Hugh Stubbins Jr.

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Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr. (January 11, 1912 - July 5, 2006) was an architect who designed several high profile buildings around the world.

He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Georgia Institute of Technology before getting his master's degree from Harvard University. He was to remain on the faculty there until 1972.

He formed Hugh Stubbins and Associates. Its successor company is The Stubbins Associates, Inc. After his death, TSA merged with Philadelphia-based Kling to form KlingStubbins.

Among the buildings he designed:

• 1957 Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany
• 1960 Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University
• 1965 Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• 1966 Southwest Residential Area at University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 1968 Forsyth Wickes Addition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 1970 George Robert White Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 1971 Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia
• 1976 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• 1977 Citigroup Center in New York
• 1983 One Cleveland Center in Cleveland
• 1984 PacWest Center in Portland, Oregon
• 1986 Treasury Building, Singapore
• 1988 Nashville City Center
• 1990 Chase Tower (Indianapolis)
• 1991 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California
• 1993 Yokohama Landmark Tower in Japan
• Lantern Hill subdivision in East Lansing, Michigan

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Emporis on Hugh Stubbins and Associates
• The Stubbins Associates, Inc.
• City Pulse article on Lantern Hill subdivision