Name: Diana Agrest FAIA

Courses Taught (Four semesters prior to current visit): ARCH 121 Design II (Fall 2014)

Educational Credentials: Diploma Architect, University of Buenos Aires School of Architecture and Urbanism, 1967; Post Graduate Studies: Centre de Recherche d'Urbanisme, and l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Vi Section, Paris, France, 1967-1969

Teaching Experience: The Cooper Union: Professor of Architecture, Full Time, 2005-present; Proportional Time: 1999 - 2005 ; Adjunct Associate Professor/Professor: 1977-1999. Other Teaching Positions: Princeton, Columbia and Yale Universities; UP 8, Paris; Whitney Museum for American Art.

Professional Experience: Founder and Principal of Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects: Recent work: John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park for the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines Iowa; Des Moines Vision Plan II; Master Plan and Feasibility Study for the Area of Jing-Xi Water Town; Single Family Residence in the Hollywood Hills, CA Design and building of architecture, urban design projects, and master plans in the USA, Europe, South America and Asia.

Licenses/Registration: Registered Architect, New York State

Selected Publications and Recent Research: Film: wrote, produced and directed the feature documentary "The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984" 2013 Publications: The Sex of Architecture, eds. Diana Agrest, Patricia Conway and Leslie Kanes Weisman, Harry N Abrams, New York, 1996; Agrest and Gandelsonas: Works, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1995;Architecture from Without: Theoretical Framings for a Critical Practice, The MIT Press, 1991.AIA Guide to New York Architecture , current; Latin America in Construction 1955-1980, ed Barry Bergdoll, Comas, Liernur,MOMA 2015,Image, Body, Law.: Interdisciplinarity in Contemporary Gender Studies Ed. by Katerina Mishchenko and Susanne Strätling. Kiev: Meduza 2014, pp. 67-84; Mobility of the Line, Art , Architecture and Design, ed. Yvana Wingham Birkhauser, Londin, 2013 ,. 2012 ; Modern Archtecture A-Z, Peter Gössel, Benedikt Taschen GmbH, 2007New York 2000:Architecture and Urbanism from the Bicentennial to the Millennium, Stern, Fishman, Tilove, The Monacelli Press, 2007

Professional Memberships: Fellow of the American Institute of Architects