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Revision as of 21:19, 4 March 2020
American architect| Henry N. Cobb | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1926-04-08)April 8, 1926 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | (2020-03-02)March 2, 2020 |
| Education | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Architect |
Henry N. Cobb (April 8, 1926 – 2020) was an American architect and founding partner with I.M. Pei and Eason H. Leonard of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, an international architectural firm based in New York City.
Early life
Henry N. Cobb was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Career
Cobb was an architect. Additionally, he was the chairman of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University from 1980 to 1985. He has received honorary degrees from Bowdoin College and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. In 1983, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1990.
Cobb won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's 2013 Lynn S. Beedle Award.
Personal life and death
Cobb lived in New York City and North Haven, Maine. He died in 2020, at age 93.
Notable buildings
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Some notable buildings for which Cobb has been principally responsible include:
- Place Ville Marie in Montreal (1962)
- Campus of the State University of New York Fredonia (1968)
- Harbor Towers, Boston (1971)
- John Hancock Tower, Boston (1976)
- Wilson Commons at the University of Rochester (1976)
- World Trade Center, Baltimore (1977)
- One Dallas Centre, Dallas (1979)
- Johnson and Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1983)
- ARCO Tower, Dallas (1983)
- Charles Shipman Payson Building, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine (1983)
- Pitney Bowes World Headquarters, Stamford, Connecticut (1985)
- Library Tower, Los Angeles (1989), now U.S. Bank Tower
- Credit Suisse First Boston headquarters at Canary Wharf, London (1992)
- UCLA Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (1995)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters, Washington DC (1996)
- John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark, Boston (1998)
- College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (1999)
- World Trade Center Barcelona, Barcelona (1999)
- National Constitution Center, Philadelphia (2003)
- Hyatt Center, Chicago (2005)
- Palazzo Lombardia, Milano (2005)
- International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington, D.C. (2005)
- Center for Government and International Studies at Harvard University (2005)
- 1 Memorial Drive, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2008)
- Torre Espacio, Madrid, Spain (2008)
- 200 West Street, New York (2009)
- Palazzo Lombardia, Milan (2010)
- 7 Bryant Park, New York (2016)
- Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street, Boston (2019)
Gallery
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200 Clarendon, formerly John Hancock Tower, Boston, MA (1976)
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Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ (1983)
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Torre Espacio, Madrid, Spain (2008)
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Bibliography
- Henry N. Cobb: Words & Works 1948-2018: Scenes from a Life in Architecture (2018). Monacelli Press. ISBN 9781580935142.
References
- "Harvard Design Magazine suporters". gsd.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009.
- ""2013 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner"". Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- Reiner-Roth, Shane (March 3, 2020). "Henry N. Cobb dies at 93". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- "Bank of China". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
External links
- Cobb bio on official website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
- Thomas Farragher: Special Report on the Boston Globe; "The Hancock at 30" includes Henry Cobb audio slideshow (paywalled)
- 1926 births
- 2020 deaths
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Architects from Boston
- People from North Haven, Maine
- Architects from New York City
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- Harvard Lampoon alumni
- Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty
- Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
- 20th-century American architects
- 21st-century American architects
- Harvard College alumni