Howard Van Doren Shaw (b. 1869 Chicago, Illinois - May 7, 1926 Baltimore, Maryland) was an American architect.
Shaw graduated from Yale University in 1890, and then studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , graduating in 1892.
Shaw's architectural work is found throughout Chicago and the midwest, including the famous Arts and Crafts sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church, the original Goodman Theatre, located in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Quadrangle Club, the University Church, the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank and the G.E. Wilson home in Clinton, Iowa. He was brought on board to design the reflecting pool for Lorado Taft's sculpture Fountain of Time. More than 20 residences and public works located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Shaw designed homes for many of Chicago's most famous citizens, including James Henry Breasted, William Rainey Harper, and Morris R. Rosenwald.
In addition to his architectural work, Shaw planned the model steel town of Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana and the Market Square commercial center in Lake Forest, Illinois.
In addition to designing Market Square, Shaw made Lake Forest home in his construction of his summer home, Ragdale, now a budding artists' community.
In 1906, he became a member of the American Institute of Architects and was made a Fellow the following year. Shortly before he died, he was award the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects for architectural achievement was awarded to him just before his death. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery.
Two connected buildings in New York City designed by Shaw are subject of a landmarking controversy in 2009: one was designated a New York City Landmark while another was not, apparently due to political considerations.[1] The building landmarked is the B. F. Goodrich Tire Company Building, on Broadway near West 57th Street; the one not landmarked is on West 57th Street.
References
- ^ Robin Pogrebin (November 18, 2009). "City Council Influences Landmarks Decision". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/arts/design/19goodrich.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion.
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