Georgina Huljich facts for kids

Georgina Huljich is an architect and teacher from Argentina and the United States. She was born on January 30, 1974. She is a partner at PATTERNS, an architecture company in Los Angeles. Since 2006, she has taught architecture and urban design at the UCLA.

Early Life and Education

Georgina Huljich studied architecture in Argentina. She earned her first degree from the National University of Rosario in 1998. Later, she moved to the United States. In 2003, she received her Master of Architecture degree from UCLA.

Career in Architecture

Before joining PATTERNS, Huljich worked at several famous places. She worked at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. She also worked at Morphosis Architects in Los Angeles.

From 2012 to 2016, she directed summer programs at UCLA's architecture department. She has also been a visiting professor at many universities. These include the University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University. She also taught at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 2013, she was a special visiting professor at Yale University.

Georgina Huljich has also written books about architecture. She co-authored "PATTERNS Embedded" and "Mute Icons." With Marcelo Spina, she helped organize an art show. It was called "Matters of Sensation" in New York in 2008.

Cool Projects

Georgina Huljich has worked on many interesting buildings and designs. Here are some of her projects:

• Snake-Rice Sculpture in Icheon, South Korea
• Jujuy Redux Apartment in Rosario, Argentina
• Zhixin Hybrid Office Building in Chengdu, China
• Prism Gallery in Los Angeles, California
• FyF Residence in Rosario, Argentina
• Jujuy 2056 Apartment in Rosario, Argentina
• League of Shadows Event Structure at SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, California
• MOCA Textile Room Pavilion in Los Angeles, California
• The White Album Performance in New York and Los Angeles

Awards and Special Recognition

Georgina Huljich has won many awards for her work. Here are some of them:

• 2003: First Prize in the 21st Century Park Competition. She also graduated with honors from UCLA.
• 2005: Maybeck Fellow at UC Berkeley.
• 2006: First Prize for a Vertical Garden design in Los Angeles.
• 2007: Special Mention for the Skopje Concert Hall in Macedonia.
• 2008: Grant from the Graham Foundation for her art show.
• 2011: Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York. She also won an Arch is Award from the AIA.
• 2012: Many awards from the AIA, including for Jujuy Redux. She also won first prize for two pavilions in Los Angeles.
• 2013: United States Artists Grigor Fellow.
• 2014: American Architecture Award.
• 2015: ACSA Faculty Award.
• 2016: AIA LA Merit Award.
• 2017: AIA LA Merit Award.
• 2019: AIA LA Merit Award.

Her designs have been shown in famous places. These include The Art Institute of Chicago and the Venice Biennale.

Books About Architecture

Georgina Huljich has written or contributed to several books. These books share ideas about architecture.

• Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture

This book explores how buildings can be seen in different ways. It suggests that architecture can make people think. It includes ideas from Georgina Huljich and other experts.

• PATTERNS Embedded

This book is about the PATTERNS architecture firm. It shows how their ideas become real buildings. It includes projects like the Prism Art Gallery. The book also features essays by the architects.

• Against the Grain:

This book features work from three special studios at Yale University. Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina explored how buildings can look unique. They wanted buildings to be "foreign" to their surroundings.

See also

In Spanish: Georgina Huljich para niños