Hugh Newell Jacobsen

Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA
Born(1929-03-11)March 11, 1929
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMarch 4, 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 91)
Front Royal, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsBeech House, 1963

University of Michigan Alumni Center, 1982
Buckwalter House, 1982

Addition to the United States Capitol, 1993
ProjectsThe Weitzenhoffer Wing of the Fred Jones Art Center, University of Oklahoma.

Hugh Newell Jacobsen (March 11, 1929 – March 4, 2021) was an American architect known for designing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' home in Martha's Vineyard during the 1980s. He also restored part of the U.S. Embassy in Paris, as well as Spaso House in Moscow.

Jacobsen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in March 1929.[1]

Other best known works of Jacobsen included fixing the West Terrace of United States Capitol. He designed structures for universities such as Georgetown University, the University of Maryland (his alma mater), University of Michigan, and University of Oklahoma.[1]

Jacobsen was elected into the National Academy of Design in 1988.[2]

Jacobsen died on March 4, 2021, at an assisted living facility in Front Royal, Virginia from problems caused by pneumonia, a week before his 92nd birthday.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Orton, Kathy (March 4, 2021). "Hugh Newell Jacobsen, award-winning modernist architect, dies at 91". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ "National Academicians". National Academy of Design. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

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