He also was involved in such notable projects as a new master plan for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and an expansion of Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he left a mark on New York. By David W. Dunlap David M. Childs, an ...

Among his most notable achievements is 1 World Trade Center, a defining structure that replaced the towers lost on 9/11 ... evolving urban landscape of New York City.

the terrorist attacks that brought down the Twin Towers occurred just a few weeks after Silverstein Properties signed a 99-year lease on the World Trade Center in New York City. That morning ...

during the design's unveiling at the building's construction site in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, file) ...

NEW YORK — 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.

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. Childs ...