Warren Platner

Warren Platner studied architecture at Cornell University and soon after went on to work with the likes of I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen between the years of 1945-50, receiving the Rome Prize in architecture in 1955.

In 1967, he opened his own firm, Warren Platner Associates, in New Haven, CT. Platner's architectural pursuits include the Georg Jensen Design Center and the Windows on the World restaurant in the original World Trade Center, but, today Platner is best known for his furniture design.

His first and most famous collection produced by Knoll in 1966 was the Platner Collection, which contained tables and seating that attempted to merge modernism with "the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful kind of design that appeared in period style like Louis XV." He invented the production techniques for the collection, with each chair requiring over a thousand welds and more than one hundred cylindrical steel rods.

Warren Platner's Designs

Platner Arm Chair
Platner Arm Chair

Knoll

from $4,570.00
Platner Easy Chair
Platner Easy Chair

Knoll

from $13,600.00
Platner Lounge Chair
Platner Lounge Chair

Knoll

from $8,013.00
Platner Ottoman
Platner Ottoman

Knoll

from $3,898.00
Platner Stool
Platner Stool

Knoll

from $2,583.00
Knoll - Platner Dining Table - Lekker Home
Platner Dining Table

Knoll

from $5,247.00
Knoll - Platner Coffee Table - Lekker Home Knoll - Platner Coffee Table - Lekker Home
Platner Coffee Table

Knoll

from $2,236.00
Knoll - Platner Side Table - Lekker Home
Platner Side Table

Knoll

from $1,221.00

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