Hood frequently employed architectural sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan both to create sculpture for his building and to make plasticine models of his projects.
Selected works
- Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois 1924
- American Radiator Building, also known as the American Standard Building, New York, New York 1924
- New York Daily News Building (the model for Superman's The Daily Planet), New York, New York 1929
- Rockefeller Center, New York, New York, where Hood was a senior architect on a large design team. 1933-1937
- McGraw-Hill Building, New York, New York 1934
- The Masonic Temple (Now the Scranton Cultural Center), Scranton, Pennsylvania 1930
References
- Walter H. Kilham (1973). Raymond Hood, Architect - Form Through Function in the American Skyscraper. Architectural Book Publishing Co Inc, New York.
- Einar Einarsson Kvaran. Architectural Sculpture of America. unpublished manuscript
- Contemporary American Architects: Raymond M. Hood (1931). Published by Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. Trade publication featuring a large collection of photographs of Raymond Hood works.
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Hood
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| Worked wirh Rene Paul Chambellan
In connection with Raymond Hood, and John Mead Howells
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