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Lynn S. Beedle was the founder of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, established in 1969 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He presented the Council’s mission to disseminate multi-disciplinary information on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form.
Dr. Beedle was born in Orland, CA. and graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1941. In 1947, he joined Lehigh University as an instructor and five years later received his doctorate there in structural engineering. His groundbreaking studies on the properties of steel structures and his creation in 1969 of the Council helped the university become a center for civil and structural…
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
CTBUH Chairman (1969 – 1976)
Annual Conference, Presenter (Nashville 1974; Beijing & Shanghai 1981)
Editorial Committee, Chairman (1995 – 2000)
CTBUH 50th Anniversary: Moments in History #4
02 May 2019
CTBUH Founder, Dr. Lynn Beedle, at 100
07 December 2017
Council HQ Welcomes Family of Lynn S. Beedle
25 May 2017
02 November 2008
Founder and First Chairman 'Lynn Beedle'
Biography about Lynn Beedle and the Council on Tall Buildings, narrated by his son David and shown during the first annual awards dinner. For his...
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2 May 2019
CTBUH 50th Anniversary: Moments in History #4
CTBUH Moment in History #4 discusses the controversial claim by the Petronas Towers for the title of “World’s Tallest Building” over the record holder at the time, Willis Tower.
7 December 2017
CTBUH Founder, Dr. Lynn Beedle, at 100
The founder of the CTBUH, Dr. Lynn Beedle, a professor and eventually director of the Fritz Engineering Laboratory at Lehigh University, would have been 100 years old on December 7.
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02 November 2008
Founder and First Chairman 'Lynn Beedle'
Biography about Lynn Beedle and the Council on Tall Buildings, narrated by his son David and shown during the first annual awards dinner. For his...
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