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December 09, 2005
Diller & Scofidio short biography
elizabeth diller and husband, ricardo scofidio,
create an alternative form of architecture practice
that unites design, performance and electronic media
with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.
elizabeth diller attended the cooper union school of art
and received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1979.
she then taught at the cooper union and has been
associate professor of architecture at princeton since
1990.
ricardo scofidio also studied at the cooper school of
art and in 1960 received a bachelor degree in architecture
from columbia university.
he has been a professor of architecture at the cooper
union school since 1965.
the firm of diller&scofidio was formed in 1979.
since then they have received a number of grants
and awards including the macarthur fellows program
as well as the macdermott award for creative achievement
from MIT and the tiffany award for emerging artists.
recent projects include'interclone hotel',
an installation for the istanbul biennial;
'the american lawn: surface of everyday life,'
an exhibition at the canadian centre for architecture;
'bad press', which appeared at the venice biennale
of architecture;
brooklyn academy of music cultural district in collaboration
with rem koolhaas;
'facsimile', a permanent installation for the new moscone
convention center expansion in san francisco,
and 'travelogues', a permanent installation at the
new JFK international arrivals terminal in new york.
a retrospective of their work is planned by the san
francisco museum of modern art in 2002.
Posted by min at December 9, 2005 09:04 PM