Background
Gwathmey, Charles was born on June 19, 1938 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert and Rosalie Dean (Hook) Gwathmey.
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Charles Gwathmey
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Education
He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1956. While at Yale, he studied under Paul Rudolph.
Career
He was a principal at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, as well as one of the five architects identified as The New York Five in 1969. One of Gwathmey"s most famous designs is the 1992 renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright"s Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Gwathmey served as President of the Board of Trustees for The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies and was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1981.
He wanted to answer that the organic house was his, but in order to pass the exam he chose Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House.
He knew that was the answer they wanted. He passed. By 1977, Gwathmey had designed 21 houses and renovations while still under 40 years old and ten years of practice.
From 1965 through 1991, Gwathmey taught at Pratt Institute, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas, and the University of California at Los Los Angeles He was Davenport Professor (1983 and 1999) and Bishop Professor (1991) at Yale, and the Eliot Noyes Visiting Professor at Harvard University (1985).
Gwathmey was the Spring 2005 William A. Bernoudy Resident in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome Gwathmey"s firm designed the Museum Of Contemporary Art of North Miami, Florida in 1995, and the Astor Place Tower, a 21-story condominium project in Manhattan"s East Village, in 2005.
In 2011 the Ron Brown Building would serve as the new home of the United States Mission to the United Nations for which he was the lead architect. The building was dedicated to him. In her remarks, Ambassador Susan Rice thanked Gwathmey posthumously.
Achievements
Membership
President board of trustees Institute Architecture and Urban Studies, New York City, 1978. Trustee Cooper Union, New York City. Fellow American Institute of Architects (firm award 1982, Medal of honor 1983).
Member American Academy Arts and Letters.
Connections
Married Emily Gwathmey (divorced). 1 child Annie; Married Bette-Ann Damson, December 15, 1974. 1 stepchild Eric Steel.
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Nationality
United States
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Awards
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Recipient Arnold Brunner prize American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1970. William Wirt Winchester traveling fellow, 1962-1963. Fulbright grantee France, 1962-1963. Recipient American Institute of Architects National Honor awards for Straus residence, Purchase, New York, 1968, Whig Hall, Princeton University, 1976, Dormitory, Dining and Student Union State University of New York, Purchase 1976, Taft Residence, Cincinnati, 1984, Westover School, Middlebury, Connecticut, 1988, Central Park South Appt.NYC, 2008, American Institute of Architects New York awards for School Agriculture Cornell University, 1991, Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1995, Yale Alumni Arts award for outstanding achievement, 1985, Lifetime Achievement medal in visual arts Guild Hall Academy, 1988, Lifetime Achievement award New York State Society Architects, 1990.Recipient Arnold Brunner prize American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1970. William Wirt Winchester traveling fellow, 1962-1963. Fulbright grantee France, 1962-1963.
Recipient American Institute of Architects National Honor awards for Straus residence, Purchase, New York, 1968, Whig Hall, Princeton University, 1976, Dormitory, Dining and Student Union State University of New York, Purchase 1976, Taft Residence, Cincinnati, 1984, Westover School, Middlebury, Connecticut, 1988, Central Park South Appt.NYC, 2008, American Institute of Architects New York awards for School Agriculture Cornell University, 1991, Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1995, Yale Alumni Arts award for outstanding achievement, 1985, Lifetime Achievement medal in visual arts Guild Hall Academy, 1988, Lifetime Achievement award New York State Society Architects, 1990.