Balthazar Korab [SEP] date of death
Balthazar Korab
Balthazar Korab (; 1926–2013) was an American photographer based in Detroit, Michigan specializing in architectural, art and landscape photography.
Biography.
Korab was born in Budapest, Hungary, and migrated to France after fleeing from Hungary's communist government in 1949. At the École des beaux-arts in Paris, he completed a diploma of architecture in 1954. For a time, he was a journeyman under the direction of leading European architects, including Le Corbusier.
In 1955, Korab arrived in the United
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1976 also saw publication of her book, co-authored with Balthazar Korab, on Rome's roofscapes, "I tetti di Roma: Le terrazze, le altane, i belvedere". In 1979 Zarina received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award.
In the early 1980s, working with Gordon Varey, Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (now College of Built Environments), Zarina developed the idea for a permanent