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William
Braham
Biography
Dr. Braham
teaches architectural design and courses in lighting and environmental
systems in the Department of Architecture at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He has worked as an architect,
lighting designer, planner, and solar energy consultant, investigating
the much contested boundary between architecture and technology.
His recent research has addressed the everyday manifestations
of environmental technologies, including lighting, daylighting,
color, and sustainability. Articles have included "Upright
or Flexible? Ideologies of Posture in Modern Architecture."
(with Paul Emmons), "After Typology: Diagrammatic Operations
in Architecture," "Erasing the Face: Solar Control
and Shading in Post-Colonial Architecture," "Solidity
of the Mask: Color Contrasts in Modern Architecture," "A
Wall of Books: Natural and Applied Colors in Architecture,"
"Correalism and Equipoise: Observations on the Sustainable,"
"Siegfried Giedion and the Fascinations of the Tub,"
and "What's Hecuba to Him? Kiesler and the Knot." He
has just completed a book titled: Modern Color/Modern Architecture:
The Lessons of Amédée Ozenfant's London Project,
partly funded by the Graham Foundation. |