Background
Hardy was born on July 26, 1932 in Majorca, Spain; the son of Gelston Hardy and Barbara Bonestell Walton.
Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States
Deerfield Academy
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Princeton University
LongHouse founder Jack Lenor Larsen and architect Hugh Hard.
David Sprouls, Hugh Hardy, Jack Lenor Larsen, Sherri Donghia, Louis Oliver Gropp.
Hugh Hardy on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Billie Tsien and Hugh Hardy attend LongHouse Reserve 2017 Winter Benefit, Honoring Architect Team Tod.
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2006
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"Theater of Architecture is a breathtaking tour through Hugh Hardy's work, but also an education in architecture. The places he creates are places you want to feel and be in." Adele Chatfield-Taylor, American Academy in Rome In his fifty-year career as an architect, Hugh Hardy has built and reshaped America's cultural landscape through work for some of its most beloved institutions. Theater of Architecture gathers twenty projects from within New York City and beyond—from the magnificent restored Radio City Music Hall and the revived New Victory and New Amsterdam theaters near Times Square to state-of-the-art facilities such as the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth. Hardy discusses in detail each project's development and the challenges, strategies, and human concerns that influenced its design. Critic Mildred Friedman provides further insight in conversations with many of Hardy's clients and collaborators. Hardy's work has been consistently recognized by civic, architectural, and preservation organizations for its progressive spirit and sensitivity to context. Theater of Architecture is an illuminating study of the creation of memorable architecture.
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2013
Hardy was born on July 26, 1932 in Majorca, Spain; the son of Gelston Hardy and Barbara Bonestell Walton.
Hardy graduated from the Deerfield Academy. In 1954, Hugh received a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a Master of Fine Arts in Architecture in 1956 from Princeton University.
Hardy began his career as a drafting instructor in the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1958, he took a position of an architectural assistant to Jo Mielziner. One of his first projects was to work on the Eero Saarinen-designed Vivian Beaumont Theater and he painted a hotel-room set for the original stage production of the musical Gypsy.
In 1962, Hugh became a founder of Hugh Hardy & Associates. Five years later he founded Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, which later split into three firms - Pfeiffer, Holzman Moss Bottiino and H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, which he founded in 2004. The Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates worked on the restoration of the New Victory Theater, which helped transform Times Square from a seedy neighborhood to a family-friendly tourist destination.
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2006("Theater of Architecture is a breathtaking tour through H...)
2013Quotations: "Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same."
Hardy was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design and American Institute of Architects.
On January 29, 1966 Hugh Hardy married Tiziana Spadea. They have 2 children.