Marc Kushner
| Marc Kushner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 27, 1977 United States |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| Occupation | Architect, entrepreneur, author |
| Parent(s) | Murray Kushner, Lee Kushner |
| Relatives | Joshua Kushner (cousin) |
Marc Kushner (born September 27, 1977) is an American architect, entrepreneur and author. He is a partner at the New York City based architecture firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and co-founding CEO of Architizer.[1]
Early life and education
The son of Lee Kushner and real estate developer Murray Kushner, Marc Kushner was raised Modern Orthodox Jewish in Livingston, New Jersey. Kushner graduated from The Frisch School before attending the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science and Contemporary Vernacular Architecture as Cultural Artifact. Kushner then attended Harvard Graduate School of Design and received a Master of Architecture.[2]
Business career
Architecture
After working for multiple architecture firms including Steven Holl, Jürgen Mayer H. and Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis, Kushner formed the architecture firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) in 2007 with Matthias Hollwich whom he had met in Jürgen Mayer’s Berlin kitchen five years prior. In 2012 Marc Kushner and Matthias Hollwich won MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program with their project WENDY. Following the success of Wendy, Kushner and Hollwich received multiple commissions including the Fire Island Pines Pavilion (2013), New Jersey’s largest residential tower Journal Squared (2016), Yotel Williamsburg (due 2016) and the University of Pennsylvania’s Innovation Center titled The Pennovation Center (2016). Marc is regularly invited to speak on the state of architecture at events such as TED and PSFK.[3]
Architizer
During the 2008 Global Financial Crisis Marc Kushner and his business partner Matthias Hollwich created a digital platform to help architects promote their firms work. Architizer rapidly grew to become the largest platform for architecture online. To increase visibility of global architecture Kushner incepted the A+ Awards in 2013. They have grown to become the largest global architecture awards program.
The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings
In 2014 Kushner was invited to speak at the 30th anniversary of TED in Vancouver. There he reviewed the last 30 years of architectural history and expounded on how social media was changing the direction of the way buildings are designed. The TED talk was followed in 2015 with Marc Kushner’s first book, published by Simon & Schuster and TED Books - ‘The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings’. It presents a selection of buildings which communicate the thought provoking design solutions from today's leading architects empowered by social media.
Personal life
Kushner married Christopher Barley, also an architect, in a Jewish ceremony on March 31, 2012.[4]
Kushner’s brother Jonathan Kushner[5] is a real estate developer and is President of their family’s real estate organization, Kushner Real Estate Group. Marc is a first cousin of real estate developer and New York Observer Publisher Jared Kushner, and Josh Kushner, Managing Partner of Thrive Capital, a New York-based private equity firm.
Kushner also serves on the Board of Plus Pool, an initiative to create a floating swimming pool in New York City that utilizes water filtered from the East River in which it floats.
Awards
- 2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
- 2015 OHNY Honoree
References
- ↑ "Deals: With $2M in the bank, Architizer hopes to digitize architecture and construction". VentureBeat. February 11, 2014.
- ↑ New York Times: "A Kushner Goes From Scion to 'Service Provider'" by Alex Williams November 3, 2010
- ↑ "Marc Kushner". TED. March 2015.
- ↑ "Weddings: Chris Barley and Marc Kushner". The New York Times. April 13, 2012.
- ↑ Jonathan Kushner
References
- Marc Kushner at TED