Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was a prominent American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers in works like the Woolworth Building, Gilbert was also responsible for the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library; the Minnesota, Arkansas and West Virginia State Capitols; and the United States Supreme Court building. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Gilbert's achievements were recognized in his lifetime; he served as president of the American Institute of Architects in 1908–09.
Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design staff. Despite the opposition, the sale went through in February the next year, though the building continued to be leased out to the university. Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, abbreviated as The Cass and nicknamed the "Aldgate Bauhaus", is an art school that forms part of the London Metropolitan University. It was founded in 2012 from the merger of London Guildhall University's Faculty of Art, Media and Design and North London University's Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design, though through predecessors of those two institutions, it