Reiser + Umemoto (also known as RUR Architecture DPC) is an architecture firm based in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto.

Jesse Reiser

Jesse Reiser (born 1958) is an American architect and Professor of Architectural Design at Princeton University.[1] Reiser received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from The Cooper Union and a Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1985 he was selected as a Fellow in Architecture of the American Academy in Rome.[2] Prior to co-founding Reiser + Umemoto, he worked in the offices of John Hejduk and Aldo Rossi.[3]

Nanako Umemoto

Nanako Umemoto studied at the School of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at the Osaka University of Arts before receiving a Bachelor of Architecture degree from The Cooper Union. She has taught architecture at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Southern California Institute of Architecture, the Pratt Institute, and Hong Kong University.[4]

Recognition

The firm has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chrysler Design Award and the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[5] Projects by the firm have received awards from the American Institute of Architects, including for O-14 (Dubai), a concrete exo-skeletal tower in Dubai.[6] Reiser and Umemoto were awarded a Booth Fellowship from United States Artists in 2012 and their work is part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art.[7][8]

Recent projects

Publications

  • Projects and Their Consequences, (Forthcoming), Reiser + Umemoto, Princeton Architectural Press[11]
  • O-14: Projection and Reception, 2012, Reiser + Umemoto, Architectural Association Publications
  • Atlas of Novel Tectonics, 2006, Reiser + Umemoto, Princeton Architectural Press
  • Reiser + Umemoto, 1998, Andrew Benjamin, Academy Editions

References

  1. ↑ Princeton University: Faculty pages at Princeton University, retrieved 19 July 2017
  2. ↑ American Academy in Rome: AA Fellows 1970-1989, retrieved 21 July 2017
  3. ↑ Reiser + Umemoto Biography, retrieved 1 August
  4. ↑ University of Pennsylvania School of Design Faculty Pages, retrieved 1 August 2017
  5. ↑ American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture, retrieved 1 August 2017
  6. ↑ American Institute of Architects AIA NY Design Awards Winners, retrieved 26 July 2017
  7. ↑ United States Artists Booth Fellows, retrieved 1 August 2017
  8. ↑ Museum of Modern Art, Art and Artists, retrieved 1 August 2017
  9. ↑ Taipei City Government , retrieved 20 July 2017
  10. ↑ Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , retrieved 20 July 2017
  11. ↑ Graham Foundation Recent grants: Projects and Their Consequences, retrieved 20 July 2017
  • Reiser, Jesse and Umemoto, Nanako (2018): Projects and their Consequences: Reiser + Umemoto New York, Princeton Architectural Press, November 2018, ISBN 9781616897192.
  • Reiser + Umemoto website
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