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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fred A. Bernstein

A Eugene Kohn: Architect of soaring skyscrapers

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

A Eugene Kohn, whose powers of persuasion helped build Kohn Pedersen Fox, the New York-based architecture firm he founded in 1976, into a global powerhouse responsible for buildings in 45 countries, including four of the 10 tallest buildings in the world, has died aged 92.

As president of the firm, widely known as KPF, Kohn focused on establishing and managing relationships with clients. In a 1986 profile, Paul Goldberger, then the architecture critic for The New York Times, described Kohn as one of the most effective salesmen in the architecture business.

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