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Jesse Reiser
Principal, RUR Architecture DPC
Licensed Architect, AIA, FAAR
Professor
Princeton University School of Architecture
Born
Manhattan, New York, 1958
Education
Master of Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1984
1981
Bachelor of Architecture, The Cooper Union New York, NY
Affiliations
Registered Architect, New York
Honorary Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Member, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter
Fellow, Institute for Urban Design, New York
Fellow in Architecture, American Academy in Rome, 1985
Alumni Representative to School Faculty Committee, The Cooper Union
Advisory Board, Architectural Record Magazine
Nanako Umemoto
Principal, RUR Architecture DPC
Visiting Professor
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
Columbia University, GSAPP
Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School
The Cooper Union, School of Architecture
University of Virginia, School of Architecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Pratt Institute, School of Architecture
Hong Kong University, Department of Architecture
Born
Kyoto, Japan
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, The Cooper Union New York, NY
1983
1978
English As A Second Language, Hunter College New York, NY
1975
The School of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Osaka University of Art, Japan
Affiliations
House Committee, Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Alumni Representative to School Faculty Committee, The Cooper Union
Jd Apartment Rennovation, Upper East Side, New York(In Progress)
Finalist, Dubai Lighthouse and Pier, Dubai, UAE
Finalist, Deutscher Fussbal-Bund Akademie, Frankfurt, Germany
Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Under Construction)
Taipei Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Under Construction)
2015
Finalist, Adidas World of Sports Office Building, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Swiss National Museum Collection Center Extension, Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland
Stage One Winner, Second Development Zone in the Umekita Area, Osaka, Japan
Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Under Construction)
Taipei Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Under Construction)
2014
Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Under Construction)
Taipei Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Under Construction)
Second Prize, Pingshan Cultural District, Shenzhen, China
Torre Siqueros, Mexico City, Mexico
Taichung Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.
2013
Finalist, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Competition, Vienna, Austria
The Food and Beverage Pavilion for Bright Start LLC, Dubai, UAE
Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Ongoing Project)
Taipei Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Ongoing Project)
2012
Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Ongoing Project)
Taipei Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Ongoing Project)
Stage One Winner, Second Development Zone in the Umekita Area, Osaka, Japan
Finalist, Potsdam Sports and Leisure Pool, Potsdam, Germany
Db Residence, New York, NY (Completed)
2011
Winners of Port and Cruise Service Center Competition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (In Development)
Winners of Taipei Pop Music Center Competition, Taipei, Taiwan (In Development)
O-14, 22-story office Tower (Completed October 2010)
Db Apartment Renovation , New York
Mv Apartment Renovation , Jerusalem, Israel (Completed)
2010
Mv Apartment Renovation , Jerusalem, Israel (Under Construction)
Private Villa, Fujairah, UAE
Al Mulla Law Offices, Dubai, UAE
O-14 Restaurant, Interiors, Dubai, UAE
O-14 Lobby, Interiors and Furniture, Dubai, UAE
2009
Office Tower, Aeon (II), Dubai, UAE
Home Delivery Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Built)
FC Shakhtar Training Facility, Donetsk, Ukraine (Finalist)
Taipei Performing Arts Center Competition, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Marina Tower, Dubai, UAE
Installation, Miyake Madison, New York, NY (Under Development)
2008
Set Design and Construction, Princeton University Production of ‘Boris Godunov’, Princeton, NJ (Built)
Finalist, Invited Competition, Shenzhen Airport T3 Design Competition, Shenzhen, China
Masterplan, Business Bay, Dubai, UAE
Ag Residence, Sand Point, NY (Built)
Ep Residence, Fort Lee, NJ (Built)
2007
Office Tower O-14, Dubai, U.A.E. (built)
Finalist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Finalist, New Orleans Waterfront Redevelopment
2006
Alishan Tourist Infrastructure Construction Document Phase
W&S Residence (Built)
Al Mulla Law Offices, Dubai, UAE
O-14 Restaurant, Interiors, Dubai, UAE
O-14 Lobby, Interiors and Furniture, Dubai, UAE
2005
Sanshui Foshan Urban Development Competition, Foshan, China
Alishan Tourist Infrastructure, Schematic Design, Taiwan ROC
Ch Residence Landscape, New Jersey (Built)
Mv Apartment Renovation , Jerusalem, Israel (Built)
Canopy Construction for Temple Rodeph Sholom, New York City (Built)
2004
Winners of Alishan Tourist Routes, New Taiwan By Design International Competition, R.O.C.
New Museum Invited Competition, New York City
Canopy design for Temple Rodeph Sholom, New York City
Apartment Renovation, Westside, New York City (Built)
Soho Loft Renovation, New York City (Built)
2003
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Finalist for the Design Study Of the World Trade Centre Site, New York; Lead Firm of United Architects (also with GL Form, FOA, UN Studio, & KK Architect)
BMW Plant in Leipzig, Germany, Finalists
Installation “Flux Room”, commissioned for Latent Utopias”, Landesmuseum Johanneum Co-production: Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austri
House at Sagaponac, Southampton, New York City (Under Development)
Reiser + Umemoto Apartment Renovation (Built)
Klein Apartment Renovation, New York City (Built)
Façade lighting for Temple Rodeph Sholom, New York City (Built
2002
BMW Plant in Leipzig, Germany, Phase 1, Invited Competition
Queens Museum Competition, New York
Le Corbusier at Princeton, Exhibition Design, Princeton University, New Jersey
Caperton + Harel Apartment Renovation, NY (Built)
2001
Unicare Headquarters, Sarasota, Florida
Roof Garden, Tosco Corporation, Old Greenwich, CT (Built)
BMW Event and Delivery Center, Invited Competition
Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology, Invited Competition
Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, Invited Competition
AIA Headquarters, Competition, Invited participant in second stage, New York City
2000
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Business Offices, New York City (Built)
Airport for the Year 2080, commissioned by Architectural Record
IFCCA West Side Competition, Invited Participant
Costantino Residence, New York City
1999
Graz Music Hall, Graz, Austria: Invited participant in First Stage, Third Place in Second Stage
East River Corridor: commissioned by Van Alen Institute, Projects in Public Architecture
Cousins Apartment, Manhattan, New York (Built)
1998
Illinois Institute of Technology, Student Center, Invitational Entry
Spence Center for Women’s Health, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
Proposal for the Brasserie Restaurant, The Seagrams Building, New York
Spence Center for Women's Health, Bethesda, MA (Built)
1997
Spence Center for Women's Health, Wellesley, MA (Built)
Bucharest 2000 - Urban Planning Competition
Sklar Residential Loft (Built)
Kansai Library Competition
1996
Geodetic Bridge
Yokohama Port Terminal Competition
1995
"Head Start" Competition
Cardiff Bay Opera House Competition
1994
Upper East Side Apartment and Furniture, New York City (Built)
"Camara Lucida" installation for window of New Yorkapartment, New York, NY
1993
Croton Aqueduct Study, w/Stan Allen - Second Stage Completed
Equipment Enclosure Pergola, Fences Landscape (Built), Long Island,NY
Pavilion, Bridge, and Pool (Built), Massachusetts
Levinson - Garden (Built)
1992
Landscape Design, Pool, Pergola, Swing Structure,Massachusetts
Landscape, Pool (Built),New Jersey
Landscape, Garden, Drive (Built), Massachusetts
1991
Venice Gateway Competition - Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Aktion Poliphile, House Competition. Wiesbaden
Croton Aqueduct Study, w/Stan Allen - First Phase
1990
Drummers Collective, Space and Video Offices, NY
Schwartz Residence and Studio, Taos, New Mexico, Proposal
"The Icarus Project,' Marui Co. Ltd., Kyoto (Built)
Japan Tex Exhibition Space, Marui Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Built)
1989
Proposal - Marna Anderson Folk Art Gallery, NY
Shadow Theater, Globe Theater Project, NY
1988
Globe Theater Project
1986-88
Metier a Aubes (Built)
Courtyard, Dan Brechner Co., Parking Lot, Ventilators (Built)
Garden and Courtyard, Sands Point, NY (Built)
Garden and Courtyard, Old Westbury, NY (Built)
1987
Bronze elements from Mnemonic Theatre for the Sand Point Garden, Sands Point, NY
Gardens and Terrace, Riverdale, NY (Built)
1986
Commission for Wooden Tower, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY (Built)
1985
Villa Farsetti, 'Garden of the Heteroclite" Biennale di Venezia
Sand Point Rear Garden, Sands Point, NY (Built)
1984
Graham Foundation Grant towards publication of Projects and Their Consequences
2015
Progressive Architecture Award, Kaohsiung Port Terminal
2014
AIA NY Design Award, O-14 Tower Dubai
2013
USA Fellows, United States Artists, USA Booth Fellowship for Architecture and Design
2012
John Q. Hejduk Award, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
2011
First Prize for the design of Kaohsiung Port Terminal
Finalist, International Hochhaus Preise, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt
First Prize for the design of Taipei Pop Music Center
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Diamond Award, O-14
2010
Concrete Industry Board (CIB) Award of Merit, O-14
2009
Presidential Citation, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – Presented to Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto by George Campbell for outstanding practical and theoretical contributions to the field of Architecture
2008
Gutenberg International Prize of Leipzig – Goldletter – 1st Prize, Atlas of Novel Tectonics
Jan Tschichold Prize for Best Designed Swiss Books 2006, Atlas of Novel Tectonics
2006
First Prize for the design of Alishan Tourist Infrastructure
2004
Princeton University Research Grant in the Humanities and Social Sciences
2003
2002 AIA Award for BMW FACTORY in Leipzig, New York
Graphics Design Annual Award 2002 for the design of the exhibition Le Corbusier at Princeton 14-16 November 1935 at the Princeton Art Museum.
Environmental Design Award of the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA 365) for the design of the exhibition Le Corbusier at Princeton
2002
2000 Academy Award in Architecture, Academy of Arts and Letters
Graham Foundation Grant towards publication of Handbook of Novel Tectonics
2000
Daimler/Chrysler Design Award
New York State Council of the Arts Grant towards publication of Handbook of Novel Tectonics
Finalist in IFCCA Prize Competition
1999
Progressive Architecture Award
Van Alen Institute, Projects in Public Architecture, East River Design Project Commission for proposal of new linear park/commercial development along FDR Drive
1998
Graham Foundation Grant - Croton Aqueduct Study
1993
Project Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, The Architectural League of New York, Co-Sponsor. (in collaboration with Stan Allen; for a design study of New York City Infras
1992
National Endowment for the Arts - Design Arts Grant In Architecture
1990
New York Foundation for the Arts Gregory Millard Fellowship in Architecture
1988
Prix de Rome In Architecture
1984
Second Prize I.A.U.S. Columbus Circle Competition
1981
2015
“Blueprint”, Curated by SO–IL, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY(Jan-March 2015)
“Measure”, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY (Aug-Sept 2015)
2014
“Office US”, Venice Biennale US Pavilion, Italy
“Blueprint 2.0”, Curated by SO–IL, Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, NL (Feb-March 2014)
2013
”The Power of Parametric Design” at DADA 2013 Event Series “Digital Infiltration,” Curated by Patrik Schumacher, Beijing, PR China (Sep-Oct 2013)
”Taipei Will Be” at Taipei International Flora Exposition, Pavilion of New Fashion(Sep-Oct 2013)
“Cut ‘n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City”, Organized by Pedro Gadanho, Curator, and Phoebe Springstubb, Museum of Modern Art (July 2013 – Jan 2014)
2012
2011-12 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture, "Manhattan Memorious". Hong Kong, (Feb-April 2012) Curated by Gene K. King
"Architecture for Dogs", Curated by Kenya Hara, Design Miami, USA, December 2012 & TOTO Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan, October 2013
2011
“Elsewhere Envisioned”, Curated by Louise Harpman, Global Design NYU / New York University, New York, NY (May, 2011)
“The Geometers”, Curated by Jeffrey Kipnis, Wexner Center, Ohio State University
XIII Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture - BA11, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 2011)
“Oil and Architecture”, Curated by Sylvia Lavin, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
2010
Take Note, Curated by Sylvia Lavin, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (Feb, 2010)
LIFE in:formation, On Responsive Information and Variation In Architecture, ACADIA 2010, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2009
Shenzhen Airport, Harvard University GSD, December 2009
Parametric Prototypes Symposium and Exhibition, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, China
2009 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale, Shenzhen, China (Dec 2009 - Feb 2010). Curated by Ou Ning, Shenzhen, China, Installation
“Patterns”, Curated by Paul Andersen, Harvard, Graduate School of Design
2008
Performalism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (June – October 2008)
Topological Architecture, Master of Arts Festival ‘08, Helsinki, Finland (May 7 - 25, 2008)
Drawings, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (Summer 2008)
MoMA Home Delivery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (July 20 – October 20, 2008)
2007
2007 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale, Shenzhen, China (Dec 2007- Feb 2008). Finalists - Shenzhen Airport T3 Design Competition
2005
MoMA. House at Sagaponac, New Acquisitions – Dept. of Architecture and Design.
Buena Vista Building. Miami, Florida. Bridge at Alishan.
MOMA, Hypnerotomachia House Drawings, “Visions of Domesticity”
Architectural Biennial Beijing, Alishan Tourist Infrastructure and Foshan Urban Development
2004
“Taiwan New Landscape Movement,” Taipei, Taiwan
“First Architectural Biennale Beijing,” Beijing, China
“Venice Biennale Arsenale,” Italy
“Interchanges”, Venice Biennale US Pavilion, Italy
“Flux Room”, Artists Space, New York City
“Tall Buildings”, MOMA, New York City
Scope Art Fair: New York City
2003
Centre Pompidou – IFCCA Model.
Recent Projects, Nadiapark Design Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Recent Projects, Tohoku University Gallery, Sendai, Japan
Aion: an eventual architecture “Flux Room”, Prague Biennale1, Prague, Check Republic
“Zoomorphic”, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
“Intricacy” exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2002
“WTC proposals”, Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, New York City
“Latent Utopias”, Installation “Flux Room” , Landesmuseum Johanneum Co-production: Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria.
2001
Eyebeam Atelier, Phase Two: Architectural Design Competition, New York
Reiser + Umemoto, Gallery Rom, Oslo, Norway
Le Corbusier at Princeton, Exhibition Design, Princeton University, New Jersey
The Sketches, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University
Folds, Blobs and Boxes, Heinz Architectural Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Architecture Action, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Recent Acquisitions, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. France
2000
The Long View, A series of five exhibitions on Contemporary Architecture organized by the Museum of Modern Art and the Municipal Arts Society, New York
Reiser + Umemoto, Recent Work, Princeton University, New Jersey
Cities in Motion, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
Transurbanism: Policies and Ecologies, Venice Biennale, Italy
1999
Projects for the New Millennium, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
IFCCA Prize for the Design of Cities Exhibition, Grand Central Station, New York
Desire Exhibition, Munich, Germany
Archilab, East River Corridor, Orleans, France
Cities On the Move, Tokyo Bay Experiment, Hayward Gallery, London
1998
Infrastructural Urbanism: East River Corridor Project, Van Alen Institute, New York
Cities On the Move, Tokyo Book Experiment, P.S.1, New York, Austria
Relations between Contemporary Architecture and Painting (with Greg Lynn, Fabian Marcaccio, and David Reed,) Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austri
TransArchitecture, Group Exhibition, Paris, Tokyo, London
Architecture at the Edge of the Millennium, Group Exhibition, The American Academy in Rome
Global Cities, Group Exhibition, University of Michigan School of Architecture, Ann Arbor
1997
Reiser + Umemoto, ‘Solid-State Architecture’, The Berlage Institute, Amsterdam
1996
Reiser + Umemoto, Exhibition, The Cooper Union School of Architecture
City Speculations, The Queens Museum
1995
'Eidetic Images', The Architectural Association, London
World Architecture Triennale, Nara, Japan (MAT)
Reiser + Umemoto, Miniseries, Columbia University (September)
1994
'Cardiff Bay Opera House,' The Architectural Association, London
Kyoto Future Space Art Museum Exhibit, Kyoto, Japan
1993
Yale University Faculty Exhibition
1992
'Machines D'Architecture,' Cartier Foundation, Paris
1991
Yale University - Faculty Exhibition
Princeton University
Miami of Ohio University
Ero/Machia/Hypnia House - National Institute for Architectural Education
Architects and Artifacts - The Society for Arts In Crafts, Pittsburgh
1990
Aktion Poliphile Exhibition - Royal Institute of British Architects, London
Galerie ZB, Frankfurt
1989
Form; Being; Absence - Griffin McGear Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Table to Tablescape - Formica Corp., Chicago
London Project, Artist Space, New York: Globe Theater Project
1987
Group Show - John Nichols Gallery, New York
1985
Invitational Entry for Villa Farsetti, Venice Biennale
"The Art of Celebration," Yeshiva University Museum, New York
1982
One Man Show of Drawings, The Cooper Union School of Architecture, New York(Jesse Reiser)