Lisa Iwamoto Explained

Lisa Iwamoto is an American designer, educator, and author. She is the founding partner of IwamotoScott, an architecture firm based in San Francisco, California. Iwamoto is Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley^[1] and the author of Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques^[2] published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Iwamoto graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.^[3] In 2018, she was named as one of five winners of the fifth annual Women in Architecture awards by Architectural Record.^[4]

In 2021, Iwamoto was appointed as Chair of the Department of Architecture at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.

External links

• Iwamoto, Lisa, and Craig Scott. “Surface / Thickness Translated: Design-Build as Vehicle.” Journal of Architectural Education 54, no. 3 (February 1, 2001): 185–90.
• Hill, Sophie. In Conversation: Lisa Iwamoto. Interview by Dr. Sofia Colabella, April 16, 2021. https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/study/discover/in-conversation-lisa-iwamoto.
• Iwamoto, Lisa. 2011. “Line Array: Protocells as Dynamic Structure.” Architectural Design 81 (2): 111–21.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lisa-Iwamoto. ced.berkeley.edu. 2019-01-22.
2. Book: Iwamoto, Lisa. Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques. 2013-07-02. Princeton Architectural Press. 9781616891787. en.
3. Web site: Hickman . Matt . Lisa Iwamoto is the new Architecture Chair at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. 2021-12-15.
4. Web site: Fifth Annual Women in Architecture Awards Honors Trailblazers. www.architecturalrecord.com. en. 2019-01-22.