Preston Scott Cohen Overview

Preston Scott Cohen’s work is known for its synthesis of architectural typologies, descriptive geometry, and digital media. The work of his firm, Preston Scott Cohen, Inc., encompasses projects ranging in scale from residences to educational and cultural institutions.   Cohen received... [more]

Preston Scott Cohen’s work is known for its synthesis of architectural typologies, descriptive geometry, and digital media. The work of his firm, Preston Scott Cohen, Inc., encompasses projects ranging in scale from residences to educational and cultural institutions.   Cohen received the first prize in the international competitions for the Robbins Elementary School in Trenton, NJ (2006), and for two Museums: the Taiyuan Art Museum in Taiyuan, China (2007-2011) and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Amir Building (2003-2009). He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and three Progressive Architecture Awards. Cohen is the author of Contested Symmetries and Other Predicaments in Architecture. His work has been widely published and is in numerous collections including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard. Exhibitions include “Skin and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture”, LA MOCA (2007); The National Design Triennale, Cooper-Hewitt Museum (2007); the Venice International Architecture Biennale (2004, 1996, 1985); “Intricacy”, ICA University of Pennsylvania (2003); “A New World Trade Center”, Max Protetch Gallery (2002); and “The Un-Private House”, Museum of Modern Art, New York (1999). He is represented by the Thomas Erben Gallery, New York. Cohen is the Chair of Department of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he is the coordinator of the first year design studios and teaches the foundation course in Projective and topological geometry, advanced studios and design thesis.  He was the Frank Gehry International Chair at the University of Toronto (2004) and the Perloff Professor at UCLA (2002). He has held faculty positions at Princeton, RISD, and Ohio State University. [show less]