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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.
- German
- Architect
- May 8, 2021 (aged 81), Campton Hills, Illinois, US
Apr 26, 2024 · Helmut Jahn (born January 4, 1940, Nürnberg, Germany—died May 8, 2021, Campton Hills, Illinois, U.S.) was a German-born American architect known for his postmodern steel-and-glass structures. After graduating from the Technische Hochschule in Munich in 1965, Jahn moved to Chicago to study at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), a ...
May 10, 2021 · Helmut Jahn was born on Jan. 4, 1940, in Nuremberg, Germany, and grew up in a nearby suburb. His father, Wilhelm, was a special-education teacher. His mother, Lena (Werth) Jahn, was a homemaker.
May 10, 2021 · Helmut Jahn, the architect behind some of America’s best-known buildings, has died in a bicycle accident aged 81. The German-American designer, whose high-profile projects include Liberty Place ...
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May 9, 2021 · Helmut Jahn, the famous German architect behind some of Chicago's most impressive buildings, including the Thompson Center, died when he was struck by two vehicles while riding his bicycle on May ...
May 11, 2021 · Helmut Jahn in 1987. He took the view that form should follow force, rather than function. Photograph: Santi Visalli/Getty Images. It is fair to say that if Jahn were still around, he would be ...
May 17, 2021 · Helmut Jahn, a German-American architect, who was responsible for some of the most iconic buildings in Chicago, his home for 55 years, and in cities across the globe, was killed last Saturday, May 8, when two vehicles struck his bicycle near his home in Campton Hills, a far western suburb of Chicago. Jahn was 81.
