Araldo Cossutta
| Araldo Cossutta | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 11, 1925 Krk, Croatia |
| Nationality | American (naturalized 1951) |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade 1946 École des Beaux-Arts 1951 Harvard University 1952 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Michael Hare & Assoc. 1952-1955 I. M. Pei & Partners 1955–1973 Cossutta & Associates 1973– |
| Buildings |
Christian Science Center, Boston Tour du Crédit Lyonnais, Lyon |
Araldo Cossutta (born January 11, 1925) is an architect who has worked primarily in the United States. From 1956 to 1973 he worked at the firm I. M. Pei & Partners. I. M. Pei is now among the most honored architects in the world. Cossutta was Pei's associate and ultimately his partner in the first phase of Pei's career. He was responsible for some of the firm's best-known designs from that era, including three that have received "landmark" designations in recent years. In 1973 he and Vincent Ponte left Pei's firm to form Cossutta & Ponte, which ultimately became Cossutta and Associates. The new firm designed the Credit Lyonnais Tower in Lyon, France (1977) and the Tower at Cityplace (1988) in Dallas, Texas, among other commissions.
Cossutta was born on the island of Krk, which was then in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (and subsequently in Yugoslavia and then Croatia). He was educated at the University of Belgrade, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1949 Cossutta worked in the atelier (the studio) of Le Corbusier, who "arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect." He received a master's degree from Harvard in 1952. From 1952-1955, he worked for Michael Hare and Associates. In 1955, Pei founded his own architectural firm, I. M. Pei and Associates. Like Cossutta, Pei had been profoundly influenced by Le Corbusier; Pei has written that the "two days with Le Corbusier, or 'Corbu' as we used to call him, were probably the most important days in my architectural education." Cossutta became an associate in Pei's new firm shortly after its creation. Cossutta's designs for Pei's firm include the Denver Hilton Hotel (1960),University Gardens Apartments in Chicago, Illinois (1961), the north and south buildings of the L'Enfant Plaza complex in Washington, D.C. (1968), the Third Church of Christ, Scientist in Washington, D.C. (1971), and the Christian Science Center in Boston, Massachusetts (1973).
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