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Myron Goldsmith

Born on 15 September 1918
in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Deceased 1996
in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Associated with the following firms:

Formerly
 
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Biography
Education
Studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), thesis advised by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1953 - 1955
Fulbright student in Italy under Pier Luigi Nervi
1955 - 1983
Chief engineer of structures and principal at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in San Francisco and Chicago; permanent collaborator of Fazlur Khan
1961
Begins to teach at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion) Structure part
Designer 
United Airlines Hangar (1958)
United Airlines Jet Maintenance Hangar (1958)
Architect 
The Plaza on Dewitt (1965) 2

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External LinkarchINFORM: Myron Goldsmith English German
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Myron Goldsmith English
External LinkSkidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) English

Relevant Literature
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 213.

 
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