Birth Name: William Lescaze
Occupation: Architect
Place Of Birth: Switzerland
Date Of Birth: March 27, 1896
Date Of Death: February 9, 1969
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: Swiss
William Lescaze was born on the 27th of March, 1896. He was best known for being a Architect. One of the first Modernist architects in the United States. Led the design of the Williamsburg Houses in 1937, a 20-building modernist housing project.
William Lescaze was born in Switzerland. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1920 after studying at Zurich’s École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, from which he graduated in 1919. He was first employed by Cleveland’s Hubbell & Benes, then established his practice in 1923 in New York City. He designed the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building, the first International Modernist skyscraper.
William Lescaze was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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William Lescaze was born in 1890s.
William Lescaze is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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William Lescaze was born in the Year of the Monkey.
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| REAL NAME: | William Lescaze |
| NICKNAME: | William |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Friday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: William Lescaze was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: William Lescaze was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: William Lescaze had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
William Lescaze’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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