Jon Drezner

{{short description|American architect and designer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Jon Drezner is an American architect and designer. He worked with Frank Gehry and Gehry Partners in the 1990s on projects including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Gehry House.{{cite web|title=Walt Disney Concert Hall|url=http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/walt-disney-concert-hall_o|website=Architect Magazine|publisher=Journal of the American Institute of Architects|accessdate=14 March 2018}}{{cite web|title=Walt Disney Concert Hall|url=http://www.arkitektuel.com/gehry-evi/|website=Architektuel|publisher=Arckitektuel|accessdate=14 March 2018}} He founded his own architecture firm, Drezner Architecture, in 1997, with initial projects including the Toyota Sports Center and 1428 Chelten Way, a residential project.{{cite web|title=Profiles in Architecture|url=http://www.cmacn.org/PDF/CMU_Profiles_October_2001.pdf|website=CMU|publisher=Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada|accessdate=14 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=1428 Chelten Way|url=https://1428cheltenway.com/?a=1|website=Coldwell Banker|publisher=Coldwell Banker|accessdate=18 April 2018}} He relocated to Princeton, New Jersey in 2003, where his work has focused on residential projects in the area, notably a residence at 98 Battle Road.

Drezner grew up in Princeton and attended Princeton Day School.[http://princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?key=03-19-2008_f_01 "On the Move"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151940/http://princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?key=03-19-2008_f_01 |date=2018-03-16 }}, U.S. 1 Newspaper, March 19, 2008. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Drezner is a native of Princeton, where his grandfather was a cardiologist and his father a surgeon. He went to Princeton Day School, graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1985, and earned his master's degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture."

Education

Drezner received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Lawrence University. In 1990, he received his Masters of Architecture degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture.{{cite web|title=Fall 2014|url=https://issuu.com/sci-arc/docs/am9_fall_2014|website=Issu.com|publisher=SCI Arc Alumni Magazine|accessdate=14 March 2018}}

Style

Drezner's architectural style focuses on creative, energy efficient buildings.{{cite web |title=Princeton Need Not Waste Time, Money Rewriting Zoning to Stop Tear Downs|url=http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2016/05/11/princeton-need-not-waste-time-money-rewriting-zoning-to-stop-tear-downs/|website=Town Topics|publisher=Witherspoon Media Group|accessdate=18 April 2018}} Much of his work is in a modern style, with large interior spaces and windows. Exteriors of residential projects are often completed with white plaster.

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