Vincent_Kling_(architect)

Vincent Kling (architect)

Vincent Kling (architect)

American architect (1916–2013)


Vincent George Kling (May 9, 1916 – November 23, 2013) was an American architect who co-founded the architectural practice KlingStubbins.[1]

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Biography

Kling was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 9, 1916. He was the son of a builder and joined his father's construction firm in high school. He earned his B.A. from Columbia University and M.Arch. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2][3][4]

He enlisted in the United States Navy after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served in the Atlantic fleet's naval force until the end of war. He joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill after the war and later set up his own practice, which became the largest architectural firm in Philadelphia. He was the principal architect and planner for Philadelphia's Penn Center.[5]

Projects

Awards

Kling was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1982.[9] He was also the recipient of the Samuel F. B. Morse Medal from the National Academy of Design.


References

  1. "Kling, Vincent George (1916-2013) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". www.philadelphiabuildings.org. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  2. Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1988). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  3. "Class Notes". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. Critic, By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture. "Changing Skyline: A plan for dreary Dilworth". inquirer.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "History - Lower Merion School District". www.lmsd.org. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  6. "Vincent G. Kling". The Franklin Institute. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2022-03-22.

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