Elkus Manfredi Architects, Boston Design Studio, American Architecture, USA Building
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Contemporary Architecture Practice in Boston, MA, USA: Massachusetts Design Office
4 Apr 2017
Obituary from Elkus Manfredi Architects
Howard F. Elkus FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP
Howard F. Elkus, the internationally acclaimed architect and urban designer, died unexpectedly at his Palm Beach, Florida, home on Saturday, April 1st. A longtime resident of Lincoln, Massachusetts, he was 78.
Elkus?s work spans five decades, first with The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and then with Elkus Manfredi Architects, the firm he co-founded with fellow TAC architect David Manfredi in 1988. Elkus?s portfolio of well-known projects is vast, and his vision had a positive impact on communities around the world. Howard Elkus at his desk:

Among the scores of notable projects designed by Howard Elkus all over the country and the world were the Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards in New York, Boston?s Copley Place, Miami Worldcenter, the Shops at Columbus Circle in New York, Al Maryah in Abu Dhabi, CityPlace in West Palm Beach and Las Vegas City Hall. Over a period of 20 years, he has been the master planner and designer of multiple buildings for Emerson College?s campus relocation to Boston?s historic theatre district, and he designed of the headquarters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C.
With his ebullient, infectious personality and boundless energy, Ho...