Henry N. Cobb

Architect

1926 –

75

Who is Henry N. Cobb?

Henry N. Cobb is an American architect and founding partner with I.M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, an international architectural firm based in New York City.

Cobb attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and returned to Harvard from 1980 to 1985 to be chairman of Harvard's Department of Architecture. He has received honorary degrees from Bowdoin College and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. In 1983, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1990.

He lives in New York City and North Haven, Maine.

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Born
Apr 8, 1926
Boston
Also known as
  • Henry Cobb
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Phillips Exeter Academy
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design
Employment
  • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Lived in
  • Boston
  • Maine
  • New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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