Robert Louis Geddes was an American architect, planner, writer, educator, past principal of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham, best known in Philadelphia for his work on the Police Headquarters, popularly known as the Roundhouse. Geddes started university studies at the University of California, Berkeley, transferring to Yale University in the fall of 1942 over safety issues when World War II began. He later left school and enrolled in the United States Army Air Forces and served for thr... moreRobert Louis Geddes was an American architect, planner, writer, educator, past principal of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham, best known in Philadelphia for his work on the Police Headquarters, popularly known as the Roundhouse. Geddes started university studies at the University of California, Berkeley, transferring to Yale University in the fall of 1942 over safety issues when World War II began. He later left school and enrolled in the United States Army Air Forces and served for three years. After serving he came back and finished school. In 1950 he earned an M. Arch at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
In 1953, he co-founded a collaborative practice, Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham: Architects. Whilst he ran his company he was also dean emeritus of the Princeton University School of Architecture. Some of his well known architectural designs include Pender Labs at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, the Liberty State Park. Geddes won several awards during his career including the Topaz Award from the American Institute of Architects.
