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[[File:Aerial view of National World War II Memorial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Aerial view of the [[National World War II Memorial]], designed by St.Florian]]


'''Friedrich St. Florian''' (born 1932) is an [[Austria]]n-[[United States|American]] [[architect]]. He was born Friedrich St. Florian Gartler in the Austrian city of [[Graz]]. He moved to the USA in 1961, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973.
'''Friedrich St. Florian''' (born 1932) is an [[Austria]]n-[[United States|American]] [[architect]]. He moved to the United States in 1961, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973.


==Early life and education==
His generation produced a famous group of Austrian avant-garde architects: [[Hans Hollein]], [[Walter Pichler]], [[Raimund Abraham]]. Abraham was also a classmate of St. Florian and has worked with him on multiple occasions.
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St. Florian was born Friedrich St. Florian Gartler in the Austrian city of [[Graz]]. He has been quoted as saying "When I was 10 or 11, I was a sandcastle-builder, a dam-builder. I wanted to build for the pleasure, the delight of it really was amazing."{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}


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St. Florian studied [[Architecture]] at the [[Graz University of Technology]], where he graduated in 1960. He then won a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] which allowed him to move to the United and study at [[Columbia University]] where he earned an additional [[Master of Science|MS]].
==Education==
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"When I was 10 or 11, I was a sandcastle-builder, a dam-builder. I wanted to build for the pleasure, the delight of it really was amazing."{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

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St. Florian studied [[Architecture]] at the [[Graz University of Technology]], where he graduated in 1960. He then won a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] which allowed him to move to the USA and study at [[Columbia University]] where he earned an additional [[Master of Science|MS]].


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
After teaching at Columbia University for one year, St. Florian joined the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] faculty in 1963, where he helped launch the school’s renowned European Honors Program in [[Rome]], which he directed from 1965-67. From 1978-88 he was dean of Architectural Studies and acted as [[Provost (education)|Provost]] for Academic Affairs from 1981-84.
After teaching at Columbia University for a year, St. Florian joined the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] faculty in 1963, where he helped launch the school's European Honors Program in [[Rome]], which he directed from 1965 to 1967. From 1978 to 1988 he was dean of Architectural Studies and acted as [[Provost (education)|Provost]] for Academic Affairs from 1981 to 1984.


He has also taught at the [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]], [[London]], [[England]]; the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], USA; [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada; the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]], USA and the [[University of Utah]], USA.
He has also taught at the [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]], [[London]], [[England]]; the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], USA; [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada; the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]], USA and the [[University of Utah]], USA.


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
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[[File:Aerial view of National World War II Memorial.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the [[National World War II Memorial]], designed by St.Florian]]


He has been a practicing architect in the United States since 1974. His work is included in numerous private collections as well as in the permanent collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]], the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T]], the [[Rhode Island School of Design|RISD]] Museum and the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]], [[Paris]], [[France]]. He also won the second prize for his design (with Raimund Abraham and [[John Thornley]]) for the last of these.
St. Florian has been a practicing architect in the United States since 1974. His work is included in numerous private collections as well as in the permanent collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]], the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T]], the [[Rhode Island School of Design|RISD]] Museum and the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]], [[Paris]], [[France]]. He also won the second prize for his design with Raimund Abraham and John Thornley for the last of these.


With Abraham he also won the first prize (ex aequo) in the international [[architectural design competition]] for the "Cultural Center" in [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] in 1959 which was not built and the third prize in the 1958 competition for the [[Pan Arabian University]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
With Abraham he also won the first prize (ex aequo) in the international [[architectural design competition]] for the "Cultural Center" in [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] in 1959 which was not built and the third prize in the 1958 competition for the [[Pan Arabian University]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]]
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He served as Project Architect for [[Providence Place]], a 450 million-dollar regional retail and entertainment center located in historic downtown [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]] and the largest construction project ever undertaken in Rhode Island, and the Providence Skybridge, which frames the entrance to the city.
He served as Project Architect for [[Providence Place]], a 450 million-dollar regional retail and entertainment center located in historic downtown [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]] and the largest construction project ever undertaken in Rhode Island, and the Providence Skybridge, which frames the entrance to the city.


His most prestigious project {{As of|2004|lc=on}} is probably the design of the [[National World War II Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]], which he won against 400 entries in 1997.<ref name=wp>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/04/06/leaving-a-mark-on-washington/51a0ca3a-38e6-4f95-a1fc-618df7b6e464/ |title=LEAVING A MARK ON WASHINGTON |last1=Forgey |first1=Benjamin |date=6 April 1997|website=Washington Post |publisher=Washington Post |access-date=6 April 2015|quote=}}</ref>
His most prestigious project {{As of|2004|lc=on}} is probably the design of the [[National World War II Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]], which he won against 400 entries in 1997.<ref name=wp>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/04/06/leaving-a-mark-on-washington/51a0ca3a-38e6-4f95-a1fc-618df7b6e464/ |title=Leaving a Mark on Washington |last1=Forgey |first1=Benjamin |date=6 April 1997|work=Washington Post |access-date=6 April 2015|quote=}}</ref>


St. Florian's office is currently headquartered in downtown Providence RI, USA.<ref name=wp/> He continues to work on international design competitions and a wide array of projects. Recent built works include a modernist residence in Providence's East Side and Urban Markers in Charlotte, NC. The project named "Three Pier Bridge" was designed under a new firm name "Studio Providence LLC", which is a collaboration between St.Florian's firm and 3SIX0 Architecture. The "Three Pier Bridge" tied for first place in an international competition while also winning prizes from the BSA and AIA.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}
St. Florian's office is currently headquartered in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.<ref name=wp/> He continues to work on international design competitions and a wide array of projects. Recent built works include a modernist residence in Providence's East Side and Urban Markers in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. The project named "Three Pier Bridge" was designed under a new firm name "Studio Providence LLC", which is a collaboration between St.Florian's firm and 3SIX0 Architecture. The "Three Pier Bridge" tied for first place in an international competition while also winning prizes from the BSA and AIA.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}


He is inspired by [[Louis Kahn]], [[Mies van der Rohe]], [[le Corbusier]] and [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. "Mies van der Rohe held the Chair of the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] in [[Chicago]] when I visited him. I felt like a pilgrim. His office was wide open, there were no doors. He was very curious to get news from Austria."{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}
He is inspired by [[Louis Kahn]], [[Mies van der Rohe]], [[le Corbusier]] and [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. "Mies van der Rohe held the Chair of the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] in [[Chicago]] when I visited him. I felt like a pilgrim. His office was wide open, there were no doors. He was very curious to get news from Austria."{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/arts/an-appraisal-new-war-memorial-is-shrine-to-sentiment.html?ref=friedrichstflorian "An Appraisal; New War Memorial Is Shrine to Sentiment" on New York Times]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/arts/an-appraisal-new-war-memorial-is-shrine-to-sentiment.html?ref=friedrichstflorian "An Appraisal; New War Memorial Is Shrine to Sentiment" on New York Times]
*[http://www.archdaily.com/212890/house-on-college-hill-friedrich-st-florian-architects/ "House on College Hill" on ArchDaily]
*[http://www.archdaily.com/212890/house-on-college-hill-friedrich-st-florian-architects/ "House on College Hill" on ArchDaily]
*[http://readinform.com/feature/tryon-bridge-beacons-beckon/ "Tryon Bridge Beacons Beckon" in Inform Magazine]
*[http://readinform.com/feature/tryon-bridge-beacons-beckon/ "Tryon Bridge Beacons Beckon" in Inform Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215613/http://readinform.com/feature/tryon-bridge-beacons-beckon/ |date=2016-03-03 }}
*[http://www.archdaily.com/220652/three-pier-bridge-studio-providence-llc/ "Three Pier Bridge" on ArchDaily]
*[http://www.archdaily.com/220652/three-pier-bridge-studio-providence-llc/ "Three Pier Bridge" on ArchDaily]
*[http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-128.html St. Florian retrospective at Brown University]
*[http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-128.html St. Florian retrospective at Brown University]
*[http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5580 St. Florian, MoMA collection]
*[http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5580 St. Florian, MoMA collection]
*[http://www.risd.edu/about_profiles.cfm?type=faculty&profile=faculty_profile_31.cfm St. Florian's R.I.S.D faculty profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040407160614/http://www.risd.edu/about_profiles.cfm?type=faculty&profile=faculty_profile_31.cfm St. Florian's R.I.S.D faculty profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040716064444/http://american-architects.com/content/profiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile&architect=2794&lang=e St. Florian on American Architects]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040716064444/http://american-architects.com/content/profiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile&architect=2794&lang=e St. Florian on American Architects]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040605070543/http://www.fstflorian.com/ProjectIndex.html A list of St. Florian's projects]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040605070543/http://www.fstflorian.com/ProjectIndex.html A list of St. Florian's projects]

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Aerial view of the National World War II Memorial, designed by St.Florian

Friedrich St. Florian (born 1932) is an Austrian-American architect. He moved to the United States in 1961, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973.

Early life and education

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St. Florian was born Friedrich St. Florian Gartler in the Austrian city of Graz. He has been quoted as saying "When I was 10 or 11, I was a sandcastle-builder, a dam-builder. I wanted to build for the pleasure, the delight of it really was amazing."[citation needed]

St. Florian studied Architecture at the Graz University of Technology, where he graduated in 1960. He then won a Fulbright Fellowship which allowed him to move to the United and study at Columbia University where he earned an additional MS.

Academic career

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After teaching at Columbia University for a year, St. Florian joined the Rhode Island School of Design faculty in 1963, where he helped launch the school's European Honors Program in Rome, which he directed from 1965 to 1967. From 1978 to 1988 he was dean of Architectural Studies and acted as Provost for Academic Affairs from 1981 to 1984.

He has also taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England; the M.I.T, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, USA and the University of Utah, USA.

Professional career

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St. Florian has been a practicing architect in the United States since 1974. His work is included in numerous private collections as well as in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the M.I.T, the RISD Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. He also won the second prize for his design with Raimund Abraham and John Thornley for the last of these.

With Abraham he also won the first prize (ex aequo) in the international architectural design competition for the "Cultural Center" in Leopoldville, Congo in 1959 which was not built and the third prize in the 1958 competition for the Pan Arabian University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

He served as Project Architect for Providence Place, a 450 million-dollar regional retail and entertainment center located in historic downtown Providence, Rhode Island and the largest construction project ever undertaken in Rhode Island, and the Providence Skybridge, which frames the entrance to the city.

His most prestigious project as of 2004 is probably the design of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S., which he won against 400 entries in 1997.[1]

St. Florian's office is currently headquartered in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.[1] He continues to work on international design competitions and a wide array of projects. Recent built works include a modernist residence in Providence's East Side and Urban Markers in Charlotte, North Carolina. The project named "Three Pier Bridge" was designed under a new firm name "Studio Providence LLC", which is a collaboration between St.Florian's firm and 3SIX0 Architecture. The "Three Pier Bridge" tied for first place in an international competition while also winning prizes from the BSA and AIA.[citation needed]

He is inspired by Louis Kahn, Mies van der Rohe, le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. "Mies van der Rohe held the Chair of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago when I visited him. I felt like a pilgrim. His office was wide open, there were no doors. He was very curious to get news from Austria."[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Forgey, Benjamin (6 April 1997). "Leaving a Mark on Washington". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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