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Yann Weymouth
Yann Weymouth is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based architect and the designer of the Salvador Dalí Museum. Early in his career, he served as chief of design for I. M. Pei on the Grand Louvre Project in Paris. Career After graduating from Harvard University in 1963 and MIT School of Architecture in 1966, Weymouth worked as chief of design for I.M. Pei on the National Gallery of Art East Wing, Washington, D.C and as the chief of design for I.M. Pei on the Grand Louvre Project in Paris. In 1989, the year the Grand Louvre Pyramid opened, '' Engineering News-Record'' named Weymouth one of its Men of the Year. French President François Mitterrand honored Weymouth for his role, awarding him the “Chevalier” (Knight) of the “Ordre National du Mérite”. Weymouth was elevated to “Officier” (Officer) in 2012. Weymouth then worked for Arup, SOM and Arquitectonica. From early 2001 to 2013, Weymouth served as senior vice president, design director, and worldwide design board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lally Weymouth
Elizabeth Morris "Lally" Graham Weymouth (born July 3, 1943) is an American journalist, and senior associate editor of ''The Washington Post''. She was previously special diplomatic correspondent for ''Newsweek'' magazine during her family's ownership of the publication. Early life and education She is the eldest of the four children of Katharine Graham and Philip Graham, both of whom were publishers of ''The Post''. Her maternal grandmother, Agnes Meyer, was a Lutheran of German ancestry. Her mother was baptised as a Lutheran but attended an Episcopal church while growing up.Zweigenhaft, Richard L. and G. William DomhofThe New CEOs : Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of Fortune 500 CompaniesPublished: 2014-03-18 , Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Her father, Philip (Phil) Leslie Graham, was born to a Lutheran family in Terry, South Dakota. The eldest of her three younger brothers is Donald E. Graham, who was the publisher of ''The Post'' fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum
HOK, formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum and legally HOK Group, Inc., is an American design, architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm, founded in 1955. As of 2018, HOK is the largest U.S.-based architecture-engineering firm and the fourth-largest interior design firm. The firm maintains more than 1,600 professional staff across a network of 24 offices, and is active in all major architectural specialties. History Founding HOK was established in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1955. The firm's name is derived from the surnames of its three founding partners: George F. Hellmuth, Gyo Obata and George Kassabaum, all graduates of the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. The design firm started with 26 employees and its three founders. The practice's first building designs were schools in St. Louis suburbs, and St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Florissant was the first private/parochial school designed by the firm. Another prominent sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
