David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers ...

David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers collapsed in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, has died. He was 83.

David Childs was the designer of the One World Trade Center skyscraper. Top photo courtesy of SOM Along with One World Trade Center, Childs completed numerous skyscrapers in New York over his 50 ...

Childs was a principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and designed several notable Manhattan buildings, including 7 World Trade Center and the Time Warner Center. He emphasized civic-minded design ...

David Childs, the architect behind 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere ... Robert Moses in 1954 and labeled “a low point for New York’s public buildings” by the Times.