Henry Cobb, a partner of IM Pei and architect of Boston's John Hancock Tower, has died aged 93.
Cobb founded New York firm IM Pei & Partners in 1955 with Chinese-American architect IM Pei and American architect Eason H Leonard. The firm was renamed Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 1989.
Henry Cobb died aged 93 on 2 March. Photograph by John Werner
The John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts is among the key projects from the architect's nearly 70-year-long career. Completed in 1976 for John Hancock Insurance, the 62-storey minimal skyscraper remains the tallest building in both Boston and New England.
"His quiet and understated manner made him even more unusual"
Cobb's partner Ian Bader confirmed that the architect passed away this week,  just under one year after IM Pei died aged 102 in May 2019. Architecture critic Paul Goldberger was among those to pay tribute to Cobb following his death, describing the news as "heartbreaking".
"One of the great architects of our time, and a man of decency, generosity of spirit and eloquence that equalled his enormous talent," Goldberger tweeted.
"His quiet and understated manner made him even more unusual in the world of architecture."
American author and architecture critic Michael Kimmelman echoed Goldberger's praise of Cobb's character. "A truly humane and generous soul," he said.
"The world-wide architecture community lost a champion"
"A teacher, poet of form...