Hugh Hardy
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Hugh Hardy is a leading American architect born in Majorca, Spain in 1932. He is best known for his work designing theaters, performing arts venues, public spaces, and cultural facilities across the United States.
The late 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.”
Hardy has founded three firms in his career: Hugh Hardy & Associates in 1962, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer in 1967, and H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in 2004. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer received the American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award
in 1981, the highest honor bestowed upon a firm for distinguished architecture. Hardy is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Hardy was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1993. He is a winner of Placemark Award from the Design History Foundation (2001), the AIA New York Chapter’s Presidents Award (2002), the General Services Administration Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Public Architecture, and the Architectural League of New York’s President’s Medal (2010).
In 2010, Hardy was one of 52 leading architects invited to participate in Vanity Fair’s 2010 World Architecture Survey
.
Hugh is married to Italian architect Tiziana Hardy and has two children, Sebastian and Penelope.
The late New Yorker writer Brendan Gill
Brendan Gill
Brendan Gill wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. He also contributed film criticism for Film Comment and wrote a popular book about his time at the New Yorker magazine.-Biography:...
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.”
Biography
Hardy graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Architecture and with a Master of Fine Arts. After serving with the engineering corps of the United States Navy, he worked as the Architectural Assistant to set designer Jo Mielziner in New York. One of his first projects was to work on the Saarinen-designed Vivian Beaumont Theater, painting a hotel room set for the original production of "Gypsy".Hardy has founded three firms in his career: Hugh Hardy & Associates in 1962, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer in 1967, and H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in 2004. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer received the American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award
Architecture Firm Award
The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that The American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture.Prior recipients of the AIA Architecture Firm Award include:...
in 1981, the highest honor bestowed upon a firm for distinguished architecture. Hardy is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Hardy was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1993. He is a winner of Placemark Award from the Design History Foundation (2001), the AIA New York Chapter’s Presidents Award (2002), the General Services Administration Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Public Architecture, and the Architectural League of New York’s President’s Medal (2010).
In 2010, Hardy was one of 52 leading architects invited to participate in Vanity Fair’s 2010 World Architecture Survey
World Architecture Survey
The World Architecture Survey was conducted in 2010 by the American magazine Vanity Fair, to determine the most important works of contemporary architecture...
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Hugh is married to Italian architect Tiziana Hardy and has two children, Sebastian and Penelope.
Work
Select examples of his firms' work include:- Radio City Music HallRadio City Music HallRadio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city...
Renovation, New York, NY - Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn Academy of Music is a major performing arts venue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, United States, known as a center for progressive and avant garde performance....
, Brooklyn, NY - Theatre for a New Audience, Brooklyn, NY
- LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater, New York, NY
- New Amsterdam TheatreNew Amsterdam TheatreThe New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 214 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Theatre District of Manhattan, New York City, off of Times Square...
, New York, NY - New Victory TheatreNew Victory TheatreThe New Victory Theater is an Off-Broadway theater located at 209 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, in Midtown Manhattan. The New Victory is New York's first and only theater for children and family audiences...
, New York, NY - Theater Row, New York, NY
- Bridgemarket, New York, NY
- Bryant ParkBryant ParkBryant Park is a 9.603 acre privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan...
Kiosks, Café, and Grill, New York, NY - Herald and Greeley Square Park Kiosks, New York, NY
- Whitaker Center for Science and the ArtsWhitaker Center for Science and the ArtsWhitaker Center for Science and the Arts is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The center is the first complex of its kind in the United States to use science as an entry to the arts. Whitaker Center exhibits science, the performing arts, and an IMAX theater under one roof...
, Harrisburg, PA - Joyce TheaterJoyce TheaterThe Joyce Theater is a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea area of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The Joyce Theater Foundation, the organization founded in 1982 that operates the theater, also owns the Joyce SoHo dance center located in a former firehouse on Mercer...
, New York, NY - Rainbow RoomRainbow RoomThe Rainbow Room was an upscale restaurant and nightclub on the 65th floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-Cuisine:...
Renovation, New York, NY - 18 West 11th Street, New York, NY
- Windows on the WorldWindows on the WorldWindows on the World was a complex of venues at the top floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan that included a restaurant, Windows on the World, a smaller restaurant called Wild Blue, and a bar called The Greatest Bar on Earth, as well as rooms for private functions...
Renovation, New York, NY (destroyed 9/11/2001)