James Rossant
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Lake Anne in Reston, VA, USA
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| Born |
James Stephane Rossant August 17, 1928 New York, New York |
| Died | December 15, 2009 (aged 81) Condeau, France |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University's Graduate School of Design |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Colette Rossant |
| Children | Marianne, Juliette, Cecile, Tomas |
| Website | jamesrossant |
| Practice | Mayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin & Rossant, Conklin Rossant, 3R Architects, James Rossant Architects |
| Buildings | Butterfield House, Ramaz School, Two Charles Center |
| Projects | Myriad Botanical Gardens, U.S. Navy Memorial |
| Design | Reston, Virginia, Lower Manhattan, Dodoma |
James Stephan Rossant (August 17, 1928 – December 15, 2009) was an American architect, artist, and professor of architecture.
A long-time Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he is best known for his master plan of Reston, Virginia, the Lower Manhattan Plan, and the UN-sponsored master plan for Dodoma, Tanzania. He was a partner of the architectural firm Conklin & Rossant and principal of James Rossant Architects.
Born in Sydenham Hospital, New York City, Rossant grew up in the Bronx, where he attended the Bronx High School of Science. He studied architecture at Columbia University, the University of Florida, and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (under Walter Gropius).
Almost immediately following university, Rossant served in Europe during the Korean War.
After the war, he worked in Italy with Gino Valle (designer of the Cifra 3 clock).
In 1957, Rossant joined Mayer & Whittlesey as architect and town planner. His first large design project was the Butterfield House apartment house in Greenwich Village (1962). He also worked on the Lower Manhattan Plan.
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