Few architecture firms live out the rigors of a century. According to DesignIntelligence’s Almanac of Architecture & Design 2010, the Lexington, Kentucky-based Mason & Hanger has been in business for 183 years, making it the oldest in the United States. A mere 58 years its junior, New York City’s HLW International is celebrating its 125th birthday this year. The firm’s progenitors designed some of Manhattan’s most iconic projects, including the Barclay-Vesey Building at 140 West Street (1926), Western Union Building at 60 Hudson Street (1930), and the Irving Trust Building at 1 Wall Street (1931).
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