J. Robert Swanson Lecture: Jeff KipnisNovember 12, 2010 06:30 PMA+A Auditorium (Rm 2104)Art + Architecture BuildingAbout Jeff Kipnis:
For more than two decades Jeffrey Kipnis’s work has shaped the thinking,
imagination and creative work of architects and critics. From seminal
studies of the work of such key practitioners as Philip Johnson, Peter
Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas and Daniel Libeskind, to theoretical reflections
on the intellectual, cultural and political role of contemporary
architecture in such essays as Toward a New Architecture, Twisting the
Separatrix and Political Space I, as well as his award-winning film on
the work of Frank Gehry, and his exhibitions on architectural drawing
and design, Kipnis has brought a restless, generous and provocative
originality to bear on the issues that have defined contemporary
architecture.
Kipnis holds a Masters degree in physics from Georgia State University,
USA (1981), and in 2006, he was awarded an honorary diploma by the
Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, in recognition
of his contributions to the discipline of architecture as a teacher,
critic, and theorist. Other honors include the AIA (Georgia Chapter)
Bronze Medal for Service to Architecture (1985), a Professional
Development Award from the Architectural Society of Ohio Foundation
(1992), and an Ohio State University Distinguished Research Award
(2005). He is professor and overlord of architecture at the Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He has been a visiting professor at
Columbia University, New York, and the Southern California Institute of
Architecture, Los Angeles, the Harvard University Graduate School of
Design, Boston, and is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at
the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Angewandte Kunst). Kipnis taught
at the Architectural Association from 1992–1995, where he was the
founding director of the Graduate Design Program. He also curates
Architecture and Design at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus,
Ohio.
As a critic he has written for many different periodicals, including
Assemblage, El Croquis, Architectural Design, Harvard Design Magazine,
Log, and Quaderns.