Background
Childs, David M. was born on April 1, 1941 in Princeton, New Jersey.
Childs, David M. was born on April 1, 1941 in Princeton, New Jersey.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1963; Graduate, Yale School Art & Architecture, 1967; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colby College, 2005; Degree (honorary), New York Institute of Technology, 2005.
Senior designer Pennsylvania Avenue Commission, Washington, 1968—1971. With Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, 1971—1984, consulting design partner New York City, since 1984. Chairman National Capital Planning Commission, 1975—1981, Commission Fine Arts, 2003—2005, Municipal Art Society, New York City, since 2009.
Board directors, trustee Museum Modern Art. Board directors American Academy in Rome, Municipal Art Society, National Building Museum. Served as juror at local and national design awards programs.
Visiting critic or studio head at professional schools of architecture. Lecturer and panelist at numerous conferences and symposia.
Principal works include Washington Mall Master Plan and Constitution Gardens, National Geographic Headquarters Building, 1300 Park Ave, Metro Center, United States News and World Report Headquarters, Evening Star renovation and addition on Pennsylvania Ave, Four Seasons, Park Hyatt and Regent Hotels, Bertelsman Tower at Time Square, America Online Time Warner Headquarters at Columbus Circuit, expansion of Dulles International Airport main terminal, Washington, DC, United States Embassy, Ottawa, Canada, T-3 Terminal, Changi International Airport, Singapore, The Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center Site, Worldwide Plz. On Eighth Ave, New York Mercantile Exchange, John F Kennedy International Arrivals Building, Bear Sterns Headquarters, master plan for Riverside Southern, Stuyvesant School Bridge, Tribeca, 450 Lexington Ave over the main post office at Grand Central Station, Swiss Bank Center, Stamford, Connecticut, Deerfield Academy Natatorium, United States Courthouse, Charleston, West Virginia, 7 World Trade Center, New York City. Architect preparing plans for two new office towers in New York City financial district.New New York Stock Exchange, new Pennsylvania Station at the historic Farley Post Office Building, the Con Ed properties adjacent to the United Nations, a science building for Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, One World Trade Center. Under construction are designs for 50 Story Tower for Boston Properties at the head of Times Square, the renovation and preservation of Lever House, has completed or has under construction international projects Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Canada, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, West Ferry Circus at Canary Wharf, London, United States Embassy, Ottawa. Canada.
Board member New York City Partnership, Fellow: American Institute of Architects.
Children: Nick, Jocelyn.