Hugh Hardy facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hugh Hardy
Hardy, NYC office, 1981, with Los Angeles County Museum of Art drawings
Born	(1932-07-26)July 26, 1932 Majorca, Spain
Died	March 17, 2017(2017-03-17) (aged 84) New York, New York
Alma mater	Princeton University
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Tiziana Hardy
Children	Two

Hugh Hardy (born July 26, 1932 – died March 17, 2017) was a famous American architect. He was known for designing and making new many theaters, concert halls, and public places all over the United States. He helped bring old buildings back to life.

A writer from The New Yorker magazine, Brendan Gill, once called him "the Stanford White of our fin de siècle." This meant he was a very important architect of his time. In 1995, Julie Iovine of The New York Times said that Mr. Hardy had worked on almost every major cultural building in New York City.

Biography

Hugh Gelston Hardy was born on July 26, 1932. His birthplace was Majorca, Spain. His parents were Gelston Hardy and Barbara Bonestell Walton. His father was in Spain to write a book. Soon after, his family moved back to New York. They lived in both Manhattan and Irvington-on-Hudson.

Hardy finished high school at the Deerfield Academy in 1950. He then went to Princeton University, just like his father. He earned a degree in Architecture in 1954. He got a master's degree in Architecture in 1956. After college, he worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Then, he started working with Jo Mielziner, who designed sets and lights for plays. One of his first jobs was painting a hotel room set for the musical Gypsy.

Hardy's Architecture Firms

Hugh Hardy started three different architecture companies during his career.

• The first was Hugh Hardy & Associates, which he started in 1962.
• Then came Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in 1967. This firm won a very special award in 1981. It was the Architecture Firm Award, the top honor for an architecture company from the American Institute of Architects.
• His last firm was H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, started in 2004.

Hardy was also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. This means he was recognized as a very important architect.

Awards and Recognition

Hugh Hardy received many awards for his amazing work.

• In 1993, he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
• He won the Placemark Award in 2001.
• In 2002, he received the President's Award from the AIA New York Chapter.
• He also won an award for excellence in public architecture from the General Services Administration.
• The Architectural League of New York gave him their President's Medal in 2010.
• In 2013, he received the Landmarks Lion award.
• He was also elected to the National Academy of Design.
• In 2010, he was one of 52 top architects asked to be part of Vanity Fair's World Architecture Survey.

Personal life

Hardy married Tiziana Spadea, who was also an architect, in 1965. They had two children together.

Work

Here are some examples of the famous buildings and places Hugh Hardy's firms worked on:

See also

• List of American architects
• List of Deerfield alumni
• Malcolm Holzman
• List of people from New York City
• List of Princeton University people