"Barry Bergdoll is the Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History at Columbia University, where he has taught for more than three decades. He is internationally recognized for his scholarship on the history of modern architecture and for his innovative curatorial projects. From 2007 to 2014, he served as Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, organizing influential exhibitions such as Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront (2009-10), Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream (2012), and Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980 (2015)."
"While serving as President of the New York AIA's Center for Architecture, he curated Reset: Toward a New Commons (2022), continuing his focus on architecture as a platform for social and political questions. Bergdoll's broader career includes curatorial work at institutions such as the Musée d'Orsay, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Banamex Cultural Center, and the Bard Graduate Center."
The Vincent Scully Prize, established in 1999 by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., recognizes exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design. Named for Vincent Scully, Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University and Visiting Professor at the University of Miami, the prize has honored recipients including Theaster Gates, Jane Jacobs, Laurie Olin, Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, and Mabel O. Wilson. The 2025 prize will be awarded to Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History at Columbia University and former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA. Bergdoll has organized major exhibitions, curated projects that address social and political questions, worked with leading cultural institutions internationally, and authored significant publications on modern architecture.
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