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Ken Isaacs
Ken Isaacs (7 February 1927 – 8 June 2016), born in Peoria, Illinois, was an American designer. He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build housing, living structures. Isaacs described in 1974 how to build modular houses in a book called ''How to Build Your Own Living Structures''. He was head of the Design Department at the Cranbrook Educational Community, Cranbrook Academy of Arts from 1956 to 1958. He maintained a design office and apartment in New York City between 1956 and 1972, often commuting from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In 2019, a retrospective biography of Isaacs was written by Susan Snodgrass, who worked with him to exhibit his work during his lifetime. The book, ''Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs'', was partially funded by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. References External links * Walker Art Center - Enter the Matrix: An Interview with Ken Isaacs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Illinois, eighth-most populous city in Illinois. It is the principal city of the Peoria, Illinois, metropolitan area, Peoria metropolitan area in Central Illinois, consisting of Fulton County, Illinois, Fulton, Marshall County, Illinois, Marshall, Peoria, Stark County, Illinois, Stark, Tazewell County, Illinois, Tazewell, and Woodford County, Illinois, Woodford counties and home to 402,391 people in 2020. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois, according to the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Originally known as Fort Clark, it received its current name when the Peoria County, County of Peoria was organized in 1825. The city was named after the Peoria peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
