Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn (b. January 14, 1940) is an architect, designer of dozens of major buildings throughout the world. Some of the better known among his creations are the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin and the State of Illinois Center, Chicago.

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January 14 - 1940 - Architect - Sony Center - Potsdamer Platz - Berlin - State of Illinois Center - Chicago

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Jahn was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1940. After attending the Technische Hochschule 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. There he studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, learning the language and techniques of International Style modernism. In 1967 he joined C. F. Murphy Associates and was appointed Executive Vice President and Director of Planning and Design of the firm in 1973. In 1981 the firm was renamed Murphy/Jahn, although Murphy died a few years later in 1985, leaving Jahn in control.

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Nuremberg - Germany - 1940 - Technische Hochschule of Munich - 1960 - 1965 - Peter C. von Seidlein - 1966 - Illinois Institute of Technology - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - International Style - Modernism - 1967 - 1973 - 1981 - Murphy - 1985

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