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Luncheon:Architecture and Design: Professions Under Pressure
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Dress Business Formal
Where
Cosentino Middle East
Design District, Building 4A, 401, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Speakers
Martha Thorne
Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design
IE Business School
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martha-thorne-414a0791/
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Martha Thorne is Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design. Since 2005, she has served as the Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, popularly known as the “Nobel Prize for Architecture”. Her interests have always focused on international contemporary architecture, cities in evolution and changes in the role of the architect.
Prior to joining IE University she was Associate Curator of the Department of Architecture at The Art Institute of Chicago. During her tenure at the museum, her responsibilities involved curating exhibitions, developing publications, and participating in the ground-breaking study on collecting, archiving, and exhibiting digitally created design materials. She is the co-author of the books Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture and Skyscrapers: The New Millennium, editor and author for The Pritzker Architecture Prize: The First Twenty Years, and author of numerous articles for architectural journals and encyclopedias.
Martha Thorne holds a Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Affairs from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Martha Thorne in ArchDaily: https://www.archdaily.com/tag/martha-thorne