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For the German footballer, see Helmut Jahn (footballer).

Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for designs such as the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (formerly the tallest building in Philadelphia); and the Suvarnabhumi Airport, an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. His recent projects included a residential tower in New York City, 50 West St in 2016 and the ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in Rottweil, Germany in 2017.

Life and career

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

Jahn was born in Zirndorf near Nuremberg, Germany, in 1940, and grew up watching the reconstruction of the city, which had been largely destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns.[1] After attending the Technical University of Munich from 1960 to 1965, he worked with Peter C. von Seidlein for a year. In 1966, he emigrated to Chicago to further study architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, but left school without earning his degree.

Murphy/Jahn

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. He took sole control in 1981, renaming the firm Murphy/Jahn (even though Murphy had retired). Murphy died in 1985.

Death

Jahn was killed on his bicycle on May 8, 2021. The collision happened in Campton Hills, Illinois near his home and horse farm in St. Charles, Illinois, a suburb located about 40 miles west of Chicago.[2]

Architectural style and influences

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. Jahn established his reputation in 1985 with the State of Illinois Center in Chicago which prompted him to be dubbed "Flash Gordon".[3] In addition to the main seat in Chicago, the company has offices in Berlin and Shanghai.

On October 26, 2012, Helmut Jahn renamed Murphy/Jahn to simply JAHN.

Completed projects

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

Following is a partial list of completed projects [2] [3] [4]:

Select Awards

  • Messeturm (Fair Tower), Frankfurt
    Messeturm (Fair Tower), Frankfurt
  • The Post Tower (Postal Tower), Bonn
    The Post Tower (Postal Tower), Bonn
  • Exhibition "Process/Progress" Nuremberg, Germany 2012-2013
    Exhibition "Process/Progress" Nuremberg, Germany 2012-2013

Yachting

Jahn was interested in yachting, and in the late 1990s owned at least three yachts named Flash Gordon (one of his nicknames).[20] In 1995, Jahn's Flash Gordon 2 won the annual Chicago to Mackinac Race, the oldest freshwater yacht race in the world.[21] 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.[20][22] In 2017 Flash Gordon 6 team captured its third straight North American Championship.[23]

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Rosenberg-Douglas, Katherine. "Architect Helmut Jahn killed in bike accident in Chicago suburb". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "ArchitectureWeek – Design – The New Modernism of Helmut Jahn – 2002.0717". www.architectureweek.com.
  4. ^ "Kemper Arena". greatbuildings.com. Artifice Inc. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Sennett, R. Stephen, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 709. ISBN 9781579584344. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Miller, Nory. Helmut Jahn. New York: NY Rizzoli International Publications Inc. 1986. Print
  7. ^ "Auraria Library". University of Colorado Denver. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Ross, Doug (March 8, 2021). "Michigan City library gets new front entrance". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Project Awards - Angela Athletic & Wellness Complex". The American Institute of Architects. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Mary Ann. "Saint Mary's College Athletic Facility". Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  11. ^ http://www.emporis.com/building/parktower-costamesa-ca-usa
  12. ^ http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1041/Citigroup-Center.php
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ a b Blaser, Werner. Helmut Jahn Architecture Engineering. Basel, Berlin, Boston: Birkhauser Publishers for Architecture. 2002. Print
  15. ^ [1], Leverkusen, Germany
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ http://mapolis.com/en/building/Focus_Media_Center#!profile Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "Hafen / Murphy/Jahn". ArchDaily. May 10, 2012.
  19. ^ "HELMUT JAHN, 1940 - BUILDINGS, LATVIA". 20th Century Architecture. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  20. ^ a b http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-helmut-jahn-profile-20140813-story.html
  21. ^ https://www.chicagoyachtclub.org/files/Mackinac%20Cup.pdf
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ "Flash Gordon 6 captures third straight North American Championship". Sail-World. October 7, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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