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 | |
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| Born | January 4, 1940 |
| Died | May 8, 2021(aged 81) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Technical University of Munich Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Website | www |
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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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 Seidleinfor 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
editJahn 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
editJahn 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
editGenerally 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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Following is a partial list of completed projects:
- 1974Kemper Arena,Kansas City, Missouri[12][13][1]
- 1976Kansas City Convention Center,also known as H. Roe Bartle Exhibition Hall,Kansas City, Missouri[14]
- 1976Auraria Learning Resources Center,Auraria Higher Education Center,Denver, Colorado[15]
- 1976 John Marshall Courts Building,Richmond, Virginia[14]
- 1977Michigan City Public Library,Michigan City, Indiana[16]
- 1977 Saint Mary's College Athletic Facility,Notre Dame, Indiana[17][18]
- 1978 W.W. Grainger Headquarters,Skokie, Illinois[14]
- 1978 Rust-Oleum Corporation International Headquarters,Vernon Hills, Illinois[14]
- 1978 La Lumiere Gymnasium,La Porte, Indiana[14]
- 1979 Imperial Bank TowerCosta Mesa, California[19]
- 1980 Horizon Bank (515 Franklin Street Bank)Michigan City, Indiana[citation needed]
- 1980 Xerox Centre, (55 West Monroe St) Chicago, IL[14][13]
- 1981 United States Post Office,Oak Brook, Illinois[14]
- 1981 De La Garza Career Center,East Chicago, Indiana[14]
- 1981 Commonwealth Edison Company District Headquarters,Bolingbrook, Illinois[14]
- 1982 Argonne Program Support Facility,Argonne National Laboratory,Illinois[14]
- 1982 Eagle River Vacation House (The Jahn House),Eagle River, Wisconsin[14]
- 1982 Area 2 Police Headquarters, Chicago[14]
- 1982Chicago Board of TradeAddition, Chicago[14]
- 1982One South Wacker,Chicago[14][13]
- 1983 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building AdditionUniversity of Illinois,Champaign, Illinois[14]
- 1983 Learning Resources Center,College of DuPage,Glen Ellyn, Illinois[14]
- 1983 First Source Centre,South Bend, Indiana[13][20]
- 198411 Diagonal Street,Johannesburg,South Africa[21]
- 1984 Plaza East Office Towers,Milwaukee,WI[14]
- 1984 Shand Morahan Corporate Headquarters,Evanston, Illinois[14][22]
- 1984 701 Building (Craig-Hallom Building),Minneapolis,MN[23]
- 1984O'Hare 'L' Station,O'Hare International Airport, Chicago[24]
- 1985James R. Thompson Center,Chicago[25][1]
- 1985 362 West Street,Durban,South Africa[26]
- 1986 Parktown Stands 102, 103, 85, 879,Johannesburg,South Africa[27]
- 1986 MetroWest Office Building (2 Energy Center),Naperville, Illinois[28]
- 1986 Oakbrook Terrace Tower,Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois[29]
- 1987Park Avenue Tower,New York, NY[26]
- 1987 425 Le xing ton Avenue, New York, NY[30]
- 1987United Airlines Terminal 1atO'Hare International Airport,Chicago[13]
- 1987 America Apartments – 300 East85th Street,New York, NY[31]
- 1987One Liberty Place,Philadelphia,PA[1]
- 1987Cityspire,New York, NY[13][1]
- 1987Citigroup Center,Chicago[32]
- 1988 Wilshire-Midvale, Los Angeles, CA[33]
- 1989 Trade Hall 1 (Halle 1),Frankfurt,Germany[13]
- 1989Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityHeadquarters, 130 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY[34]
- 1990Bank of America Tower,Jacksonville, Florida[citation needed]
- 1990Two Liberty Place,Philadelphia[citation needed]
- 1991One America Plaza,San Diego, CA[citation needed]
- 1991Messeturm,Frankfurt, Germany[13]
- 1992 Hyatt Regency,Roissy,Paris, France[26]
- 1992120 North LaSalle,Chicago[citation needed]
- 1993Hitachi Tower,Singapore[35]
- 1993Caltex House,Singapore[36]
- 1994 HotelKempinski,Munich, Germany[13]
- 1994 Kurfürstendamm 70,Berlin,Germany[citation needed]
- 1996 Fortis Bank Tower (Blaak 555),Rotterdam,Netherlands[37]
- 1996 Principal Financial Group Corporate Four Building,Des Moines, Iowa[citation needed]
- 1997RCID Administration Building,Buena Vista, Florida[citation needed]
- 1998Generale Bank Nederland,Rotterdam,Netherlands[citation needed]
- 1999European Union Charlemagne building,Brussels, Belgium[citation needed]
- 1999Munich AirportCenter, Germany[citation needed]
- 2000Sony CenterBerlin, Germany[13][1]
- 2000Cologne Bonn Airport,Cologne,Germany[citation needed]
- 2000 HA·LO Headquarters (presently the headquarters ofShure),Niles, Illinois[citation needed]
- 2000 Imperial Bank Tower Renovation,Costa Mesa, California[38]
- 2001 Neues Kranzler Eck,Berlin,Germany[38]
- 2002 Kaufhof Galeria,Chemnitz,Germany[citation needed]
- 2002 Shanghai International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China[citation needed]
- 2002 Bayer AG Konzernzentrale[39]
- 2003 DeutschePost Tower,Bonn, Germany[citation needed]
- 2003IIT Student Housing,Chicago[citation needed]
- 2003Highlight Munich Business Towers,Munich, Germany[citation needed]
- 2004 Mannheimer Corporate Headquarters,Mannheim,Germany[40]
- 2004 Merck Serono Headquarters (Horizon Serono),Geneva,Switzerland[citation needed]
- 2005 Focus Media Center (Deutsche-Med-Platz),Rostock,Germany[41]
- 2006Suvarnabhumi Airport,Bangkok,Thailand[42]
- 2006 Seminaris Campus Hotel, Berlin, Germany[citation needed]
- 2007GranTokyo,Tokyo, Japan
- 2007 Margot and Harold Schiff Residences, Chicago[citation needed]
- 2007 600 North Fairbanks, Chicago[citation needed]
- 2008 Hegau Tower,Singen,Germany[43]
- 2009 South Campus Chiller Plant,University of ChicagoChicago[44]
- 2009 1999 K Street, Washington, D.C.[45]
- 2010 Hafen Tower (Sign Tower), Speditionstrasse 1–3Düsseldorf,Germany[46]
- 2010Veer Towers,Paradise, NevadaUSA[47]
- 2010Weser Tower,Bremen,Germany[citation needed]
- 2010 Bonn Airport Parking,Cologne,Germany[citation needed]
- 2011Joe and Rika Mansueto Library,Chicago[1]
- 2012Leatop Plaza,Guangzhou,China[citation needed]
- 2012 Skyline Tower,Munich,Germany[citation needed]
- 2012Japan Post,Tokyo, Japan[citation needed]
- 2013Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4,Warsaw,Poland[1]
- 2014Zunda Towers,Riga,Latvia[48]
- 2016 Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, Qatar[citation needed]
- 2016 Shanghai Convention Center, Shanghai, China[citation needed]
- 201650 West Street,New York, NY[49][50]
- 2017ThyssenKrupp Test Tower,Rottweil, Germany[51]
- 2017 1900 Reston Station, Reston, Virginia[52]
- 20241000M,Chicago, IL[53]
In his native town of Nuremberg, however, a project by Jahn was rejected by a citizens' referendum in 1996.[54]
Select awards
edit- 1991 – "Ten Most Influential Living American Architects" from theAmerican Institute of Architects.[55]
- 1993 – "Outstanding Achievement/Architect Award" from theAmerican Academy of Art,Chicago.[56]
- 1994 – Officer's cross of theOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[57]
- 2002 – Institute Honour Award of theAmerican Institute of Architectsfor the Sony Center.[56]
- 2005 – Murphy/Jahn, Inc. recipient of the AIA Architecture Firm Award.[56]
- 2005 –Pratt InstituteLegends Award[58]
- 2012 – AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award[59]
- 2018 –ENRSafety Award of Merit: 1900 Metro Reston Plaza[60]
Personal life
editJahn 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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The Post Tower (Postal Tower),Bonn -
Exhibition "Process/Progress" Nuremberg, Germany 2012-2013
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