Teddy Cruz
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, B.Arch, 1987 Harvard Graduate School of Design, M.Des.S, 1997 • Awards — Rome Prize in Architecture(1991) Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2011) • Practice — Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman Teddy Cruz (born 1962 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is an American architect, urbanist, Professor in Architecture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. Cruz studied at Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala City, Guatemala, but moved to the United States at the age of 20, continuing his education at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cruz is the founder and president of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, a research-based political and architectural practice based in San Diego built in partnership with University of California, San Diego political theorist Fonna Forman.
Teddy Cruz
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- Name
- Teddy Cruz
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Nationality
- Guatemala · United States
- Occupation
- architect · artist · urban planner · university teacher
- Fields
- urbanization · housing policy · public space · transborder cooperation
- Education
- Rafael Landívar University · California Polytechnic State University · Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Honours
- Rome Prize
- Languages
- English
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Cruz's architectural and intellectual projects have been exhibited at internationally renowned venues, including: the Tijuana Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Carnegie Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, San Francisco Art Institute, Casa de America in Madrid, Spain, and Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement at the Museum of Modern Art. Apart from his design work, Cruz's project at UCSD, Community Stations, champions the mutual exchange of knowledge between universities and communities, the latter of which he feels have their own valuable resources and assets that are often overlooked.
Teddy Cruz studied at Rafael Landívar University, California Polytechnic State University and Harvard Graduate School of Design. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is urbanization, housing policy and public space. Employment is recorded with University of California, San Diego. Work by Teddy Cruz is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Rome Prize.
Teddy Cruz at the See-Conference 2015 in the Schlachthof Wiesbaden
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Teddy Cruz at the See-Conference 2015 in the Schlachthof Wiesbaden
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• Name — Teddy Cruz • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Significant Design — Construction durable • Alma Mater — Rafael Landivar University, BA, 1982
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Teddy Cruz, recorded as an architect and artist, was born in 1962 in Guatemala. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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- 1.California: Architects: Office Profiles. california-architects.com/.
- 2.Department of Visual Arts – UCSD. visarts.ucsd.edu/.
- 3.Cruz, Teddy. Latin American Meander: In Search of a New Civic Imagination. Architectural Design. 81. 3. 110. May 2011. 10.1002/ad.1248.
- 4.MoMA - Small Scale, Big Change - Casa Familiar: Living Rooms at the Border and Senior Housing with Childcare. moma.org.
- 5.Small Scale Big Change. moma.org.
- 6.Cruz, Teddy. A Conversation with Teddy Cruz. Syracuse Architecture. 13. 33–34. 2012.
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