Leslie E. Robertson
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Leslie E. Robertson (1928-) is responsible for the structural design of hundreds of buildings and structures around the world including the now destroyed World Trade Center (New York), the United States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), Puerta de Europa (Madrid) and the Continental Arena (Meadowlands), as well as museums in Berlin, Portland (Maine) and Seattle, and the Miho Museum Bridge (Japan).
Robertson, in the early 1960s, was a leader of a young group of structural engineers who specialized in imaginative, and daring, approaches to grand-scale construction. Until the September 11, 2001 attacks, his innovations were held in high regard by most of his practicing peers. Since then, questions about the safety of his rent-space-maximized designs have engaged the profession (see Collapse of the World Trade Center), and future supertall architecture will most likely turn to stronger, more fortified materials and methods.
Professional Experience
1958 to Date - Leslie E. Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P. 1957 to 1958 - Raymond International 1954 to 1957 - John Blume & Associates 1952 to 1954 - Kaiser Engineers
Projects
Office Buildings / Mixed-use Projects
World Trade Center, New York, NY Reconstruction of The World Trade Center after the Explosion of 26 Feb. 1993, New York, NY US Steel Headquarters Building, Pittsburgh, PA. SONY Building (formerly A T & T Corporate Headquarters) New York, NY Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong Espirito Santo Plaza, Miami, FL. Korean Mission, New York, NY. Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA. PPG Industries Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA. Pitney Bowes Corporate Headquarters, Stamford, CT. Graha Kuningan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mixed-use Projects
Capital Place, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines. Harbour City Retail/ Office/ Apartment Complex, Hong Kong Megaworld Place, Manila, Philippines. Pontiac Marina Hotel and Millenia Mall, Singapore. Pacific Place, Hong Kong. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA.
Long Span Facilities
Miho Museum Bridge, Shigaraki, Japan Continental Arena, East Rutherford, NJ San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA Saitama Arena, Saitama, Japan. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX. Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL.
Museums, Libraries And Related Projects
Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Japan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH. The William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AK. Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Temporary Exhibitions Building at the German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany. The Flynt Center of Early New England Life, Deerfield, MA. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY. The Latvian National Library, Riga, Latvia. National Library of France, Paris, France. Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Schools, Educational Facilities
Choate Rosemary Hall Science Center, Wallingford, CT. Arts and Media Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Uris Library Addition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.