Vincent Kling (architect)

Vincent George Kling (May 9, 1916 – November 23, 2013) was an American architect who co-founded the architectural practice KlingStubbins.

He was the son of a builder and joined his father's construction firm in high school.

[2][3][4] He enlisted in the United States Navy after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served in the Atlantic fleet's naval force until the end of war.

He joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill after the war and later set up his own practice, which became the largest architectural firm in Philadelphia.

[5] Kling was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1982.