. . . and Counting

David Meckel, FAIA

Most heavily published architects in the ‘90s
Mario Botta and Tadao Ando, with over 50 titles each
www.stoutbooks.com

Architecture and design magazines that ceased publishing in the ‘90s
Progressive Architecture (‘96)
Design Quarterly (‘98)
www.libraries.cca.edu

Magazines that launched in the ‘90s
Harvard Design Magazine (‘96)
www.libraries.cca.edu

California architecture programs launched in the ‘90s
California College of the Arts (San Francisco), NAAB Accredited 1992
University of California (San Diego), Opened 1992 / Closed 1993
Woodbury University (Los Angeles), NAAB Accredited 1994
New School of Architecture (San Diego), NAAB Accredited 1998
www.naab.org

Some early ‘90s AIA Gold Medal winners
Fay Jones (‘90)
Charles Moore (‘91)
Benjamin Thompson (‘92)
Kevin Roche (‘93)
www.aia.org

Some ‘90s Pritzker Prize winners
Aldo Rossi (‘90)
Alvaro Siza (‘92)
Christian de Portzamparc (‘94)
Sverre Fehn (‘97)
www.pritzkerprize.com

AIA California Council Firm Award 1990-99
Leason Pomeroy Associates
ELS Architecture
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
Fisher-Friedman Associates
Gensler
Rob Wellington Quigley FAIA
A.C. Martin & Associates
Anshen + Allen
Ralph Allan & Partners
SMWM
www.aiacalifornia.org

Pulitzer Prizes for Architectural Criticism in the ‘90s
Allen Temko, San Francisco Chronicle (‘90)
Robert Campbell, Boston Globe (‘96)
Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune (‘99)
www.pulitzer.org

Architectural Record | Record Houses 1992
House on a Ranch, Petaluma, CA, David Morton Thomas Cordell Architects
Ortiz House, Mexico City, Taller de Enrique Norten y Asociados
Dennison/Peek House, Monkton, VT, Brooks & Carey Architects
Root Guest House, Ormond Beach, FL, Steven Harris & Associates Architects
House for a Film Producer, Los Angeles, CA, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
Wright House, Lew Beach, NY, James Cutler Architect
Corson-Heinser House, San Francisco, CA, Tanner Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Barton House, Madison County, MS, Mockbee/Coker/Howorth Architects
www.libraries.cca.edu

AIA Firm Award 1990-99
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
James Stewart Polshek and Partners
Cambridge Seven Associates
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Beyer Blinder Belle
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects
Centerbrook Architects and Planners
Perkins & Will
www.aia.org

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Presidents 1990-99
Alan Paradis(*)
Lynn Simon(*)
Courtney Miller
Garen Miller
Dee Christy Briggs
Robert Rowen
Raymond Dehn(*)
Robert Morgan
Jay Palu(*)
(*) = current AIA members
www.aias.org

AIAS Forum Cities 1990-99
San Francisco
Miami
Buffalo
Phoenix
Lexington
Portland
Washington DC
Denver
Fort Lauderdale
Toronto
www.aias.org

AutoCAD version introduced in October 1990
Release 11 (current version is Release 21)
www.autodesk.com

1994
Year that Yahoo! was founded by two Stanford graduate students
www.yahoo.com

1995
Year that Amazon’s site was created
www.amazon.com

1996
Year that Hotmail® was released
www.msn.com

1998
Year that Google’s search engine was released
www.google.com


Originally published 1st quarter 2008, in arcCA 08.1, “’90s Generation.”