Gyo Obata
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Gyo Obata was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK. He lived in St. Louis, Mis
Obata in 2005
Obata in 1980
The James S. McDonnell Planetarium, a thin-shell and hyperboloid structure by Gyo Obata, forms one component of the St. Louis Science Center campus
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Chiura Obata
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Chiura Obata was a well-known Japanese American artist and popular art teacher. A self-described "roughneck", Obata went to the United States in 1903, at age 17. After initially working as an illustra
Gyo Obata
…Gyo Obata (小圃 暁, February 28, 1923 – March 8, 2022) was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum). He lived…
Professor Chiura Obata painting in 1944
Professor Obata and family in 1944; (L–R):Gyo, Lily, Haruko, Prof. Obata.
Obata's New Moon, painted at Topaz and exhibited in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1943.
George Hellmuth, Gyo Obata and George Kassabaum in the Welek Fabrics Building on 315 N. 10th St. in St. Louis (1956).