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

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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

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. 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 ...

and an M.Arch. from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

. 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 RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003 and La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2021. Biography Born in Tudela, Spain, Moneo studied at ...

, 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

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in Staten Island (2001), and the

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in Pasadena, 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 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 regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.

. 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 ...

. 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