K. Michael Hays

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K. Michael Hays
Born (1952-10-18) October 18, 1952 (age 73)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Professor
Employer Harvard University
SpouseMartha Ann Pilgreen
ChildrenHenry
Website https://www.kmichaelhays.com/

Kenneth Michael Hays (born October 18, 1952) is an American architectural historian and professor. He currently serves as Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He is also co-director of the school's doctoral programs, namely Ph.D and DDes or Doctor of Design.

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Education

Hays received his B.Arch degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1976. He then went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning, where he received his M.Arch in Advanced Studies in the History and Theory of Architecture in 1979. His dissertation was entitled Reference, Coherence, Meaning: A Realist Epistemology of Art under the direction of Henry A. Millon. [1] In 1990, he completed his Ph.D program at MIT School of Architecture and Planning in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art. [2] His main focus of study was European Modernism and his minor field was critical theory. His dissertation was advised by Stanford Anderson and he wrote on Modernism and the Posthumanist Subject: The Architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer, which he later published into a book of the same title. [3]

Personal life

Hays resides in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Martha Pilgreen, who is also an architect and president of Perry Dean Rogers Architects. They have one son, Henry. [4]

Works

References

  1. Hays, K. Michael (April 8, 1979). Reference, coherence, meaning : a realist epistemology of art (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/64831 via dspace.mit.edu.
  2. "Graduate Alumni by Name in HTC or with HTC Direction". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  3. Hays, K. Michael (April 8, 1990). Modernism and the posthumanist subject : the architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/66724 via dspace.mit.edu.
  4. "Knotty But Nice - The Boston Globe". www.boston.com.