Robert Siegel

Robert Siegel is an American architect who, with his partner Charles Gwathmey, founded the firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (later Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman Architects) in 1968. Among their many noted designs, which include both private residences and public institutions, is that of the Burchfield Penney Art Center. They are best known for their 1992 update of New York’s Guggenheim museum.

Siegel received a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1962 and a Master of Architecture from Harvard in 1963. In the mid-1960s he was the senior associate in the architectural firm of Edward Larrabee Barnes and worked on projects around the U.S. [1]

Throughout his career, Siegel has served as a design critic, juror, and lecturer at architecture schools and organizations. Among his many professional honors are a Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Pratt Institute Centennial Alumni Award in Architecture, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects. In 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

For more information on Robert Siegel, visit http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/.

[1] Source for this and other information throughout this profile: http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/firm/principalsrs.html.