Draft:Sean Lally

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{{Infobox architect

| name = Sean Lally

| nationality = American

| occupation = Architect, academic and author

| years_active =

| alma_mater = University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of California, Los Angeles

| practice = Sean Lally Architecture

| website = {{URL|seanlally.net}}
{{URL|nightwhiteskies.com}}

}}

Sean Lally (born April 1974) is an American architect based in Lausanne, Switzerland where he is the principal of Sean Lally Architecture Sarl. He is a clinical associate professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Lally is a recipient of the the Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome{{Cite web|url=https://aarome.org/people/rome-prize-fellows/sean-lally|title=Rome Prize Fellows - Sean Lally|website=American Academy in Rome|date=3 June 2012 |access-date=7 May 2025}}

Education and career

Lally received his Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture (BSLA) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Master of Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Wortham Fellow at the Rice School of Architecture from 2002 to 2004,{{Cite web|url=https://arch.rice.edu/people/wortham-fellows|title=Wortham Fellows|website=Rice University|access-date=7 May 2025}} and the Myles H. Thaler Visiting professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arch.virginia.edu/news/uva-school-of-architecture-welcomes-fall-2018-visiting-faculty|title=UVA School of Architecture Welcomes Fall 2018 Visiting Faculty|website=University of Virginia School of Architecture|access-date=7 May 2025}}

Lally's work looks at the implications of world problems (climate change, healthcare and communication technologies) and how they will shape spaces and communities in the future.{{Cite web|url=https://arch.uic.edu/profiles/sean-lally|title=Sean Lally - Architecture at UIC|website=University of Chicago, Illinois}} He is the author of the book The Air from Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come.{{Cite web |title=Sean Lally: Energy as Architecture |url=https://metropolismag.com/profiles/sean-lally-energy-as-architecture/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Metropolis |language=en-US}}

Lally was invited to present his work at La Biennale de Venezia's 17th International Architecture Exhibition and as University Design Research Fellow for the 2019 Exhibit Columbus.{{Cite web |title=Sean Lally - Exhibit Columbus |url=https://bustler.net/news/6766/exhibit-columbus-awards-six-university-design-research-fellowships-for-2018-19=|website=Bustler|access-date=7 May 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021|title=Biennale Architettura 2021|date=January 11, 2019|website=La Biennale di Venezia|access-date=7 May 2025}}

In 2016, Lally began the podcast Night White Skies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/799718/night-white-skies-podcast-explores-how-the-design-of-our-environment-and-our-bodies-is-changing-architecture|title="Night White Skies" Podcast Explores How the Design of Our Environment and Our Bodies is Changing Architecture|date=November 19, 2016|website=ArchDaily}}

Awards

Lally received the Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome{{Cite web |url=https://aarome.org/people/rome-prize-fellows/sean-lally |title=Sean Lally |website=American Academy in Rome |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=7 May 2025}} and the Young Architects Award from the Architectural League of New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/professional-development/no-precedent-architectural-league-prize-winners-announced_o|title=No Precedent: Architectural League Prize Winners Announced|website=Architect Magazine|date=27 April 2012 |access-date=7 May 2025}}

Books

=Authored=

{{cite book |title=The Air From Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come |year=2014 |isbn=9783037783931 |last1=Lally |first1=Sean |publisher=Lars Müller Publishers }}

=Edited=

{{cite book |title=Energies: New Material Boundaries: Architectural Design |year=2009 |isbn=9780470753637 |last1=Lally |first1=Sean |publisher=Wiley }}
{{cite book |title=Softspace: From a Representation of Form to a Simulation of Space |year=2006 |isbn=9780415402019 |last1=Lally |first1=Sean |last2=Young |first2=Jessica |publisher=Routledge }}

Selected projects

Shaped Touch, La Biennale de Venezia, the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, Arsenale, Venice Italy 2021 Curated by Hashim Sarkis
The Long Now, Installation as part of Exhibit Columbus, Columbus, Indiana, 2019
EOS Series, Untitled One, Untitled Two, Untitled Three
Gdansk Museum of World War II, Two Stage International Competition, Gdansk, Poland
Tamula Lakeside Planning, Two-stage competition Voru, Estonia
Estonian Academy of Arts, Two-stage competition, Tallinn, Estonia
Amplification, Installation as part of the Gen(h)ome Project, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA{{Cite web|url=https://schindlerlab.org/musing/open-source-architecture/|title=Open Source Architecture|website=Schindler Lab|access-date=7 May 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/sean-lally/#|title=Sensing future environments: Sean Lally|website=Landscape Australia|access-date=7 May 2025}}
Cheltenham Museum Addition, One stage Competition, Cheltenham, England

References

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Category:Living people

Category:American architects}}