Helmut Jahn, Architect of Chicago’s Thompson Center Passes Away at 81 from Cycling Accident


Courtesy of Helmut Jahn

Courtesy of Helmut Jahn

Chicago’s most prolific architect, Helmut Jahn has passed away on Saturday afternoon in a cycling accident. He was struck by two vehicles while riding his bicycle in Campton Hills, in the Chicago suburbs. The German-American designer is best known for his postmodern Thompson Center, currently under threat of demolition and United Airlines Terminal 1 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

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