Elizabeth diller biography
Elizabeth diller biography
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Elizabeth Diller
American architect
Elizabeth Diller, also known as Liz Diller,[1] is an American architect and partner in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which she co-founded in [2] She is also an architecture professor at Princeton University.[3]
Life
Elizabeth Diller was born in in Łódź, Poland, to Jewish parents.
The family emigrated to the United States in when she was two years old.[4]
Diller earned her in from the Cooper Union School of Architecture.[1] She met Ricardo Scofidio during her studies; he was her teacher then her tutor.
After earning her degree and working as an assistant professor, they later married in the s. Since the s, she has become well-known for her work with conceptual architecture, museums and other cultural institutions.[4][5]
Awards and honors
Diller is considered among the most influential designers of cultural spaces[6] and in received the first MacArthur Found