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Henry N. Cobb
Founding Partner
Pei Cobb Freed &Partners Architects LLP
As one of three founding principals of Pei Cobb Freed &Partners, Henry N. Cobb has contributed actively and continuously to the work of the firm since its formation in 1955. The American Institute of Architects recognized this unusually fruitful collaborative practice in 1968, when I. M. Pei &Partners (as the firm was then known) received the Institute's Architectural Firm Award. In 1992, Pei Cobb Freed &Partners received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Society of Architects.
Major built works for which Mr. Cobb has been principally responsible as design partner include: Royal Bank of Canada Building at Place Ville Marie, Montreal (1962); Academic Campus of the State University College at Fredonia, New York (1968); John Hancock Tower, Boston (1976); World Trade Center, Baltimore (1977); Collins Place, Melbourne, Australia (1978); 16th Street Transitway Mall, Denver (1982); Johnson &Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1983); Mobil Research Laboratory, Farmers Branch, Texas (1983); Arco Tower, Dallas (1983); Portland (Maine) Museum of Art (1983); Pitney-Bowes World Headquarters, Stamford, Connecticut (1985); Fountain Place, Dallas (1986); Columbia Square, Washington (1986); Commerce Square, Philadelphia (1987); Library Tower, Los Angeles (1989); headquarters of Credit Suisse First Boston at Canary Wharf, London (1992); Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (1995); headquarters of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington (1997); John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark, Boston (1998); Head Office of ABN-AMRO Bank, Amsterdam (1999); China Europe International Business School, Shanghai (1999); POS Plaza, Shanghai (1999); and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (2000).
Recently completed works include: Friend Center for Engineering Education at Princeton University (2001); 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington (2001); Tour EDF at La Défense, Paris (2002); United States Courthouse, Hammond, Indiana (2002); World Trade Center and Grand Marina Hotel, Barcelona (2002); National Constitution Center, Philadelphia (2003); and Hyatt Center, Chicago (2005).
Current works in progress include: Center for Government and International Studies at Harvard University; International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington; Torre Espacio, Madrid; Headquarters expansion of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris; Headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; New Seat of the Lombardy Regional Government, Milan; and Butler College Residence Halls, Princeton University.
Throughout his career, Mr. Cobb has coupled his professional activity with teaching. He has lectured widely and has held the Davenport and Bishop visiting professorships at Yale University. From 1980 to 1985 he served as Studio Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Chairman of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he continues to teach occasionally as a Visiting Lecturer. In 1992 he was Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome, which he also served as a trustee from 1972 to 1990.
Mr. Cobb is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects; a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and an Academician of the National Academy of Design. He has received a number of awards recognizing his achievements as both architect and educator: the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the Poses Creative Arts Award Medal for Architecture, Brandeis University; the Harleston Parker Medal, Boston Society of Architects; the Medal of Honor, New York Chapter, AIA; the Chicago Architecture Award, Illinois Council, AIA; and the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, awarded jointly by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects.
Mr. Cobb was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy (Diploma 1944), Harvard College (AB/NROTC 1947), and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (MArch 1949). He has received honorary degrees from Bowdoin College (Doctor of Fine Arts, 1985) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Doctor Honoris Causa in Technical Sciences, 1990).
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