William Georgis
William T. Georgis Architect has designed and completed numerous residential, institutional, and commercial projects in the United States. These include new houses in Southampton, New York, many New York City townhouses, a pied-à-terre for a South American couple at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, an art museum, a research institution, renovations to a Soho art gallery in Manhattan, Casa Lever restaurant in Manhattan, and the renovation of the public spaces of the landmarked Lever House in New York City. In 1999, 2007, and 2010 he was included in the AD 100, Architectural Digest’s international guide to the top 100 architects and interior designers.
With a staff of 12, Georgis is currently working on houses in Southampton, townhouses in Manhattan, and The Tiffany Gallery for decorative arts at the Museum of the City of New York.
Prior to establishing the firm of William T. Georgis Architect in 1992, Mr. Georgis was an architect for Robert Venturi of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, Philadelphia, and was associate architect for Robert A.M. Stern Architects from 1984 to 1992. At the Robert Stern office, he designed the winning entry for, and supervised to completion, the Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He is also responsible for the design of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for the study of natural history in Jamestown, New York.
His work has been exhibited at the National Academy of Design and Columbia University, New York; and his work is included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Denver Art Museum, Colorado.
William T. Georgis is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A., 1980) and Princeton University (M. Arch., 1983).
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Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who’s who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
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By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
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Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
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Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
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By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
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By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
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