Ernest Alton Grunsfeld

(1897–1970) American architect (1897-1970)

Ernest Alton Grunsfeld (United States, 1897–1970) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Ernest Alton Grunsfeld belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Ernest Alton Grunsfeld was born in Albuquerque. Ernest Alton Grunsfeld trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, American Academy in Rome, and École des Beaux-Arts.

One of the best-known works is ‘Adler Planetarium’. The catalogue has one building by Ernest Alton Grunsfeld. The dated building is from 1930.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include William Lescaze, Lutah Maria Riggs, Karo Semenovič Alabjan, Louis Skidmore, and Fred Forbat.

• Adler Planetarium