Johannes M. P. Knoops is an American architect, international architectural correspondent, [1] [2] [3] [4] and Professor [5] in the Department of Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology / State University of New York in New York City. Knoops' design for a private study in the tradition of a Japanese scholar's study as influenced by origami was written about in New York Magazine [6] and his design for a new wedding chapel atop the New York Municipal Building by Architectural Scholar. [7]
An alumnus of the Yale School of Architecture, [8] Knoops is a 2000 recipient of the Rome Prize in architecture. [9] [ circular reference ] At F.I.T. he has been recognized with a faculty award for "rewriting (his) department's cirriculum and refreshing the Lawrence Israel Prize Lecture". [10] [11] In 2018 F.I.T. honored him with the SUNY Chancellor's Award for excellence in scholarship and creative activities. [12]
Knoops work "Venice Re-Mapped" [13] was included in the exhibition "Time Space Existence" at the Palazzo Mora, a collateral exhibit of the 2016 edition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture. [14] In 2018 as part of DESIGN.VE Knoops work was included in the exhibition "Design after Darwin" at the Palazzo Morosini, curated by Luca Berta, Francesca Giubilei, and Alice Stori. [15]
He is an Eagle Scout [16] in the Boy Scouts of America and served on staff at Ten Mile River Scout Camps, Camp Aquehonga. [16] Most recently Knoops was engaged in researching and establishing the correct location of Aldus Pius Manutius' printing press from circa 1500 AD in the Campo San Augustino in Venice, work he completed while on a residency at Branca Center of the Giorgio Cini Foundation the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon. [17] In 2018, Damocle Edizioni issued a limited edition book by Knoops, "In Search of Aldus Pius Manutius" on his research establishing the actual site of this historically significant early printing press. [18]
The Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics. The first book that was dated and printed under his name appeared in 1495.
Aldus Pius Manutius was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preservation of Greek manuscripts mark him as an innovative publisher of his age dedicated to the editions he produced. Aldus Manutius introduced the small portable book format with his enchiridia, which revolutionized personal reading and are the predecessor of the modern paperback book. He also helped to standardize use of punctuation including the comma and the semicolon.
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City. It is part of the State University of New York and focuses on art, business, design, mass communication, and technology connected to the fashion industry. It was founded in 1944.
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is also home to the Masters of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design, Historic Preservation, Real Estate Development, Urban Design, and Urban Planning.
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Venice Biennale of Architecture is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic shifting the calendar to uneven years. It is the architecture section under the overall Venice Biennale and was officially established in 1980, even though architecture had been a part of the Venice Art Biennale since 1968.
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Patrick Tighe, FAIA, FAAR is an American architect and interior designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder and principal of Tighe Architecture. Tighe was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He received a Master of Architecture with Distinction from UCLA. Tighe worked for Frank O. Gehry & Associates, and was an associate of Thom Mayne’s Morphosis Architects for 7 years before leaving to found Tighe Architecture.
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