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Bill Pedersen – Gesture and Response

Legendary architect and founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox, Bill Pedersen will present excerpts from his book Gesture and Response which is an inversion of one’s initial perception when referring to architecture. In Pedersen’s thesis, “the place offers the gesture and architecture is the response.”The articles and buildings span 45 years of the architect’s career as KPF’s influence and global footprint grew. The presentation is not organized chronologically, as is the book: it will begin with the small and end large. Regardless of scale the same aspiration applies: his chairs are a response to the gesture of the human body and his tallest buildings are a response to connecting earth to sky in a specific place. Bill Pedersen, FAIA, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1961 and received a Master’s Degree in Architecture from MIT in 1963. He won the Rome Prize in 1966 and is an AIANY Gold Medal winner.











When: Thu., Jun. 15, 2023 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
212-475-3424
Price: Free
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Legendary architect and founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox, Bill Pedersen will present excerpts from his book Gesture and Response which is an inversion of one’s initial perception when referring to architecture. In Pedersen’s thesis, “the place offers the gesture and architecture is the response.”The articles and buildings span 45 years of the architect’s career as KPF’s influence and global footprint grew. The presentation is not organized chronologically, as is the book: it will begin with the small and end large. Regardless of scale the same aspiration applies: his chairs are a response to the gesture of the human body and his tallest buildings are a response to connecting earth to sky in a specific place. Bill Pedersen, FAIA, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1961 and received a Master’s Degree in Architecture from MIT in 1963. He won the Rome Prize in 1966 and is an AIANY Gold Medal winner.

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