Helmut Jahn

(1940–2021) tysk arkitekt

Helmut Jahn (United States, 1940–2021) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Helmut Jahn belongs to the chapter ‘The present day’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Helmut Jahn was born in Zirndorf and died in Campton Hills. Helmut Jahn trained at Illinois Institute of Technology and Technical University of Munich. Helmut Jahn worked in Chicago, New York City, Berlin, and Frankfurt. Wikidata associates Helmut Jahn with Postmodernism. Helmut Jahn became a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The awards include Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Architecture Firm Award, and Berliner Bär.

The best-known works include ‘Hy-Vee Arena’, ‘Post Tower’, and ‘Sony Center’. The catalogue has 21 buildings by Helmut Jahn. The dated buildings span the years 1914–2017. The buildings are in places such as Manhattan, Frankfurt-Innenstadt II, Chiyoda, Bonn, and Berlin-Mitte. They are in 7 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Helmut Jahn belong to the styles ‘Post-war modernism’, ‘Postmodernism’, ‘Historicism’, and ‘Contemporary architecture’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Lebbeus Woods, Jon A. Jerde, Costas Kondylis, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, and Roland Castro.