In this file photo architect Helmut Jahn arrives at the White House June 7, 2011 in Washington, DC. — AFP picWASHINGTON, May 10 — German-born American architect Helmut Jahn, known for his postmodern steel-and-glass structures, has died aged 81 in Illinois in a crash involving two vehicles while he was riding his bicycle, police said Sunday.
The two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions, police said, adding one driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Jahn made his name in the 1970s and 1980s with buildings in Chicago including the Thompson Center and the United Airlines Terminal at O’Hare International Airport.