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Charles Gwathmey Born 1938 Charlotte, North Carolina
Robert Siegel
Charles Gwathmey, (click image for larger view) |
In the three decades since they formed Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel have enriched the built environment with some of the most beautiful, elegant and striking edifices that the legacy of modern architecture has ever produced. Their buildings are characterized by a clarity of design and warmth of materials, combined with a sculptor's sensitivity to shape and light. Their bold use of curves and cylinders within rectilinear spaces creates a kind of lyrical rationalism, in which even the grandest expanses exude a sense of timelessness, order and comfort.
Among their many notable projects are the Guggenheim Museum Renovation and Addition; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; the Addition to the Busch-Reisinger Museum; and the Fine Arts Library at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University. In 1982, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects received the American Institute of Architects' highest award, the Firm, for their “unswerving dedication to design excellence and a strong belief in the collaborative effort.” Charles Gwathmey, the son of the renowned painter Robert Gwathmey, attended the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, where he received a Master of Architecture degree in 1962. In 1970, he became the youngest architect to receive the A.I.A.'s Brunner Prize. Other prizes and awards include a Fulbright, the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the A.I.A. and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects. A longtime supporter of Cooper Union, Gwathmey has recently endowed the Robert Gwathmey Chair in Art and Architecture.
Robert Siegel received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute in 1962 and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1963. He has been honored with the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the A.I.A., the Pratt Institute Centennial Alumni Award in Architecture and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects.
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