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American architect (1926–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Henry N. Cobb | |
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Born | Henry Nichols Cobb April 8, 1926 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | March 2, 2020 93) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | (aged
Education | Phillips Exeter Academy |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Architect |
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.
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]
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 for which Cobb was principally responsible include:
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