Neil Denari: Lecture

April 19, 2010

Neil Denari (b. Fort Worth, Texas September 03, 1957) is an American architect, professor, and author. Based since 1988 in Los Angeles, he is one of the leading figures of his generation. Denari emerged in New York during the 1980s with a series of theoretical projects and texts based on the end-game of Modernism’s Paradigm of the Machine. He often exhibited his work at the Storefront for Art & Architecture. With the advent of computer technology, Denari has for the last fifteen years explored through architecture the as yet to be coded world of globalized society. Architecture here is a model of fluid forms and continuous surfaces. His office, Neil M. Denari Architects (NMDA) is a highly regarded firm dedicated to exploring the realms of architecture, design, urbanism, and all aspects of contemporary life. As a teacher for more than 20 years, Denari has held visiting Professorships at UC Berkeley, Princeton, and Columbia. He has taught since 2002 at UCLA where he is a tenured Professor.