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Machado and Silvetti Associates
Machado and Silvetti Associates has been the designer for new museums, the expansion of existing ones, and buildings for prominent cultural and educational institutions. These institutions include the Getty Trust, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Snite Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, as well as the Boston Public Library, and Harvard, Princeton and Rice Universities. The firm has come to understand that creativity and success in the design process depends heavily on a productive, intense and efficient process of interaction within a collaborative project team, including most importantly the museum's director, trustees, curators and staff. This initial stage of the design process focuses as much on understanding the culture of the client as it does on the production of an appropriate architectural expression for that culture.
Principal-in-Charge Rodolfo Machado received his Diploma in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires and his aster of Architecture in the area of architectural theory and criticism from the University of California at Berkeley. A member of the Harvard University faculty since 1986, Mr. Machado is a Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design and currently chairs the Department of Urban Planning and Design.
Consulting Principal of design Jorge Silvetti received his Diploma in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires and his Master of Architecture in the area of architectural theory and criticism from the University of California at Berkeley. Since 1975 he has held numerous teaching positions at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. He also served as the chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University from 1995-2002 and as juror of the Pritzker Prize from 1995-2004.
Both men began their architectural practice together in 1974 and incorporated Machado and Silvetti Associates in 1985. Their firm has won numerous awards in architecture and design. Each man is also a frequent juror for architectural competitions and has written for a number of architectural publications.
Visit their website, www.machado-silvetti.com, for a more detailed account of their work.
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| The Getty Villa and Museum in Malibu, CA |
The Getty Villa and Museum in Malibu, CA |
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| The Getty Villa and Museum in Malibu, CA |
The Getty Villa and Museum in Malibu, CA |
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| Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, MA |
Utah Museum of Art in Salt Lake City, UT |