With Robert Siegel, Charles Gwathmey is a partner in the New York firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates. The partnership was formed in 1968.
Born:
1938 in Charlotte, North Carolina
Died:
August 3, 2009 in Manhattan, New York CityEducation of Charles Gwathmey:
- University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture
- Masters degree in architecture from Yale University, 1962
Charles Gwathmey's Teachers:
While in college, Charles Gwathmey studied under:
- Louis I. Kahn
- Robert Venturi
- Thomas Vreeland
- Paul Rudolph
- James Stirling
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Awards Won by Charles Gwathmey:
- While a student at Yale University, won a Fulbright Grant and the William Wirt Winchester Fellowship
- 1970: Brunner Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1976: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1983: Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
- 1985: The first Yale Alumni Arts Award from the Yale School of Architecture
- 1988: Lifetime Achievement Medal in Visual Arts from the Guild Hall Academy of Arts
- 1990: Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects
Related People:
Charles Gwathmey is a member of a group of five New York architects featured in a controversial 1967 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art and in a later book titled Five Architects (compare prices). In addition to Gwathmey, the "New York Five" included:
- Peter Eisenman
- Michael Graves
- John Hejduk
- Richard Meier
