Danforth Toan

{{short description|American Brutalist architect}}

Danforth Toan (1918–2013) was an architect known for Brutalist architecture who specialized in college libraries across North America. As a founding partner at Warner Burn Toan & Lunde Architects, he contributed to the design of dozens of buildings at university campuses, most notably the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library and the Sciences Library (Brown University) at Brown University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiany.org/news/danforth-w-toan-1919-2013/|title=Danforth W. Toan (1918-2013)|website=AIA New York}} He also designed the Olin Library at Cornell, Warren Weaver Hall at NYU, and the Hammer Health Sciences Center at Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2791-tribute-danforth-w-toan-1918-2013?v=preview|title=Tribute: Danforth W. Toan, 1918-2013|website=www.architecturalrecord.com}} He also worked for Grumman Aircraft producing designs for the astronaut living quarters on what would become NASA's first space station, Skylab.{{Cite web|url=https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/|title=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine}} "He changed the course of library design in the U.S.," said Rick Bell, executive director of the AIA New York Center for Architecture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/architect-danforth-w-toan-designer-of-libraries-dies-at-94_o|title=Architect Danforth W. Toan, Designer of Libraries, Dies at 94 | Architect Magazine}}

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