Frank Williams (December 14, 1936 – February 25, 2010) was an American architect who worked as a lead architect on nearly 20 buildings in Manhattan, including Trump Palace Condominiums, 515 Park Avenue, and the W Hotels in Times Square. Williams graduated from UC Berkeley in 1961, and received a master's degree from Harvard in 1965. He moved to New York City and taught at Columbia University 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 Four Seasons Hotel, 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
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References
External links An American Architect in Moscow: Frank Williams, Passport Moscow