Greg Lynn FORM

Greg Lynn is an American architect, designer, and educator born in North Olmsted, Ohio, in 1964. A pioneer in the use of computational design and digital fabrication, he is known for employing animation software, parametric modelling, and computer numerically controlled manufacturing to develop complex, non-standard architectural and industrial forms. He earned degrees in architecture and philosophy from Miami University in Ohio before receiving a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. After working with Peter Eisenman, he established his practice, Greg Lynn FORM, in 1994. Lynn’s work ranges from architecture and urban planning to furniture, products, installations, and experimental prototypes. His designs are held in major museum collections, including that of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds works such as the Ravioli Chair (2005). Integrating architectural practice, teaching, and writing, he has taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2002 and is also a professor at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design. His publications include Animate Form (1999) and Intricacy (2003), both informed by his combined background in architecture and philosophy. He has also collaborated with companies including Alessi, Vitra, Swarovski, and BMW. Selected projects include the expansion of Cincinnati Country Day School, completed in 2001 in collaboration with Michael McInturf Architects and GBBN; Ark of the World, a proposed visitor centre combining natural history, ecology, and contemporary art in Costa Rica (2003); Saadiyat Museum Pavilion No. 3, commissioned by the Guggenheim Foundation for Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District (2008); the proposed transformation of the Kleiburg housing block in Amsterdam (2007); and the ongoing Sociopolis Housing Block project in Valencia. Lynn’s experimental use of digital tools played a significant role in the development of biomorphic and continuously curved architectural forms. He received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award in 2003 and the Golden Lion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008. In 2010, he was awarded a fellowship by United States Artists.