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Alan Balfour (born 1951, Georgia, USA)

Educated at Edinburgh and Princeton and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Alan Balfour is Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, a position he came to after serving as the architecture dean at Rensselaer. He was formerly chairman of the Architectural Association in London, and architecture dean at Rice University in Houston. Balfour was the year 2000 recipient of the Topaz Medal, the highest recognition given in North America to an educator in architecture.

Balfour's most recent book Creating a Scottish Parliament (with David McCrone, Finlay Brown, Edinburgh 2005) offers an intimate exploration of the conceptualization of the political structure for a devolved Scotland and the architecture that would symbolize and be the instrument for its advancement. Though the city is the ostensible subject of Alan Balfour's writing in recent years, the underlying concern has been with exploring the cultural imagination. In 2002 he completed three books on three world cities; in each the city is viewed as the most tangible residue of the complexity of society's desires. Shanghai was published in 2002 and New York in 2001, (both from Wiley/Academy, London). The first in the series was Berlin published by Academy Editions in 1995, which documents the transformation of Berlin before and after the collapse of the 'Wall', This and an earlier book Berlin: The Politics of Order: 1737-1989 (Rizzoli 1990), received AIA International Book Awards. Other books include Portsmouth (Studio Vista 1970), Rockefeller Center: Architecture as Theater (McGraw-Hill 1978), with contributions to The Edge of the Millennium (Cooper Hewitt 1993), Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman (Rizzoli International /CCA 1994) and Recovering Landscape (Princeton Architectural Press 1999).

He has recently completed Temple Mount, a study of the constructive and destructive power of faith played out in the myths and realities of one place, Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is a journey through four thousand years of constantly shifting realty religion and reality in the Middle East.

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Creating a Scottish Parliament, (with David McCrone) Finley Brown, Edinburgh, 2005.
Shanghai: World City, Academy Editions/J. Wiley and Son, New York, 2002
New York: World City, Academy Editions/J. Wiley and Son, New York, 2001
Berlin: World City, Academy Editions London, and Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1995.

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+'''Alan Balfour''' (born 1951, Georgia, USA)
-'''Alan Balfour''' (born 1951, Georgia, USA) is an American critic, urban designer, film-maker, theorist, [[curator]] and professor of architecture at the [[Ohio State University]], [[Columbus, Ohio]], USA. He is also visiting professor at [[Columbia University]], [[New York]]. He curates Architecture and Design at the [[Wexner Center for the Arts]], [[Columbus, Ohio]].
+Educated at [[Edinburgh]] and [[Princeton]] and a member of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]], Alan Balfour is Professor and Dean of the [[College of Architecture at Georgia Tech]], a position he came to after serving as the architecture dean at [[Rensselaer]]. He was formerly chairman of the [[Architectural Association in London]], and architecture dean at [[Rice University]] in Houston. Balfour was the year 2000 recipient of the Topaz Medal, the highest recognition given in North America to an educator in architecture.
-Kipnis taught at the [[Architectural Association]] School of Architecture, London from 1992-1995, where he ran the Graduate Design Program. In 2006 and 2007 he is a Visiting Professor at [[Harvard University]], USA.
+Balfour's most recent book Creating a Scottish Parliament (with David McCrone, Finlay Brown, Edinburgh 2005) offers an intimate exploration of the conceptualization of the political structure for a devolved Scotland and the architecture that would symbolize and be the instrument for its advancement. Though the city is the ostensible subject of Alan Balfour's writing in recent years, the underlying concern has been with exploring the cultural imagination. In 2002 he completed three books on three world cities; in each the city is viewed as the most tangible residue of the complexity of society's desires. Shanghai was published in 2002 and New York in 2001, (both from Wiley/Academy, London). The first in the series was Berlin published by Academy Editions in 1995, which documents the transformation of Berlin before and after the collapse of the 'Wall', This and an earlier book Berlin: The Politics of Order: 1737-1989 (Rizzoli 1990), received AIA International Book Awards. Other books include Portsmouth (Studio Vista 1970), Rockefeller Center: Architecture as Theater (McGraw-Hill 1978), with contributions to The Edge of the Millennium (Cooper Hewitt 1993), Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman (Rizzoli International /CCA 1994) and Recovering Landscape (Princeton Architectural Press 1999).
-As a critic he has written for many different periodicals, such as ''[[Assemblage]]'' and ''[[El Croquis]]''.
+He has recently completed Temple Mount, a study of the constructive and destructive power of faith played out in the myths and realities of one place, Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is a journey through four thousand years of constantly shifting realty religion and reality in the Middle East.
-As a designer Kipnis collaborated with architects Reiser and Umemoto (RUR Architects) in designing the Water Garden in Columbus, Ohio and the Kansai-Kan National Diet Library.
+== Select bibliography ==
-Kipnis is not a registered architect. His highest educational qualification is a Masters degree in physics from [[Georgia State University]], USA (1981). In 2006 Kipnis was awarded an honorary Diploma by the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, in recognition of his contributions as a teacher, critic and theorist, to the discipline of architecture.
+*''Creating a Scottish Parliament'', (with David McCrone) Finley Brown, Edinburgh, 2005.
+*''Shanghai: World City'', Academy Editions/J. Wiley and Son, New York, 2002
+*''New York: World City'', Academy Editions/J. Wiley and Son, New York, 2001
+*''Berlin: World City'', Academy Editions London, and Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1995.
-Kipnis first came to prominence through his collaborations with avant-gardist theorist and architect [[Peter Eisenman]], and their joint collaboration with French philosopher [[Jacques Derrida]].
-== Select bibliography ==
-* Kipnis, Jeffrey. "Twisting the Separatrix", in K. Michael Hays (Ed), ''Architectural Theory Since 1968''. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1998. [originally published in ''Assemblage'' 14, 1992).
-* [[Robert Somol]] (ed), ''Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an avant-garde in America'' (with contributions by Jeff Kipnis). New York, Monacelli Press, 1997.
-* Kipnis, Jeffrey (ed), Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman, ''Chora L Works'', New York, Monacelli Press, 1997.
-* Kipnis, Jeffrey. “What we need here is – failure to communicate!!,” Quaderns 245 no.Q 5.0 (April 2005): 94-100.
-* Kipnis, Jeffrey. "Diagram." Hunch 11 (2007).
-* Kipnis, Jeffery. "The Cunning of Cosmetics." Du 5 no.706 (May 2000): 6-9.
 == External links ==
+*[http://www.alanbalfour.com Alan Balfour web site]
-*[http://knowlton.osu.edu/default.asp?content=29&faculty=27 Faculty page at Ohio State]
+*[http://www.coa.gatech.edu/directories/administration/balfour.php Administrator Page at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture]
-*[http://eng.archinform.net/arch/6209.htm Partial bibliography]
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