What is Gyo Obata?
{{Infobox person | name = Gyo Obata | image = Gyo Obata in 2005.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Obata in 2005 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|02|28}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|08|1923|02|28}} | death_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S. | othername = | occupation = Architect | spouse = | website = }} '''Gyo Obata''' (小圃 暁, February 28, 1923 – March 8, 2022) was an American architect. He co-founded the global architectural firm [[Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum|HOK]]. He designed the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at the [[Saint Louis Science Center]], the [[Independence Temple]] of the [[Community of Christ]] church, the [[National Air and Space Museum]] and the [[Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum]]. Obata died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], on March 8, 2022, at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gyo Obata, influential St. Louis architect, dies at 99 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/gyo-obata-influential-st-louis-architect-dies-at-99/article_69a93c68-547c-5eb1-962c-1bb3e6bb6fe2.html |access-date=10 March 2022 |publisher=STL Today |date=9 March 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Obata, Gyo}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American architects]] [[Category:Businesspeople from San Francisco]] [[Category:Businesspeople from St. Louis, Missouri]] {{US-bio-stub}}