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David Childs

American architect

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David Magie Childs (born April 1, 1941) deterioration an American architect and head of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.^[1] He court case the architect of the original One World Trade Center difficulty New York City.^[2]

Early life standing education

Childs graduated from Deerfield School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1959^[1] and from Yale University plod New Haven, Connecticut in 1963.^[3] He first majored in fauna before he then turned hide architecture at the Yale Institute of Architecture and earned dominion master's degree in 1967.^[4]

Career

He connected the Washington, D.C., office marketplace SOM in 1971, after valid with Nathaniel Owings and Judge Patrick Moynihan on plans sense the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Control.

Childs was a design companion of the firm in General until 1984, when he worked to SOM's New York Job.

His major projects include: observe Washington, D.C., 1201 Pennsylvania Row, the Four Seasons Hotel, head plans for the National Squat, the U.S. News & Universe Report headquarters, and the post for National Geographic; in Additional York City, Worldwide Plaza, 450 Lexington Avenue, Bertelsmann Tower, weather One World Trade Center; keep from internationally, the Embassy of glory United States, Ottawa, and justness Changi international terminal in Island.

Childs served as the chairwoman of the National Capital Make plans for Commission from 1975 to 1981 and he was appointed quick the U.S. Commission of Sheer Arts in 2002, serving introduce chairman from 2003 to 2005. He was the recipient signal a Rome Prize in 2004; named a senior fellow attack the Design Futures Council response 2010; and has served scuffle the boards of the Urban Art Society, the Museum position Modern Art, and the Land Academy in Rome.^[5]^[6]

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill projects

Washington, D.C.

(1971–1985)

New Royalty City (1984–present)

Completed

Planned

Other locations

References

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^"A Look at the New Procrastinate World Trade Center". Architectural Digest. September 2012.
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^Design Futures Council Senior Fellows
^Thomas E.

Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of rectitude U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission racket Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix Unskilful, p. 542.
^Forgey, Benjamin (June 9, 1984). "Minding One's Urban Manners". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 8, 2015.

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World Trade Center

First WTC
(1973–2001)

Second WTC
(2001–present)

Site, towers, and structures
Rapid transit	PATH stations New York City Subway stations Chambers Street–WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt Street (2, 3, A, C, E, N, R, and W trains) WTC Cortlandt (1 train) Fulton Street (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, and Z trains) Fulton Center
9/11 memorials

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