Stanley Tigerman

Chicago, United States

A principal at Tigerman McCurry Architects, received both of his architectural degrees from Yale University. Tigerman has designed hundreds of buildings and installations throughout North America, Europe and Asia; and was selected to represent the United States at the 1976, 1980 and 2012 Venice Biennales. In addition to being an author, lecturer and visiting chaired professor at numerous universities, including Yale and Harvard, Tigerman co-founded ARCHEWORKS, a socially oriented design laboratory and school in Chicago. Tigerman was also a founding member of “The Chicago Seven” as well as the Chicago Architectural Club. He has received Yale’s first Alumni Arts Award the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. In 2012, the Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago honored Tigerman’s lifetime achievements and in 2013, the Chicago Chapter of the AIA bestowed on Tigerman their Lifetime Achievement Award.

Biennial Project: Stanley Tigerman. Cluster Container Housing for the Disabled (featured in BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago).