Archinect - News2024-11-14T13:28:02-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150051829/kent-cooper-architect-known-for-work-on-vietnam-and-korean-war-memorials-dies-at-91
Kent Cooper, architect known for work on Vietnam and Korean War memorials, dies at 91 Alexander Walter2018-02-26T15:23:00-05:00>2018-02-26T15:24:35-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3o/3ofztoinlm43d33d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Mr. Cooper began his career in 1958 as overseer for architect Eero Saarinen in the construction of Washington Dulles International Airport. [...]
Mr. Cooper was best known for his work on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial, dedicated in 1982 and 1995, respectively.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Kent Cooper's architecture firm, Cooper-Lecky, became the architects of record for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. While Maya Lin's now iconic design for the memorial was chosen as the competition winner in 1981, Lin was an architecture student at the time and not a licensed architect. "Lin was given a job in the Cooper-Lecky office, but Mr. Cooper supervised the necessary drawings and site specifications for the project to go forward," <em>The Washington Post</em> reports, "and he functioned as frontman in dealing with the federal Fine Arts Commission, which had selected Lin’s winning proposal, Lecky said."</p>