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29-687: The studio was founded by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio in 1981; Charles Renfro joined in 1997 and became partner in 2004. Benjamin Gilmartin became a partner in 2015. In 1999, the MacArthur Foundation honored the firm's work with the 'genius' award , stating that they "have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance, and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism. Their work explores how space functions in our culture and illustrates that architecture, when understood as

58-636: A Teenager),” “How Dreams Die in the Process,” “How Perfection Kills,” “Why It All Happens in China,” and “What We Can Still Learn From the Greeks.” In addition to his books, Betsky authors a twice-weekly column for Architect Magazine, the "Beyond Buildings" blog, and is a contributing writer for Dezeen magazine. His articles, published in various magazines such as ArtForum, Architectural Review, Architect, Blueprint, and others, include critical ideas for improving

87-718: A child to the Netherlands, returning to the USA for college at Yale University . He graduated from Yale in 1979 with a B.A. in History, the Arts and Letters (1979) and received his Masters of Architecture from Yale University School of Architecture in 1983. From 1995 to 2001 Betsky was Curator of Architecture, Design and Digital Projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . From 2001 to 2006 he served as director of

116-701: A lecturer, curator, reviewer, and commentator, he writes the blog "Beyond Buildings" for Architect Magazine. Director of the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale, he has also been president and Dean of the School of Architecture at Taliesin (originally the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture), director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (2001-2006) the Cincinnati Art Museum (2006-2014), and

145-526: Is a call to embrace and reimagine the American suburban landscape (see At Home in Sprawl , 2011 ). Betsky has championed temporary or pop-up architecture as a democratic antidote to architecture's traditional "ridiculous obsession with eternity." He has often called for the renovation and adaptive reuse of old buildings rather than wasteful construction of new ones: "When will we learn that adaptation and reuse

174-578: Is made to individuals of varying educational background but among the 1131 fellowship awards through the class of 2023, the following ten institutions have the most alumni fellows, with Harvard University having the most overall and the California Institute of Technology having the most per capita. Source: Aaron Betsky Aaron Betsky (born 1958 in Missoula, Montana ) is an American critic of art, architecture, and design. He

203-598: Is one of the main contributors to a spatial interpretation of Queer theory . His essay "Plain Weirdness: The Architecture of Neutelings Riedijk" won the 2014 Geert Bekaert Prize in Architectural Criticism. He has made significant contributions to architecture history and theory, including a scholarly monograph on early-20th-century architect James Gamble Rogers ( ISBN   978-0262023818 ) and an analysis of buildings embedded in

232-403: Is so much better?" Betsky has written monographs on the work of numerous 20th and 21st century architects and designers, including Zaha Hadid , I.M. Pei , UN Studio , Koning Eizenberg , MVRDV , Renny Ramakers , Jim Olson , Frank Lloyd Wright , and James Gamble Rogers , as well as treatises on aesthetics , psychology and human sexuality as they pertain to aspects of architecture, and

261-811: The American Academy of Arts and Letters and selected as an Aspen Institute Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence. In 2013, she was honored with the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Other prestigious awards and honors received by Diller Scofidio + Renfro include: the National Design Award from the Smithsonian; the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ; an Obie for an off-Broadway theater production;

290-661: The Beyeler Museum in Basel. In 1999, the MacArthur Foundation presented Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio with Fellowships for their commitment to integrating architecture with issues of contemporary culture. They were recently made fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects and were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2012, Elizabeth Diller was elected into

319-941: The Fondation Cartier , also presented at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP15) in Copenhagen; Traveling Music for Evento 2009 in Bordeaux; Chain City for the 2008 Venice Biennale 11th International Architecture Exhibition; Arbores Laetae for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial ; Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? for the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Turin; and Action Painting for

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348-599: The MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the " Genius Grant ", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States . According to

377-679: The Netherlands Architecture Institute . He has taught at SCI-Arc , the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan , the University of Cincinnati , among others, and worked for Frank O. Gehry & Associates and Hodgetts + Fung . From August 2006 to January 2014, he was the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum . In 2008, he was named as

406-585: The School of American Ballet , renovations to the New York State Theater lobby, the canopy entry to Fashion Week at Lincoln Center, public spaces throughout the campus, Information Landscape, and the President's Bridge. Projects in construction or in design include: In 2013 Diller Scofidio + Renfro won the international design competition for Zaryadye Park, a new 35-acre public space next to

435-706: The Centennial Medal of Honor from American Academy in Rome ; the AIA President's Award; the AIA Medal of Honor; and AIA Design Awards for numerous projects. In 2003, the Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of the studio's work, recognizing the firm's unorthodox practice. In 2009, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio were named among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in

464-744: The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Installation and performance projects recently completed include: The Art of Scent 1889-2010 , an exhibition of olfactory art at the Museum of Arts and Design ; Open House , an installation in Levittown in collaboration with Droog; How Wine Became Modern for SFMOMA ; Be Your Self with the Australian Dance Theatre ; the Exit (Terre Natale) exhibition for

493-862: The Making of Nothing . The studio's most recent book, Lincoln Center Inside Out: An Architectural Account , chronicles a decade of work redesigning a New York City icon. Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the subject of Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio , published by the Whitney Museum and including essays by Aaron Betsky , K. Michael Hays and Laurie Anderson ; the monograph Diller + Scofidio (+Renfro): The Ciliary Function by Guido Incerti, Daria Ricchi and Deane Simpson; and Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture After Images by Edward Dimendberg Architecture : Installation and curatorial : Performance : MacArthur Fellows Program#1999 The MacArthur Fellows Program , also known as

522-543: The World and the partners were featured in a one-hour segment with Charlie Rose . In 2010, Fast Company named Diller Scofidio + Renfro the most innovative design practice in the profession and among the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Books by Diller Scofidio + Renfro include Bodybuildings: Architectural Facts and Fictions ; Back to the Front: Tourisms of War ; Flesh: architectural probes ; and Blur:

551-404: The built environment, for example: "We need to start from the qualities of the interior that usually come from furniture and furnishings, while also paying attention to the thoughtful use of light, scale and sequence. This means that pattern and decoration, arrangement of furniture and fixtures, ways in which buildings respond to the body, and the ability for the interior to both cocoon us and create

580-542: The director of the 11th Exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture , which he titled, Out There. Architecture Beyond Building . In January 2015, Betsky was appointed dean of the School of Architecture at Taliesin (formerly the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture). In 2020 he was appointed director of the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech, but as of February 2022

609-496: The earth, Landscrapers: Building with the Land (ISBN 9780500341889). His 2016 book on the history of Modern design, Making It Modern, was listed on Metropolis magazine's "Top 50 Design Books to Read This Fall." His 2017 book Architecture Matters, which Interior Design magazine called "a delightful ramble through a lively, well-stocked mind," offers "46 Thoughts on Why Architecture Matters," among them “Why Architecture Is So Cool (to

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638-475: The five broad categories defined by the foundation, the breakdown for recipient focus is as follows: Arts 336; Humanities 170; Public Issues 257; STEM 335; and Social Sciences 120. Of the 965 terminal degrees earned by 928 fellows during the period 1981 through 2018, 540 (56%) are doctorates, with the Ph.D. accounting for 514 (53.3%). Ivy league schools awarded 306 (31.7%) degrees to 300 (32.3%) fellows. The award

667-412: The foundation's website, "the fellowship is not a reward for past accomplishments but rather an investment in a person's originality, insight, and potential", but it also says such potential is "based on a track record of significant accomplishments". The current prize is $ 800,000 paid over five years in quarterly installments. Previously, it was $ 625,000. This figure was increased from $ 500,000 in 2013 with

696-751: The physical manifestation of social relationships, is everywhere, not just in buildings." Diller Scofidio + Renfro's international body of completed architectural work includes the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Redevelopment in New York (including the redesign of Alice Tully Hall ), the renovation and expansion of the Juilliard School , the Hypar Pavilion Lawn and Restaurant, the expansion of

725-414: The president and board of directors . Most new fellows first learn of their nomination and award upon receiving a congratulatory phone call. MacArthur Fellow Jim Collins described this experience in an editorial column of The New York Times . Marlies Carruth is the program's current director. As of 2023, since 1981, 1131 people have been named MacArthur Fellows, ranging in age from 18 to 82. In

754-509: The release of a review of the MacArthur Fellows Program. The award has been called "one of the most significant awards that is truly 'no strings attached ' ". The program does not accept applications. Anonymous and confidential nominations are invited by the foundation and reviewed by an anonymous and confidential selection committee of about a dozen people. The committee reviews all nominees and recommends recipients to

783-482: Was founding Curator of Architecture, Design and Digital Projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995-2001). As an unlicensed architect, he worked for Frank O. Gehry & Associates and Hodgetts + Fung. In 2003, he co-curated "Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio" at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Betsky was born in Missoula , Montana , but moved with his family as

812-650: Was listed as Professor. Betsky has addressed the historically gendered nature of architecture ( Building Sex: Men, Women, Architecture, and the Construction of Sexuality , 1995), the unique qualities of Dutch design ( False Flat: Why Dutch Design is So Good , 2004), and consistently advocated for an interpretation of architecture that transcends physical building (see his writings in Architecture Must Burn , 2000; and Out There: Architecture Beyond Building , 2008). Another recurrent theme in his writings

841-432: Was the director of Virginia Tech 's School of Architecture + Design until early 2022. Trained as an architect and in the humanities at Yale University, he is the author of over a dozen books, including Architecture Matters, Making It Modern, Landscrapers: Building With the Land, Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio, Queer Space, Revelatory Landscapes, and Architecture Must Burn. Internationally known as

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