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Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates
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The New York CIty based architectural firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was founded in 1929 and best known for their design of the Empire State Building in New York City, New York. Richmond Harold Shreve (1877-1946) was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada. He studied and taught at Cornell University before joining the New York based Carrère & Hastings where he would he meet William Frederick Lamb (1883-1952). Brooklyn, New York born Lamb had studied at Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts prior to their meeting. Shreve & Lamb architectural firm was formed in 1924 soon after the two left Carrère & Hastings. Shreve ran the business and promotion side of the company, and Lamb the design. In 1929, Arthur Loomis Harmon (1878-1958) joined the firm. Harmon had been educated at the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia University, and worked at the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White prior to becoming a partner. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon are well known for their work in New York City on the Empire State Building, the John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Building, and the Forbes Building.

Updated Jan 14, 2008