Architectural Interests


Theorists

Stewart Brand. (United States) Scholar and author. "How Buildings Learn"

James Marston Fitch. (United States) Architect, preservationist, scholar, author. Co-founder: historic preservation graduate program at Columbia University

Walter Gropius. (Germany)  "To design such a building (both beautiful and good) is an authentic act of love."

J.B.Jackson. (France) "The Necessity of Ruins"


Architects

Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa. (Japan) Metabolist - organic architecture on a cellular level

Frie Otto. (Germany) Tensile architecture - organic architecture on a membranic level

Antoni y Gaudi Cornet. (Spain) Organic architecture - using extractions from the human form

Frank Lloyd Wright. (United States) Organic architecture - synthesis with surrounding environment

Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride (United States) Developed architecture to facilitate the return of patients in insane asylums to sanity during the late 19th century

Jean Nouvel (France) Organic Architecture - synthesis with environment and amplification of natural light through design

 

Historic Preservation

Preservation World blog