About:

The founder in 1988 of NMDA, Neil M. Denari Architects, and the former director of SCI-Arc, the Southern Californian Institute of Architecture, in Los Angeles from 1997 to 2001, Neil Denari is currently practicing, writing, and teaching at UCLA where he is Professor-in-Residence in the Architecture and Urban Design Department. He received his degree in architecture from the University of Houston and his masters of architecture from Harvard's GSD in 1982. In the 1980s Denari practiced in New York City where he was a senior designer at James Stewart Polshek and Partners. During this period he exhibited his design work at a number of museums and galleries. His most recent exhibit, FLUOROSCAPE, ran through September 2006 at SCI-Arc.

Books:

Denari, Neil M. Gyroscopic horizons.  Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.   NA737 .D46 A4 1999.

______________. Interrupted projections: COR-TEX Architecture: another global surface, or, territorial re-codings on the world sheet. Gallery MA books, 2004 . (Available through Inter-Library Loan).  

____________. "Smog Monster: Environmental Notes from the Pac-Rim." In ECO-TEC : architecture of the in-between. Amerigo Marras, editor. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.   NA2542.35 .E34 1999.

"The Eyeworks Store." In Jodidio, Philip. Architecture now!  vol 2. Taschen, 2001-.  Arch Ref NA680 .J616 2001

"Tomihiro Hoshino Museum, Azuma-Mura, Gunma, Japan." In Jodidio, Philip. Architecture now!  vol 3. Taschen, 2001-.  Arch Ref NA680 .J616 2001.
________________________________________________________________________ Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Articles: (Selected from 1997- 2006)                 

"SITE: identity in density (Master Architect Series VII), edited by Steve Womersley" in Landscape architecture,, 2006 Feb., v.96, n.2, p.100.

"Best thing going [Best Products showrooms]." McCown, James. In Metropolis, 2003 Apr., v.22, n.8, p.[98]-99.

"Finding the middle ground: landscape architects propose diversity over dominance for the renovation of the World Trade Center site."  Hammatt, Heather. In Landscape architecture, 2002 Sept., v.92, n.9, p.26,28.

"SITE's 'Ghost Parking Lot' threatened." Brake, Alan G. In Architecture, 2002 Apr., v.91, n.43, p.25.

"Site - James Wines: USA Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany." In Lotus International, 2000, n.106, p.78-80.

"A Doha nel Qatar = For a Museum of Islamic Arts [Doha, Qatar]." In Arca, 1998 July-Aug., n.128, p.10-17.

"Mirage." In Landscape architecture , 1998 May, v.88, n.5, p.[80]-89,109,111.

"Une pensée environnementale." In Architecture d'aujourd'hui , 1998 n.318, p.58-59.

"Site survey [interview]." In Architecture , 1998 May, v.87, n.5, p.[77,79,81]-82,84-85].

"Passages: the fusion of architecture and landscape in the recent work of SITE" in Architectural design , 1997 Jan.-Feb., v.67, n.1-2, p.32-37.                  _______________________________________________________________________ Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Web Sites:

Neil M. Denari Architects.   http://www.nmda-inc.com/neil-denari.html
Many renderings available for selected and current projects.