Student Lecture Series: Andrew Berman Architect

Thursday, March 10, 2016, 6:30 - 6:30pm

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This event is open only to current Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff.

Andrew Berman Architect PLLC is a New York based practice focused on the realization of unique and finely executed spaces. Andrew Berman Architect was founded in 1995 and has gained recognition through notable projects such as the AIA Center for Architecture, the Writing Studio, FDNY Engine Company 259 Firehouse, MoMA PS1 Entrance Building and Gallery Renovations, The National Opera Center and the Sculpture Center. Current projects include a renovation of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, a two-stage theater for the MCC Theater Company, several artists’ studios, as well as residential commissions.

Andrew D. Berman received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1988 where he was awarded the Takenaka Komuten Traveling Fellowship in Osaka, Japan. In 2010, Andrew received the Emerging Voices Award given by the Architectural League of New York, and in 2014 was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

The School of Architecture Student Lecture Series is made possible through a generous contribution to the School of Architecture Dean’s Circle by Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown.

Lecture in Room 315F.

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