Jeanne Gang
| Jeanne Gang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964/1965 (age 47–48)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois (B.S., 1986), Harvard University (M.Arch., 1993) |
| Awards | 2011 MacArthur Fellow |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Aqua, SOS Lavezzorio Community Center, Starlight Theatre (Rock Valley College), Media Production Center (Columbia College Chicago) |
| Projects | Marble Curtain (National Building Museum) |
Jeanne Gang (born 1964 in Illinois) leads Studio Gang Architects, a Chicago-based architecture and design firm. Gang's projects include Aqua,[2][3] an 82-story mixed-use high-rise, and SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center, a 16,800-square-foot (1,560 m2) foster care community center on Chicago's South Side.[4]
She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.[5]
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[edit] Biography
Gang earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1986 and a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University[6] in 1993. In 1989, she was an International Rotary Fellow, and she studied at the ETH Swiss Federal University of Technical Studies in Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to founding her own firm, she worked with OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam.[7][8]
Studio Gang's work has been exhibited at the International Venice Biennale, the National Building Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, and Gang has been featured in publications such as Metropolis and Architecture Magazine. She has received high honors for her work, including an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2006.[7][9]
Gang has taught architecture as an adjunct associate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology since 1998. She was visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2004, held the Louis I. Kahn professor chair at the Yale School of Architecture in 2005, and was the Graduate Design Studio Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University in the spring of 2007.[7]
[edit] Awards and honors
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- Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 2009[10]
- "Cultural Heroes," Time Out Chicago, 2008[11]
- Iakov Chernikov Prize Nominee, 2008[7]
- Academy Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2006[12]
- Emerging Voices Award, Architecture League of New York, 2006[7]
- Rave Award Nominee, Wired Magazine, 2004[7]
- Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune, December 2004[7]
- Design Vanguard, Architectural Record, 2001[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Pilar Viladas (January 25, 2010). "Jeanne Gang, Architect". The Nifty 50. The New York Times. http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/the-nifty-50-jeanne-gang-architect/. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ Lynn Becker (May 4, 2006). "The Third School: A new kind of skyscraper heralds a new kind of Chicago architecture". Chicago Reader. http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/architecture/aqua/. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Aqua Tower". Studio Gang Architects. http://www.studiogang.net/work/2004/aqua. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "SOS Children's Villages". Studio Gang Architects. http://www.studiogang.net/work/2004/soslavezzoriocenter. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows Program: Meet the 2011 Fellows". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. September 20, 2011. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7728991/k.12E8/Meet_the_2011_Fellows.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ Jeanne Gang
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Jeanne Gang CV". Curriculum vitae. Studio Gang Architects. http://www.studiogang.net/images/people/Jeanne_Gang_CV.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Faculty Bio". Harvard University Graduate School of Design. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/faculty/details.cgi?faculty_id=1137.
- ^ "Faculty Bio". Yale School of Architecture. http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/index.php?q=node/80.
- ^ "The AIA Elevates 112 Members to the College of Fellows". http://www.aia.org/press/releases/AIAB046311.
- ^ "Time Out Chicago: "Cultural Heroes"". http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/cultural-heroes/62591/cultural-heroes.
- ^ "American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2006 Architecture Winners". http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2006architecture.php.
[edit] External links
- Studio Gang official website
- Metropolis Magazine "Jeanne Gang: The Art of Nesting"
