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Victor Gruen
Austrian architect (1903-1980) · Austria · Architects · Died at 76
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Something wrong?Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum, was an Austrian-American architect best known as a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States.
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Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum, was an Austrian-American architect best known as a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States. He is also noted for his urban revitalization proposals, described in his writings and applied in master plans such as for Fort Worth, Texas (1955), Kalamazoo, Michigan (1958) and Fresno, California (1965). An advocate of prioritizing pedestrians over cars in urban cores, he was also the designer of the first climate controlled shopping center in the United States, Southdale Center, and the first outdoor pedestrian mall in the United States, the Kalamazoo Mall.
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Margarete Schütte-LihotzkyBoth received City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
Clemens HolzmeisterBoth received City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
Hans HolleinBoth received City of Vienna Prize for ArchitectureRaimund AbrahamBoth received City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
Richard NeutraBoth received City of Vienna Prize for ArchitectureRob KrierBoth received City of Vienna Prize for ArchitectureFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.