page_title: Werner Seligmann
section_title: Architectural Practice
hierarchical_section_title: Werner Seligmann / Architectural Practice
caption_attribution_description: English: A small reform synagogue in a residential area of Cortland a few blocks from Seligmann's office. It was also Seligmann's synagogue.
context_page_description: Werner Seligmann, was an architect, urban designer and educator.
context_section_description: Seligmann was registered to practice architecture in 1957 by which he had already designed and constructed three small homes. Throughout his teaching career, he maintained a practice and entered many competitions, including the invited competition, Topography of Terror  for Berlin, Germany in 1993. His firm, Werner Seligmann and Associates, Architects and Urban Designers was based in Cortland, New York. Launched in 1961, the firm placed in national and international competitions and work of the firm was published and exhibited often, both in the US and abroad.
  The architectural work of Werner Seligmann won two Progressive Architecture Design Awards, was illustrated on the cover of Progressive Architecture journal three times and was placed, or won, several national and international design competitions. Seligmann's work on developing housing prototypes for the New York State Urban Development Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s established his reputation in the design of social housing. The Ithaca Scattered Site Housing Project (now known as Elm Street and Maple Avenue) has been widely exhibited and published. The project's design was included in the permanent collection of the (Museum of Modern Art MOMA) in New York City. Beth David Synagogue in Binghamton NY (1963) was often seen as a significant synthesis of Wright and Le Corbusier although it was derived from the preliminary sketches for the Villa Shodhan by Le Corbusier.
  Seligmann also published numerous articles on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and modern architecture in general.
  PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
  Juror, International Competition for Campione, Italy	1984
  Professional Advisor, N.I.A.E. Van Allen Competition	1984-85
  Participant, Symposium, "The Rise of Modernism", Syracuse University 1984
  Participant, Symposium "Woche der Verbrannten Bucher", University of Osnabruck, Germany	1983
  Member, Team Leader, Chicago World's Fair Charette, Chicago	1983
  Miami University, Team Leader, Charette, Dayton, Ohio	1982
  Chairman, Juror, A.I.A., N.Y.S., Honor Awards Jury	1982
  Chairman, Juror, A.I.A., Honor Awards Jury, Puerto Rico	1981
  Participant, Symposium on Palladio, Syracuse University	1980
  Juror, Skidmore Owings and Merrill Annual Traveling Competition
  Juror, A.I.A., N.Y.S. Honor Awards Jury	1979
  Participant, Symposium on Le Corbusier, Syracuse University	1979
  Juror, Progressive Architecture Awards Program	1978
  Participant, Symposium "The Future Roles of Professionals in the Built Environment:", Harvard University	1975
  Participant, Symposium "Public Policy and the Built Environment", Harvard University	1974
  SIGNIFICANT BUILT WORKS
  Bradley House, Corning NY, 1955
  Miller Summer House addition, Skaneateles Lake, 1964
  Beth David Synagogue, Binghamton NY, 1963
  Science Building II, Cortland State University, Cortland NY, 1967
  Sproull Summer House, Cayuga Lake, 1967. Demolished
  Temple Brith Sholom, Cortland NY, 1969
  McDermott Hall, Camp Huntington, Raquette Lake NY, 1970
  Willard State Hospital Administration Building, Willard NY,  1971
  Ithaca Scattered Site Housing (now Elm Street and Maple Avenue), Ithaca NY, 1973
  Olean Central Fire Station, Olean NY, 1980
  Ithaca Commons Center (now Center Ithaca), Ithaca NY, 1981
  SIGNIFICANT URBAN DESIGN WORKS
  Buffalo Waterfront Urban Design Study, done by the Cornell Graduate Studio with Colin Rowe and Jerry A. Wells, 1965–66
  Binghamton Urban Renewal, Binghamton NY, 1966-1974
  Architectural Competition - Professional Advisor:  organization of competition, programming, administration
  Buffalo, New York "Buffalo: Waterfront",  Urban Design Study Cornell University, Urban Design Graduate Program critics: Colin Rowe, Werner Seligmann, J Alan Wells, with students Richard Baiter, Richard Cardwell, David Chan, Wayne Copper, Harris Forusz, Alfred Koetter, Makoto Miki, Elipidio Olympio, Frans Oswald. 1965–66, Exhibited Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo New York, Jun 23-September 1, 1969
  SIGNIFICANT COMPETITION ENTRIES
  Ft Lauderdale Riverfront Plaza, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, 1983
  Opera de la Bastille, Paris, France, 1983
  Prinz-Albrecht-Palais
caption: Temple Brith Sholom, Cortland NY, 1969
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