Gyo Obata

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Gyo Obata
Obata in 2005
Born	(1923-02-28)February 28, 1923 San Francisco, California, U.S
Died	March 8, 2022(2022-03-08) (aged 99) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (undergraduate attendee) Washington University in St. Louis[1][2][3][4][5]
Occupation	Architect

Gyo Obata (小圃 暁, February 28, 1923 – March 8, 2022) was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum). He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and still worked in HOK's St. Louis office. He designed several notable buildings, including the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at the Saint Louis Science Center, the Independence Temple of the Community of Christ church, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.