Leslie E. Robertson

About

Leslie Earl Robertson (1928-2021) started his career in Seattle with Skilling Helle Christiansen Robertson; founded Leslie E. Robertson Associates which continues today as LERA Consulting Engineers. He co-founded See Robertson Structural Engineers with SawTeen See in 2018.

Amongst many other structures, Dr. Robertson was responsible for the structural design of the World Trade Center (New York), the United States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), and the Puerta de Europa (Madrid) as well as exceptional museums and the award-winning Miho Museum Bridge (Japan).

He was a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and received the IStructE (UK) Gold Medal, the Gengo Matsui Prize as the outstanding Structural Engineer in the world, the AIA Institute Honor; and was recognized as ENR's Construction 'Man of the Year'.

He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering as well as an Honorary and Advisory Board Member of the Center of Sustainability, Accountability and Eco-Affordability for Large Structures. He was awarded four honorary doctorates, taught at Princeton University, and was Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley.

He received ASCE’s Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award, AISC’s J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, Tokyo Society of Architects Honorary Fellowship and Medal, and was the first recipient of the Henry C. Turner Award and of the Fazlur Rahman Kahn Medal. Shanghai World Financial Center with his design received the Best Tall Building Award 2009.