- FABRAP
Infobox Defunct company
company_name = FABRAP
company_
slogan =
company_type = Private
fate = merged
Predecessor = Finch Barnes and Paschal
Alexander and Rothschild
successor = Rosser Fabrap International
foundation = 1958
defunct = 1984
location = Atlanta, Georgia
industry =Architecture
products = stadiums, headquarters, homes
key_people =
num_employees =FABRAP, or Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothschild and Paschal, was an architectural firm founded in
Atlanta, Georgia in 1958. They specialized in sportsstadium s, and developed the headquarters for several major Atlanta businesses.cite web | last = Craig | first = Robert M. | title = FABRwork = The New Georgia Encyclopedia | publisher = Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press | date = 2007-12-14 | url = http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1073 | accessdate = 2008-05-10]
History
In 1948
James H. "Bill" Finch and Miller Barnes, twoGeorgia Institute of Technology graduates, joined to form architectural firm Finch and Barnes. Caraker Paschal, also a Georgia Tech graduate, became a partner in 1957 to form Finch Barnes and Paschal. In 1958 Cecil Alexander and Bernard Rothschild joined the firm to create FABRAP. FABRAP embraced the International style popular at the time.FABRAP partnered with
Heery and Heery , another major Atlanta architecture firm, in 1965 to develop theAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium . Following the quick completion of this stadium, the partnership gained a large business in developing sports facilities, including the $45 millionRiverfront Stadium inCincinnati, Ohio in 1970. FABRAP was hired and partnered with other firms to develop the headquarters for First National Bank in 1966, Coca-Cola in 1979, and Southern Bell in 1982.In 1984 FABRAP merged with Atlanta engineering firm Rosser White Hobbs Davidson McClellan Kelly to form Rosser Fabrap International. In 1993 the firm was renamed Rosser International. [cite web | title = our history | publisher = Rosser International Inc | url = http://www.rosser.com/site.html | format = timeline | accessdate = 2008-05-10]
References
External links
* [http://www.rosser.com/ Rosser] , website of the predecessor firm
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