Emery Roth
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Emery Roth (1871 – August 20, 1948) was a Hungarian-American architect who built many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 30s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details. Born in Sečovce, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) he emigrated to the United States at the age of 13 after his family fell into poverty upon his father's death. He began his architectural apprenticeship as a draftsman in the Chicago offices of Burnham & Root, working on the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. There he met Richard Morris Hunt, who was impressed with his skills and invited Roth to work in his office in New York. Following Hunt's premature death in 1895, Roth moved to the office of Ogden Codman, Jr., a designer and decorator with a Newport clientele.
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[edit] Work by Emery Roth
- 41 West 96th Street (1926)
- 47 West 96th Street
- 140 East 28th Street (1932); residential building
- 310 West End Avenue
- The Ardsley (1931); Roth's outstanding Art Deco residential skyscraper
- The Beresford (1929), 211 Central Park West
- Coliseum Plaza, 243 West End Avenue (1925)
- The Eldorado (1929–31)
- The First Hungarian Reformed Church, East 69th Street (1916)
- Hotel Belleclaire, Broadway (1903)
- Manchester House, 145 West 79th Street (1928)
- The Normandy, 140 Riverside Drive. Last of the twin-towered residences, and Roth's choice for his retirement apartment.
- The Oliver Cromwell, West 72nd Street (1927)
- Ritz Hotel Tower (1925); with Carrère and Hastings. New York's first residential skyscraper introduced terraces at the setback levels.
- The San Remo, Central Park West (1930) The first of the twin-towered residential skyscrapers.
- St. Moritz (Ritz-Carlton) Hotel, Central Park South
- Warwick Hotel (1927)
Roth is less often remembered as an architect of synagogues and of middle-class apartment housing.
After his death, his sons Julian and Richard and grandson Richard Roth Jr. carried on his practice as Emery Roth & Sons. His great-grandson Richard Lee Roth is currently employed in the architectural profession and resides in South Florida.
[edit] Work by Emery Roth & Sons
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- Steven Ruttenbaum Mansions in the Cloud: The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth (1986)fr:Emery Roth
