2024-12-22T21:47:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150363817/influential-hhpa-founder-norman-pfeiffer-has-passed-away-aged-83 Josh Niland 2023-08-30T13:39:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a2f13d799516701d331d2e6be90c791f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Norman Pfeiffer, an influential Southern California-based architect who founded the precursor to what is now <a href="https://archinect.com/pfeiffer" target="_blank">Pfeiffer, a Perkins Eastman Studio</a>, has passed away in Los Angeles after a short battle with illness.</p> <p>Known for his contributions to the cultural and higher-education sectors of the region, Pfeiffer brought a collaborative approach to the design of public buildings that changed the ways architects think about a building&rsquo;s effects on civic life and the public realm.</p> <p>Born in Washington in 1940, Pfeiffer studied at <a href="https://archinect.com/columbiagsapp" target="_blank">Columbia University</a> before founding the influential practice Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (HHPA) with Hugh Hardy and Malcolm Holzman in New York in 1967. Before the firm disbanded in 2004, it had garnered national recognition through its designs for the renovated <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/569100/cooper-hewitt" target="_blank">Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</a>&nbsp;and the original <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1111074/colburn-school" target="_blank">Colburn School</a> campus in downtown Los Angeles. An AIA Firm Award came in 1981, and Pfeiffer decided to expand his practice permanently to the Wes...</p>