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commissioned Harrover to repurpose a defunct sandbar in the Mississippi River as a means of revitalizing downtown Memphis. Dredges were deployed to raise the sandbar above flood level, upon which Harrover designed the
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and are characterized by their strictly linear forms. He is largely credited with having established a modern architectural identity for
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which allowed visitors to access the park from downtown, negotiating its constructing between Swiss engineers and Italian workers.
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as well as numerous civic buildings across the southern United States. His designs range in style from
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and the Memphis College of Art. He closed his firm in 1994 and began full-time consulting work.
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at age two following his parents' divorce. At age 14, Harrover was hired by
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Mann died of lung cancer a year before Harrover finished designing the
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Following graduation, Harrover worked briefly as chief designer under
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to construct accurate models of their airplanes. He served in the
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Harrover was awarded honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts by
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on November 23, 1928, Harrover moved with his mother to
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Church of the River (First Unitarian Church of Memphis)
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Yale
Yale School of Architecture
Architect
Progressive Architecture Award
AIA
FAIA
Memphis International Airport
New Formalist
Brutalist
Memphis, Tennessee
Dayton, Ohio
Nashville
Vultee Aircraft
U.S. Marine Corps
Yale University
Vincent Scully
King-lui Wu
Louis Kahn
Buckminster Fuller
Philip Johnson
Paul Schweikher
Philip Johnson
Paul Rudolph
Memphis College of Art
Memphis International Airport
martini glass
J. Wyeth Chandler
Mud Island River Park
Memphis Suspension Railway

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