About:

Bill MacDonald received his master of architecture and urban design degree from Columbia University, where
he afterwards was the director of the Master in Science Architecture Program and coordinator of Columbia’s
Core Architecture Studio. MacDonald and Sulan Kolatan founded Kolatan/MacDonald Studio in New York City in 1988.

Books:

Betsky, Aaron. The architecture must burn.  Gingko Press, 2000.  On order

Room in the city.  Princeton Architectural Press, 1987.  On Order

Thompson, Jessica Cargill.  40 architects under 40.  Taschen, 2000.  On Order.

Riley, Terence.  The un-private house.  Abrams, 1999.  On Reserve

Zellner, Peter.  Hybrid space; new forms in digital architecture.  Rizzoli, 1999. NA 2728 .Z54 1999.
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Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Articles:  (Selected from 1986 to 2004)
 

“On the road to Venice: 9th Architecture Biennale [exhibition review]  Ivy, Robert A.; Linn, Charles. Architectural record, vol.192,
no.11, pp.91-107, Nov 2004.

“Kolatan Mac Donald: META-HOM, Estouteville, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.”
GA houses, no.74, pp.126-127, Mar 2003.

 “Futuristic frontier: molded fiberglass shapes a startling computer-conceived house.
 Giovannini, Joseph, [1945-], Architectural digest, vol.59, no.3, pp.46, 48, 50, Mar 2002.

“ 'Lumping' Kolatan, Sulan.; MacDonald, William J.”  Architectural design, vol.72, no.1, pp.77-83, Jan 2002.

 “Kolatan - MacDonald Studio: Raybould House and Garden [Sherman, Conn.]”   Architecture, vol.90, no.4, pp.108-113, Apr 2001.
 
“Kolatan/Mac Donald: Harunoglu House, Istanbul, Turkey. “  GA houses, no.66, pp.164-165, 2001.
 
“The computer school: in only six years, Columbia University's grand experiment in digital design has launched a movement .”
Cramer, Ned.; Guiney, Anne., Architecture, vol.89, no.9, pp.94-107, Sept 2000.

"Kolatan Mac Donald Studio = Casa unifamiliare Raybould, Fairfield, Conecticut = Raybould House, Fairfield, Connecticut."
Sulan Kolatan, William J. Mac Donald. Kolatan, Sulan.; MacDonald, William J., Domus, no.822, pp.14-19, Jan 2000

 “Chimaera: über die Bildung organischer Hybridität.”   Kolatan, Sulan; MacDonald, William J.  Architectural design, vol.70, no.3,
pp.[70]-77, June 2000.

 “Millennium part two: futures to come. “ Stephens, Suzanne, [1942-]; Pearson, Clifford A.; Andersen, Kurt., Architectural record, vol.187,
no.12, pp.[85]-[126], Dec 1999.
 
“Kolatan-MacDonald Studio at Artists Space [exhibition review] “ Merkel, Jayne., Oculus, vol.62, no.1, pp.7, Sept 1999.

“Architects' favorite toys.” Sullivan, Ann C.; Architecture, vol.86, no.6, pp.122-127, June 1997

“The American pastoral paradox.” MacDonald, William J.; Bushman, Jeff McNally, Architectural design, vol.56, no.9, pp.10-13, 38-40,
1986.
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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Web Sites:

Kolatan/MacDonald Studio.  www.kolatanmacdonaldstudio.com/

Kolatan/MacDonald Studio’s Resi-Rise Project: archrecord.construction.com/biennale2004/3_KolatanMacDonald.asp

The Studlio’s participation in Archilab 2000.  www.archilab.org/public/2000/catalog/kolata/kolataen.htm
 
 
 
 

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Judy Connorton
February  2005