Eric
Owen Moss started his architecture practice in 1973. He
is best known for reinventing spaces for commercial uses
and performing arts facilities, breathing new life into
a marginal area in the celebrated sequence of buildings
in Culver City's Hayden Tract. He recently won an international
competition for the Queens Art Museum, and is currently
working on the redesign of the 2,000-seat Mariinsky Theater
in the historic center of St. Petersburg.
Named
"top architect of a new generation" and "the
jeweler of junk" by Philip Johnson, Moss pays careful
attention to detail, both in terms of the way things are
put together, and the materials they are made from. The
forms and spaces embody a poetic vision, enriched by a rigorous
tectonic commitment. The buildings are resonant and inspiring,
and through their inventive presence, establish a sense
of pertinent place." The work includes university facilities,
office buildings, corporate headquarters, cultural institutions,
theaters, galleries, exhibition spaces, restaurants, urban
public space, housing, and private residences.
Moss
received the AIA/LA Gold Medal in 2001, and his work has
received numerous Progressive Architecture, AIA, and AIA/LA
design awards. He has taught at all the leading U.S. schools
of architecture, including Harvard, Yale, Rice, Columbia,
UCLA, and USC. Moss' affiliation with SCI-Arc began in 1974,
when he joined the faculty. He is at present the Dean of
the School of Architecture at SCI-ARC.
Selected
Works:
Lawson/Westen house, Brentwood, California 1993
Samitaur I, Culver City, California 1997
The Umbrella, Culver City, California 1999
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