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04.25.11: Henry N. Cobb, FAIA, founding partner of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects, presented “The Skyscraper as Citizen” at the Center for Architecture. At the AIA Convention in New Orleans, the John Hancock Tower will receive the Institute’s 2011 Twenty-Five Year Award. To mark the occasion, Cobb discussed the history of the project and its influence on subsequent tall buildings designed by his firm.
Henry N. Cobb, FAIA
Emily Nemens
(L-R): Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, 2011 AIANY President; Henry N. Cobb, FAIA; and wife Joan Cobb.
Emily Nemens
Ilana Juda, Int’l Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C and Pat Sapinsley, AIA, LEED AP, AIANY COTE co-chairs; Peter Arsenault, FAIA, LEED AP; Edward Mazria, AIA; Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP; and AIA National Immediate Past President George Miller, FAIA.
Michael Toolan
(L-R): Susan Szenasy, editor of Metropolis; Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP; and Edward Mazria, AIA.
Michael Toolan
(L-R): Sandra Benjamin, AIA, AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA); Warren James, event organizer; Venesa Alicea, AIA, LEED AP, co-chair of the AIANY ENYA Committee and WIA member; Diana Luna, architect and speaker; Laura Cordero de Agrait, AIA, architect and speaker; AIA Puerto Rico President Jaime Sobrino; Yvonne Saveedra Limb, event organizer.
Linda Caycedo
Moderator Warren James with Laura Cordero de Agrait, AIA, and Diana Luna.
Ian Harris
Ada Tolla, Int’l Assoc. AIA, principal of LOT-EK.
Jessica Sheridan