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{{Short description|American architect (1926–2020)}}
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'''Henry N. Cobb''' (born April 8, 1926, in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[architect]] and founding partner with [[I.M. Pei]] of [[Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]], an international architectural firm based in [[New York City]].
'''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==
==Early life==
Henry N. Cobb was born on April 8, 1926. He attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], [[Harvard College]], and the [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]].
Henry N. Cobb was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the son of Elsie Quincy (Nichols) and Charles Kane Cobb, an investment counselor.<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/arts/henry-cobb-dead.html|title=Henry Cobb, Courtly Architect of Hancock Tower, Dies at 93 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 4, 2020}}</ref> He attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], [[Harvard College]], and the [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]].


==Career==
==Career==
Cobb was an architect. Additionally, he was the chairman of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University from 1980 to 1985.<ref>[http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/sponsor.html Harvard Design Magazine suporters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719021056/http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/sponsor.html |date=2009-07-19 }}</ref> He has received honorary degrees from [[Bowdoin College]] and the [[ETH Zurich|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 was an architect. Additionally, he was the chairman of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University from 1980 to 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/sponsor.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719021056/http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/sponsor.html|url-status=dead|title=Harvard Design Magazine supporters|archive-date=July 19, 2009|website=gsd.harvard.edu}}</ref> He received honorary degrees from [[Bowdoin College]] and the [[ETH Zurich|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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctbuh.org/Awards/AllPastWinners/13_Cobb/tabid/4642/language/en-GB/Default.aspx |title="2013 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner" |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611033340/http://www.ctbuh.org/Awards/AllPastWinners/13_Cobb/tabid/4642/language/en-GB/Default.aspx |archive-date=2017-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was awarded the [[Architectural League of New York]]'s President's Medal in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archleague.org/event/cobb-2015-presidents-medal/ |title=2015 President's Medal honoree|date=4 May 2015|website=archleague.org |publisher=Architectural League of New York |accessdate=4 August 2021}}</ref>


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==Personal life and death==
Cobb won the [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]]'s 2013 [[Lynn S. Beedle]] Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctbuh.org/Awards/AllPastWinners/13_Cobb/tabid/4642/language/en-GB/Default.aspx |title="2013 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner" |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611033340/http://www.ctbuh.org/Awards/AllPastWinners/13_Cobb/tabid/4642/language/en-GB/Default.aspx |archive-date=2017-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Cobb lived in [[New York City]] and [[North Haven, Maine]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} He died on March 2, 2020, in [[Manhattan]] at the age of 93.<ref name="architectsnewspaperobit">{{cite news |last1=Reiner-Roth |first1=Shane |title=Henry N. Cobb dies at 93 |url=https://archpaper.com/2020/03/henry-n-cobb-dies-at-93/ |access-date=March 4, 2020 |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=March 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name=nyt1/>

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==Personal life==
Cobb lives in [[New York City]] and [[North Haven, Maine]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}


== Notable buildings ==
== Notable buildings ==
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[[File:Los Angeles Library Tower (small).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] (center), Los Angeles (1990)]]
[[File:Los Angeles Library Tower (small).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] (center), Los Angeles (1990)]]


Some notable buildings for which Cobb has been principally responsible include:
Notable buildings for which Cobb was principally responsible include:
*[[Place Ville Marie]] in [[Montreal]] (1962)
*[[Place Ville Marie]] in [[Montreal]] (1962)
*Campus of the [[State University of New York Fredonia]] (1968)
*Campus of the [[State University of New York Fredonia]] (1968)
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*[[Credit Suisse First Boston]] headquarters at [[Canary Wharf]], [[London]] (1992)
*[[Credit Suisse First Boston]] headquarters at [[Canary Wharf]], [[London]] (1992)
*[[UCLA Anderson School of Management]] at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (1995)
*[[UCLA Anderson School of Management]] at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (1995)
*[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] headquarters, Washington DC (1996)
*[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] headquarters, Washington, D.C. (1996)
* John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark, [[Boston]] (1998)
*[[John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse|John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark]], [[Boston]] (1998)
*[[College-Conservatory of Music]] at the [[University of Cincinnati]] (1999)
*[[College-Conservatory of Music]] at the [[University of Cincinnati]] (1999)
*[[World Trade Center Barcelona]], [[Barcelona]] (1999)
*[[World Trade Center Barcelona]], [[Barcelona]] (1999)
*[[National Constitution Center]], [[Philadelphia]] (2003)
*[[National Constitution Center]], [[Philadelphia]] (2003)
*[[Hyatt Center]], [[Chicago]] (2005)
*[[Hyatt Center]], [[Chicago]] (2005)
*[[Palazzo Lombardia]], [[Milano]] (2005)
*[[Palazzo Lombardia]], [[Milan]], [[Italy]] (2005)
*[[International Monetary Fund]] Headquarters 2, [[Washington, D.C.]] (2005)
*[[International Monetary Fund]] Headquarters 2, [[Washington, D.C.]] (2005)
*Center for Government and International Studies at [[Harvard University]] (2005)
*Center for Government and International Studies at [[Harvard University]] (2005)
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*[[200 West Street]], New York (2009)
*[[200 West Street]], New York (2009)
*[[Palazzo Lombardia]], [[Milan]] (2010)
*[[Palazzo Lombardia]], [[Milan]] (2010)
*[[7 Bryant Park]], New York (2016) <ref>https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/bank-of-china-at-7-bryant-park</ref>
* 7 [[Bryant Park]], New York (2016) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/bank-of-china-at-7-bryant-park|title=Bank of China|website=www.architectmagazine.com|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>
*[[Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street]], Boston (2019)
*[[Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street]], Boston (2019)

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== Gallery ==
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File:John Hancock Tower, Blue Hour.jpg|[[200 Clarendon]], formerly John Hancock Tower, [[Boston, MA]] (1976)

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File:JohnsonJohnson HQ building.jpg|[[Johnson & Johnson]] Headquarters, [[New Brunswick, NJ]] (1983)

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File:Torre Espacio (Madrid) 07.jpg|[[Torre Espacio]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] (2008)
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== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://www.pcf-p.com/about/henry-n-cobb/ Cobb bio on official website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]
*[https://www.pcf-p.com/about/henry-n-cobb/ Cobb biography on website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]
*Thomas Farragher: [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/09/24/60_stories_and_countless_tales/ Special Report on the Boston Globe; "The Hancock at 30" includes Henry Cobb audio slideshow] (paywalled)
*Thomas Farragher: [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/09/24/60_stories_and_countless_tales/ Special Report on the Boston Globe; "The Hancock at 30" includes Henry Cobb audio slideshow] (paywalled)

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== Gallery ==
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File:John Hancock Tower, Blue Hour.jpg|[[200 Clarendon]], formerly John Hancock Tower, [[Boston, MA]] (1976)

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File:JohnsonJohnson HQ building.jpg|[[Johnson & Johnson]] Headquarters, [[New Brunswick, NJ]] (1983)

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File:Torre Espacio (Madrid) 07.jpg|[[Torre Espacio]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] (2008)
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</gallery>


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[[Category:Presidents of the American Academy of Arts and Letters]]

Latest revision as of 05:55, 21 October 2023

Henry N. Cobb
Born
Henry Nichols Cobb

(1926-04-08)April 8, 1926
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2020(2020-03-02) (aged 93)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
EducationPhillips Exeter Academy
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationArchitect

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

Gallery[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Henry N. Cobb: Words & Works 1948-2018: Scenes from a Life in Architecture (2018). Monacelli Press. ISBN 9781580935142.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Henry Cobb, Courtly Architect of Hancock Tower, Dies at 93". The New York Times. March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Design Magazine supporters". gsd.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009.
  3. ^ ""2013 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner"". Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. ^ "2015 President's Medal honoree". archleague.org. Architectural League of New York. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ Reiner-Roth, Shane (March 3, 2020). "Henry N. Cobb dies at 93". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bank of China". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

External links[edit]

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