Stan Allen (born 1956) is an American architect, theorist and former dean of Princeton University School of Architecture.

Biography

He received a

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from

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, a B.Arch. from

Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union, is a private college on Cooper Square in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-s ...

and an M.Arch. from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

. 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

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, and was formerly the director, with landscape architect

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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 borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is the site of the Fresh K ...

in Staten Island (2001), and the Arroyo Parkway in

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, 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

Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is also home to the Masters of Science program in Advanced Architect ...

. 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, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, an ...

. 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, Taiwan *2006-08 Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV) Chapel, Tagaytay, PhilippinesLaura 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",

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Magazine

References

External links

Stan Allen Architect website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Stan 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