Alejandro Zaera-Polo

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Alejandro Zaera Polo
Alejandro Zaero-Polo.jpg
Born (1963-10-17) October 17, 1963 (age 61)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAZPML
Foreign Office Architects
Buildings Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal
Projects Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture
Bamboo Building (Madrid, 2007). Edificio Bambu (Madrid) 01.jpg
Bamboo Building (Madrid, 2007).
Birmingham New Street railway station, 2007-2015). 2015-09-23 New St East Entrance.jpg
Birmingham New Street railway station, 2007–2015).
Ito, Toyo; Kipnis, Jeffrey; Najle, Ciro (2001). "Foreign Office Architects". 2G N.16. 16. Barcelona, Spain: Gustavo Gili. ISSN   1136-9647. Archived from the original on 2007-10-06.
  • Kubo, Michael (2002). The Yokohama Project. Barcelona, Spain: Actar. ISBN   978-8495951182. This book is about FOA and the construction of the Yokohama Terminal (Ōsanbashi Pier).
  • The Yokohama Project, a monograph, Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
  • Phylogenesis: foa’s ark, Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2003
  • Foreign Office Architects, Complexity and consistency, A monograph, El Croquis, # 115/116, Madrid, Spain, 2003
  • FOA's ark evolving container for the proliferating singularities, Korean Architecture and Culture Magazine, December 2004
  • The Sniper's Log. Architectural Chronicles of Generation X. Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2013.
  • What Is Cosmopolitical Design? Design, Nature and the Built Environment Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, 2017 (Edited with Albena Yaneva)
  • Imminent Commons: Urban Questions for the Near Future Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2017. (Edited with Hyungmin Pai)
  • Imminent Commons: The Expanded City. Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2017 (Edited with Jeffrey S. Anderson)
  • Arquitetura em Diálogo Ubu Editora, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2018
  • The Ecologies of the Building Envelope. A Material History and Theory of Architectural Surfaces Actar, Barcelona, Spain, 2021. (with Jeffrey S. Anderson)
  • Other texts

    • Interview with Peter Macapia, Log, #3, Fall 2004
    • ‘A Scientific Autobiography, 1982-2004: Madrid, Harvard, OMA, the AA, Yokohama, the Globe’, in The New Architectural Pragmatism, (ed. William S. Saunders), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007
    • ‘30 St Mary’s Axe: Form isn’t Facile’, Log, #4, Winter 2005
    • ‘The Hokusai Wave’, Volume, #3, September 2005
    • ‘High-rise Phylum 2007’, Harvard Design Magazine, Spring 2007
    • The Endless City (eds. Richard Burdett and Deyan Sudjic), Phaidon, 2007. ISBN   0714848204 [26]
    • 'The Politics of the Envelope', Log #13|14, Fall 2008
    • 'The Politics of the Envelope', Volume #17, Fall 2008
    • 'Well Into the 21st Century The Architectures of Post-Capitalism?' El Croquis #187, Nov. 2017 [27]

    References

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    2. "Berlage Institute". Wikipedia.com. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
    3. 1 2 3 "Spotlight: Alejandro Zaera-Polo". ArchDaily. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
    4. "Architect's quest at Princeton to create more sustainable suburbs". Financial Times. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
    5. "Foreign Office Architects - Yokohama International Port Terminal". arcspace.com. 28 October 2002. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
    6. "Splitsville, Sprawling, Lab Lead, Bird Brains". ArchPaper.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
    7. "Urban Age Contributors". urbanage.lsecities.net. 2005–2012. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
    8. "The 1st Seoul Biennale Of Architecture And Urbanism 2017: Imminent Commons". biennialfoundation.org/. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
    9. "Build it and they will come: Princeton architecture at the Venice Biennale". Princeton University. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
    10. 1 2 "Alejandro Zaera-Polo is Suing Princeton. Here's Why That Matters for Architecture". ArchDaily. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
    11. "Koolhaas Denounces Plagiarism Rumors Surrounding Zaera-Polo's Princeton Resignation". ArchDaily. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
    12. "Alejandro Zaera-Polo has been removed from his faculty position as Princeton continues its row with the former SoA dean". Archinect. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
    13. "Trying to Untangle the Princeton Architecture Department Drama". Curbed. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
    14. "Architecture academia's latest controversy has all the makings of a shit show, but we need to look past the spectacle". The Architects Newspaper. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
    15. "La venganza del exdecano español de Princeton: "Destapo la corrupción y la mentira de la universidad"". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
    16. "1. Introductory Session. The Authorities. A Gonzo Ethnography of Academic Authority. Princeton 2014-2021". Vimeo. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
    17. "7. Moral Genealogy. Speaking Truth to Power. A Gonzo Ethnography of Academic Authority. Princeton 2014-2021". Vimeo. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
    18. "Architecture professor fired last year blames 'cancel culture' as Princeton cites 'neglect of duty'". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
    19. "AD Classics: Yokohama International Passenger Terminal / Foreign Office Architects (FOA)". ArchDaily. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
    20. "ShowCase: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex". Archinect. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
    21. "John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex". Architizer. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
    22. "Ravensbourne by Foreign Office Architects". Bustler. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
    23. Vaughan, Richard (15 April 2008). "FOA and Allies and Morrison to overhaul Euston station". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
    24. Glancey, Jonathan (2011-09-30). "Constructive criticism: the week in architecture". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-12-19. But don't hold your breath: big talk in 2008 of an ambitious new station masterplanned by Allies and Morrison, designed by Foreign Office Architects, developed by British Land and with the Euston Arch brought back to life, came to nothing.
    25. Fulcher, Merlin (2020-11-06). "UK practice wins Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture contest". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
    26. Publisher's website
    27. "Alejandro Zaera - Ya Bien Entrado el Siglo XXI ¿Las Arquitecturas del Post-Capitalismo?".
    Alejandro Zaera-Polo
    5th Dean of Princeton University School of Architecture
    In office
    2012–2014