Facts: - death place: condeau - significant buildings: butterfield , two charles center , u.s. navy memorial house , myriad botanical gardens , ramaz school - birth name: james stephan rossant - death date: 15 december 2009 - spouse: colette rossant - field: architecture , urban planning , painting - width: 200 - education: columbia design university , harvard university 's graduate school of - works: reston , virginia , lower manhattan , dodoma - children: marianne , juliette , cecile , tomas - birth date: august 17 , 1928 - name: james rossant - nationality: american - birth place: new york city Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james rossant .
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james rossant -lrb- august 17 , 1928 -- december 15 , 2009 -rrb- was an american architect , artist , and professor of architecture .a long-time fellow of the american institute of architects , he is best known for his master plan of reston , virginia , the lower manhattan plan , and the un-sponsored master plan for dodoma , tanzania .he was a partner of the architectural firm conklin & rossant and principal of james rossant architects .