Elizabeth Diller Biography

Elizabeth Diller is a founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) an interdisciplinary design studio that works at the intersection of architecture the visual arts and the performing arts. With Ricardo Scofidio Diller was the first in the field of architecture to receive the “genius” award from the MacArthur Foundation which stated “their work explores how space functions in our culture and illustrates that architecture when understood as the physical manifestation of social relationships is everywhere not just in buildings.”
DS+R established its identity through independent theoretical and self-generated projects before coming to international prominence with two of the most important planning initiatives in New York: the High Line and the redesign of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts campus. In addition to The Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles Diller is Principal-in-Charge of The Shed a new center for artistic invention and the renovation and expansion of MoMA both in New York. Diller graduated from the Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1979 and taught at the school from 1981-1990. She is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University.
Diller is a recipient of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Design Award the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Design and the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of the Arts and Letters. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 2013 Diller was awarded the Barnard Medal of Distinction and DS+R was presented a Centennial Medal of Honor from the American Academy in Rome. Diller was selected by Time magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

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