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Harold ("Bud") Fredenburgh, Architect and Former Member of Bronxville Site Plan and Architectural Review Board, Dies January 21, 2016


By Staff


Feb. 10, 2016:  Harold Fredenburgh, known as "Bud" to many Bronxville residents while he lived in the village in the 1970s and '80s, died on January 21, 2016, after a long battle with cancer. He was 82 at the time of his death. 

Using his architectural background, he made a significant contribution to the village, serving on the Bronxville Site Plan and Architectural Review Board for nearly two decades. "We were very fortunate to have an architect of such caliber willing to serve the village," said Marcia Lee, mayor of Bronxville while he was serving. "The amount of volunteer time he devoted to the village was extraordinary."

Part of the death notice that appeared in the January 24, 2016, issue of the New York Times reads as follows:

Harold Fredenburgh, architect of emblematic tall buildings on skylines across the country … earn[ed] a master of architecture degree from Yale University … [and went on to work] for a quarter century at I.M. Pei & Partners, where he was an associate partner and design principal. He established his own office, Fredenburgh Wegierska-Mutin Architects, in 1990. 

In his work with the Pei firm and in independent practice, each of his buildings marked its setting with iconic forms and distinctive public spaces, from a master planned waterfront promenade in Dubai to the iconic CenTrust Tower in Miami, Texas Commerce Tower in Houston, and First Interstate World Center, the tallest building west of Chicago, which provides a memorable center point to the vast horizontal landscape of Los Angeles. Harold Fredenburgh also made major contributions to the design of the John Hancock Tower in Boston. Fredenburgh's efforts in landmark preservation and planning policy contributed to [the] shaping [of] New York City.

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