Sarah Whiting (architect)
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Sarah Whiting is a design principal of WW Architecture and currently serves as the Dean of Rice University's
School of Architecture. She has previously taught at institutions such as Harvard University's
Graduate School of Design, the Princeton University
School of Architecture, the Illinois Institute of Technology
, the University of Kentucky
and the University of Florida
.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts
from Yale University
, a Master of Architecture
from Princeton University
, and a Doctor of Philosophy
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. She had previously worked in the offices of Peter Eisenman
, Michael Graves
, and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
, where she served as a designer for the Euralille master plan, among other projects.
Sarah Whiting has served on the editorial board of architectural journal Assemblage
, and is currently one of the "protagonists" of Log
.
Sarah Whiting taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses on modern urbanism and contemporary theory at Princeton, and has lectured and attended many conferences at prestigious institutions such as the Berlage Institute
, Columbia University
and the Architectural Association.
Note: This Sarah Whiting is not to be confused with the Minneapolis based photographer of the same name.
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
School of Architecture. She has previously taught at institutions such as Harvard University's
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Graduate School of Design, the Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
School of Architecture, the Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
, the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
and the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, a Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation that result in receiving a license.-Overview:...
from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and a Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. She had previously worked in the offices of Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman is an American architect. Eisenman's professional work is often referred to as formalist, deconstructive, late avant-garde, late or high modernist, etc...
, Michael Graves
Michael Graves
Michael Graves is an American architect. Identified as one of The New York Five, Graves has become a household name with his designs for domestic products sold at Target stores in the United States....
, and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
OMA , is a Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.-History:...
, where she served as a designer for the Euralille master plan, among other projects.
Sarah Whiting has served on the editorial board of architectural journal Assemblage
Assemblage (journal)
Assemblage was "a critical journal of architecture and design culture" published by MIT Press from 1986 to 2000. Forty-one issues were published in total. It is full-text searchable on JSTOR....
, and is currently one of the "protagonists" of Log
Log (journal)
Log is a magazine of architecture and urbanism that has been published by the Anyone Corporation since 2003, and is edited by Cynthia Davidson...
.
Sarah Whiting taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses on modern urbanism and contemporary theory at Princeton, and has lectured and attended many conferences at prestigious institutions such as the Berlage Institute
Berlage Institute
The Berlage Institute was founded in 1990 as an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Named after the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Berlage has an international student population and teaching staff....
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and the Architectural Association.
Note: This Sarah Whiting is not to be confused with the Minneapolis based photographer of the same name.
Notable bibliography
- Whiting, Sarah. “Superblockism: Chicago’s Elastic Grid,” Histories of Cities: Design and Context, eds. Rodolphe el-Khoury and Edward Robbins (London: Spon/Routledge, 2004): 57-76.
- Whiting, Sarah. “Bas-Relief Urbanism: Chicago’s Figured Field,” in Phyllis Lambert, ed. Mies in America (CCA + Whitney Museum, 2001): 642-691.
- Somol, R.E. and Whiting, Sarah. "Notes around the Doppler Effect and Other Moods of Modernism." Perspecta 33 (2002): 72-77.
- Koolhaas, Rem and Whiting, Sarah. "Spot Check: A Conversation between Rem Koolhaas and Sarah Whiting." Assemblage, No. 40, 36-55. Dec., 1999.
- Whiting, Sarah. "Bellyache". Log 4, 5-8.
- Whiting, Sarah. "Critical Reflections." Assemblage, No. 41, 88-89. Apr., 2000