Robert Geddes (architect)

Robert Louis Geddes, (born December 7, 1923) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, former principal of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham (GBQC), and dean emeritus of the Princeton University School of Architecture (1965-1982).^[1] As principal of GBQC, his projects include the National Museum of the American Indian,^[2] a proposal for the renovation of the Philadelphia Museum of Art,^[3] a plan for Penn's Landing under Ed Bacon,^[4] and the Philadelphia Police Headquarters. His plan for Center City, Philadelphia in 1988 set Philadelphia's zoning. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and along with his firm is the recipient of the Architecture Firm Award.^[5]

Selected works

• Runner up, Sydney Opera House design competition (1955)
• Pender Electrical Engineering Lab at the University of Pennsylvania (1958, demolished 2004)
• Police Headquarters, Philadelphia
• Richard Stockton College, Newark, New Jersey
• Hill Hall at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
• Dining Hall and Birch Garden, Institute for Advanced Study
• Center City Plan, Philadelphia (1988)

References

• https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23846
• https://soa.princeton.edu/content/robert-geddes

Notes

1. ↑ "Robert Geddes". Retrieved 3 April 2017. 
2. ↑ "National Museum of the American Indian Architecture Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 7 April 2017. 
3. ↑ Brownlee, David (8 July 2006). Making a Modern Classic: The Architecture of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum Of Art. p. 120. ISBN 978-0876331125. 
4. ↑ Heller, Gregory (1 January 2013). Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812207842. 
5. ↑ "Robert Geddes". Retrieved 3 April 2017.