Charles Follen McKim

Charles Follen Mckim (born the August 24th 1847 in Pennsylvania deceased the September 14th 1909 with New York) was a American architect which studied at the school of the beautiful arts of Paris where he was the pupil of Pierre-Jerome-Honore Daumet and formed the cabinet McKim, Mead, and White with William Mead and Stanford White (which joined them afterwards two years).

Works

He took part in the realization of the following works:

1887 : Library of Boston
1893: The campus of the university of Columbia
1903: The Pierpont Morgan Library
1910: Pennsylvania Station
Madison Square Garden

Titles and rewards

It received titles of the profession but also of Head of States for his contributions to architecture, he was also member of honor of several organizations:

In 1900 it receives a gold medal at the time of the World Fair to Paris.
In 1903 it receives the gold medal of RIBA (institute royal of the British architects (of the hands of the King Edward).
In 1909 it receives the gold medal of AIA (American institute of the architects) after having chaired it in 1902 - 1903.

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