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{{Short description|American architecture firm}} {{Use American English|date=June 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2026}} [[File:Pan American Union, Washington, DC in 1943.jpg|thumb|OAS Building (1910)]] [[Image:Federal Reserve.jpg|thumb|Eccles Building (1935)]] [[File:Walt Whitman Bridge-2.jpg|thumb|Walt Whitman Bridge (1959)]] [[File:Jefferson University Scott Memorial LIbrary.jpg|thumb|Scott Memorial Library of Thomas Jefferson University (1970)]]

'''H2L2''' (for three decades, officially '''Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson''') was an architecture firm in Philadelphia founded in 1907 by Paul Philippe Cret as '''The Offices of Paul Philippe Cret'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/cret.html |title=Founded by Cret |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724100229/http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/cret.html |archive-date=2008-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1923, John Harbeson became Cret's partner, along with William J. H. Hough and William Livingston. In 1925 the firm was joined by Roy Larson. After Cret's death in 1945, the younger partners followed Cret's wishes and removed Cret's name from their masthead, continuing as '''Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson'''. In 1976, the firm officially became H2L2 after years of using the name informally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/har.html |title=Name changes |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820104522/http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/har.html |archive-date=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, H2L2 and NELSON, which was founded in 1977 as an interior design firm, merged to create a full-service architecture/engineering firm.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.h2l2.com/news/?p=348 |title=NELSON and H2L2 Join Forces Creating a Full Service A/E firm H2L2 – ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS |access-date=2013-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519183743/http://www.h2l2.com/news/?p=348 |archive-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Much of the firm's work is visible in Philadelphia and around the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/timelin1.html |title=Timeline of major works |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820104759/http://www.h2l2.com/profile/history/timelin1.html |archive-date=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Major works ==

=== The Offices of Paul Philippe Cret ===

* 1910 – Organization of American States Building, Washington, DC (with Albert Kelsey) * 1913 – Indianapolis Central Public Library, Indianapolis, Indiana (with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary) * 1921 – Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary) * 1923 – Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania * 1926 – Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with Jacques Gréber * 1926 – Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia – Camden, New Jersey * 1929 – Clark Memorial Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky * 1929 – Integrity Trust Company Building, Philadelphia * 1932 – Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. * 1935 – Duke Ellington Bridge, Washington D.C. * 1937 – Eccles Building, Washington D.C. * 1944 – Bancroft Hall, USNA, Annapolis, Maryland

=== Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson ===

* 1944 – Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France * 1956 – Eisenhower Chapel, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania * 1957 – Walt Whitman Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * 1958 - Welsh Valley Middle School, Narberth, Pennsylvania * 1963 – Thomas Jefferson University, General Plan, Philadelphia * 1965 – Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC * 1970 – Thomas Jefferson University, Scott Memorial Library, Philadelphia<ref>[http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/Archives/Highlights/Modest_Proposal/ "A Modest Proposal: Some Rejected and Altered Architectural Designs for TJU Campus Buildings"] on the Thomas Jefferson University website</ref> * 1970 – PECO Building, Philadelphia * 1972 – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070309001407/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetchildrenshospitalofphiladelphiamainbuilding-philadelphia-pa-usa CHoP]}} designed by H2L2 (h2l2.com refers to this as the "Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania")</ref> * 1972 - University City High School (Philadelphia) * 1976 – Hetzel Student Union, Penn State University, State College * 1976 - Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia<ref>{{cite web|title=American Database by Architect|url=http://www.isjm.org/Buildings/designer.htm|website=www.isjm.org|accessdate=23 November 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001137/http://www.isjm.org/Buildings/designer.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson}}

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