Helmut jahn biography
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Helmut Jahn
German-American architect (1940–2021)
For the German footballer, see Helmut Jahn (footballer).
Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, among others.
Helmut jahn biography
His recent projects included 50 West Street, a residential tower in New York City in 2016 and the ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in Rottweil, Germany in 2017. He was also behind 1000M in Chicago which began construction in 2019.
Life and career
Jahn was born January 4, 1940, in Zirndorf, near Nuremberg, Germany.[1] His father, Wilhelm Anton Jahn, was a schoolteacher in special education.
His mother, Karolina Wirth, was a housewife.[2][3] Jahn grew up watching the reconstruction of the city, which had been l