Gyo Obata, the architect of DFWAirport's original terminals as well as a multitude of notable projects in the U.S. and around the world, has died at the age of 99.
Gyo Obata, the architect who shaped Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, sports and entertainment arenas, shopping malls and a presidential library, died at the age of 99.Obata was born in 1923 in San Francisco. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1945 and earned a master’s degree at Cranbrook Academy of Arts in suburban Detroit.
In 1955, Obata, George Hellmuth and George Kassabaum opened Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. St. Louis-based HOK is now among the world’s largest architecture and engineering firms. In the early 1970s, Obata's design of the original Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport terminals established America's first regional airport, heralded both for"its convenience and its crisp, clean detailing,"
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