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Helmut Jahn

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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.

His recent projects included 50 West Street, a residential tower in New York City in 2016 and the ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in Rottweil, Germany in 2017. He was also behind 1000M in Chicago which began construction in 2019.

Life and careerEdit

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An illuminated, suspended, oval roof covers the 102 m span of the central Forum of the Sony Center, Berlin.

Jahn was born January 4, 1940, in Zirndorf, near Nuremberg, Germany.<ref name="NYTObit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His father, Wilhelm Anton Jahn, was a schoolteacher in special education. His mother, Karolina Wirth, was a housewife.<ref name="chicago tribune85"/><ref name=munzinger>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jahn grew up watching the reconstruction of the city, which had been largely destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns.<ref>Neumann, Dietrich. "Helmut Jahn." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 5, edited by R. Daniel Wadhwani. German Historical Institute. Last modified February 9, 2016.</ref>

He studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1960 to 1965,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and worked with Template:Ill for a year after graduation.<ref name="NYTObit" /> In 1966, he went to Chicago to further study architecture under Myron Goldsmith and Fazlur Khan at the Illinois Institute of Technology on a Rotary Scholarship, earning a Master's degree in 1967.<ref name=munzinger />

Murphy/JahnEdit

Jahn joined Charles 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.Template:Citation needed He took sole control in 1981, renaming the firm Murphy/Jahn (even though Murphy had retired).Template:Citation needed Murphy died in 1985.

DeathEdit

Jahn was killed after being hit by two cars on May 8, 2021, while riding his bicycle in Campton Hills, a suburb of Chicago.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The collision happened near his home and horse farm in St. Charles, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Architectural style and influencesEdit

Generally inspired by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, yet opposed to the doctrinal application of modernism by his followers, in 1978, Jahn became the eighth member of the Chicago Seven. His architectural style shifted from the modernism of the Miesian tradition to a postmodernist one with high-tech stylizations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jahn established his reputation in 1985 with the State of Illinois Center in Chicago which prompted him to be dubbed "Flash Gordon".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to the main seat in Chicago, the company has offices in Berlin and Shanghai.

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Completed projectsEdit

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Auraria Library
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James R. Thompson Center
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O'Hare International Airport, Chicago – interior view of the connecting tunnel between Concourses B & C of Terminal 1, with Michael Hayden's neon installation Sky's the Limit (1987).
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Bank of America Tower (1990)
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One America Plaza
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1999 K Street, NW in Washington, D.C.
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Facade of Neues Kranzler Eck, Berlin

Following is a partial list of completed projects:

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  • 2009 1999 K Street, Washington, D.C.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 Hafen Tower (Sign Tower), Speditionstrasse 1–3 Düsseldorf, Germany<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2017 1900 Reston Station, Reston, Virginia<ref name="Reston Emke">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2024 1000M, Chicago, IL<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Select awardsEdit

  • 1991 – "Ten Most Influential Living American Architects" from the American Institute of Architects.<ref name="Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1993 – "Outstanding Achievement/Architect Award" from the American Academy of Art, Chicago.<ref name="modern architecture 2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2002 – Institute Honour Award of the American Institute of Architects for the Sony Center.<ref name="modern architecture 2019" />
  • 2005 – Murphy/Jahn, Inc. recipient of the AIA Architecture Firm Award.<ref name="modern architecture 2019" />
  • 2005 – Pratt Institute Legends Award<ref name="Pratt Institute">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2012 – AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name="American Institute of Architects">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2018 – ENR Safety Award of Merit: 1900 Metro Reston Plaza<ref name="ENR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Personal lifeEdit

Jahn was interested in yachting, and in the late 1990s owned at least three yachts named Flash Gordon (one of his nicknames).<ref name="Kamin-1998">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1995, Jahn's Flash Gordon 2 won the annual Chicago to Mackinac Race, the oldest freshwater yacht race in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1998, Jahn invited his fellow Vietnam War veteran, George Henry, to race with him in the Waterbury Channel Open. In 1997, Flash Gordon 3 won the Admiral's Cup.<ref name="Kamin-1998"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the Farr 40 design yacht called Flash Gordon 6 that he had the most success winning the 2012 Farr 40 World Championship<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and they captured three straight North American Championship between 2015 and 2017.<ref name="SW FG6">Template:Cite news</ref>

He married Deborah Ann Lampe, an interior designer, in December 1970. Their son Evan was born in 1978.<ref name="chicago tribune85">Template:Cite news</ref>

ImagesEdit

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    Messeturm (Fair Tower), Frankfurt

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    The Post Tower (Postal Tower), Bonn

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    Exhibition "Process/Progress" Nuremberg, Germany 2012-2013

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