Lebbeus Woods

Professor

Professor Woods teaches ARCH 111, Architectonics Studio, and Advanced Concepts seminars. He has previously taught ARCH 141, Urban Architecture Studio, ARCH 151, Thesis Design Studio.

After working for Eero Saarinen and Associates and going into private practice, Lebbeus Woods has concentrated on theory and experimental work since 1976. He is the co-Founder and Scientific Director of RIEA.ch, an institute devoted to the advancement of experimental architectural thought and practice. His most recent books are Radical Reconstruction (Princeton Architectural Press, 1997), The Storm and The Fall (Princeton Architectural Press, 2003), and System Wien (Hatje Cantz/MAK, 2005), OneFiveFour (Princeton Architectural Press, 2nd Edition, 2011). He is a recipient of the American Institute of Architects Honors Award; the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design; and the American Institute for Arts and Letters’ Award for Architecture. His works are in public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Cooper–Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris; the Austrian Museum of Applied Art, Vienna; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and the Getty Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Los Angeles.

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