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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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An email to them requesting an interview was instead returned by Hoban, who co-chaired the campaign that defeated a 2018 measure that sought to ban short-term rentals in Palm Springs of single-family homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Calder's director, Debbie Hoban, saw her annual remuneration increase from £230,000 to £2.2m.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023

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 Williams, Harrison