Michael Graves

Architect, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. After training at the University of Cincinnati and at Harvard, he joined the architecture faculty at Princeton (1962) and established an independent practice (1964). His designs for museums, residences, housing, and urban planning projects have put him at the forefront of postmodernist architecture. His works frequently incorporate colour as architectural metaphor, and include the Fargo–Moorehead Cultural Center Bridge (1977), which joins Fargo, ND and Moorehead, MN. In 2001 he was presented with the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA's lifetime achievement award.

Graves was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master's degree from Harvard University.

An architect in private practice in Princeton, New Jersey, since 1964, Graves is also the Robert Schirmer Professor of Architecture, Emeritus at Princeton University. In 1999 Graves was awarded the National Medal of Arts and in 2001 the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.

His important buildings include:

Alexander House, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971-1973 Plocek House, Warren, New Jersey Crooks House, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1976 Hanselmann House, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1967 Portland Public Service Building, Portland, Oregon, 1982 Offentligt bibliotek, San Juan Capistrano, California, 1981-1983 Humana Building, Louisville, Kentucky, 1985 Ten Peachtree Place, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990 Swan and Dolphin Resort, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, 1990 Team Disney Building, Burbank, California, 1991 Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993 1500 Ocean Drive, South Beach, Florida, 1993 Engineering Research Center, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994-1995 Bryan Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1995 The Central Library in Denver-1996 Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996 O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999 Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 2001 Martel College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2002 National Museum of History, Taitung, Taiwan, 2002 North Hall, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Expansion, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006 Alter Hall, The Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006 St. Coletta School, Washington, D.C., 2006