COLOR + MODERNISM
Lecture by Paul Aferiat and Peter Stamberg, architects
The built environment was highly colored from ancient times through the early years of Modernism. Paul Aferiat and Peter Stamberg discuss color theory, the history of color in architecture, why color disappeared from architecture and ways in which they use color in their work.
Biographic Notes
Paul Aferiat attended Carnegie-Mellon University where he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree (1975). Peter Stamberg attended Columbia College, the Rhode Island School of Design, and The Architectural Association of London Graduate School of Architecture. He has a Bachelor in Fine Arts (1972), Bachelor of Architecture (1973), and AA Graduate Diploma (1975).
Their firm Stamberg Aferiat Architecture was founded in 1989. Rizzoli International published a monograph on their work in 1997 which is being revised and expanded in 2012. Projects include Clifty Creek School, Columbus IN, additions; The Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City NY; Salsa Sofa Collection for Knoll International; Badgley Mischka Showroom and Offices and The Saguaro Hotel Scottsdale. They are currently working on The Saguaro Hotel Palm Springs and Gemini G.E.L. @ Joni Moisant Weyl Gallery in New York.