Sanford Kwinter is a

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-born, New York-based writer and architectural theorist, and a co-founder of Zone Books publishers. Kwinter currently serves as Professor of Theory and Criticism at the Pratt Institute. He formerly served as an associate professor at

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in Houston, Texas, and has also taught at

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, Columbia University and

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and at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Having received a doctorate in

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from Columbia University, Kwinter lectured at Harvard University, the University of Applied Arts Vienna (''Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien''), the

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in Rotterdam, the

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in London and the

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in Frankfurt. Over the past twenty years, his publications have pioneered new ideas in art, architecture, science and the humanities. He has written widely on philosophical issues related to design, architecture, and urbanism, and was involved in the series of conferences and publications convened by ANY magazine between 1991 and 2000.

Books

* ''ZONE 1/2: The Contemporary City'' (1986) MIT Press. * ''ZONE 6: Incorporations'' (1992) MIT Press. * ''Architectures of Time: Toward a Theory of the Event in Modernist Culture'' (2001) MIT Press. * ''Far from Equilibrium: Essays on Technology and Design Culture'' (2008) Actar Press. * ''Requiem: For the City at the End of the Millennium'' (2010) Actar Press.

References

External links

Städelschule Architecture Class Faculty 2008The archives for Zone Books are held at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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