Norman Ramsey

Cedar Rapids, United States

About

The Council was saddened to learn that Mr. Ramsey passed away on July 11, 2012, at the age of 88. Upon receiving the donated "Skylina Project" from Mr. Ramsey in the spring of 2011, Jan Klerks at CTBUH headquarters wrote:

"Like many skyscraper enthusiasts, Mr. Ramsey is not an architect, an engineer, or in any way professionally involved in tall buildings. In fact, he worked most of his life as a Speech and Debate teacher, who started to take an interest in the design of tall buildings while attending art school. Through his hobby he was able to shape this interest, but being educated as an artist, he also often created images of tall buildings or drew cartoons in which tall buildings or skylines were featured. The images have been published regularly in local newspapers and magazines. The unique value of the collection is that most of it was collected in a time in which there was no internet,…

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Norman Ramsey

CTBUH Initiatives

9 May 2011

The Norman Ramsey Collection

A fantastic collection of thousands of books, articles and postcards documenting decades of tall building history has been donated to the Council by Mr. Norman Ramsey.