Anne Fougeron
{{Short description|French-American architect, lecturer and author}}
Anne Fougeron (born December 7, 1955) is a French-American architect, lecturer and author.
Fougeron has a varied body of works, including commercial, civic, residential and multi-family housing. The Princeton Architectural Press described her style as "embrac[ing] architectural opportunities found in opposition, creating buildings that redefine program, reinvent historical building types, and reinvigorate civic centers. Each project is a careful consideration of context, light and structure." She is known for taking on difficult projects "without sacrificing aesthetics."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcUDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22fougeron%20architecture%22&pg=PA60 |title=Dwell – Google Boeken |date= March 2003|accessdate=2013-10-08}} She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Her buildings have been featured in The New York Times,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/greathomesanddestinations/in-san-francisco-another-angle-on-family-life.html|title=Another Angle on Family Life|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 September 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-08 |last1=Kurutz |first1=Steven }} Metropolitan Home,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-gJAQAAMAAJ&q=metropolitan+home+fougeron |title=Metropolitan Home – Google Books |year=2008 |accessdate=2013-10-08}} and on the cover of Architectural Record. She has won more than a dozen awards from various chapters of the American Institute of Architects.
She currently lives in the Bay Area.
Biography and education
Fougeron was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and raised in France and the United States. She received her B.A from Wellesley College and her M.A from UC Berkeley.
In 1989, she opened her own firm, Fougeron Architecture.{{cite web|url=http://www.fougeron.com/ |title=Renowned San Francisco Bay Area Architect | Fougeron Architecture – San Francisco |publisher=Fougeron.com |date=2013-08-16 |accessdate=2013-10-08}} In 2010, her firm was named one of the 50 best architectural firms in USA by Residential Architect Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.residentialarchitect.com/profiles/ra50/fougeron-architecture.aspx |title=Profiles – Ra50 – Fougeron ArchitectureResidential Architecture Industry News – residentialarchitect Magazine |publisher=Residentialarchitect.com |date= 20 December 2010|accessdate=2013-10-08}}
Publications
In August 2011, Princeton Architectural Press published a monograph of Anne Fougeron's works.
After being featured in The New York Times in September, Fougeron's "Flip House" has been featured in over a dozen magazines and blogs, including Architizer{{cite web|url=http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/flip-house/47368/#.UMIifoNQVes |title=Flip House |publisher=Architizer |date= |accessdate=2013-10-08}} and ArchDaily.{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/304115/flip-house-fougeron-architecture/ |title=Flip House / Fougeron Architecture |publisher=ArchDaily |date= 10 December 2012|accessdate=2013-10-08}} In June 2014, her firm's project "Fall House" was on the cover of Architectural Record.{{cite web|title=Fall House {{ndash}} Fougeron Architecture|last1=Raskin|first1=Laura|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/residential/recordhouses/2014/1404-fall-house-fougeron-architecture.asp|website=Architectural Record}}
To date, her work has been shown in over twenty exhibitions. Her firm has received over 50 design awards and has been featured in over 200 publications.{{cite web|url=http://www.fougeron.com/company.php |title=Firm Profile | Fougeron Architecture – San Francisco |publisher=Fougeron.com |accessdate=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528050306/http://www.fougeron.com/company.php |archivedate=2013-05-28 }}{{cite web|title=2014 AIA Small Project Awards|url=http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2014/small-project-awards/index.htm|publisher=AIA}} Anne Fougeron has served on over 20 design juries and has presented lecturers on architecture all over the world.
Architectural work
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/kapor Kapor Center for Social Impact] - Oakland, CA (completed March 2016)
- [http://400grove.com 400 Grove Street] - San Francisco, CA (completed in March 2016)
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/westchester Westchester Colonial] - Westchester, NY (completed 2014)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141022192304/http://www.fougeron.com/fallhouse.php The Fall House] – Big Sur, CA (completed May 2013)
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/tehama Tehama Grasshopper] – San Francisco, CA (completed Jan. 2012)
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/fliphouse Flip House] – San Francisco, CA (completed 2012)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141022192505/http://www.fougeron.com/ingleside.php Ingleside Library] – San Francisco Public Library branch, California (completed 2009)
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/parkview Parkview Terrace] – San Francisco, CA (completed 2008)
- [http://www.fougeron.com/project/jackson Jackson Family Retreat] – Big Sur, CA (completed 2006)
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