JASON MOORE

NOTABLE PROJECTS

Moore’s most notable project is the Simms Building, completed in 1954. Designed with Flatow for Albert G. Simms, it became Albuquerque’s tallest building at the time and remains the city’s best example of the International Style. The Simms Building showcases glass curtain walls, open floor plates, and the strong separation between the low retail base and the tower above. The still-in-use is a modernist landmark in Albuquerque and represented a clear sign of the city’s shift toward contemporary architectural expression.

Other significant projects associated with the firm included Temple Albert, St. Paul Lutheran Church and Medical Arts Square, which helped establish Flatow and Moore’s reputation as leading modernists in New Mexico. Moore’s legacy is therefore tied not to a large independent body of solo work, but to a highly influential partnership that helped define midcentury architecture in the region. Flatow and Moore’s work showed that Albuquerque could support bold, nationally current design and their buildings highlighted Albuquerque’s postwar growth, especially as the city expanded eastward and downtown began to modernize.

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REFERENCES

Albuquerque Modernism, University of New Mexico. (2015, November 22). Simms Building. https://albuquerquemodernism.unm.edu/posts/cs22_simms_building.html

Dodge, W. A. (2013, September). A survey of Albuquerque’s mid-century modernist architectural resources. City of Albuquerque Planning Department. https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/historic-preservation/Albuq.%20Mid-century%20resource%20survey%202013.pdf

Find a Grave. (2026). Jason P. Moore [Memorial ID 19040575]. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19040575/jason_p-moor

JASON MOORE (1915-2000) was a key New Mexico architect whose work with Max Flatow helped shape Albuquerque’s midcentury modern landscape. He is best known as Flatow’s partner in Flatow and Moore (1947), the firm behind some of the city’s most important postwar modern buildings, including the Simms Building.

Moore studied architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was roommates with Max Flatow. That shared training became the foundation for a long professional partnership after Flatow moved to Albuquerque and Moore later joined him there. Together they formed Flatow and Moore, a practice that became one of the leading modernist firms in New Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s.