Henry N. Cobb

Henry N. Cobb

Henry N. Cobb (born April 8, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American architect and founding partner with I.M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, an international architectural firm based in New York City.

Cobb attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has received honorary degrees from Bowdoin College and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

He lives in New York City and North Haven, Maine.

Notable buildings

Notable buildings for which Cobb has been principally responsible include:
*Place Ville Marie in Montreal (1962)
*John Hancock Tower, Boston (1976)
*Campus of the State University of New York Fredonia (1968)
*Wilson Commons at the University of Rochester (1976)
*World Trade Center, Baltimore (1977)
*Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1983)
*ARCO Tower, Dallas (1983)
*Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine (1983)
*Pitney Bowes World Headquarters, Stamford, Connecticut (1985)
*Library Tower, Los Angeles (1989), now U.S. Bank Tower
*Credit Suisse First Boston headquarters at Canary Wharf, London (1992)
*UCLA Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (1995)
* John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark, Boston (1998)
*National Constitution Center, Philadelphia (2003)
*Hyatt Center, Chicago (2005)
*International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington, D.C. (2005)
*College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (1999)
*Center for Government and International Studies at Harvard University (2005)

References

* [http://www.pcfandp.com/a/f/fme/hnc/b/b.html Profile of Henry N. Cobb] provided by Pei Cob Freed & Partners

External links

* [http://www.pcfandp.com Official website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]
* [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]

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