Stan Allen Early works and ideas in-formation (March 3, 2017)

As part of a special lecture for graduate students currently preparing their thesis proposals, Stan Allen discusses five canonical figures-Robert Venturi, Peter Eisenman, Aldo Rossi, Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas-in terms of their transition from academia to independent careers. He notes commonalities-pursuing both writing and design as parallel tracks, sensitivity to how their work was photographed, defining colleagues and predecessors-but stresses how they differ in detail, demonstrating that there is no single formula.