Diller Scofidio + Renfro Explained

Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Company Type:Architectural design
Partners:Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro, Benjamin Gilmartin
Founded:1981
City:Starrett-Lehigh Building
New York City, United States
Significant Buildings:High Line
Alice Tully Hall
Institute of Contemporary Art
The Broad
The Shed
15 Hudson Yards
Museum of Modern Art (expansion)
Awards:MacArthur Genius Award (Diller and Scofidio); National Design Award from the Smithsonian; Brunner Prize from American Academy of Arts and Letters; AIA President's Award; Centennial Medal of Honor from American Academy in Rome ; Lifetime Achievement Award National Academy of Design

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is an American interdisciplinary design studio which integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts. Based in New York City, the studio was founded by architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio in 1981. Charles Renfro joined in 1997, and was named partner in 2004. Benjamin Gilmartin became the firm's fourth partner in 2015.[1]

The studio's international body of work includes notable examples of urban landscape design, such as the High Line in New York and Zaryadye Park in Moscow; institutional buildings, including museums such as The Broad and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum; and various installations, exhibitions, and performance projects.[2] [3]

Recognition

In 1999, Diller Scofidio + Renfro were the first architecture firm to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, with the MacArthur Foundation stating that the firm has "created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance, and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism. Their work explores how space functions in our culture and illustrates that architecture, when understood as the physical manifestation of social relationships, is everywhere, not just in buildings."[4] [5]

Since then, Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and made fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects. They have been awarded the National Design Award;[6] the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; an Obie for off-Broadway theater production; the Centennial Medal of Honor from the American Academy in Rome; and various awards of the American Institute of Architects, including the AIA President's Award, the AIA Medal of Honor, the AIA Louis I. Kahn Award, and AIA Design Awards for numerous projects.[7] [8] In 2009, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio were named among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World.[9] In 2010, Fast Company named Diller Scofidio + Renfro the most innovative design practice in the profession and among the 50 most innovative companies in the world.[10] More recent awards won by the firm have included the Lawrence Israel Prize (2012) and the Royal Academy of Arts' Architecture Prize (2019).[11] The Rubenstein Forum in Chicago, which Diller Scofidio + Renfro completed in 2020, won the Tall Building Award in 2022.[12]

For her work with the studio, Elizabeth Diller has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, selected as an Aspen Institute Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, honored with the Barnard Medal of Distinction, and awarded the Jane Drew Prize (2019).[13] [14] In 2022, she was one of three architects awarded the Wolf Prize in Arts.[15]

Multiple drawings, objects, and ephemera from the firm's early years are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[16] [17] In 2003, the Whitney Museum of American Art held an early-career retrospective of the studio's work, Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio, recognizing and investigating the firm's unorthodox practice.[18] [19] The second major exhibition involving Diller Scofidio + Renfro's work, Restless Architecture (which was also curated by the studio), opened at MAXXI in 2024.[20] [21]

Selected projects

Architecture

Installation

Exhibition design

Performance design

Publications

Books written or edited by Diller Scofidio + Renfro include Flesh: architectural probes (1994);[66] Back to the Front: Tourisms of War (1996);[67] Blur: the Making of Nothing (2002);[68] and Lincoln Center Inside Out: An Architectural Account (2012), which chronicles the firm's decade of work on the redesign of New York City's Lincoln Center.[69]

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the subject of Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio, published by the Whitney Museum of American Art in tandem with their 2003 exhibition and including essays by Aaron Betsky, K. Michael Hays, and Laurie Anderson;[70] the monograph Diller + Scofidio (+Renfro): The Ciliary Function by Guido Incerti, Daria Ricchi and Deane Simpson; and Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture After Images by Edward Dimendberg.[71] A new retrospective monograph of the studio's work will be published by Phaidon Press in 2025.[72]

Documentaries

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 12 January 2025.
  2. Web site: Iovine. Julie V. . The Most Ambitious Park in Russia. The Wall Street Journal. 25 July 2018. 12 January 2025.
  3. Web site: Moore. Rowan. Liz Diller: 'We thought we would have been fired a long time ago'. The Guardian. 30 December 2012. 12 January 2025.
  4. Web site: Class of 1999 - MacArthur Foundation. Macfound.org. 21 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Princeton - News - Princeton Architect, Four Ph.D. Alumni are Among This Year'sMacArthur Fellows. Princeton.edu. 21 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winners and Finalists of the Sixth Annual National Design Awards . 15 September 2005 . Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
  7. Web site: Anderson. Nicole . Diller Scofidio + Renfro is receiving a prestigious award tonight. Architectural Digest. 25 June 2019. 12 January 2025.
  8. Web site: D'Angelo. Madeleine . AIA Names Recipients of Its 2022 Architecture Awards. Architect Magazine. 15 February 2022. 12 January 2025.
  9. The 2009 Time 100 . David. Rockwell. 30 April 2009. . 21 July 2018.
  10. Web site: 32_Diller-Scofidio-Renfro. 12 July 2012. Fast Company. 21 July 2018.
  11. Web site: Allen . Katherine. Diller Scofidio + Renfro Awarded 2019 Royal Academy Architecture Prize. . 8 February 2019. 12 January 2025.
  12. Web site: Ravenscroft. Tom . Diller Scofidio + Renfro's David Rubenstein Forum named 2022's best tall building. Dezeen. 17 November 2022. 12 January 2025.
  13. Web site: Aspen Institute Arts Program Announces 2012 Harman-Eisner Artists in Residence - The Aspen Institute. Aspeninstitute.org. 21 July 2018.
  14. News: Ella Jessel . 28 January 2019 . Liz Diller wins 2019 Jane Drew Prize . 28 January 2019 . Architects Journal.
  15. Web site: Professor Elizabeth Diller Named 2022 Wolf Prize Laureate. Princeton University School of Architecture. 8 February 2022. 12 January 2025.
  16. Web site: Diller + Scofidio. Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  17. Web site: Diller + Scofidio. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  18. Web site: Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio. Whitney Museum of American Art. 12 January 2025.
  19. Web site: Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio . 2013-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130128035505/http://www.arcspace.com/exhibitions/unsorted/the-aberrant-architectures-of-diller--scofidio/ . 2013-01-28 . dead .
  20. Web site: Restless Architecture. MAXXI. 12 January 2025.
  21. Web site: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Champion Restless Architecture from Rome, and Other News. Surface. 19 November 2024. 12 January 2025.
  22. Web site: Muschamp. Herbert. Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio: Updating a Brasserie With Pizazz. The New York Times. 29 August 1999. 12 January 2025.
  23. Web site: Muschamp. Herbert. A NATION CHALLENGED: AN APPRAISAL; With Viewing Platforms, a Dignified Approach to Ground Zero. The New York Times. 22 December 2001. 12 January 2025.
  24. Web site: World Trade Center Viewing Platform. Architizer. 12 January 2025.
  25. Web site: Goldberg. Vicki . The Press Preview of the New Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston. The Brooklyn Rail. 1 February 2007. 12 January 2025.
  26. Web site: Huxtable. Ada Louise . Lincoln Center Rejoins the City. The Wall Street Journal. 1 July 2009. 12 January 2025.
  27. Web site: Kennicott. Philip . stepping up. The Washington Post. 29 December 2010. 12 January 2025.
  28. Web site: Lang Ho. Cathy . Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. Architect Magazine. 2 March 2011. 12 January 2025.
  29. Web site: Pogrebin. Robin . The Redesign of a Design Museum. The New York Times. 16 June 2014. 12 January 2025.
  30. Web site: Roche. Daniel Jonas . Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils expansion for The Broad in downtown Los Angeles. The Architect's Newspaper. 28 March 2024. 12 January 2025.
  31. Web site: Rus. Mayer . Stanford University Debuts a Radical New Building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Architectural Digest. 14 October 2015. 12 January 2025.
  32. Web site: Keats. Jonathon. To See The Next Big Thing In Architecture, Visit The Brand-New Berkeley Art Museum. Forbes. 25 January 2016. 12 January 2025.
  33. Web site: Barandy. Kat . diller scofidio and renfro's museum in rio, brazil may resume construction after five year hold. Designboom. 8 August 2021. 12 January 2025.
  34. Web site: Stevens. Philip . the spur: the high line's final segment opens in new york. Designboom. 10 July 2019. 12 January 2025.
  35. Web site: Cogley. Bridget . Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group's 15 Hudson Yards completes in New York. Dezeen. 18 January 2019. 12 January 2025.
  36. Web site: The Expanded and Reimagined Museum of Modern Art Opened on October 21, 2019. Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  37. Web site: Baldwin. Eric. MoMA Expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Set to Open in New York. ArchDaily. 15 October 2019. 12 January 2025.
  38. Web site: Rinaldi . Ray Mark . At the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, All Athletes Are Equal . . 21 October 2020. 12 January 2025.
  39. Web site: Earls . Stephanie. Colorado Springs Olympic Museum has inspiration in its bones. . 25 May 2019. 12 January 2025.
  40. Web site: Hickman. Matt. Diller Scofidio + Renfro shares photography of the newly completed Tianjin Juilliard School. The Architect's Newspaper. 15 April 2021. 12 January 2025.
  41. Web site: Gonchar. Joann. The Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ in East London Will Open in May. Architectural Record. 27 November 2024. 12 January 2025.
  42. Web site: Traffic - Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 12 January 2025.
  43. Web site: “Art at the Anchorage”. Artforum. 1 November 1986. 12 January 2025.
  44. Web site: Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio: Tourisms: suitCase Studies. List Visual Arts Center. 12 January 2025.
  45. Web site: Diller + Scofidio, Soft Sell, 1993. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  46. Web site: Diller + Scofidio, Bad Press: Dissident Housework Series. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  47. Web site: The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life . . 7 April 2020.
  48. Web site: Bohlen. Celestine . Being Met At the Airport By New Art; Big, Bold Installations For a Rebuilt Kennedy Arrivals Terminal. The New York Times. 24 May 2001. 12 January 2025.
  49. Web site: Betsky. Aaron . RIP Facsimile: Death of a Public Art Project. Architect Magazine. 23 October 2014. 12 January 2025.
  50. Web site: Who's Your Dada? - Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 12 January 2025.
  51. Web site: Fairs. Marcus . Light Sock by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Dezeen. 13 December 2007. 12 January 2025.
  52. Web site: Arbores Laetae - Liverpool Biennial 2008 - Liverpool Biennial . 2013-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111002/http://liverpoolbiennial.co.uk/programmes/festivals/whatson/0/5/2008/105/arbores-laetae/ . 2014-01-16 . dead .
  53. Web site: EXIT by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain. 12 January 2025.
  54. Web site: Droog & Diller Scofidio + Renfro Present "Open House" - Core77. Core77. 21 July 2018.
  55. Web site: Loos. Ted . Creators of Architectural Exhibits Reach To the Cosmos for Inspiration. The New York Times. 24 May 2018. 12 January 2025.
  56. Web site: How Wine Became Modern. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 12 January 2025.
  57. Web site: The Art of Scent: 1889 - 2012. Madmuseum.org. 21 July 2018.
  58. Web site: Eichblatt. Sam. Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro design the ’Art of Scent’ show at MAD, NY. Wallpaper*. 30 November 2012. 12 January 2025.
  59. Web site: Minutillo. Josephine . Diller Scofidio + Renfro Design 'Heavenly Bodies' at the Met. Architectural Record. 17 May 2018. 12 January 2025.
  60. Web site: Dukes. Tanya . Exhibition to Examine Islamic Art’s Influences on Cartier. The New York Times. 26 August 2021. 12 January 2025.
  61. Web site: McGee. Celia . Elizabeth Diller Is Retelling Edmund de Waal’s Story — and Her Own. The New York Times. 17 October 2021. 12 January 2025.
  62. Web site: Exhibition Tells the Story of the Ephrussi Family, Celebrated in the Bestselling Memoir "The Hare with Amber Eyes" by Edmund de Waal. Jewish Museum. 5 August 2021. 12 January 2025.
  63. Wehle . Philippa . 2002 . Review: Live Performance and Technology: The Example of "Jet Lag" . . 24 . 1 . . 133-139 . 12 January 2025.
  64. Web site: Behance. Behance.net. 21 July 2018.
  65. Web site: Leon. Tessa. Be Your Self - Australian Dance Theatre. Australian Stage. 22 February 2010. 12 January 2025.
  66. Book: Flesh: architectural probes. Diller . Elizabeth . Scofidio . Ricardo. 1994. Princeton Architectural Press. 31166592.
  67. Book: Back to the Front: Tourisms of War. Diller . Elizabeth . Scofidio . Ricardo. 15 March 1996. Princeton Architectural Press. 1465859122.
  68. Book: Blur: the Making of Nothing. Diller . Elizabeth . Scofidio . Ricardo. 3 September 2002. Abrams Books. 49395671.
  69. Book: Blur: the Making of Nothing. Diller Scofidio + Renfro . Scofidio . Ricardo. 30 April 2013. Damiani. 828680950.
  70. Web site: Harvard Graduate School of Design. Gsd.harvard.edu. 21 July 2018.
  71. Book: Dimendberg, Edward. Diller Scofidio + Renfro: architecture after images. 21 July 2018. Open WorldCat. 795645109.
  72. diller_scofidio_renfro . C74i4uJuND3 . We are proud to announce the only comprehensive monograph on DS+R, ‘Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture, Not Architecture,’ is available now for pre-order and will be on sale worldwide in December.. English. https://www.instagram.com/diller_scofidio_renfro/p/C74i4uJuND3. 6 June 2024 . 12 January 2025.

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