Michael McKinnell
Noel Michael McKinnell (December 25, 1935 – March 27, 2020) was a British-born American architect and co-founder of the Kallmann McKinnell & Wood architectural design firm. In 1962, McKinnell, who was a Columbia University graduate student at the time, and Columbia professor Gerhard Kallmann submitted the winning design for Boston City Hall, which opened in 1968. McKinnell and Kallman moved to Boston shortly after winning the competition and founded their firm, now known as Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, in 1962. Early life and education McKinnell was born on December 25, 1935, in Salford area of Manchester, England, His father was an accountant and war veteran. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 1958 with a first class degree in architecture. He studied architecture at Columbia University on a Fulbright Scholarship, graduating with a master's degree. At Columbia, McKinnell first met Gerhard Kallmann, who was then an associate professor to whom McKinnell was a teaching assistant. Kallmann and McKinnell entered a design competition for Boston City Hall in 1962, and won, beating 255 other submissions. Career McKinnell's architectural firm, Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, was originally known for its design of concrete buildings, but in the late 1970s began to focus