US architects

Bacon, Henry (1866-1924)

A distinguished architect, died in New York City, February 16, 1924. He was born at Watseka, Illinois, in 1866. In 1889 he won the Rotch Traveling Scholarship,

Baechlin, Henry (1874-1936)

An architect, died August 14, 1936, in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was born in Newark in 1874. Following a course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Baker, James Barnes (1864-1918)

An architect, living at Englewood, New Jersey, but with offices in New York City, died at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City,

Barber, Donn (1871-1925)

An architect, died in New York City, May 29, 1925. He was born in Washington, D. C., October 19, 1871. He graduated from Yale in 1893,

Gilbert, Cass (1859-1934)

Cass Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1859, and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1912, Gilbert designed the Woolworth Building in New York City.

Hoban, James (1762-1831)

James Hoban was born in Desart, near Callan, County Kilkenny. Having studied architecture at the Dublin Society School, he emigrated to the United States and soon established himself as an architect in Philadelphia.

Jahn, Helmut (b. 1940)

Helmut Jahn was born in 1940 in Nürnberg, Germany and pursued graduate studies in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the 1960s.

Libeskind, Daniel (1946-)

Daniel Libeskind, an international figure in architectural practice and urban design, was born in postwar Poland in 1946, and became an American citizen in 1965.

Pei, Ieoh Ming (b. 1917)

Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Canton, China in 1917. He left China when he was eighteen to study architecture at MIT and Harvard.

Roche, Kevin (Born 1922)

Kevin Roche (born 14th June 1922) was born in Dublin, but grew up in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, and educated at Rockwell College,