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Louis Skidmore

Born: 1897

Died: 1962

Practice: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1971), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1972)

Projects: One World Trade Center, John Hancock Center, Willis Tower

One World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York (2006-2014)

One World Trade Center by David Childs of SOM © Praneeth Thalla CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

John Hancock Center (now 875 North Michigan Avenue), Chicago, Illinois (1970)

John Hancock Center (now 875 North Michigan Avenue) by SOM photo by TheFrog001 CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Chicago, Illinois (1970-1974)

Willis Tower by Bruce Graham of SOM © Daniel Schwen CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons