Jump to content

Stephen Phillips (architect)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stephen Phillips, is a British-born American architect, theorist, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. Phillips is the principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and Professor of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.[1]

Education and early career

[edit]

Born in Oxford, England, Phillips was raised in Loughton, Essex; Berkeley Heights, New Jersey; and Pasadena, California.[citation needed] Phillips received his B.A. from Yale University with Distinction in Architecture and his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Paul Philippe Cret Medal for best thesis. Upon earning his Master’s Degree and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Princeton University School of Architecture, Phillips was awarded residential fellowships from The J. Paul Getty Foundation[2] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum[3] alongside research and publication grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts[4][5] and the Canadian Centre for Architecture.[6] He was awarded an artist-in-residence at the Museumsquartier in Vienna.[7]

Phillips received his professional training in the offices of Charles Moore (Moore Rubel Yudel), Cathy Simon (Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris), and William Turnbull Jr. (William Turnbull and Associates /Turnbull Griffin Haesloop) prior to launching his own architecture firm.[citation needed]

Professional life

[edit]

Phillips established Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) in 1999. The design practice focuses on the construction of modern and contemporary environments. Stephen Phillips Architects is based out of Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California.[citation needed]

Stephen Phillips Architects has received an American Institute of Architecture Merit Award[8] for their work and has been published internationally in DOMUS,[9][10] Der Spiegel,[11][12] The Architect’s Newspaper,[13] Dezeen,[14] 7x7,[15][16][17] the San Francisco Chronicle,[18] and Sunset Magazine,[19] among other newspapers, magazines, and journals.

In 2021, Phillips was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects for his "exceptional work and significant contributions to architecture and society on a national level.”[20]

Academic life

[edit]

As the Founding Director of the Cal Poly Los Angeles Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Phillips was awarded The Studio Prize from Architect Magazine[21][22] and The Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.[23] An article was written about Phillips’s contribution to architectural education in Archinect’s “Dean’s List” in 2020.[24]

He has taught as visiting faculty at U.C. Berkeley, UCLA, SCI-Arc, CCA, and the Art Center College of Design.[25] Phillips is the author of L.A. [Ten]: Interviews on Los Angeles Architecture 1970s-1990s from Lars Müller Publishers, 2014;[26][27][28] and Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture from MIT Press, 2017.[29][30][31][32]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Stephen Phillips". California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Department of Architecture. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. ^ "The Getty Research Institute Fellows 2010". The Getty Research Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ^ "Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellows 2010". The Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ^ Graham Foundation Grant Year 2015, The Graham Foundation. Retrieved June 30, 2021
  5. ^ Graham Foundation Grant Year 2009, The Graham Foundation. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Canadian Centre for Architecture Research Grants 2006". The Canadian Centre for Architecture. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  7. ^ "Museumsquartier Q21 Artists-in-Residence Program 2005". The MuseumsQuartier, Wien. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  8. ^ “Cal Poly Architecture Students and Faculty Win Design Awards,” Cal Poly News, July 10, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Linden Street Apartments". Domus. June 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  10. ^ "Gold Hall Residence". Domus. October 14, 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  11. ^ "Designhaus in San Francisco: Das kliene Schwarze für 9000 Euro Miete". der Spiegel (in German). November 29, 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  12. ^ "Black Mass in San Francisco: Design-Dopplehaus". der Spiegel (in German). November 29, 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  13. ^ Reiner-Roth, Shane (June 29, 2021). "Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in LA Today questions the future of housing". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  14. ^ McKnight, Jenna (July 20, 2016). "Stephen Phillips clads modern San Francisco townhouse in black zinc". Dezeen. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  15. ^ Volpicelli, Anna (July 5, 2016). "Inside This Bold New Hayes Valley Apartment Building". 7x7 Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  16. ^ Woo, Jen (November 19, 2020). "Hella modern Hayes Valley townhome asks $1.6 million". 7x7 Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  17. ^ “Sebo,” 7x7 Magazine, April 2006, p. 86. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  18. ^ King, John (July 7, 2016). "In Hayes Valley, old freeway site is now architectural showcase". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  19. ^ "Art Exhibit," by Ann Bertelsen, Sunset Magazine, April 2005.
  20. ^ "AIA Elevates 102 Members to Its College of Fellows". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  21. ^ Keegan, Edward (December 9, 2020). "Studio Prize: Flatlanders: Multi-Income, Mixed-Use, Mid-Rise Housing for Downtown Los Angeles". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  22. ^ Gerfen, Katie (December 9, 2020). "The Winners of the 2020 Studio Prize". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  23. ^ "2014-2015 Architectural Education Awards". Association Collegiate Schools of Architecture. February 26, 2015. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  24. ^ Pacheco, Antonio (January 6, 2020). "Deans List: Stephen Phillips on Complementing Architectural Practice With Academic Discourse and Vice Versa". Archinect. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  25. ^ "Stephen Phillips". ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  26. ^ Phillips, Stephen (2014). Phillips, Stephen (ed.). L.A. [Ten] : interviews on Los Angeles architecture, 1970s-1990s. Zürich, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publications. ISBN 978-3-03778-409-9. OCLC 863428790.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  27. ^ Michelson, Alan (July 2014). "L.A. [Ten]: Interviews on Los Angeles Architecture 1970s-1990s - Art Libraries Society of North America". ARLIS/NA: Art Libraries Society of North America. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  28. ^ Webb, Michael (May 12, 2014). "Adventurous Los Angeles". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  29. ^ Phillips, Stephen John (April 2017). Elastic architecture : Frederick Kiesler and design research in the first age of robotic culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03573-6. OCLC 952226358.
  30. ^ Busbea, Larry (November 2018). "Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture". JAE Journal of Architectural Education. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  31. ^ Duvernoy, Sophie (2017-05-26). "Endless Houses or Vast Potatoes? The Impossible Architecture of Frederick Kiesler". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  32. ^ Marshall, Richard (2017-07-27). "Endless". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Phillips_(architect)&oldid=1177346704"