Francois de Menil (* 1945) je americký architekt. Je autorom mnohých občianskych i bytových budov, no zaoberá sa aj dizajnom.
Životopis a kariéra Jeho rodičia boli umelecky založení, žijúci v Houstone. Francois de Menil začal svoju kariéru ako dokumentarista. Po réžii významných filmov o umelcoch sa rozhodol vrátiť do školy a pokračovať v štúdiu architektúry a dizajnu.
Francois de Menil získal bakalársky titul architekta v roku 1987 (Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture). Pracoval v ateliéroch Richard Meier & Partners a Kohn Pedersen Fox. V roku 1991 si založil vlastný ateliér FdM:Arch v New Yorku v Spojených štátoch. Menil má licencie v štátoch New York, Texas a v Severnej Karolíne a tiež má certifikát NCARB. Je členom New Yorskej a Texaskej spoločnosti architektov.
Ocenenia Francois de Menil je nositeľom mnohých ocenení za architektúru a dizajn, ktoré sú uverejňované v odborných publikáciách. Podieľal sa na mnohých výstavách a naďalej prednáša na Temple University – School of Architecture vo Philadelphii.
Francois de Menil bol v roku 2001 zvolený do College of Folows of the American Institute of Architects. Je správcom Cooper Union for the Advencement of Science and Arts a taktiež rozhodoval pri množstve architektonických posudkov.
Lumen Citation for Lighting Design Excellence – International Illuminating Engineers Society, Carriage House Renovation for a Bachelor, New York Honor Award for Architecture – American Institute of Architects, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Lumen Award for Lighting Design Excellence – International Illuminating Engineers Society, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Engineering Excellence Award – American Consulting Engineers Council, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas New York State Excellence in Design Award – American Institute of Architects, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Honor Award – Texas Society of Architects, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Regional Award, AISC/AIA I.D.E.A.S Award, – Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Special Merit Award – Dupont Benedictus Award for Innovation in Architectural Laminated Glass, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Cultural Enhancement Award – The Museum District Business Alliance, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas Honor Award, Interior Architecture – American Institute of Architects, Bottega Veneta, Copley Place Mall, Boston, Massachusetts Design Award – American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Byzantine Fresco Chapel, Houston, Texas Interior Architecture Award – American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Esquire Magazine Offices, New York, New York Westside Waterfront Competition – finalista Newsstand 88 Competition – finalista
Výstavy Follies: Fantasy in the Landscape – The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York Snap Shot: Current Houston Design on View – Rice Design Alliance, Houston, Texas Un-Private House – The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York Votive: The Byzantine Fresco Chapel – Rice University School of Architecture, Farish Gallery, Houston, Texas Mediation/Meditation: The Byzantine Fresco Chapel – Pratt Institute, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, New York The Byzantine Fresco Chapel – Kansas State University, Chang Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas
Prednášajúci Od roku 2004 – Temple University–School of Architecture, Philadelphia Emerging Voices 1998 – The Architectural League of New York Mediation/Meditation, Body/Soul: Defining The Sacred in Architecture – The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Point of View – Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Atlanta, Georgia Spaces for Reflection and Contemplation – The Architectural League of New York
Vybrané diela Museum Tower Roof Terrace Elementary School Garden Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum Act II House Carriage House Lake House New York City Apartment Shorthand House Bottega Veneta Shops
Externé odkazy a zdroje One Two Houses FdM:Arch
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