Architect and art collector
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C. David Robinson, 71, a San Francisco architect who designed the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa and oversaw the 2004 renovation of San Francisco’s landmark Cliff House restaurant, died Feb. 2 at his home in Sausalito.
He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Robinson’s most high-profile project was the Schulz, a streamlined, modernist structure of stucco and slate that opened in 2002 and is dedicated to the life and career of the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.
In addition to his architectural work, Robinson was a notable art collector who contributed an important collection of 150 early photographs to the National Gallery of Art in 1995.
Chalfant David Robinson was born June 12, 1936, in New York and grew up in Washington, D.C.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in art history at Princeton University in 1957 and a master’s degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965.
Robinson began his career in San Francisco with the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
He founded his own architecture office in 1997.
His San Francisco projects included the renovation of Temple Emanu-El and the design of the Center for the Arts in Yerba Buena Gardens.
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