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NOUNS is led by Emmett Zeifman (R.A., NY). He holds an M.Phil in Architecture from the University of Cambridge, an M.Arch from the Yale School of Architecture, and a B.A. in English Literature from McGill University. He teaches in the Sustainable Architecture and Engineering and Urban Studies programs at Stanford University. Previously, he taught at the Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, and SCI-Arc.
He is curator of the exhibition “Towards a Newer Brutalism” at the Harvard GSD, and guest editor of a forthcoming issue of Log, “Toward a Newer Brutalism, or, The Undecorated Shed.”
Prior to founding NOUNS, he was a founding editor of Project: A Journal for Architecture and a founding principal of Medium Office, with Alfie Koetter. He also worked on a number of mixed-use and super-tall projects in Asia and the United States with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. His work has been widely exhibited and published, and has been supported by the Graham Foundation.
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