core.profile:William Katavolos-Futurist
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It is our pleasure to share with you the first 4 parts of a 12 part series interview with William Katavolos of Pratt Institute, School of Architecture. Over the next three weeks, we will introduce on core.form-ula all of the interviews. William has been a staple at Pratt for over 50 years and has radically influenced students from all disciplines. His career spans over 60 years, beginning with the 1940’s, where he produced the “T” chair, which is currently in the permanent collection at MOMA, as well as the Louvre. William along with Haresh Lalvani, co-founded The Center for Experimental Structures (CES), where he is developing the only known liquid architecture/structures. In 1961, in his essay titled “Organics” , was published in a book Programs and Manifestos on 20th-Century Architecture, he writes about chemical architecture and its ability to grow from polymers. He is ahead of his time….enjoy>>>
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