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Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, among others.
Apr 26, 2024 · Helmut Jahn, German-born American architect known for his postmodern steel-and-glass structures. His best-known projects included the Thompson Center, Chicago; the United Airlines Terminal at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago; and the SONY Center, Berlin. Read more about his life and work.
May 10, 2021 · Helmut Jahn, a German-born architect who designed buildings around the world but was most influential in his adopted hometown, Chicago, where he conceived of an extravagant downtown home to...
May 10, 2021 · World-famous architect, and former Illinois Institute of Technology architecture student, Helmut Jahn, passed away on May 8, 2021 at the age of 81.
May 10, 2021 · Helmut Jahn came to the U.S. in 1966, expecting to stay a year. He remained for more than half a century, becoming a leading interpreter of modernism for the high-tech era while running the Chicago-based firm Murphy/Jahn (in recent years called JAHN) until his death on Saturday at age 81.
BIOGRAPHY. The design work of Helmut Jahn has always engaged technology at the center of architectural activity. His flamboyant personality is duplicated in his later architectural design works, which have shifted from a late-Miesian vocabulary to a Postmodern phase characterized by high-tech stylizations.
Jun 2, 2021 · Known for the design of high-tech airports, skyscrapers, and public spaces worldwide, architect Helmut Jahn died May 8 in a bicycle accident near his home in St. Charles, Illinois, outside...
