William Frederick Lamb, FAIA, was one of the principal designers of the Empire State Building. Lamb joined the New York architecture firm Carr�re & Hastings in 1911, shortly after returning from Paris, where he earned a diploma at the �cole des Beaux-Arts. Lamb became a partner in 1920; the firm would be known as Shreve & Lamb from 1924 to 1929 and thereafter as Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. Lamb's notable projects include the Empire State Building, the Standard Oil Building, 521 Fifth Avenue, the Forbes Magazine Building, and the General Motors Building in New York City; the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Building in Washington, D.C.; and academic buildings for the Connecticut College for Women, Williams College, Cornell University, and Wesleyan University. In addition to his studies at the �cole des Beaux Arts, Lamb received a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1904 and did graduate work at the School of Architecture, Columbia University, from 1904 to 1906. 

November 21st, 1893 in Brooklyn  /  Died:   Sep 8th, 1952