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Michael Webb, Experimental Architect and Founding Member of Archigram, presents his life works, Two Journeys, at University of Edinburgh. On Gradually Getting It Right
Michael Webb
(born 1937) is an English architect. He was a founding member of the 1960s
Archigram
Group.
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Webb was born in
Henley-on-Thames
and studied
architecture
at the
Regent Street Polytechnic
in London, taking seventeen years to complete a five-year curriculum.
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He was a founding member of the 1960s
Archigram
Group, a collection of six young radical
architects
. They used a magazine format, Archigram inflatable structures, clothing-like environments, bright colors and cartoon-like drawing techniques.
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Webb moved to the United States in 1965 to teach at
Virginia Tech
, and has since taught architecture at the
Rhode Island School of Design
,
NJIT
,
Columbia University
,
Barnard College
,
Cooper Union
,
University at Buffalo
,
Pratt Institute
and
Princeton University
.
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Webb taught a summer semester in Barcelona, Spain to University at Buffalo Master of Architecture students along with Professor Bonnie Ott in the summer of 2001.
He has also put on exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and North America. His latest exhibition,
Two Journeys
, opened in the fall semester, giving Webb an opportunity for students to learn about him and his work. The exhibit was mounted and read like the pages of a book. It centered on two main themes: a train of thought deriving from the
Reyner Banham
article
A Home is not a House
(1965) and a study of linear perspective projection. His monograph
Michael Webb: Two Journeys
Lars Muller Publishers.
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Webb is married to his archivist and technologist, Nancy McCoy.
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Though retired, he continues to present at Schools of Architecture around the world. Michael and Nancy live in Rhode Island.
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