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 

Kategória:Architekti USA