Ferdinand Gottlieb

"[3] In addition to a substantial number of private residences, Gottlieb also designed the New York, now Horace Mann School for Nursery Years (1965), the headquarters for the now defunct salvage and construction firm Merritt-Chapman & Scott in NY (1966) and several other large commercial projects in the New York area including a warehouse for Pirelli tires in Oakland, N.J.

"[4] The architect's personal residence, with its three barrel vaulted volumes, crafted by a Norwegian shipwright can be viewed here.

He subsequently served in the United States Army Air Forces intelligence in World War II, receiving two Bronze Star medals.

[6] After the war, he attended Columbia University School of Architecture, graduating 1953, and marrying Bernice Gottlieb (née Friedman) the same year, with whom he raised three children.

[7] Before opening his own practice, he was associated with Morris Ketchum Jr.,[8] a leading New York architect who was a pioneer in shopping center design.