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Washington, D.C., December 13,
2007 — The Board of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) named
architect and educator Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, as 2008 recipient of
the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. The
AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion honors an individual who has made
outstanding contributions to architecture education for at least 10
years, whose teaching has influenced a broad range of students and
who has helped shape the minds of those who will shape our
environment.
“In a culture that struggles to grasp a deep or broad
understanding of the power and delight of architecture, Tigerman
has been a remarkably influential and effective advocate of the
profession we love and the work we do,” wrote Jane Weinzapfel,
FAIA, principal of Leers Weinzapfel Associates in her nominating
letter. “Tigerman is a nonpareil instructor whose impact on
the students he has taught formally and informally for so long is
magnified many times over by the informed and passionate love of
architecture those students, now teachers and practitioners
themselves bring to the world.”
Personal and professional achievements
A Chicago native, Tigerman served in the Korean War before working
for a number of firms, including Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,
where he was a junior designer on the U.S. Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Colo. He became a registered architect in 1957
and received his BArch (1960) and MArch (1961) from Yale before
returning to Chicago, where he became chief of design for Harry
Weese, FAIA. In 1962, he went into private practice, which he
continues today at Tigerman McCurry Architects with his wife
Margaret McCurry, FAIA.
In 1963, Tigerman began his career in architecture education as a
visiting critic at Cornell University’s architecture school.
In 1964, he served as a visiting critic at Washington University
and secured an appointment to the permanent faculty at the
University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), where he taught from
1964-1971. From 1971-1980, Tigerman was a visiting lecturer and
critic at a number of architecture schools, and in 1980 returned to
UIC as the director of the “Option One” program, a
one-year post-professional program. In 1985, Tigerman was appointed
director of UIC’s architecture school, which he directed and
taught full-time until 1993. In 1994, together with Eva Maddox,
Hon. AIA, he co-founded ARCHEWORKS, a one-year post-professional
design school grounded in social causes, which continues today with
Tigerman as its director.
Tigerman’s work over a half-century has continuously
blended practice and education. His numerous buildings and
installations can be found in the U.S., Bangladesh, Canada, Great
Britain, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, West Germany, Yugoslavia
and Puerto Rico. From his 400 projects, 185 built works embrace
virtually every building type, including Chicago’s proposal
for the 2016 Olympics. He has been a visiting chaired professor at
numerous universities, including Yale and Harvard, and served on
advisory committees of the Yale and Princeton schools of
architecture, the Chicago Art Institute Department of Architecture
and Chicago Latin School’s “High Jump” program. He
is the author of five books, editor of four books, and has written
numerous papers and articles. His work has been exhibited in
museums and galleries worldwide.
Tigerman’s many accolades include:
• Yale University’s first alumni Arts Award
• The Dean of Architecture Award
• The Illinois Academy of Fine Arts Award
• The American Jewish Committee’s Cultural Achievement
Award
• The Louis Sullivan Award by the International Union of
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
• An honorary bachelor of fine arts from the Harrington
Institute of Design
• More than 140 design awards from the national AIA, AIA
Chicago Progressive Architecture Design Awards, and Record Houses
and Interiors
• In 2002 he was named Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago
Magazine
• He is the founding member of the Chicago Seven and The
Chicago Architectural Club and
• In 1990 he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of
Fame
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