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William J. R. Curtis

William J. R. Curtis(born 21 March 1948, inBirchington-on-Sea,Kent,England)[1]is anarchitectural historian[2][3]whose writings have focused on twentieth centuryarchitecture.Curtis seems particularly interested in broadening the "canon" to include a wider range of architects working across the world.

Curtis was educated at theCourtauld Institute of Art,London (First Class Honours, 1970), andHarvard University(Ph.D., 1975).[1]He has taught history and theory of architecture in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia.[1]He wasSlade Professor of Fine Artat theUniversity of Cambridgein the 2003/4 academic year.[4]

Curtis's most important work isModern Architecture Since 1900,first published in 1982, and now in its third edition (1996). The book illustrates the modern paradigm in architecture emerging from the social, technological, and urban contexts in the 19th century, and seeks to pursue its diverse processes in diverse geographies and times, rejecting the understandings of modernism as a homogenic entity.[5]This book won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion of theSociety of Architectural Historians of Great Britainin 1984.[6]The third edition was awarded the architecture book prize of theAmerican Institute of Architectsin 1997. In 2006 the Museum of Finnish Architecture awarded Curtis its Commemoration Medal of Foundation on the occasion of the museum's 50th anniversary and in 2014 he received the Golden Award for Global Contribution to Architecture (CERA, India).[7]

Curtis has created some of his own art which has been exhibited at Harvard.[3]An exhibition of Curtis’s architectural photographsArchitectures du Monde: Le Regard de William J.R. Curtistook place at the Centre Méridional de l’Architecture et de la Ville inToulousein 2004-5 and at the Forum de l’Urbanisme et de l’Architecture inNicein summer 2005.[8]The Structures of Light,an exhibition of his photographs, accompanied by a book, was shown at theAlvar Aalto MuseuminJyväskyläin 2007.[9]Photographs attributed to Curtis are held in theConway Librarywhose archive, of primarily architectural images, is being digitised under the wider Courtauld Connects project.[10]

He currently lives in southwestern France.[11]

Writings

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  • Curtis, William J. R., and Sekler, Eduard F. [1978],Le Corbusier at Work: The Genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts,Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1978,ISBN0-674-52059-9
  • Curtis, William J. R. [1982],Modern Architecture Since 1900Phaidon Press, Oxford 1982; Prentice-Hall, Englewood NJ 1982; second edition 1987, third edition Phaidon, Oxford 1996,ISBN0-7148-3524-2
  • Curtis, William J. R. [1986],Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms,Phaidon, Oxford 1986,ISBN0-7148-2387-2,Rizzoli, New York 1986,ISBN0-8478-0726-6
  • Curtis, William J. R. [1988],Balkrishna Doshi:An Architecture for India,Rizzoli, New York 1988,ISBN0-8478-0937-4
  • Curtis, William J. R. [1994],Denys Lasdun:Architecture, City, Landscape,Phaidon Press, London 1994,ISBN0-7148-2871-8
  • Curtis, William J. R. [2001],Abstractions in Space: Tadao Ando, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard SerraPulitzer Foundation, St. Louis
  • Curtis, William J. R. [2004],Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon: Obra Completa/Complete Works,Arquine, Reverte, Mexico
  • Curtis, William J. R. [2004],Barcelona 1992-2004,Gustavo Gili, Barcelona
  • Curtis, William J. R. [2004],RCR Aranda, Pigem, Vilalta Arquitectes,Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.

References

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  1. ^abc"William Curtis, 17.04.2019 – Architecture Alive".architecture-alive.Retrieved18 January2022.
  2. ^Gapp, Paul(2 April 1987)."IDEAS, HISTORY, EVEN PORNOGRAPHY FILL NEW BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE".Chicago Tribune.p. 9. Archived fromthe originalon 6 November 2012.Retrieved5 June2011.
  3. ^abGewertz, Ken (24 July 2004)."Late bloomer".Harvard Gazette.Retrieved5 June2011.
  4. ^Curtis, William J. R. (3 May 2012)."William J.R Curtis".hoart.cam.ac.uk.Retrieved18 January2022.
  5. ^Curtis, William J. R. (1996).Modern architecture since 1900(3rd ed., [rev., expanded, and redesigned] ed.). [London]: Phaidon. p. 131.ISBN0-7148-3524-2.OCLC35335295.
  6. ^"The Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion"(PDF).Architectural History Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of great Britain.29: 1986.
  7. ^"William JR Curtis".The Indian Express.2 January 2021.Retrieved18 January2022.
  8. ^Sugar & Spice (25 July 2019)."William J.R. Curtis".CICA Architecture(in Spanish).Retrieved18 January2022.
  9. ^"Structures of Light – Photographs by William J. R. Curtis".bookm-ark.fi.Retrieved18 January2022.
  10. ^"Who made the Conway Library?".Digital Media.30 June 2020.Retrieved18 January2022.
  11. ^361 degrees (2014)William J R Curtis, Architecture Critic, France
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