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American architect (1926–2020)
Henry Nichols Cobb (April 8, 1926 – March 2, 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 , the son of Elsie Quincy (Nichols) and Charles Kane Cobb, an investment counselor.
[1] 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.
[2] He 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,
[3] and was awarded the
Architectural League of New York 's President's Medal in 2015.
[4]
Personal life and death
Cobb lived in
New York City and
North Haven, Maine .[
citation needed ] He died on March 2, 2020, in
Manhattan at the age of 93.
[5]
[1]
Notable buildings
Place Ville Marie in
Montreal (1962)
John Hancock Tower ,
Boston (1976)
U.S. Bank Tower (center), Los Angeles (1990)
Notable buildings for which Cobb was 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, D.C. (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 ,
Milan ,
Italy (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)
[6]
Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street , Boston (2019)
Gallery
Bibliography
Henry N. Cobb: Words & Works 1948-2018: Scenes from a Life in Architecture (2018). Monacelli Press.
ISBN
9781580935142 .
References
External links
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