Roy Harrover
| Roy Harrover | |
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1953
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| Born |
November 23, 1928 Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | December 13, 2016 (aged 88) Memphis, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Yale School of Architecture (M.Arch, 1953) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards |
Progressive Architecture Award National Design Merit, AIA Time Magazine, Best of 1983 U.S. Navy National Design Award |
| Practice | Mann & Harrover Roy P. Harrover & Associates |
Roy Perkins Harrover, FAIA (November 23, 1928 – December 13, 2016) was an award-winning American architect who designed the Memphis International Airport as well as numerous civic buildings across the southern United States. His designs range in style from New Formalist to Brutalist and are characterized by their strictly linear forms. He is largely credited with having established a modern architectural identity for Memphis, Tennessee.
Born in Dayton, Ohio on November 23, 1928, Harrover moved with his mother to Nashville at age two following his parents' divorce. At age 14, Harrover was hired by Vultee Aircraft to construct accurate models of their airplanes. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1946 to 1948, then attended Yale University on the G.I. Bill, studying under Vincent Scully, King-lui Wu, Louis Kahn and visiting critics Buckminster Fuller and Philip Johnson. In 1953, Harrover graduated first in his class.
Following graduation, Harrover worked briefly as chief designer under Paul Schweikher. In 1955, he moved to Memphis and established the architectural firm Mann & Harrover with partner William Mann. They won a design competition in 1959, judged by Philip Johnson and Paul Rudolph, for the new Memphis Art Academy (now known as the Memphis College of Art).
Mann died of lung cancer a year before Harrover finished designing the Memphis International Airport. It was unveiled in 1963 and was among the first airports to make use of jetways and a two-level system. It is particularly noted for its distinctive martini glass-shaped columns. Once all projects involving Mann were completed, Harrover renamed the firm Roy P. Harrover & Associates.
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