Zantzinger, Borie and Medary

Zantzinger, Borie and Medary was an American architectural firm active from 1910 through 1929, specializing in institutional and civic projects. The partners were Clarence C. Zantzinger [ [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23460 Zantzinger biography] ] , C. L. Borie, Jr. [ [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24059 Borie biography] ] and Milton Bennett Medary [ [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/27096 Medary biography] ] , all Philadelphians. Starting in 1905, before the association with Medary, and from Medary's death in 1929 until 1950, the firm was known as Zantzinger & Borie. The firm collaborated with Paul Philippe Cret for the completed buildings listed below, and on proposals for the Nebraska State Capitol and the Liberty Tower in Kansas City. As a young man in 1930 through 1932, Louis Kahn worked for both Cret and for Z&B. The firm also worked with former Bertram Goodhue collaborators Lee Lawrie and Hartley Burr Alexander, among others.

Notable works

* Indianapolis Central Public Library, with Paul Philippe Cret, completed 1916 [ "Indianapolis Architecture", Indiana Architectural Foundation, 1975 ]
* Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge National Historical Park, completed 1917
* Detroit Institute of Arts, with Paul Philippe Cret, 1921 [ "The Detroit Institute of Arts: The Architecture", Published for The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1928 ]
* Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building in Philadelphia, 1927 (now part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) [ Fairmont Park Association, Sculpture of a City – Philadelphia’s Treasures in Bronze and Stone, Fairmont Park Association, Walker Publishing Co., Inc, NY. NY 1974 ]
* Bok Singing Tower in Florida, 1929 [ Bok, Edward W., "America's Taj Mahal; The Singing Tower of Florida", The Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia, 1929 ]
* Strathcona Hall at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, 1931 [ Brown, Elizabeth Mills, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban design, Yale University Press, New Haven 1976 ]
* Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C., completed 1935 [ Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. 1985 ]

ee also

* List of Art Deco architecture

External links

* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23459 brief history of ZBM]
* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23458 brief history of Z&B]
* [http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?P=PMHP&contentId=19927&contentType=GSA_BASIC history of the Department of Justice building]

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