![]() A fellowship at ULI named in his honor now funds research in low carbon design among other activities for the organization. He was also recently named a Life Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the first architect to receive that honor. This year the architect was awarded the Freedom of the City of London and anointed the title of an Honorary Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects. He received several awards from his alma mater, including the Alumni Award of Merit by the University of Pennsylvania, the highest university-wide award given to alumni the Wharton Real Estate Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award the University of Pennsylvania – PennDesign Dean’s Medal of Achievement, the highest honor awarded by the institution. 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago (Barbara Karant/Courtesy KPF) Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles (Raimund Koch/Courtesy KPF) Among his awards are The National Building Museum Chairman’s Award, The Skyscraper Museum Award, and The Soane Foundation Honors. Kohn was recognized for his contributions to design and architecture by a number of entities and organizations. KPF President von Klemperer also shared that without Kohn’s “easy charm and focused intensity, such notable projects as Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, the World Bank in Washington DC, One Vanderbilt in New York, and the reinvigoration of Covent Garden in London would not have realized their full success.” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas (Richard Payne/Courtesy KPF) In addition to commercial towers, Kohn worked on airport terminals in Buffalo, New York Philadelphia and Abu Dhabi and designed facilities for the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford, as well as 333 Wacker Drive in Chicago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and t he Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC More recently, Kohn helped drive the design of a several skyscrapers at Hudson Yards and the recently completed One Vanderbilt in New York. His extensive list of completed works includes six of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Shanghai World Financial Center and Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre. ![]() He was a registered architect in 26 states and also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Japan Institute of Architects, and an honorary member of the Fellows of the Philippine Institute. During his career, Kohn worked on projects spanning the country and the globe. In 1990, KPF became the youngest firm to receive the AIA Architecture Firm Award. Among the firm’s first completed projects was the design of offices and broadcasting studios for ABC. The New York–headquartered firm has grown in its nearly fifty years of operation KPF now has offices across the globe in London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, San Francisco, Singapore, Berlin, and employs over 750 staff, making it one the largest architectural firms in the country. All three architects worked together at John Carl Warnecke & Associates. Gene started Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in 1976 with partners William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox. ![]() From left: KPF cofounders Sheldon (Shelley) Fox, Bill Pedersen, and Gene Kohn (Courtesy KPF ) He served in the US Navy for three years and for five years on Reserve Duty, retiring as Lieutenant Commander. Before pursuing architecture Kohn had a stint in the military. His creative spirit was inherited from his mother Hannah Kohn, an artist and dressmaker. ![]() He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was taught by Louis Kahn. ![]()
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