Architect and furniture designer
The famous architect Warren Platner was born in Baltimore in the USA on 18 June 1919 and died on 17 April 2006. In 1942, he graduated in architecture from Cornell University in New York State. After working with design legends Raymond Loewy, Eero Saarinen and I. M. Pei, he immersed himself in designing furniture with steel wire frames, helping to develop the methods and tools for manufacturing the lounge chair himself.
One of his first projects was the design of the Georg Jensen Design Centre. A few years later, he gained particular fame with his design for the restaurant "Windows on the World", located in one of the towers of the former World Trade Center in New York City. His Platner furniture collection for Knoll is also impressive because of its elaborate manufacturing process. The design of the Platner furniture dates back to the 1960s.
