Roy Harrover
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(M.Arch, 1953)
Roy Harrover | |
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 Harrover at Yale in 1953 | |
| Born | November 23, 1928 Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | December 13, 2016 (aged 88) Memphis, Tennessee |
| 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 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.[1]
Born in Dayton, Ohio on November 23, 1928,[2][3] 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.[4] 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.