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Shreve, Lamb & Harmon's primary focus was commercial office buildings, and their work in this area was described as "spare and functional" in 2010 by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. However, the firm completed numerous residential projects, such as No. 130 East 57th Street, and this facet
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style, Lamb was responsible for the design, while Shreve's planning skills facilitated the completion of the construction in a year. Shreve's planning skills were recognized in New York, and he was involved in projects beyond the firm, such as the
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of the company's work was mainly conducted in neo-Tudor, as well as other popular historical styles of the 1920s.
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For the construction of the Empire State Building, the firm's most notable work and a symbol of the
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It is not entirely clear when the company went out of business, with 1989 being a likely date.
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Shreve, Lamb and Harmon had also employed the future architect behind the original
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Lever Brothers Co. Headquarters (now MIT Sloan School, Building E52)
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The firm was founded in 1920 as Shreve & Lamb, a partnership of
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Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse
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Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse
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Empire State Building
architectural firm
Empire State Building
Art Deco architecture in New York City
Richmond Harold ("R.H.") Shreve
Nova Scotia
William F. Lamb
Brooklyn
Carrère & Hastings
Arthur Loomis Harmon
Chicago
Jerusalem
American expression of the Art Deco
Slum Clearance
World Trade Center
Minoru Yamasaki
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls

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