David Childs
David Childs | |
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| Born | David Magie Childs April 1, 1941 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale School of Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Employer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Known for | One World Trade Center |
David Magie Childs (born April 1, 1941) is an American architect and chairman of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.[1] He is the architect of the new One World Trade Center in New York City.[2]
Early life and education
Childs graduated from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1959[1] and from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1963.[3] He first majored in zoology before he then turned to architecture at the Yale School of Architecture and earned his master's degree in 1967.[4]
Career
He joined the Washington, D.C., office of SOM in 1971, after working with
Pennsylvania Avenue
. Childs was a design partner of the firm in Washington until 1984, when he moved to SOM's New York Office.
His major projects include: in
National Geographic; in New York City, Worldwide Plaza, 450 Lexington Avenue, Bertelsmann Tower, and One World Trade Center; and internationally, the Embassy of the United States, Ottawa, and the Changi international terminal in Singapore
.
Childs served as the chairman of the
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 2002, serving as chairman from 2003 to 2005. He was the recipient of a Rome Prize in 2004; named a senior fellow of the Design Futures Council in 2010; and has served on the boards of the Municipal Art Society, the Museum of Modern Art, and the American Academy in Rome.[5][6]
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill projects
Washington, D.C. (1971–1985)
- Metro Center(1976)
- Formerly the Daon Building, now the Inter-American Development Bank, 1300 New York Avenue, NW (1984)[7]
- National Geographic headquarters M Street building (1985)
- Four Seasons (1979), Regent, and Park Hyatt Washington (1986) hotels
- Expansion of the Dulles Airport main terminal
- U.S. News & World Report headquarters
- University Yard, 1985-1986 restoration, The George Washington University
New York City (1984–present)
Completed
- Worldwide Plaza, 825 8th Avenue (1989)
- Bertelsmann Building, 1540 Broadway (1990)
- 383 Madison Avenue (2002)
- Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle (2003)
- Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square (2004)
- 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street (2006)
- One World Trade Center (2014)
- 450 Lexington Avenue (over the Grand Central Station Post Office at Grand Central Terminal)
- One North End Avenue, 300 Vesey Street (1997)
- JFK International AirportArrivals Building
- New James Farley Post OfficeBuilding
Planned
- New New York Stock Exchange
- Renovation of Lever House, 390 Park Avenue
Other locations
- Embassy of the United States in Ottawa, 1999
See also
- William F. Baker (engineer)
- Roger Duffy
- T.J. Gottesdiener
- Craig W. Hartman
- Ross Wimer
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "A Look at the New One World Trade Center". Architectural Digest. September 2012.
- ^ "David M. Childs". nbm.org.
- ^ "David Childs". The Real Deal New York.
- ^ Design Futures Council Senior Fellows
- ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 542.
- ^ Forgey, Benjamin (June 9, 1984). "Minding One's Urban Manners". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
External links
- WTC.com, Interview with David Childs about Freedom Tower (video)
- WTC.com, Freedom Tower
- "The Power Broker Yearns to Be Cool", wirednewyork.com
- A conversation with architect David Childs. About his design for the new Freedom Tower. charlierose.com
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