Formed in 1930, Kocher & Frey was a pioneering Modern architecture firm working in New York, NY; since 1928, Kocher was the Editor of Architectural Record magazine at the time, and did not spend much time designing the few projects the firm had on the boards; he operated as a critic, writer, and public relations face for the partnership; Frey had the major design responsibility for the four commissions that the two did together;