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Liam Young (born 13th March 1979) is an Australian born architect and director. Young is a founder of the Urban Futures think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today and the nomadic research studio Unknown Fields. Young's work is situated within the fields of design fiction and critical design. Young has caused some controversy in the architectural field with his claim that "An architect's skills are completely wasted on making buildings"[1]

Projects

 In 2014 he created together with Welsh musician and composer John Caleaudiovisual work LOOP >> 60Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra. [2]

Publications

Young recently co authored the book Series Unknown FIelds: Tales from the Dark Side of the City.[3][4]

Exhibitions

Young's first US solo show opened at the columbia University Gallery in March 2017.[5] The show was titled New Romance.

References

  1. ^ Liam Young: "an architect’s skills are completely wasted on making buildings"
  2. ^ "Drones to star in Cale show - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  3. ^ Grafik. "Field Trips". Grafik. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  4. ^ Fields,, Unknown. Tales from the Dark Side of the City. Neasden Control Centre,, City Edition Studio,. London. ISBN 1907896902. OCLC 971254498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ "Liam Young: New Romance - Columbia GSAPP". Columbia GSAPP. Retrieved 2017-07-07.