2024-12-22T06:23:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150051829/kent-cooper-architect-known-for-work-on-vietnam-and-korean-war-memorials-dies-at-91 Alexander Walter 2018-02-26T15:23:00-05:00 >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&nbsp;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&rsquo;s winning proposal, Lecky said."</p>