Question: Facts: - significant buildings: 7 world trade center world trade center , tokyo midtown , one - practice: skidmore , owings & merrill - name: t.j. gottesdiener - image size: -lrb- -rrb- use only if image is smaller than 250px - nationality: united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of t.j. gottesdiener .
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t.j. gottesdiener is an architect and managing partner of the new york office of skidmore , owings & merrill -lrb- som -rrb- .a graduate of cooper union 's irwin s. chanin school of architecture , gottesdiener joined som in 1980 and was made partner in 1994 .he lives with his wife in new york city ; they have one son .gottesdiener is a fellow of the american institute of architects .