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Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. [1] [2] [3] [4] An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West Virginia, the Detroit Public Library, the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library.
Mar 6, 2024 · Cass Gilbert (born November 24, 1859, Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.—died May 17, 1934, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England) was an architect, designer of the Woolworth Building (1908–13) in New York City and of the United States Supreme Court Building (completed 1935) in Washington, D.C. Conscientious and prosperous, he was an acknowledged leader of ...
Feb 17, 2014 · Cass Gilbert, selected as the architect, believed the designer should “weave into the pattern of our own civilization the beauty that is our inheritance.” [1] An ornate monument to the growing...
Jan 31, 2001 · Cass Gilbert. Remembering the turn-of-the-century urban visionary. By Paul Goldberger. January 31, 2001. View Slideshow. I sometimes wish I had never built the Woolworth Building because I fear...
Cass Gilbert Strong Functional American Architecture serving cities & people for generations; enhancing nation's cultural heritage with artistic sensibility.
Dec 6, 2023 · Cass Gilbert, Woolworth Building, 1913 (New York City) The New Skyline. Given the colossal buildings that now cover downtown Manhattan, it can be hard to understand just how distinctive Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building appeared in relation to the skyline when it was new, one hundred years ago.
Cass Gilbert. The Woolworth Building is Cass Gilbert's best-known tall building and one of the most famous skyscrapers in the United States. When it was completed in 1913, it was the tallest building in the world and a potent symbol of the F. W. Woolworth Company.
