Arnold Arvin Arbeit was an American artist and architect.
Education
He graduated from the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in 1936, and received Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from New York University in 1938 and 1940. He received a diploma from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1945, and also received three honorary doctoral degrees.
Career
Arbeit was an architect for the New York Navy Yard at the Bureau of Naval Architecture from 1935 to 1938. He sat on the Bureau of Construction"s Board of in New York from 1938 to 1943. He then became a colonel in the United States Army.
He was Professor of Architecture at Cooper Union from 1947 to 1965, and the University Architect for City University of New York System 1967-1973.
As an architect, he was a designer of residences and commercial buildings. He was a Trustee of the National Institute for Architectural, of which he became President in 1970.
Arbeit was also an artist in metal sculpture, oil painting and pencil. He was the recipient of the Morse medal design from New York University, and also of the Armstrong medal.
Member American Institute of Architects.
Principal Works: Fisher Residence, Harrison, North.Y, 1956. Safeway Stores, Incorporated, North.Y, New Jersey & Conn, 1960 to 1965. Universal Shopping Center, Pa, 1960 to 1967.
Bronxwood Tower, North.Y.C, 1965.
Programming 40 Master Plans of City University New York System, 1967 to 1973 Honorary
Public Service: Committee on space allocation, State University Publications: Bowling alleys substitute good design for jukebox appeal, 2/52, and $100,000 value for $40,000, 11/53, Architecture.
Forum; Parish house and school & Travelers Hotel, New York Construct.
News, 4/55. The new 185 Broadway will introduce revolutionary air conditioning ideas, Modernization Age, 4/57. The architect and the museum, Music.
News, 10/64; The computer based inventory of senior and community college space complexes including summaries of spaces in all disciplines (a two yr study), State University
North.Y, 67-68.