Lebbeus Woods
- Introduction
- Lebbeus Woods (May 31, 1940 – October 30, 2012) was an American architect and artist known for his unconventional and experimental designs. Known for his rich, yet mainly unbuilt work and its nonetheless significant impact on the architectural sphere, Lebbeus Woods and his oeuvre are considered visionary, describing a radically experimental world built on the principles of heterogeneity and multiplicity and bridging thus the gap between numerous fields including architecture, philosophy, and mathematics. Reconfiguring the architectural space in environments of crisis, whether it be natural, social, political, or financial, Woods stated: “I’m not interested in living in a fantasy world. All my work is still meant to evoke real architectural spaces. But what interests me is what the world would be like if we were free of conventional limits. Maybe I can show what could happen if we lived by a different set of rules.”
- Wikidata
- Q1386188
- Introduction
- American architect drafted imagined fantastic structures frequently sited in war-torn cityscapes. His designs remained unbuilt.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Teacher
- Name
- Lebbeus Woods
- Ulan
- 500020306
Exhibitions
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Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980
Jul 15, 2018–Jan 13, 2019
MoMA
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Greater New York
Oct 11, 2015–Mar 7, 2016
MoMA PS1
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Applied Design
Mar 2, 2013–Jan 20, 2014
MoMA
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s
Jul 23, 2008–Mar 16, 2009
MoMA
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Lebbeus Woods has
8 exhibitionsonline.
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Lebbeus Woods Untitled 1970
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Lebbeus Woods Region M(7), 49 1984
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Lebbeus Woods Sketchbook, October 5 NYC - January 29 Berlin, 1998-1999 1998–1999
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Lebbeus Woods Sketchbook, March 22 Berlin - March 29 London, 1999 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain Project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain, project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain Project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain Project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Terrain Project 1999
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Lebbeus Woods Four Sketchbooks 1998-2000
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Lebbeus Woods Sketchbook, October 13 NYC - January 2 Sarajevo, 1999-2000 1999-2000
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Lebbeus Woods Sketchbook, February 27 NYC - July 14 PSU, 2000 2000
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Lebbeus Woods Sketchbook 2002
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