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Helmut Jahn

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Helmut Jahn(January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-Americanarchitect,known for projects such as theSony CenteronPotsdamer Platzin Berlin, Germany; theMesseturmin Frankfurt, Germany; theThompson Centerin Chicago;One Liberty PlaceinPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania; andSuvarnabhumi Airport,inBangkok,Thailand,among others.

Helmut Jahn
Born(1940-01-04)January 4, 1940
Zirndorf,Bavaria,Germany
DiedMay 8, 2021(2021-05-08)(aged 81)
Campton Hills, Illinois,US
NationalityGerman
EducationTechnical University of Munich
Illinois Institute of Technology
OccupationArchitect
Websitewww.jahn-us

His recent projects included50 West Street,a residential tower in New York City in 2016 and theThyssenKrupp Test TowerinRottweil, Germanyin 2017. He was also behind1000Min Chicago which began construction in 2019.

Life and career

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An illuminated, suspended, oval roof covers the 102 m span of the centralForumof theSony Center,Berlin.

Jahn was born January 4, 1940, inZirndorf,nearNuremberg,Germany.[1]His father, Wilhelm Anton Jahn, was a schoolteacher in special education. His mother, Karolina Wirth, was a housewife.[2][3]Jahn grew up watching the reconstruction of the city, which had been largely destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns.[4]

He studied architecture at theTechnical University of Munichfrom 1960 to 1965,[5]and worked withPeter C. von Seidlein[de]for a year after graduation.[1]In 1966, he went to Chicago to further study architecture underMyron GoldsmithandFazlur Khanat theIllinois Institute of Technologyon aRotary Scholarship,earning a Master's degree in 1967.[3]

Murphy/Jahn

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Jahn joinedCharles Francis Murphy's architecture firm, C. F. Murphy Associates, in 1967 and was appointed Executive Vice President and Director of Planning and Design of the firm in 1973.[citation needed]He took sole control in 1981, renaming the firm Murphy/Jahn (even thoughMurphyhad retired).[citation needed]Murphy died in 1985.

Death

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Jahn was killed on May 8, 2021, while riding his bicycle inCampton Hills,a suburb of Chicago.[6]The collision happened near his home and horse farm inSt. Charles, Illinois,a Chicago suburb.[7][8][9]

Architectural style and influences

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Generally inspired byLudwig Mies van der Rohe,yet opposed to thedoctrinalapplication ofmodernismby his followers, in 1978, Jahn became the eighth member of theChicago Seven.His architectural style shifted from themodernismof theMiesiantradition to apostmodernistone with high-tech stylizations.[10]Jahn established his reputation in 1985 with theState of Illinois Centerin Chicago which prompted him to be dubbed "Flash Gordon".[11]In addition to the main seat in Chicago, the company has offices in Berlin and Shanghai.

On October 26, 2012, Helmut Jahn renamed Murphy/Jahn to simply JAHN.[citation needed]

Completed projects

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Auraria Library
James R. Thompson Center
O'Hare International Airport,Chicago – interior view of the connecting tunnel between Concourses B & C of Terminal 1, withMichael Hayden's neon installationSky's the Limit(1987).
Bank of America Tower(1990)
One America Plaza
1999 K Street, NW in Washington, D.C.
Facade of Neues Kranzler Eck,Berlin

Following is a partial list of completed projects:

In his native town of Nuremberg, however, a project by Jahn was rejected by a citizens' referendum in 1996.[54]

Select awards

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Personal life

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Jahn was interested inyachting,and in the late 1990s owned at least three yachts namedFlash Gordon(one of his nicknames).[61]In 1995, Jahn'sFlash Gordon 2won the annualChicago to Mackinac Race,the oldest freshwater yacht race in the world.[62]In 1998, Jahn invited his fellow Vietnam War veteran, George Henry, to race with him in the Waterbury Channel Open. In 1997,Flash Gordon 3won theAdmiral's Cup.[61][63]It was theFarr 40design yacht calledFlash Gordon 6that he had the most success winning the 2012Farr 40 World Championship[64]and they captured three straight North American Championship between 2015–2017.[65]

He married Deborah Ann Lampe, an interior designer, in December 1970. Their son Evan was born in 1978.[2]

Images

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  • Messeturm(Fair Tower),Frankfurt
  • The Post Tower (Postal Tower),Bonn
  • Exhibition "Process/Progress" Nuremberg, Germany 2012-2013

References

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