- Date Of Death: January 11, 2007
- State: Connecticut
Richard Augustus Giegengack, 65, a professional architect in Washington, died of cancer in the Washington Home and Community Hospice on January 11, 2007.Richard was born in New York City, graduated from Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, RI, and received a B.A. (1963) and M. Arch. (1968) from Yale University. He is the son of Robert Giegengack, coach of track and field at Yale University from 1945 until 1975 and Olympic Coach at Melbourne and Tokyo, and Lucie Dowling Giegengack. Richard is a nephew of Augustus E. Giegengack, Public Printer of the United States from 1934 until 1948.
Richard worked for ICON Architects in Washington and for Peter J. B. Vercelli ARIBA in New Haven, CT, before joining the Washington office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1973. During his tenure with SOM he also worked in the firm’s New York office and served as a design partner at the SOM office in London. Richard was responsible for the design of a number of important projects in the northeast:
The Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, which included major renovations and restorations of eight National Landmark railroad stations between Boston and Washington, and the design and construction of the entirely new railroad station in Providence.
The 1976 Bicentennial Master Plan for the Washington Mall and Constitution Gardens.
The J. P. Morgan Hotel and Conference Center, Hartford, CT.
The Trinity College Landscape Master Plan, Hartford, CT.
Since 1993 Richard has practiced out of his own architectural firm in Washington. He was responsible for the restoration of Camp Topridge, a historic Great Camp in the Adirondacks, and for the design of other private residences.
Richard is survived by four sisters: Lucie Teegarden, of Brunswick, ME; Mary Jureller, of Syracuse, NY; Jane White, of Bronxville, NY; and Anne Giegengack, of Syracuse, NY; and two brothers: Robert Jr., of Wallingford, PA; and Edward, of Bridgeport, CT. Richard will be missed by many devoted friends.
