Hugh Hardy

Hugh Gelston Hardy (born July 26, 1932 in Mallorca , Spain ; † March 17, 2017 ) was an American architect who became known for numerous new buildings and conversions of theaters and cultural centers in the USA.

Life

Hardy attended Princeton University and completed his studies with a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Fine Arts. He served as a pioneer in the United States Army and then assisted Eero Saarinen and Jo Mielziner in building the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York.

In 1963 he founded his architecture firm Hugh Hardy & Associates, from which the Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer company emerged in 1967 . His partners were the architects Malcolm Holzman and Norman Pfeiffer . Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer soon became the leading architecture firm for the new construction and renovation of theaters and concert halls in North America. In 1995 Julie Iovine wrote in the New York Times that there is hardly a “cultural icon” in New York that Hardy was not involved in building. By 1999 the office had completed 115 such projects and employed 130 people in New York and Los Angeles.

In 2004 the three partners separated and founded their own offices with parts of the workforce. Hardy founded the company H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in New York with five partners. H3 attaches particular importance to sustainable construction; half of the tour is LEED certified.

Hardy was married to the Italian architect Tiziana Hardy and had two children. He died on March 17, 2017 at the age of 84.

Awards

Hardy was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1993. In 1994, Hardy was elected a member (NA) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

He won the Placemark Award of the Design History Foundation in 2001 , the President's Award of the New York Association of the AIA in 2002 and the President's Medal of the Architectural League of New York in 2010 .

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer received the 1981 Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects, which is considered the highest honor for architectural firms in the United States.

buildings

Projects by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer (until 2004)

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Projects by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture (from 2004, selection)

• Davis Performing Arts Center with Gonda Theater, Georgetown University , Washington DC, 2006
• New York Academy of Sciences on the 40th floor of skyscraper 7 World Trade Center , New York, 2006
• Casa 74 , 30-story residential building with 87 condos, 255 East 74th Street, Upper East Side , New York, 2008
• Clare Tow Theater on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont Theater , Lincoln Center, New York, 2010
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas , Fort Worth, 2011
• Federal Courthouse, Jackson, Mississippi, 2011
• DiMenna Center for Classical Music (Orchestra of St. Luke's), New York, 2011
• Richard B. Fisher Building, Brooklyn Academy of Music , Brooklyn, New York, 2013
• Theater for a New Audience , Brooklyn, New York

Fonts

• Hugh Hardy: When Two Worlds Become One , in: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (Ed.): Theaters . Back Stage Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8230-8944-4 , pp. 18-21
• Hugh Hardy, Mildred Friedman: Theater of architecture . Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-61689-131-2

literature

• Michael Sorkin , Mildred F. Schmertz, Nicholas Polites: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Buildings and Projects 1967-1992 . Rizzoli Bookstore, 1992, ISBN 0-8478-1483-1
• Glenn M. Andres, Mildred Friedman: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Buildings and Projects 1993-1998 . Rizzoli Bookstore, 1999, ISBN 0-8478-2217-6

Web links

• H3C Hardy Collaboration Architecture

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leland M. Roth: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer , in: The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art , p. 446 ( excerpt from Google Books )
2. ↑ Julie V. Iovine: Tenacity in the Service of Public Culture, New Victory Theater Is Latest Icon on Which Architect Leaves His Mark . nytimes.com , December 12, 1995, accessed March 19, 2017.
3. ^ Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Theater . Back Stage Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8230-8944-4 , blurb and p. 15.
4. ↑ Leadership . H3 website, accessed March 19, 2017.
5. ^ Julie V. Iovine: For a Master Builder, It's Hands Off At Home . nytimes.com , May 15, 1997, accessed March 19, 2017.
6. ↑ Consummate New York architect Hugh Hardy dies at age 84. The Architect's Newspaper, March 17, 2017, accessed March 19, 2017 . 
7. ^ Hall of Fame Honorees: Hugh Hardy. Interior design, archived from the original on February 25, 2012 ; accessed on March 19, 2017 (English). 
8. ^ Nationalacademy.org: Living Academicians "H" / Hardy, Hugh Gelston, NA 1994 . ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. National Academy Museum , accessed March 19, 2017.  
9. ↑ Archive for 'Hugh Hardy' MAS Hits Awards Trifecta: Three Leaders to be Honored at Three Separate Events on April 19. The Municipal Art Society of New York , April 16, 2010, archived from the original on October 6, 2011 ; accessed on March 19, 2017 (English). 
10. ^ Andy Propst: Lincoln Center Theater to Build Hugh Hardy-Designed LCT3 Above Vivian Beaumont Theater . TheaterMania.com, accessed March 19, 2017.
11. ^ Architecture: Theater for a New Audience's First Home . Theater for a New Audience (TFANA), accessed March 19, 2017.