- Jeff Kipnis
Jeffrey Kipnis (born 1951, Georgia, USA) is an American critic, urban designer, film-maker, theorist,
curator and professor of architecture at theOhio State University ,Columbus, Ohio , USA. He is also visiting professor atColumbia University ,New York . He curates Architecture and Design at theWexner Center for the Arts ,Columbus, Ohio .Kipnis taught at the
Architectural Association School of Architecture, London from 1992-1995, where he ran the Graduate Design Program. In 2006 and 2007 he is a Visiting Professor atHarvard University , USA.As a critic he has written for many different periodicals, such as "
Assemblage " and "El Croquis ".As a designer Kipnis collaborated with architects Reiser and Umemoto (RUR Architects) in designing the Water Garden in Columbus, Ohio and the Kansai-Kan National Diet Library.
Kipnis is not a registered architect. His highest educational qualification is a Masters degree in physics from
Georgia State University , USA (1981). In 2006 Kipnis was awarded an honorary Diploma by the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, in recognition of his contributions as a teacher, critic and theorist, to the discipline of architecture.Kipnis first came to prominence through his collaborations with avant-gardist theorist and architect
Peter Eisenman , and their joint collaboration with French philosopherJacques Derrida .Select bibliography
* Kipnis, Jeffrey. "Twisting the Separatrix", in K. Michael Hays (Ed), "Architectural Theory Since 1968". Cambridge, MIT Press, 1998. [originally published in "Assemblage" 14, 1992).
*Robert Somol (ed), "Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an avant-garde in America" (with contributions by Jeff Kipnis). New York, Monacelli Press, 1997.
* Kipnis, Jeffrey (ed), Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman, "Chora L Works", New York, Monacelli Press, 1997.
* Kipnis, Jeffrey. “What we need here is – failure to communicate!!,” Quaderns 245 no.Q 5.0 (April 2005): 94-100.
* Kipnis, Jeffrey. "Diagram." Hunch 11 (2007).
* Kipnis, Jeffery. "The Cunning of Cosmetics." Du 5 no.706 (May 2000): 6-9.External links
* [http://knowlton.osu.edu/default.asp?content=29&faculty=27 Faculty page at Ohio State]
* [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/6209.htm Partial bibliography]Persondata
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