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Jeanne Gang
Designing Chicago skyscrapers and public buildings shaped by nature and social connections.
Aqua Tower · Gilder Center
- Born
- 19 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Belvidere, United States
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Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang is an American architect and the founder of Studio Gang. Her work includes Aqua Tower and the Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History.
Early life
Engineering influence
Grew up in Illinois, where her father worked as a county engineer.
Architecture studies
Studied at Illinois, spent time in Versailles and Zurich, and earned a Harvard architecture degree.
Career
- 1990s
Early practice
Worked with OMA in Rotterdam and Booth Hansen in Chicago.
- 1997
Studio Gang
Founded her own practice in Chicago.
- 2010
Aqua completed
The tower brought broad recognition to the studio.
- 2023
Gilder Center
Opened the museum extension in New York.
Selected work
Aqua Tower
Varied concrete balconies create terraces, views and a rippling exterior.
Gilder Center
Connected museum spaces through a flowing, cavern-like interior.
The Art of Architectural Grafting
Proposed approaches to adapting and extending existing buildings.
Beyond work
Pay equity
Announced closing the gender wage gap at her practice and urged other architects to act.
Family
Married fellow architect Mark Schendel.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Studio Gang: Aqua Tower ↗Photo: Kramesarah. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
