Stan Allen (born 1956) is an American architect, theorist and former dean of
Princeton University School of Architecture
Princeton University School of Architecture is the name of the school of architecture at Princeton University. Founded in 1919, the School is a center for teaching and research in architectural design, history, and theory. The School offers an und ...
.
Biography
He received a
B.A.
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from
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
, a
B.Arch
The Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) is a bachelor's degree designed to satisfy the academic requirement of practising architecture around the world.
Australia
Architectural education in Australia varies depending on the university offering th ...
. from
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...
and an
M.Arch
The “Master of Architecture”(M.Arch or MArch) or a “Bachelor of Architecture” is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation (internship, exams) that resu ...
. from
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
. He has worked in the offices of
Richard Meier
Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934) is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings ...
and
Rafael Moneo
José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996, the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003 and Venice Biennale, La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2 ...
, and was formerly the director, with landscape architect
James Corner James Corner (born 1961) is a landscape architect and theorist whose works exhibit a focus on "developing innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism." His designs of note include Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island and th ...
at Field Operations. The work of this interdisciplinary collaboration was recognized with first prizes in invited competitions for the re-use of
Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word '' kille'', meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, forme ...
in Staten Island (2001), and the
Arroyo Parkway in
Pasadena
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Its ...
, California (2002). His practice, Stan Allen Architect, is based in New York City.
Prior to his move to Princeton in 2002, Allen directed the AAD (Advanced Architectural Design) Program at
. In 2012, Allen was elected into the
National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...
.
His urban projects have been published in ''Points and Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City'' (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999, reissued in 2004) and his theoretical essays in ''Practice: Architecture, Technique and Representation'', reissued in 2008 by Routledge. ''Landform Building: Architecture’s New Terrain'', a 450 page book based on the conference held at the School in 2009, was published by Lars Muller in 2011.
Projects
*2004
Taichung Shuinan Economic and Trade Park
The Shuinan Economic and Trade Park () is an industrial park in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan.
History
The industrial park was built on the former Taichung Shuinan Airport site, which also included decommissioned air force base and agricultu ...
, Taiwan
*2006-08 Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV) Chapel, Tagaytay, Philippines
[Laura Bossi]
"Chapel, Chosen Children Village Foundation, Philippines"
in ''Domus'', 22 April 2009
Publications
*1999 ''Points + Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City'', Princeton Architectural Press
*2013 "Stan Allen by Nader Tehrani",
BOMB
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Magazine
References
External links
Stan Allen Architect website
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Living people
Princeton University School of Architecture alumni
Brown University alumni
Cooper Union alumni
Columbia University faculty
21st-century American architects
Architectural theoreticians
1956 births