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Toshiko Mori: Selected Bibliography

“Blurring the Boundaries” Spitzer School of Architecture Lecture – November 10, 2011

About:

In 1981 Toshiko Mori founded the NYC-based firm Toshiko Mori Architect where she is principal. She earned her BArch from and an honorary master’s from Harvard’s GSD. Her firm’s projects are varied including civic, institutional, cultural, residential, museum and exhibition design work. Mori taught at Cooper Union from 1983 until 1995 when she left to join the Harvard GSD where she is now the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture, following a tenure as chair of Harvard’s Department of Architecture from 2002-2008. In 2003 Mori received the Cooper Union Inaugural John Hejduk Award. In 2005, she earned an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Medal of Honor from the New York City chapter of the AIA. She is an advisor to A+U, serves on Cooper Union’s President’s Council, and chairs the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Design.

Books:

Immaterial/ultramaterial: architecture, design, and materials. Harvard Design School in association with George Braziller, 2002. On Reserve.

Toshiko Mori Architect. New York: Monacelli Press, 2008. NA737 .T56 A4 2008.

Unpacking my library: architects and their books. Press 2009. NA2597 .U56 2009.

“Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York / Toshiko Mori.” In Architecture now! Museums. Jodidio, Philip. Taschen, 2010. NA6690 .J63 2010. ______Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Articles (Selected from 1999-2009):

“Darwin D. Martin Visitors' Center [Buffalo, New York].” Competitions v. 19 no. 2 (Summer 2009) p. 2-3

“Wright landmark gets a modern pavilion.” Gendall, J. “ v. 197 no. 4 (Apr. 2009) p. 22

“Martin House Visitor's Center and Restoration, Buffalo, New York: Toshiko Mori Architects and Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects.” Gerfen, K. Architecture v. 98 no. 4 (Apr. 2009) p. [115]- 21.

“Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, Buffalo, New York, USA: Toshiko Mori.” Kubo, M. The Architectural Review v. 225 no. 1347 (May 2009) p. [58]-61.

“Toshiko Mori: house in Taghkanic,Taghkanic, New York, USA.” 2008. A + U no. 11(458) (Nov. 2008) p. [42]-49.

“Stepping out: combining teaching and practice, history and material innovation, Toshiko Mori emerges as an architect and educator.” Lange, A. Metropolis v. 23 no. 1 (Aug.-Sept. 2003) p. 98-102, 142-143,146.

“Lectures for the inauguration of Toshiko Mori as Chair of the Department of Architecture [Graduate School of Design, Harvard University].” Harvard Design Magazine no. 18 (Spring- Winter 2003) p. 99-101.

“Architecture awards [AIA New York Chapter].” Oculus 2000 Dec., v.63, n.4, p.[12]-23.

“Issey Miyake - Pleats Please, New York: Toshiko Mori Architect.” Jayne Merkel. Architectural design 2000 Dec., v.70, n.6, p.[76]-77.

“Vacation house: Toshiko Mori designed a crisp annex to a classic Paul Rudolph estate in .” Joseph Giovannini. Architecture 2000 Aug., v.89, n.8, p.[168]-175.

“Faculty project: house on the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Florida, 1999.” Toshiko Mori. Harvard design magazine 1999 Fall, p.104-105. ______Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Web Sites:

Toshiko Mori Architect. www.tmarch.com/

Faculty Profile at Harvard University’s GSD www.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/mori/mori.html The site offers her CV, core studios and studio options taught, and some of her firm’s projects.

Toshiko Mori. Interview. 2008. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lltEoSGcHVU.

Davos 2010 - IdeasLab with Harvard: Toshiko Mori. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUCyNoHyi94.

------Judy Connorton, Architecture Librarian November 2011 image: gsd.harvard.edu