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Wiener, Paul Lester was born on May 2, 1895 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Julius and Helen (Goldmann) Wiener.
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Paul Lester Wiener, German city planner, architect. Decorated chevalier Legion of Honor (France); Southern Cross (Brazil); recipient three grand prix for Public Architecture, Private Achitecture, Interior Design, International Jury Arts and Sciences, Paris. 1937; prize (with P. Bezy, J. Stedman, Junior) Wheaton College Art Center; prize Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1939.
Education
Graduate architect Royal Academy Vienna. Postgraduate Kunstgewerbe Academy (Berlin). Professor honoris causa, National U. San Carlos, Guatemala.
Career
Came to the United States, 1913, naturalized, 1919. Company-founder Contempora, international art service, 1927. Technical adviser United States commission International Exposition in Paris, 1936-1937.
Founder (with Jose Luis Sert), Town Planning Associates, New York City, 1942.
Director technical studies New School Social Research, New York City, 1943-1945. Consultant Office Production Research and Development, War Production Board, 1943-1945.
Adjunct Professor of urban planning Columbia, 1965-1967. Lecturer universities United States, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Venezuela.
United States specialist for Department of State, specialists division International Education Exchange Service.
Designer architecture and interior American Pavilion, Exposition Arts and Sciences, Paris, 1937, also interior Brazilian Pavilion. Ecuadorian Pavilion, New York World’s Fair. Sonsultant to government of Peru for founding of National Plan Office.
Consultant to government of Bahamas for planning of New Providence and Nassau.
Development pilot plan for numerous cities, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela. Development plan for industrial community, prefabricated and demountable housing project, Sydney, New New York
Recent architectural projects include pilot plan for urbanization of Island of Tierra Bomba, developed as an extension City of Cartagena, Colombia. Consultant planner, designer Gateway Center development, Minneapolis.
Site planner, designer Downtown Community Development, Syracuse, New New York
Consultant planner, designer Washington Square Village residential development, New York City. Consultant, planner designer for McCombs Bridge Urban Renewal project, New York City. Master plan for Aspen, Colorado and Pitkin County, Colorado.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Planning Officials, Pan-American Society (affiliate. Member architectural societies of Brazil, Peru, Belgium, Mexico, Colombia. Works published in professional publis., United States, South America, Europe.
Connections
Married Ingeborg A. East. Tenhaeff, July 13, 1948. Children by previous marriage: Barbara Frank, Paul Lester.
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Decorated chevalier Legion of Honor (France). Southern Cross (Brazil). Recipient three grand prix for Public Architecture, Private Achitecture, Interior Design, International Jury Arts and Sciences, Paris.tempSpace1937. Prize (with P. Bezy, J. Stedman, Junior) Wheaton College Art Center. Prize Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1939.Decorated chevalier Legion of Honor (France). Southern Cross (Brazil). Recipient three grand prix for Public Architecture, Private Achitecture, Interior Design, International Jury Arts and Sciences, Paris.tempSpace1937.
Prize (with P. Bezy, J. Stedman, Junior) Wheaton College Art Center. Prize Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1939.