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William Pedersen
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
KPF, Principal | New York City, United States
About
In 1976 William Pedersen joined Gene Kohn and Sheldon Fox to found Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and MIT. In 1975 he was awarded the Rome Prize in Architecture. Returning from Rome in 1967 he worked at IM Pei and Partners for four years, three of which were on the National Gallery in Washington DC. Since forming Kohn Pedersen Fox, seven of Mr. Pedersen's buildings have been awarded National Design Awards from the AIA. In 2013 the AIA of New York awarded him their Medal of honor.
CTBUH Roles
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)
Annual Conference, Presenter (Chicago 1986; Chicago 1996; Melboume 2001)
Innovation Conference, Speaker (Chicago 2018; Chicago 2020)
Student Competition Second-Round Jury (2011)
CTBUH Initiatives
Fazlur Khan Lecture Series 2015: William Pedersen
20 February 2015
Incheon Post-Conference Tour Report
13 October 2011
Lotte Jamsil Super Tower Tour Report
11 October 2011
Videos
16 August 2018
Five Minutes With: William Pedersen
William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...
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Videos
30 May 2018
A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World
The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...
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Research
10 October 2004
Strategies for Tall Urban Buildings
William Pedersen, KPF
Tall buildings are, by their nature, insular and autonomous. The demands of their own biology make them resistant to forming linkages and relationships with other...
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CTBUH Initiatives
20 February 2015
Fazlur Khan Lecture Series 2015: William Pedersen
The 2015 Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series, first of three, will have speaker William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates presenting on "Balancing."
13 October 2011
Incheon Post-Conference Tour Report
The Incheon Free Economic Zone is one of three new districts that are created on reclaimed land from the Yellow Sea.
11 October 2011
Lotte Jamsil Super Tower Tour Report
A tour was hosted at the Lotte Jamsil Super Tower construction site that was abuzz with the activity of trucks and cranes.
Videos
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16 August 2018
Five Minutes With: William Pedersen
William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...
30 May 2018
A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World
The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...
20 December 2012
Industry leaders answering this question include: Alex Whitbread, FCB Studios; K.J. Kim, Samsung C & T; William Pedersen, KPF; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects;...
20 December 2012
The Past: What have been the most striking tall building developments in the past 10 years?
Industry leaders answering this question include: Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Engineers; Peng Beng Khoo & Belinda Huang, ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism; Lawrence Pak, Singapore...
11 October 2011
The Social Responsibility of Tall Buildings
Over the past 35 years, my primary focus has been to make the tall building a social participant within the modern city, so as to...
21 October 2010
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award: From New York to Shanghai: A Lifetime of Tall
William Pedersen, Partner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Mr. Pedersen’s approach to design has been one that weds formal and technical originality with a modesty informed...
21 October 2010
The Session One speaker panel consisting of: William Pedersen, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Lisa Shpritz, Bank of America; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects; Lawrence...
21 October 2010
Interview: William Pedersen on Tall Buildings
William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2010 CTBUH Awards Symposium at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago....
Research
10 October 2004
Strategies for Tall Urban Buildings
William Pedersen, KPF
Tall buildings are, by their nature, insular and autonomous. The demands of their own biology make them resistant to forming linkages and relationships with other...
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