EURASIAN PRIZE
JURY
Rodolfo Machado / MACHADO
SILVETTI
Rodolfo Machado received his Diploma in Architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1967 and 1971 received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of California at Berkeley where he continued doctoral studies in architectural theory until 1973. Rodolfo practiced architecture in San Francisco, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before associating with Jorge Silvetti in 1974 with whom he incorporated Machado Silvetti in 1985. In addition to his architectural practice, Rodolfo has been a member of the Harvard University faculty since 1986, where he was Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design from 1986 to 2010, chaired the Department of Urban Planning and Design from 2004 to 2009 and is currently Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design, Emeritus. Rodolfo has been Bishop Professor of Architecture at Yale University, Smith Professor of Architecture at Rice University, Jean Labatut Professor of Urbanism at Princeton University, and Thomas Jefferson Professor in Architecture at the University of Virginia. Machado Silvetti — founded in 1985 by partners Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti, the firm has developed an international reputation for its work with museums and educational institutions and its sensitive and inspired joining of contemporary and historic buildings. The studio specializes in urban and architectural design in the United States and beyond. Machado Silvetti projects have been implemented in Berlin, Beirut, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Singapore, Rome, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, Vietnam. More than thirty years of practice have brought worldwide fame and international recognition to its founders. In 2015, Jeffrey Burchard and Stephanie Randazzo also became partners of the bureau.
JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART SARASOTA, FLORIDA, USA 2016
The firm Machado Silvetti designed the new Center for Asian Art. The addition was created on the historic campus of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Commonly known as The Ringling, it is one of the largest museumuniversity complexes in America. The objective was to create an architecturally significant statement that responded to the existing architecture and grounds of The Ringling while inspiring new perspectives and awareness.
image ©Anton Grassl/Esto.
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