Background
JACOBS, Robert was born on September 16, 1905. Son of Harry" Allan and Elsie fWolf) Jacobs.
JACOBS, Robert was born on September 16, 1905. Son of Harry" Allan and Elsie fWolf) Jacobs.
Amherst, Columbia Architectural School.
Worked with Le Corbusier 1934-1935, with Harrison and Fouilhoux 1935-1938. In partnership with East. J. Kahn under the name of Kahn and Jacobs 1940-1973. President Kahn & Jacobs/Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 1973-1976.
Chairman Advisory Board.
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum 1976-: designed bldgs, for World’s Fair, New York 1964. Fellow American Institute of Architects, Associated Architects on United States Mission to the United Nations.
Beaux Arts Institute, Architectural League of New York and New York Building Congress.
Married 1st Franees Cullman in 1934 (divorced in 1956), one son two daughter. Married 2nd Margot Helland Koehler in 1966.