Timeline

1919

Born Baltimore, Maryland

1941

Graduates Cornell University with adegree in Architecture

1941–1948

1940s: Works in offices of Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei

1955

Receives Rome Prize in Architecture

1966

Knoll Associates debuts Platner Collection

1967

Openes first design office, later studio

1976

Completes Windowns on the World Restaurant, World Trade Center, New York

1985

Inducted into Interior Design magazine's Hall of Fame

2006

Dies at the age of 86