Brad Cloepfil

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Brad Cloepfil

Brad Cloepfil (* 1956 in Portland , Oregon , USA ) is an American architect and founder and co-owner of the architecture office Allied Works Architecture in Portland.

Life

Cloepfil grew up near Portland and studied architecture at the University of Oregon . There he got to know, among other things, the buildings of Lous Kahn . After completing his bachelor's degree , he went to Switzerland in 1980 to work in Mario Botta's office. In 1985 he won at the Columbia University in New York City the title of Master of Architecture . In New York he got to know Richard Serra's buildings and Land Art artists . In the next few years he taught in New York City, California and Oregon before setting up his own architecture office with partners in 1994.

Works of the architect and his office

  • Maryhill Overlook of the Maryhill Museum of Art , Goldendale , Washington : The lookout point, which was completed in 1998, consists of 11 structures that form a 2.4 meter wide and 45 meter long structure made of prestressed exposed concrete . The structures are related to the table mountains visible on the opposite side of the Columbia River in the state of Oregon. The Outlook is the only siting carried out by the architecture office so far, at which the architecture is to communicate with the conditions of the respective location .
  • Wieden + Kennedy Building : The project in Portland, Oregon dealt with the conversion of a warehouse from 1908, which was last used as a cold store. The dark building with masonry and timber framework was transformed into a light-flooded office building through the use of concrete and recycled wood. The success of the architecture brought the office further orders from Wieden + Kennedy and other clients.
  • Seattle Art Museum Extension : The project from 2002 extends the museum building constructed by Robert Venturi in 1991 and provides office space to an insurance company until the museum registers its space requirements.
  • Museum of Arts and Design , New York : The museum commissioned Cloepfil in 2002 to remodel Building 2, Columbus Circle in Manhattan , which was completed in 2008. Both before the renovation and afterwards, intensive discussions were held about the project.

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personal data
SURNAME Cloepfil, Brad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon , USA