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'''Michael Meredith Hare''' (January 17, 1909 – August 30, 1968) was an American [[architect]]. Based in [[New York City]], he advocated for [[modernism]] in architecture. |
'''Michael Meredith Hare''' (January 17, 1909 – August 30, 1968) was an American [[architect]]. Based in [[New York City]], he advocated for [[modernism]] in architecture. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Michael Meredith Hare was born to Montgomery Hare and Constance Parsons Hare in [[New York City]].<ref>http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/hare/bioghist.html</ref> He attended [[Groton School]] from 1921 to 1927. He entered [[Yale]] College in 1927 and transferred to the department of architecture in 1929. Following a leave of absence to study architecture in [[France]] in 1931, Hare returned to Yale in 1933 to complete his degree.<ref>http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_ms0022_1.xml</ref> |
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In 1931 he married Jane P. Jopling; they had three children. During the Second World War Hare served in the U.S. Marine Corps.<ref>http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.0006&query=&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=&sortFields=&view=all</ref> |
In 1931 he married Jane P. Jopling; they had three children. During the Second World War Hare served in the U.S. Marine Corps.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.0006&query=&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=&sortFields=&view=all |title=Collection: Michael Meredith Hare papers | Archives at Yale |publisher=Drs.library.yale.edu |date=1909-01-17 |accessdate=2022-05-01}}</ref> |
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He later received a degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1935.<ref>[http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_ms0022_1.xml Archives]buffalo.edu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005258/http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_ms0022_1.xml |date=2018-10-31 }}</ref> |
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He later received a degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1935. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Hare was seen as an imaginative, progressive young architect <ref>http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=1849812852</ref> who produced controversial designs.<ref>http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.0006&query=&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=&sortFields=&view=all</ref> |
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While a student at Yale, his experiences in Paris changed him |
While a student at Yale, his experiences in Paris changed him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_ms0022_1.xml|title=Frank Lloyd Wright Correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare 1933 1940 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005258/http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_ms0022_1.xml|archive-date=2018-10-31|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Mr. Hare has differed seriously with the philosophy of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] despite working directly with him. However, these differences acted as a breath of fresh air for Hare's work. |
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Hare later worked at New York architectural firm of Corbett and MacMurray, under famed architect [[Harvey Wiley Corbett]]. While at the firm, he was a part of a team of architects that helped construct [[Rockefeller Center]] and [[Radio City Music Hall]]. |
Hare later worked at New York architectural firm of Corbett and MacMurray, under famed architect [[Harvey Wiley Corbett]]. While at the firm, he was a part of a team of architects that helped construct [[Rockefeller Center]] and [[Radio City Music Hall]]. |
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In 1936, Hare designed the Nordic Theater, a single-screen [[streamline moderne]] cinema in [[Marquette, Michigan]]. Initially the [[Peter White (Michigan)|Peter White]] Building, the White family commissioned Hare to build the theater using an rare, unconventional design for acoustics. The Nordic Theater later served as the world premiere venue for the 1959 film [[Anatomy of a Murder]]. |
In 1936, Hare designed the Nordic Theater, a single-screen [[streamline moderne]] cinema in [[Marquette, Michigan]]. Initially the [[Peter White (Michigan politician)|Peter White]] Building, the White family commissioned Hare to build the theater using an rare, unconventional design for acoustics. The Nordic Theater later served as the world premiere venue for the 1959 film [[Anatomy of a Murder]]. |
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In 1937, Hare designed the [[Wisconsin Union Theater]] at the [[University of Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/wisconsinunion/docs/the_memorial_union_terrace_a_landscape_history_-_p|title=The Memorial Union Terrace a Landscape History|date=16 April 2010|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227073013/https://issuu.com/wisconsinunion/docs/the_memorial_union_terrace_a_landscape_history_-_p|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://d3so5znv45ku4h.cloudfront.net/Box+068/015_Jason+Damata+Materials-Radio.pdf|title=The Davis Amendment and The Federal Radio Act of 1927: Evaluating External Pressures in Policymaking|website=cloudfront.net|access-date=18 December 2023|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010215/https://d3so5znv45ku4h.cloudfront.net/Box+068/015_Jason+Damata+Materials-Radio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 1937, Hare designed the [[Wisconsin Union Theater]] at the [[University of Wisconsin]]. |
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He was a member of the Board of Design for the [[1939 New York World's Fair]]<ref>https://d3so5znv45ku4h.cloudfront.net/Box+068/015_Jason+Damata+Materials-Radio.pdf</ref> where he pushed for the Fair to be contemporary rather than colonial. His theme, "The Fair of the Future", was modified to "The World of Tomorrow." |
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He died on August 30, 1968, in Cambridge, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/michael-meredith-hare_4sqxf7ck-127-455jhx|title=Michael Meredith Hare 1909-1968 - Ancestry®|website=[[Ancestry.com]]|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-date=2019-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013422/https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/michael-meredith-hare_4sqxf7ck-127-455jhx|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:47, 2 April 2024
Michael Meredith Hare (January 17, 1909 – August 30, 1968) was an American architect. Based in New York City, he advocated for modernism in architecture.
Early life and education
In 1931 he married Jane P. Jopling; they had three children. During the Second World War Hare served in the U.S. Marine Corps.[1]
He later received a degree from Columbia University in 1935.[2]
Career
While a student at Yale, his experiences in Paris changed him.[3]
Hare later worked at New York architectural firm of Corbett and MacMurray, under famed architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. While at the firm, he was a part of a team of architects that helped construct Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall.
In 1936, Hare designed the Nordic Theater, a single-screen streamline moderne cinema in Marquette, Michigan. Initially the Peter White Building, the White family commissioned Hare to build the theater using an rare, unconventional design for acoustics. The Nordic Theater later served as the world premiere venue for the 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder.
In 1937, Hare designed the Wisconsin Union Theater at the University of Wisconsin.[4][5]
In 1954, Hare was appointed by the President's Commission to design the U.S. embassy in Honduras. While in Honduras, he began the study of philosophy, psychology, and psychical phenomena and wrote several books on these subjects in 1966 and 1968.[1]
He died on August 30, 1968, in Cambridge, England.[6]
Known works
Rockefeller Center (1928)
Radio City Music Hall (1931)
Nordic Theater (1936)[7]
Wisconsin Union Theater (1939)
Dau-Kreinheder Hall (Valparaiso University) (1955)
References
- ^ a b "Collection: Michael Meredith Hare papers | Archives at Yale". Drs.library.yale.edu. 1909-01-17. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ Archivesbuffalo.edu Archived 2018-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright Correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare 1933 1940 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31.
- ^ "The Memorial Union Terrace a Landscape History". 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "The Davis Amendment and The Federal Radio Act of 1927: Evaluating External Pressures in Policymaking" (PDF). cloudfront.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Michael Meredith Hare 1909-1968 - Ancestry®". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "History". Nordic Theater. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.