Born:
5/8/1911,
Died:
1987
Born in Kreisav, Silesia, Germany. Parents: Helmuth, Count von Moltke and Dorothy born Rose-Innes.
Education: Received Diploma in Architectural Engineering, Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1937; M.Arch., Harvard University, 1942.
Military Service: World War II, First Lieutenant in U.S. Army, 1943-1946.
Experience: Hening & Chitty, London, England, 1937-1938; Anders Tengbom, Stockholm, Sweden, 1938-1939; Sune Linstrom, Stockhold, 1939; Alvar Aalto, Finland and then New York, 1940; Hugh Stubbins, Jr., Cambridge, MA, 1941; Howe, Stonorov & Kahn, Philadelphia, 1942; Designer, Marcel Breuer, 1948; Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merill, 1948-1949; Senior Designer, Eero Saarinen & Associates, 1949-1953; Chief Designer, City Planning Commission, Philadelphia, 1953-1961; Associate, Wright, Andrade & Amenta, 1960-1961; Associate, Mitchell/Giurgola, 1960-1961; Chapman & Goyette, Cambridge, MA, 1965-?; Director of Urban Design, Joint Center for Urban Studies of the MIT & Harvard Universities; Own firm.
Joined national AIA, 1961; Member of Philadelphia Chapter; Transfer from Philadelphia Chapter to Boston Society of Architects, 1969.
Served in U.S. Army, 1943-1947 (lst Lt., Infantry, Armored).
Visiting Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, beginning 1953; Visiting critic on urban Design, Harvard University, beginning February 1961.
Awards: First prize and honorable mention in the competition for the Museum of Modern Art, 1941; Second Prize, Carson-Pirie-Scott Centennial International Competition fo rthe desing of Center City Chicago, 1954.
Written by
Emily T. Cooperman,
Rima M. Girnius, and
Sandra L. Tatman.
Clubs and Membership Organizations
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Philadelphia Chapter, AIA
- American Institute of Planners
School Affiliations
- Harvard University
- Technische Hochschule (Berlin)
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