Hagy Belzberg
{{Short description|American architect}}
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Hagy Belzberg, FAIA, OAA (born August 30, 1964) is an Israeli-born American architect based in Santa Monica, California. He is the founding partner of the architecture and interior design firm Belzberg Architects.
Life and career
Belzberg was born in Tel Aviv to a sculptor (his mother) and an aerospace engineer (his father),{{cite web| url = http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/8740-2014-hall-of-fame-inductee-hagy-belzberg/| title = 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee: Hagy Belzberg - Interior Design}} and raised in Los Angeles. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. While a student, he spent the summers interning at Frank O. Gehry & Associates, and after graduation, returned to LA to work there for three months{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/arts/architecture-the-alien-archipelago-in-gehry-s-hall.html|title=The Alien Archipelago in Gehry's Hall|last=Turrentine|first=Jeff|date=2003-11-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} before leaving to found Belzberg Architects in 1997.{{cite web| url = https://www.wsj.com/ad/article/cadillac-glass-bubbles-and-wooden-waves-how-belzberg-architects-makes-the-most-of-materials| title = Sponsor Content: Belzberg Architects Meld Sustainability with Innovative Design| date = June 17, 2015}}
His work is located across North America including projects in Mexico City, Toronto, Edmonton, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, and Washington D.C.{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2019/03/profiles-belzberg-architects-facadesplus/|title=This office building in Mexico City filters sunlight through a flowing steel veil|date=2019-03-06|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/interview-hagy-belzberg/8652936.article|title=Interview: Hagy Belzberg|date=September 23, 2013|website=Architectural Review|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}} Belzberg was honored by the California Council of American Institute of Architects as an Emerging Talent in 2008 and an Emerging Voice by the Architectural League of New York in the same year.{{Cite web|url=https://archleague.org/competition/emerging-voices-2008/|title=Emerging Voices 2008|website=The Architectural League of New York|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-12}} In 2010, he was elected to the college of Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for "notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture".Public Radio interview http://www.kcrw.com/people/belzberg_hagy?role=guest
He was a two-term director of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 2000 to 2002, and in 2014, was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame.{{cite web| url = http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/8740-2014-hall-of-fame-inductee-hagy-belzberg/| title = 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee: Hagy Belzberg - Interior Design}}
Since 1994, Belzberg has held undergraduate- and graduate-level teaching and lecture positions at UCLA, University of Southern California (USC), and the Southern California Institute of Architecture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/interview-hagy-belzberg/8652936.article|title=Interview: Hagy Belzberg|date=September 23, 2013|website=Architectural Review|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}}
His firm's work has been published in over 200 publications in more than 35 countries,{{cite web| url = http://belzbergarchitects.com/firm/publicity/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130724035210/http://belzbergarchitects.com/firm/publicity/| archive-date = July 24, 2013| title = Belzberg Architects Group » Publicity}} has received numerous awards,{{cite web| url = https://www.homebuilderdigest.com/?p=2740&draftsforfriends=QNdxcLM7Cj4T8NzdrsaPMSmbkTKERCfi| title = Custom Home Builder Digest| date = August 8, 2018}} and has been part of several exhibitions including the 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles's "A New Sculpturalism, Contemporary Architecture from Southern California".{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2885-the-controversy-over-l-a-s-sculpturalism-show?v=preview|title=The Controversy Over L.A.'s 'Sculpturalism' Show|website=www.architecturalrecord.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Books
- The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Oro Editions, 2012)
- Hagy Belzberg: structures and metaphors, Carlo Paganelli (L'arca, 2010)
- In-Phil Architecture at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, intro by Joseph Giovannini (Edizioni Press, 2005)
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://belzbergarchitects.com/}}
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Category:Architects from California
Category:American people of Israeli descent
Category:Arizona State University alumni