Carlos Brillembourg is an architect based in New York City. He is the owner of Carlos Brillembourg Architects, a firm that he founded in 1984. Brillembourg was an author and the editor of ''Latin American Architecture 1929–1960: Contemporary Reflections'', which was published in 2004. He has been the contributing editor for architecture for ''

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'' magazine since 1992.

Early life and education

Brillembourg was born in

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, and his family moved to

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when he was 8. He received his

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in architecture from

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in 1975.

Career

Early jobs

After graduating, Brillembourg worked at W.J. Alcock, an architecture firm in Caracas and later at Mitchell/Giurgola in New York. In 1980, he founded his own practice, Brillembourg Arquitectos y Urbanistas in Caracas. Later, he established an office in New York and maintained two offices until 1998. Brillembourg was a founding member of the Instituto de Arquitectura Urbana (IAU) in Caracas (1977). As the director of this organization, he led a team of twenty architects that produced

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solutions for the city of Caracas and other cities such as Ciudad Guyana. Parallel to his practice, he has taught at the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, the

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, in New York, and Columbia University's

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Recent positions and awards

Brillembourg received The Biennial of Architecture Award in Venezuela for a single-family residence (Palmasola). His proposal for a New World Center was exhibited in the American pavilion of the Architecture Biennial in Venice 2002. Brillembourg was an author and the editor of ''Latin American Architecture 1929–1960: Contemporary Reflections'', which was published in 2004. He has been the contributing editor for Architecture for

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since 1992.

Personal life

Brillembourg is married to Karin Waisman, an artist. Their house in

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, which they designed, has been featured in multiple publications.

Awards and honors

*2013 –

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Notable projects

*Sportscenter Interalumina 1982–84 *World Arts Center 2002 *Hildreth House 2007 *Sagaponak 1983–2010

Bibliography

*''Latin American Architecture 1929–1960: Contemporary Reflections'' (2004) *''Caracas: Towards A New City 1938–1958'' *''Unbuilt. Raimund Abraham'' (2011) *''Beyond The Supersquare'' (2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brillembourg, Carlos Living people Venezuelan architects American people of Venezuelan descent Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni Year of birth missing (living people)