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diller & scofidio short biography elizabeth diller and husband, ricardo scofidio, create an alternative form of architecture practice that unites design, performance and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism. elizabeth diller attended the cooper union school of art and received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1979. she then taught at the cooper union and has been associate professor of architecture at princeton since 1990. ricardo scofidio also studied at the cooper school of art and in 1960 received a bachelor degree in architecture from columbia university. he has been a professor of architecture at the cooper union school since 1965. the firm of diller&scofidio was formed in 1979. since then they have received a number of grants and awards including the macarthur fellows program as well as the macdermott award for creative achievement from MIT and the tiffany award for emerging artists. recent projects include'interclone hotel', an installation for the istanbul biennial; 'the american lawn: surface of everyday life,' an exhibition at the canadian centre for architecture; 'bad press', which appeared at the venice biennale of architecture; brooklyn academy of music cultural district in collaboration with rem koolhaas; 'facsimile', a permanent installation for the new moscone convention center expansion in san francisco, and 'travelogues', a permanent installation at the new JFK international arrivals terminal in new york. a retrospective of their work is planned by the san francisco museum of modern art in 2002. http://www.dillerscofidio.com --- back to the article --- --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	elizabeth diller and ricardo scofidio courtesy of the architects