Harry Sims Bent

(1896–1959) American architect and landscape architect

Harry Sims Bent (United States, 1896–1959) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Harry Sims Bent belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Harry Sims Bent was born in Socorro and died in Pasadena. Harry Sims Bent trained at University of Pennsylvania and South Pasadena High School. Harry Sims Bent worked in Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Pasadena.

The best-known works include ‘Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden’, ‘Hancock Park’, ‘Mother Waldron Playground’, and ‘Ala Moana Beach Park’. The catalogue has one building by Harry Sims Bent. The dated building is from 1947.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Wallace Harrison, Giuseppe Pagano, André Bloc, Pierre Jeanneret, and William Lescaze.

• Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden