Lee Harris Pomeroy, whose architectural touch is visible around New York City — in the subway stations he redesigned, the Fulton Mall that he helped to plan in Brooklyn and the limestone-sheathed Swiss Bank Tower he devised to fit in with nearby landmarks like Rockefeller Center and the flagship store of Saks Fifth Avenue — died on Feb. 18 in Manhattan. He was 85.

His daughter, Jordana Pomeroy, confirmed his death but did not specify a cause.

“Architecture is a social art as well as a technical, problem-solving process,” Mr. Pomeroy told his daughter in an email exchange last year. “But it is also a means of giving form to ideas, as well as satisfying a practical need. And that is what makes it so special.”

Although Mr. Pomeroy designed projects around the world, among them the Binhai International Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China, he was probably best known for his work in the city where he lived.

“Lee was the quintessential New York City architect,” said Sandra Bloodworth, director of arts and design for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “He loved New York, and he loved the civic side of historic preservation and transportation.”