Vincent George Kling (May 9, 1916 – November 23, 2013) was an American architect who co-founded the architectural practice KlingStubbins.
Biography
Kling was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 9, 1916. He was the son of a builder and joined his father's construction firm in high school. He earned his B.A. from Columbia University and M.Arch. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He enlisted in the United States Navy after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served in the Atlantic fleet's naval force until the end of war. He joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill after the war and later set up his own practice, which became the largest architectural firm in Philadelphia. He was the principal architect and planner for Philadelphia's Penn Center.
Projects
Penn Center, Philadelphia
Five Penn Center, Philadelphia
Centre Square, Philadelphia
Dilworth Park, Philadelphia
Love Park, Philadelphia
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Lankenau Medical Center
Philadelphia Mint building
AT&T Headquarters Basking Ridge, New Jersey (1971-1974) Concordia University Ann Arbor campus Harriton High School campus Reimann Building, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Awards
Kling was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1982. He was also the recipient of the Samuel F. B. Morse Medal from the National Academy of Design.