Gyo Obata
Gyo Obata was born in San Francisco, California, United States on February 28th, 1923 and is the Architect. At the age of 101, Gyo Obata biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gyo Obata (born February 28, 1923) is an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his partner, Haruko Obata, and a floral designer.
He co-founded HOK, the global architectural company (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) in 1955.
He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and works in HOK's St. Louis office.
He has designed several prominent buildings, including the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at the Saint Louis Science Center, the Independence Temple of Christ Church, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
Awards and recognition
- Elected a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects (1969).
- Washington University in St. Louis Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (1990).
- Advisory Council for the Presidio in San Francisco (1991).
- University of Missouri-St. Louis Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (1991).
- Inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame (1992).
- First Howard A. Friedman Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley (1992).
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Honorary Doctorate (1999).
- American Institute of Architects St. Louis Gold Award Honor (2002).
- Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts from the Japanese American National Museum (2004).
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the St. Louis Arts and Education Council (2008).
- Washington University in St. Louis Dean's Medal for the Sam Fox Awards for Distinction (2008).