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Van Alen Institute was founded in 1894 as the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, [4] later the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and National Institute for Architectural Education. In 1995, the institute was named in honor of William Van Alen , architect of the Chrysler Building and recipient of the institute's 1908-1909 Paris Prize.
[citation needed]. Van Alen lent his name to the Van Alen Institute, a New York City-based nonprofit organization that is dedicated to improving design in the public realm through a program of exhibitions, competitions, publications, workshops, and forums and is an advocate for active and accessible waterfronts.
Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck (1818–1895), American missionary; James Henry Van Alen (1819–1886), American brigadier general; James I. Van Alen (1772–1822), member of the United States House of Representatives; James J. Van Alen (1848–1923), sportsman and politician; Jan van Oolen (1651–1698), also referred to as Jan van Alen, Dutch painter
Professor Van Allen and his wife Abigail are buried in Southampton, New York, where Mrs. Van Allen was born and the couple were married. [22] Abigail M. Foerstner wrote a biography James van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles, published by University of Iowa Press in 2007 with a paperback edition in 2009. [23] [24] [25]
Masqueray was a charter member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects (now the Van Alen Institute) and the Architectural League of New York, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, as well as the national organization. Masqueray died in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 26, 1917. [1]
The Van Alen House is located in a rural setting of the upper Hudson River valley, on the west side New York 9H, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of its junction with U.S. Route 9. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story brick structure, with a steeply pitched gabled roof. It has three chimneys, one at each gable end, and one between two of the three rooms that ...
Two and a half years after the death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, his legacy in science and philanthropy is still being reshaped — and this time, the reshaping involves two of his deepest ...
The Pratt Institute is a private college in Brookyn, New York City, ... William Van Alen, architect;