Carlos Brillembourg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Website | carlosbrillembourgarchitects |
Carlos Brillembourg is an architect based in New York City. He is the owner of Carlos Brillembourg Architects, a firm that he founded in 1984.
Brillembourg was an author and the editor ofLatin American Architecture 1929–1960: Contemporary Reflections, which was published in 2004.[1] He has been the contributing editor for architecture forBomb magazine since 1992.[2]
Brillembourg was born inCaracas, and his family moved toLong Island when he was 8. He received hisMaster's in architecture fromColumbia University in 1975.[3]
After graduating, Brillembourg worked at W.J. Alcock, an architecture firm in Caracas and later at Mitchell/Giurgola in New York. In 1980, he founded his own practice, Brillembourg Arquitectos y Urbanistas in Caracas.[4] Later, he established an office in New York[5] and maintained two offices until 1998.[2]
Brillembourg was a founding member of the Instituto de Arquitectura Urbana (IAU) in Caracas (1977). As the director of this organization, he led a team of twenty architects that producedurban design solutions for the city of Caracas and other cities such as Ciudad Guyana.[6] Parallel to his practice, he has taught at theSimon Bolivar University in Caracas, theInstitute for Architecture and Urban Studies, in New York, and Columbia University'sGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.[7][8]
Brillembourg received The Biennial of Architecture Award in Venezuela for a single-family residence (Palmasola).[9] His proposal for a New World Center was exhibited in the American pavilion of the Architecture Biennial in Venice 2002.[10][11]
Brillembourg was an author and the editor ofLatin American Architecture 1929–1960: Contemporary Reflections, which was published in 2004.[1] He has been the contributing editor for Architecture forBomb magazine since 1992.[2]
Brillembourg is married to Karin Waisman, an artist. Their house inSouthampton, which they designed, has been featured in multiple publications.[4][7]