Richard Saul Wurman belongs to the record of architecture as a figure whose buildings outlasted the taste that commissioned them.
The record lists Richard Saul Wurman as American architect and graphic designer.
Richard Saul Wurman was born at Philadelphia in 1935. His recorded nationality is United States. He trained at University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
Post-war architecture built at state scale: housing, new towns and civic megastructures, with results that are still being judged.
He is recorded as graphic designer, architect and designer.
Architecture is the art that cannot be avoided: people live inside the argument.
Recognition followed: Guggenheim Fellowship, AIGA Medal and National Design Awards.
That the work was built in United States shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Achievements
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- AIGA Medal
- National Design Awards
- Trained at University of Pennsylvania School of Design
