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Gyo Obata, co-founder of the St Louis-based architecture firm HOK, has passed away at the age of 99.

American architect Gyo Obata, co-founder of Missouri-based architecture firm HOK, has passed away on March 8 at the age of 99.

Gyo Obata, FAIA, architect and Founding Partner of HOK, passed away on March 8. He was 99.  Obata, in partnership with George F. Hellmuth and George Kassabaum, built HOK from a regional, St. Louis-based architectural practice into a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm. His career spanned six decades and included numerous iconic projects, including:

HOK has announced the death of the studio’s cofounder Gyo Obata, who passed away on March 8th at age 99. One of three principals who founded the practice in St. Louis, Missouri, Obata’s architectural career spanned six decades until his retirement in 2012. HOK Cofounders with Priory Model...

Gyo Obata, a world-renowned architect who helped design some of the most well-known buildings in St. Louis and around the world, died Tuesday. He was 99 years old.

Gyo Obata, an architect whose designs included sports and entertainment arenas, airports and a presidential library, has died. His family says Obata died Tuesday in St. Louis at age 99. A cause of death was not announced. Obata was born in 1923 in San Francisco and earned a master’s degree at Cranbrook Academy of Arts in suburban Detroit. Obata, George Hellmuth and George Kassabaum opened Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum in 1955. St. Louis-based HOK is now among the world’s largest architectu...