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Leonard Jacobson
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Leonard Jacobson FAIA (March 7, 1921 – December 26, 1992) was an American museum architect. He worked with I. M. Pei on some of the major museum projects in the 20th century.
Biography
Jacobson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on March 7, 1921. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942. He served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942–45 during World War II. In 1947, he gained a Master of Architecture degree, also at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1953, Jacobson started working with I.M. Pei, joining him at I. M. Pei & Partners, founded in 1955. He was a Partner in I. M. Pei & Partners (which became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 1989) from 1980–92. Jacobson was central to the following building projects in the US, mainly involving museums:
- East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1978)
- West Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (1981)
- Portland Museum of Art, Po
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