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Architect, Yann Weymouth

Yann Weymouth, AIA, design director of Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), is the acclaimed architect for the new Frost Art Museum. Weymouth is internationally renowned for his work on museums. He was honored by President Francois Mitterand of France for his role as chief of design for I.M. Pei for the Grand Louvre project in Paris. He previously served as Pei's design chief for the East Wing of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Weymouth was the founding partner of RedRoof Design in New York City, a pioneering modern architectural firm. Weymouth's current projects include three new buildings for the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, and the Uris Educational Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Founded in 1955, HOK is a global architectural firm specializing in planning, design and delivery solutions. Through its collaborative network of 24 offices worldwide, the firm serves diverse clients around the world. HOK has a distinguished record of museum work, including more than 90 different museum and exhibition projects, among them the Udvar-Hazy Center for the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, the Japanese-American Museum in Los Angeles, and the George H. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, in College Station, Texas.