David Childs

For the professor, see David Childs (academic).

383 Madison Avenue at night

David M. Childs (born 1941 Princeton, New Jersey) is the Consulting Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. He is best known for his redesign of the new One World Trade Center in New York.

In 2010, Childs was named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council.

Education

• Deerfield Academy (1959)
• Yale College (1963)
• Yale School of Architecture (1967)
• New York Institute of Technology (Honorary degree) (2006)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill projects

Washington, DC (1971-1984)

• National Geographic headquarters building
• 1300 New York Avenue
• Metro Center
• U.S. News and World Report headquarters
• Four Seasons, Regent and Park Hyatt hotels
• Expansion of the Dulles Airport main terminal.

New York City (1984-present)

Completed

7 World Trade Center, New York City.

• Worldwide Plaza
• 450 Lexington Avenue (over the Main Post Office at Grand Central Station)
• Bertelsmann Building at Times Square
• New York Mercantile Exchange
• JFK International Airport Arrivals Building
• Bear Stearns Headquarters (383 Madison Avenue)
• 7 World Trade Center
• Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle

Planned

• One World Trade Center (under construction)
• New New York Stock Exchange
• New Pennsylvania Station (Moynihan Station) at James Farley Post Office Building
• Renovation of Lever House
• Boston Properties Times Square Tower

Other locations

• Embassy of the United States in Ottawa

See also

• William F. Baker (engineer)
• Roger Duffy
• T.J. Gottesdiener
• Craig W. Hartman
• Ross Wimer

External links

• WTC.com, Interview with David Childs about Freedom Tower (video)
• WTC.com, Freedom Tower
• "The Power Broker Yearns to Be Cool", wirednewyork.com
• A conversation with architect David Childs. About his design for the new Freedom Tower. charlierose.com