In Memorium: Helmut Jahn: 1940 -2021
Helmut Jahn was killed in a bicycle/car accident on May 8 in the suburban Campton Hills, near his home and horse farm in St. Charles, IL, about 40 miles west of Chicago. He was 81. Many tributes have already been written; one from the Architectural Record offers a lot of insights, both personal and professional. You can find links to them here. Mr. Jahn was born Jan. 4, 1940 in Zirndorf, near Nuremberg, Germany, and grew up watching the reconstruction of the city, which had been largely destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich 1960-65 and moved to Chicago in 1966 to further his studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Upon completion of his Master’s Degree in Architecture in 1967 he was hired by Gene Summers at C. F. Murphy Associates. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Director of Planning and …
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