Francois de Menil

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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