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Hugh Hardy
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Hugh Hardy

American architect

Hugh Hardy (July 26, 1932 – March 17, 2017) was an American architect, known for designing and revitalizing theaters, performing arts venues, public spaces, and cultural facilities across the United States.2

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Born Jul 26, 1932, died Mar 17, 2017.1

About

The New Yorker writer Brendan Gill called him "the Stanford White of our fin de siècle". In 1995, Julie Iovine of The New York Times wrote, "There is scarcely a cultural icon in the city with which Mr. Hardy has not been involved."

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedDeerfield Academy3
  • Date not recordedPrinceton University School of Architecture3
  • Date not recordedPrinceton University3

Career

Occupation: architect.5

Work

Select examples of his firm's work include:

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Personal life

  • BornJul 26, 1932, Mallorca6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

Hardy married the architect Tiziana Spadea in 1965. They had two children.

On March 16, 2017, Hardy fell and hit his head while getting out of a taxi in Manhattan. Later that evening, he attended a performance at the Joyce Theater, a building he had undertaken renovations on. He lost consciousness there, and was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where he died from a cerebral hemorrhage the following day, at the age of 84.

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