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Vlastimil Koubek
American architect (1927-2003) · United States · On the map · Architects · Died at 75
Vlastimil Koubek was an American architect who designed more than 100 buildings, most of them in the Washington metropolitan area, and whose total value topped $2 billion. Most of his work is Modernist in style, although he developed a few structures in other vernaculars.
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Rosslyn, Virginia, in 2007. Koubek was responsible for the master site plan which led to its high-rise developments.
Koubek's 1325 Massachusetts Avenue NW
The Air Line Pilots Association Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
The Willoughby of Chevy Chase Condominium
Vlastimil Koubek's USF&G Building (now the Transamerica Tower), as of 2012 still the tallest building in Baltimore and its most prominent landmark.
The Annex at the Willard Hotel, with concept by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates and implementation by Vlastimil Koubek.
The historic Car Barn building, renovated by Koubek in 1979-1980
Koubek's 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW, formerly home to National Public Radio, was demolished in 2013.About this person
He created the site plan for the redevelopment of Rosslyn, Virginia, and his Ames Center anchored the area's economic recovery. He designed the World Building in Silver Spring, Maryland, which sparked redevelopment of that town's downtown; and the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. In 1985, Washingtonian magazine called him one of 20 people "who in the past 20 years had the greatest impact on the way we live and who forever altered the look of Washington." In 1988, The Washington Post newspaper said his Willard Hotel renovation was one of 28 projects in the area that made a signal contribution to the "feel" and look of Washington, D.C.
