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Mark Cavagnero, FAIA (born July 7, 1957) is an American architect and the founder of Mark Cavagnero Associates established in 1988.. His works include SFJAZZ Center, in San Francisco, California; the "major Expansion" of the Oakland Museum of California [citation needed], originally designed by the architect, Kevin Roche; Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera, in San Francisco Opera [citation ...
Varian Associates was one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1948 by Russell H. and Sigurd F. Varian , William Webster Hansen , and Edward Ginzton to sell the klystron , the first vacuum tube which could amplify electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies, and other electromagnetic equipment.
As the firm's global footprint has grown, Gensler has launched megaprojects such as CityCenter (Gensler served as Executive Architect of the 67-acre, 18 million-square-foot “city within a city” in Las Vegas), SFO Airport (beginning with the Central Terminal project in 1980 and continuing with comprehensive T2, T3, and T1 renovations), and Shanghai Tower (a 128-story mixed-use tower). [16]
Gustave Ferdinand Niebaum (born Gustaf Ferdinand Nybom; 31 August 1842 – 5 August 1908) was a Finnish-American sea captain and winemaker.. Niebaum acquired his maritime schooling in Helsinki, Finland.
Adams Street Partners was founded in 1972 as the growth equity division of First National Bank of Chicago, where it was known as First Chicago Investment Advisors. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1989, its CEO Gary P. Brinson led a $100 million management buyout of the division from First Chicago Corporation and spun it out as a separate firm named ...
SOM, previously Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago-based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings.
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately 220 undergraduates and 112 graduate students were enrolled in 2021. [2]
John Coolidge Adams was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1947. [5] As an adolescent, he lived in Woodstock, Vermont, for five years before moving to East Concord, New Hampshire, [6] and his family spent summers on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, where his grandfather ran a dance hall.