Nationality American Awards 2009 Latrobe Prize | Name Martin Felsen | |
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Alma mater Virginia Tech (B.Arch., 1991), Columbia University (M.S., 1994) | ||
cifv2012 6 martin felsen urban lab
Martin Felsen (born 1968) is an American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). He directs UrbanLab, a Chicago-based architecture and urban design firm. Felsen's projects range in scale from houses such as the Hennepin, Illinois Residence, mixed-use residential and commercial buildings such as Upton’s Naturals Headquarters, public open spaces such as the Smart Museum of Art Courtyard at the University of Chicago, and large scale, urban design projects such as Growing Water in Chicago and a masterplan (13 square kilometers / 5 square miles) for the Yangming Lake region of Changde, China. Felsen was awarded the 2009 Latrobe Prize by the American Institute of Architects, College of Fellows.
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- cifv2012 6 martin felsen urban lab
- Emerging voices 2010 sarah dunn and martin felsen urbanlab
- Biography
- Awards and honors
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Emerging voices 2010 sarah dunn and martin felsen urbanlab
Biography
Felsen earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies in 1991 and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in 1994. Prior to founding his own firm, he worked for Peter Eisenman, Stan Allen, and OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam. Felsen’s work has been exhibited at the International Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Building Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Felsen has been featured in publications such as Architect magazine and Dwell magazine. He has received many honors for his work, including several design awards from the American Institute of Architects.
Since 1996, Felsen has taught architecture and urban design as an Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Washington University in St. Louis. Felsen served as Director of Archeworks, an alternative design school in Chicago from 2008-11. Under his leadership, Archeworks completed several significant public interest design projects, and developed and organized two influential urban design workshops titled Infrastructures for Change. During Felsen’s tenure, Archeworks’ projects were exhibited internationally at the Venice Biennale of Architecture and The Architecture Foundation in London. Felsen founded and served as editor of a new Archeworks publication titled Works.