Emilio Ambasz

Emilio Ambasz (1943, Resistencia, Chaco) is an Argentine architect and industrial designer. From 1970 to 1976 he was Curator of Design at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Ambasz was an early proponent of 'green' architecture.

Writings

• "The Formulation of a Design Discourse", Perspecta 12 (1969), pp 57-70.

Literature

• Felicity D. Scott, "On the 'Counter-Design' of Institutions: Emilio Ambasz's Universitas Symposium at MoMA", Grey Room 14 (Winter 2004), pp 46-77.
• Emilio Ambasz. Inventions: Architecture and Design, Madrid: Museo Reina Sofia, 2011, 5 pp. exh. brochure.
• Bibliography

Links

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