Stan Allen
New York, United States
Stan Allen is an architect, writer and educator. He served as Dean of the Princeton School of Architecture between 2002-2012, and is currently teaching at The Cooper Union and the Harvard GSD. His practice Stan Allen Architect has realized buildings and urban projects in the United States, South America and Asia, and more recently, a series of houses and artist studios in New York’s Hudson River Valley. In 2009 he received the John Q. Hejduk Award, and an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His architectural work is published in Points + Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City and his essays in Practice: Architecture, Technique and Representation. The edited volume Landform Building: Architecture’s New Terrain was published by Lars Müller in 2011, and his most recent book is Situated Objects, published by Park Books in 2021.
2025 Biennial Project
Project Overview
Building With Writing
This installation brings writing and drawing—two core parts of architectural thinking—into one shared space. On metal bookstands, visitors find 48 drawings from 12 buildings and 12 pieces of writing, each presented as a pamphlet. These materials span over four decades, offering insights into how architecture is shaped by both visual and written ideas.
Visitors are encouraged to flip through drawings, take down booklets, sit, read, and spend time. The texture of the paper, the feel of the shelves, and the act of turning pages all become part of the experience.
Venue
View moreGraham Foundation
Address
4 W. Burton Pl., Chicago, IL 60610
Neighborhood
Gold Coast
Description
Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.
