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Hoban

American  
[hoh-buhn] / ˈhoʊ bən /

noun

  1. James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.


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“People see them, and people will talk to us, and say, ‘I didn’t realize this problem with Bea Gonzalez,’” Hoban said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

"The scale is the biggest challenge, but also the complexity," said Captain Dan Hoban, a British Royal Engineer who was on a routine exchange with the US Army Corps of Engineers when the bridge collapsed.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

It’s also a building that Biden has previously boasted was designed by an Irishman, architect James Hoban.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

“Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty,” by Phoebe Hoban, is on the bench where I have a pile of books that I’m interested in.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

It was designed by Monroe's friend Thomas Jefferson and the plans were completed by James Hoban the designer and builder of the White House and the supervising architect of the Capitol.

From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Harrison Williams

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