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<p><b>Cass Gilbert</b> (* <a href="24._November" title="24. November">24. November</a> <a href="1859" title="1859">1859</a> in <a href="Zanesville_(Ohio)" title="Zanesville (Ohio)">Zanesville</a>, <a href="Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>; † <a href="17._Mai" title="17. Mai">17. Mai</a> <a href="1934" title="1934">1934</a> in Brockenhurst, <a href="England" title="England">England</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Architekt" title="Architekt">Architekt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WDL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Er studierte am <a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a><sup id="cite_ref-WDL_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und arbeitete zuerst für die Architekturfirma <a href="McKim%2C_Mead%2C_and_White" class="mw-redirect" title="McKim, Mead, and White">McKim, Mead, and White</a>. Nach etlichen Jahren selbständiger Praxis in <a href="Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> gelang es ihm, sich in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> zu etablieren. Sein <a href="Woolworth_Building" title="Woolworth Building">Woolworth Building</a> (1910–13) war über 15 Jahre lang das höchste Gebäude der Welt und gilt als prägend für den New Yorker <a href="Hochhaus" title="Hochhaus">Hochhausstil</a> der 1920er Jahre.<sup id="cite_ref-WDL_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ein weiteres realisiertes Hochhausprojekt Gilberts ist das <a href="New_York_Life_Building" title="New York Life Building">New York Life Building</a> (1926–1928).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zwischen 1926 und 1933 hatte Gilbert die Präsidentschaft der <a href="National_Academy_of_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Design">National Academy of Design</a> inne.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Von Gilbert stammen auch die Pläne für das 1932–1935 errichtete klassizistische <a href="United_States_Supreme_Court_Building" title="United States Supreme Court Building">United States Supreme Court Building</a> in <a href="Washington%2C_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-WDL_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Auch das <a href="Brooklyn_Army_Terminal" title="Brooklyn Army Terminal">Brooklyn Army Terminal</a> wurde von ihm geplant.
</p><p>1906 wurde er in die <a href="American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters" title="American Academy of Arts and Letters">American Academy of Arts and Letters</a> aufgenommen.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1930 erfolgte die Wahl zum Ehrenmitglied der <a href="Royal_Academy_of_Arts" title="Royal Academy of Arts">Royal Academy of Arts</a>. In seinem Todesjahr 1934 wurde er zum Mitglied der <a href="American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> gewählt.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Barbara S. Christen; Steven Flanders (Hrsg.): <i>Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain.</i> WW Norton & Co, New York 2001, ISBN 978-0-393-73065-4.</li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cass_Gilbert?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Cass Gilbert</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li>Christopher Long: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gilbert-cass">Gilbert, Cass (1859–1934).</a></i> Eintrag im <i>Handbook of Texas</i>, 1. Januar 1995.</li>
<li>Kate Roberts: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www3.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/gilbert-cass-1859-1934">Gilbert, Cass (1859–1934).</a></i> Eintrag bei <i>MNopedia</i>, 6. Juni 2011, zuletzt aktualisiert am 15. April 2025.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8198783">Cass Gilbert</a> in der Datenbank <a href="Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a><span style="display:none">Vorlage:Findagrave/Wartung/Gleiche Kenner im Quelltext und in Wikidata</span></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-WDL-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-WDL_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-WDL_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-WDL_1-2">c</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-WDL_1-3">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11376/"><i>Study for Woolworth Building, New York.</i></a> In: <i><a href="World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library">World Digital Library</a>.</i> 10. Dezember 1910,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 25. Juli 2013</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ACass+Gilbert&rft.title=Study+for+Woolworth+Building%2C+New+York&rft.description=Study+for+Woolworth+Building%2C+New+York&rft.identifier=&rft.date=1910-12-10&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cassgilbertsociety.org/works/"><i>Cass Gilbert-Designed Works / Offices & Banks / New York Life Building</i></a>, cassgilbertsociety.org, abgerufen am 11. Juni 2015</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">nationalacademy.org: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140116090401/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=G"><i>Past Academicians – Gilbert, Cass NA 1908; PNAD 1926-33</i></a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 16. Januar 2014 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artsandletters.org/?s=Cass+Gilbert&restype=all"><i>Members: Cass Gilbert.</i></a> American Academy of Arts and Letters,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. März 2019</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ACass+Gilbert&rft.title=Members%3A+Cass+Gilbert&rft.description=Members%3A+Cass+Gilbert&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fartsandletters.org%2F%3Fs%3DCass%2BGilbert%26restype%3Dall&rft.publisher=American+Academy+of+Arts+and+Letters"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Cass+Gilbert&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced"><i>Member History: Cass Gilbert.</i></a> American Philosophical Society,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 19. August 2018</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ACass+Gilbert&rft.title=Member+History%3A+Cass+Gilbert&rft.description=Member+History%3A+Cass+Gilbert&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.amphilsoc.org%2Fmemhist%2Fsearch%3Fcreator%3DCass%2BGilbert%26title%3D%26subject%3D%26subdiv%3D%26mem%3D%26year%3D%26year-max%3D%26dead%3D%26keyword%3D%26smode%3Dadvanced&rft.publisher=American+Philosophical+Society"> </span></span>
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