Marc M Angélil is Dean of the Department of Architecture at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland.
He was a founding member of the Management Board and a member of the
Technical Competence Center (TCC) of the Holcim Foundation.
His research at the newly formed center "Network City and
Landscape" (NSL) addresses recent developments at the periphery of large
metropolitan regions. He is the author of several books, including Inchoate: an Experiment in Architectural
Education on methods of teaching and Indizien on the political economy of
contemporary urban territories.
Marc Angélil received his architectural degree from the ETH Zurich
where he also completed his doctoral dissertation.
He was an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Design at
Harvard University and subsequently Associate Professor at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles.
Marc Angélil practices architecture with his partners Sarah
Graham, Reto Pfenninger, Manuel Scholl and Hanspeter Oester – the architectural
cooperative agps.architecture with offices in Los Angeles and Zurich. Their
built projects include the new Midfield Terminal at Zurich Airport, the town
center and light-rail station of Esslingen in Zurich, as well as the remodeling
of a factory for housing and commercial uses. Current projects include the
extension of the headquarters of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Gland
near Geneva, the Children’s Museum of Los Angeles (CMLA), an aerial tram
infrastructure project in Portland, Oregon, the Zurich International School, as
well as sports facilities for Adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
He was the recipient with partner Sarah Graham of the 2008 Design
Award “Honor Award for Architecture” from the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) for the Portland Aerial Tram project.
[last updated 21-Dec-2010]