John Frazer (architect)

John Frazer was born in Lancashire, England, to a Scottish family.[1] He pioneered computer technologies related to architecture, urbanism and design. His early research was developed at the Architectural Association in London, Cambridge University and the University of Ulster (where he was awarded a personal Chair in 1984).[2] He was Swire Chair Professor, head of the School of Design and Director of the Design Technology Research Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where

In 2006 Frazer began serving as the head of the School of Design at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. As of 2011 Frazer was the international research co-coordinator for Gehry Technologies, Digital Practice Ecosystem.

As a consultant in partnership with Julia Frazer, he worked with Cedric Price for the Generator Project from 1976–1980.

Selected publications

Frazer J.H., An Evolutionary Architecture, Architectural Association, London, 1995 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Short Biography". JohnFrazer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Neil Spiller, ed. (2002), Cyber reader: critical writings for the digital era. (PDF), London: Phaidon Press, pp. 246–247
  3. ↑ "An Evolutionary Architecture - John Frazer". Aaschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-05.

External links

Personal Web site http://www.johnfrazer.com/

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