother Werner in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "Reichssportfeld" ("Reich Sport Field"). Father Otto March designed Germany's 1916 Olympic stadium. Studied with

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

in 1925. Became an American citizen. Married Louise Goepfert 1934. Designed Olympic Village in 1936. Came to America in 1937. He worked on numerous building in the greater New York area., including the

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. Architect, artist of many different mediums: hand built ceramic pieces, carved wooden sculptures, and crosses, mosaic crosses and table pieces, one-of-a-kind commissions for churches, metal-work combined with mosaics, and so forth. -Unusual, whimsical, finely designed pieces.Sylvia March

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1898 births 1969 deaths 20th-century German architects Olympic gold medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions German emigrants to the United States {{Germany-architect-stub