DeWitt Tishman Architects

DeWitt Tishman Architects was a New York architecture firm headed by Peter DeWitt. The firm, which has worked extensively in Jersey City is known for the use of brick, color, and pattern in designing residential towers within tight budget constraints.

Peter DeWitt founded the firm in 1992; the name was changed to DeWitt Tishman when Erica Tishman joined him in 1993.[1] On December 17, 2019, Erica Tishman, wife of Steven Tishman,[2] was killed when she was struck in the head by falling debris from a Manhattan high rise building.[3][4]

  1. ^ Martin, Antoinette (12 December 2004). "Square Boxes, With Patterns and Colors". New York Times.
  2. ^ "Erica Lindenbaum Is Married to Steven Tishman". The New York Times. 1982-06-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  3. ^ Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge; Lapin, Tamar; Taylor, Alex (17 December 2019). "Erica Tishman, architect, identified as woman killed by falling facade in NYC". New York Post. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. ^ Otterman, Sharon; Haag, Matthew (17 December 2019). "Woman Killed by Falling Debris Near Times Square". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2019.