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Allan Greenberg (b. September 1938, Johannesburg, South Africa), is an American architect and one of the leading classical architects of the twentieth century. He was the originator and leading practitioner of "canonical classicism," one of many design responses to postmodernism emerging in the mid-1970s. According to Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for the The New York Times, wrote that Greenberg's “life’s work has been a mission to establish the validity of classicism as an architectural language in our time.” In addition to his architecture, Greenberg’s articles, teaching, and lectures have exerted a strong influence on the study and practice of contemporary classicism. In 2006, he was the first American to be awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture in recognition of his major contributions to architectural design and scholarship. The prize is awarded annually "to a living architect whose work embodies the principles of traditional and classical architecture and urbanism in contemporary society and creates a positive, long-lasting cultural, environmental, and artistic impact." George Hersey, author and professor of Art History at Yale University, wrote:

Greenberg is the most knowing, most serious practitioner of Classicism currently on the scene in this country. . . . Greenberg belongs in the succession of Charles Follen McKim, Daniel Burnham, Henry Bacon, John Russell Pope, and Arthur Brown. And above all he belongs to the succession of Greece and Rome, of Vignola and Sanmicheli, of Vanvitelli, Ledoux, and Labrouste, to the visionary company of those who play the great game of Classicism.

Biography & Career

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Greenberg was educated at the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied classical and Gothic architecture. He worked for the leading Scandinavian modernist architects Jørn Utzon, with whom he worked on the Sydney Opera House, and Viljo Revell. After receiving his Master of Architecture degree from Yale University in 1965, he spent two years in the City of New Haven’s Redevelopment Agency and later served as Architectural Consultant to Connecticut’s Chief Justice from 1967 to 1979. He has taught at Yale University’s School of Architecture and School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania, the Division of Historic Preservation at Columbia University, and the University of Notre Dame. Greenberg received his U.S. citizenship in 1973. He is married to painter Judith Seligson.

Allan Greenberg, Architect, LLC was established in 1972 and has offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Greenwich, Connecticut. Its work covers a broad range of buildings in the United States and overseas. Projects include master plans, feasibility studies, new construction, renovations, restorations, and interior and furniture design for academic, institutional, religious, commercial, residential, and retail clients.

Greenberg has written both scholarly and popular books and articles on the dynamic and enduring qualities of traditional architecture and design. His extensive body of published work includes the books George Washington, Architect (1999), The Architecture of Democracy: American Architecture and the Legacy of the Revolution (2006), and Lutyens and the Modern Movement (2007). A monograph of his work appeared in 1995; Monacelli Press will publish a second monograph in 2010.

Major Projects

State Library and Supreme Court Building, addition (in association with Russell Gibson von Dohlen, Hartford, Connecticut, 1970)

Superior Court Building (Manchester, Connecticut, 1979-1980)

Bergdorf Goodman, new façade (New York, New York, 1983-1984)

Treaty Ceremony Room, Antechambers, and Reception Rooms, United States Department of State (Washington D.C., 1985-1986)

Offices of the Secretary of State, United States Department of State (Washington D.C., 1987-89)

The News Building (Athens, Georgia, 1988-1992)

J. Wilson Newman Pavilion, The Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988-1990)

Tercentenary Hall (now McGlothlin-Street Hall), College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989-1995)

Gore Hall, University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware, 1995-1998)

Tommy Hilfiger Flagship Store (now Brooks Brothers) (Beverly Hills, California, 1995-1997)

Unicorn Mining Headquarters (London, Kentucky, 1997-1999)

Humanities Building, Rice University (Houston, Texas, 1997-2000)

Supreme Court Historical Society, renovation (Washington, D.C., 1998-1999)

DuPont Hall, University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware, 1998-2002)

Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey, 2003-2005)

Selected Bibliography

"A Classical Touch for an Unruly Façade.” New York Times (Nov. 6, 2006).

Clarke, Gerald. “In the Georgian Fashion” Architectural Digest (October 2009): 132-39.

Conroy, S. Claire. “At Home with the Past: Allan Greenberg Makes the Familiar Fresh Again.” Residential Architect (September/October 2002): 56-67.

Gagné, Nicole V. “Allan Greenberg.” Traditional Building 17:5 (September/October 2004): 16.

Goldberger, Paul. “In Perpetuum.” Architectural Record 174 (April 1986): 110-21.

Lubow, Arthur. “The Ionic Man.” Departures No. 57 (May/June 1999): 156-63, 220.

Reiss, Gwen North. “A Class Act.” Connecticut Cottages & Gardens (January 2007).

Rybczynski, Witold. “Something Old, Something New: A Prize-Winning Architect at Princeton.” Slate Magazine (Feb. 1, 2006).

Schmertz, M. F. “Design for Diplomacy.” Architectural Record 173 No. 12 (1985): 152-59.

Westfall, C. W. “Allan Greenberg and the Difficult Whole of Architecture.” In Allan Greenberg, Selected Works, 6-10. London: Academy Editions, 1995.

External links

• [1] Allan Greenberg, Architect, LLC
• [2] Official site of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize