Architect Gyo Obata

Gyo Obata

Living place: California

Birthday: 28-2-1923 (101 years old)

Population of US 1923: 111,947,000

Global rank: #72578

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Who is Architect Gyo Obata?
Designer of the National Aeronautics and Space Museum in Washington, DC, Planetarium McDonnell at the Louis Saint Science Center and the Independence Temple of Christ's community church. Co-founder of international architecture firm HOK.
His work includes the Galleria Houston in Texas and the National Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He almost interned with his family during World War II for Japan, but he was able to defeat repression by enrolling in the architecture program at Washington University in St. Louis, it was a US university that only accepted Japanese citizens at that time. He later studied architecture and urban design at the Cranbrook Academy of the Arts in Michigan.

Family life info

His father was the Japanese painter Chiura Obata. He grew up in San Francisco.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Architect Gyo Obata?
He studied under Eero Saarinen while at Cranbrook Academy of Arts.

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When was Architect Gyo Obata born?
Gyo Obata birthday 28-2-1923 (at the age of 101).
Where is Architect Gyo Obata's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Gyo Obata was born in California, . is a Architect, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Gyo Obata's global rank is 72578 and whose rank is 112 in list of famous Architect. Population of US in 1923 is about 111,947,000 persons.
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Events in 1923 and 28-2

Events in US in the birth year of Gyo Obata

  • President Warren G. Harding suddenly falls ill (July 28) while returning from a trip to Alaska and is rushed to San Francisco, where he dies on Aug. 2.
  • The second Ku Klux Klan movement in U.S. history grows, stirring widespread controversy and violence.

Birthday Gyo Obata (28-2) in history

  • Day 28-2 year 1784: Pastor John Wesley issues the "Declaration of Declaration," officially establishing the Methodist Church.
  • Day 28-2 year 1849: The steamship California landed in San Francisco, bringing the first East Coasters to the Gold Rush.
  • Day 28-2 year 1916: Henry James, American novelist and critic, died.
  • Day 28-2 year 1948: The last British troops left India.
  • Day 28-2 year 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick described their theory that two DNA strands were coiled in a double helix.
  • Day 28-2 year 1983: The final episode of M*A*S*H aired. It was the most watched television program in history.
  • Day 28-2 year 1986: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm.
  • Day 28-2 year 1993: Four federal agents were killed in Waco, Texas, after they tried to serve an arrest warrant for weapons charges on Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
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