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Bernard RudofskyBernard Rudofsky (April 13 1905 - 1988) was an Austrian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian. After studying and working in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Brazil, Rudofsky immigrated to the US in 1941 at the invitation of the Museum of Modern Art and remained based in New York City until his death. Variously taught at Yale, MIT, Cooper-Hewitt, Waseda University in Tokyo, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Architect of the US Pavilion at the Brussels Universal Expo 1958. Most influential in the 1960's for his MOMA exhibits, Rudofsky is best remembered today for a number of urbane books that still provide relevant design insight concealed in entertaining sarcasm. His interests ranged from vernacular architecture to Japanese toilets to sandal design -- he taught a dress-making class at Black Mountain College. Taken together his written work constitutes an argument for humane, sensible and sexy design. Major works: - Behind the Picture Window (1955)
- Architecture Without Architects (an appreciation of vernacular architecture around the world) (1964)
- The Kimono Mind. An Informal Guide to Japan and the Japanese (1965)
- Streets for People: A Primer for Americans (1969)
- The Unfashionable Human Body (1971)
- The Prodigious Builders: Notes toward a natural history of architecture with special regard to those species that are traditionally neglected or downright ignored (1977)
* Now I Lay Me Down to Eat: Notes and footnotes on the lost art of living (1980)
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