Archinect - News 2024-12-22T03:40:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150038095/r-i-p-architect-albert-c-ledner R.I.P. Architect Albert C. Ledner Nam Henderson 2017-11-16T12:24:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7w/7w9qxralw7iyzi91.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Ledner's trio of buildings for the union's headquarters in Manhattan catapulted him onto the national stage, raising eyebrows and earning him accolades for his innovative approach. One of the structures resembles a giant Connect 4 game board, speckled with more than 100 porthole windows and sloping 20 feet from the base.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Susan Langenhennig reports that&nbsp;Albert C. Ledner, died Monday night in Manchester, N.H.</p> <p>For more about the "<em>quirky modernist architects who, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright</em>" read <a href="http://karriejacobs.com/2008/04/the-ledner-legacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a>, <a href="http://viemagazine.com/article/a-modernist-legacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a> or <a href="https://www.curbed.com/2016/12/14/13942752/albert-ledner-architect-documentary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a>.</p><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/fesawomljz0l0g35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/fesawomljz0l0g35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Ledner House, New Orleans, December 2006 | Credit Karrie Jacobs</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cdzcusef9dof2dve.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cdzcusef9dof2dve.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The O&rsquo;Toole Building of St. Vincent&rsquo;s Hospital, originally headquarters of the National Maritime Union | Credit Albert Ledner</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/k2/k2ax00yog7awtz21.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/k2/k2ax00yog7awtz21.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>via <a href="https://www.aianeworleans.org/event/albert-ledner-exhibit-opening" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.aianeworleans.org/event/albert-ledner-exhibit-opening</a>/</figcaption></figure>