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Currently, Gyo Obata is 101 years, 8 months and 5 days old. Gyo Obata will celebrate 102rd birthday on a Friday 28th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Gyo Obata upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Gyo Obata |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Age | 101 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | February 28, 1923 (California) |
| Birthday | February 28 |
| Town/City | California |
| Nationality | California |
Gyo Obata’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Gyo Obata was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
Designer of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., the McDonnell Planetarium at the Saint Louis Science Center, and the Independence Temple of the Community of Christ church. Co-founded international architectural firm HOK.
He was almost interned with his family during World War II for being Japanese, but he was able to beat the oppression by enrolling in the architectural program at Washington University in St. Louis, which was the only United States university accepting Japanese nationals at that time. He then studied architecture and urban design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.
His work included the Houston Galleria in Texas and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
His father was Japanese Painter Chiura Obata. He was raised in San Francisco.
He studied under Eero Saarinen while at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
