Background
Tigerman was born on September 20, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; the son of Samuel Bernard and Emma Louise (Stern) Tigerman.
(This is the story of how the heir of a middle-class Ameri...)
This is the story of how the heir of a middle-class American family after countless differences (many of his own making) found his way through the mine field of architectural practice and education. Filled with innumerable tales of steps not to take, the story is a "page-turner" as the author is not above self-mockery. It literally reeks of unabridged truth. Tigerman's exploits, both large and small, represents one idiosyncratic way of challenging convention. It is not recommended as a guide or "how-to" but rather as a "how-not-to" way of penetrating a field, which until now, was not thought of to be permeable. After a series of self-defeating trials, Tigerman arrived at the portal beyond which was architecture theory and practice. The title says it all: Designing Bridges to Burn is about an unnecessarily long and circuitous journey towards professional standing in a field that only after World War II could countenance the way in which the author approached a profession that before was only available to those to the manor born.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935935070/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(Chicago architect and iconoclast Stanley Tigerman has bee...)
Chicago architect and iconoclast Stanley Tigerman has been called a "design maven who can spit venom like a snake." Though he is at times sharply critical, his ability to cut to the core of architectural discourse has opened this insular world to a broader audience. His words and theories are appealing for their candor and are backed by his long-standing architectural practice. Since 1964 Tigerman has made an indelible mark on his hometown and on cities across the globe, with projects ranging from the Five Polytechnic Institutes in Bangladesh to the Holocaust Memorial Foundation Museum in Skokie, Illinois. This collection of essays, most previously unpublished, spans the course of Tigerman's career. Included are writings on the history of Chicago architecture, architectural theory, and commentary on contemporaries. Tigerman's engaging words, at times humorous and humble, at times biting and cantankerous, will captivate students and scholars as well as the general reader.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300175418/?tag=2022091-20
2011
Tigerman was born on September 20, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; the son of Samuel Bernard and Emma Louise (Stern) Tigerman.
Tigerman studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1948 to 1949, at the IIT Institute of Design in 1949-1950 and Yale University between 1960-1961.
Tigerman, at the beginning of his career, worked with a variety of Chicago architectural firms, including those of George Fred Keck; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Harry M. Weese. Then since 1964, he has been the principal of Stanley Tigerman and Associates Ltd. Stanley has also taught at several universities in the United States. In 1982, he partnered with his wife Margaret McCurry to form Tigerman McCurry Architects.
He developed the designs for institutional projects such as The Five Polytechnic Institutes in Bangladesh, The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, the Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Springfield, Illinois and Powerhouse Energy Museum (now demolished) in Zion, Illinois.
Also Stanley has designed exhibition installations for museums in the United States, Portugal and Puerto Rico and co-organized landmark exhibitions, such as "Chicago Architects", 1976 and "Late Entries: The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition", 1980. He worked in Bangladesh with Louis I Kahn and Muzharul Islam.
Tigerman designed the residential apartment building originally named as Boardwalk Apartments, located at the southeast corner of Montrose and Clarendon Avenues, completed in 1974 and Chicago’s Pacific Garden Mission completed in 2007. Also in 1994, he with the designer Eva L. Maddox cofounded Archeworks, an influential alternative postgraduate design school in Chicago that specializes in using architecture and design to address social needs.
In May 2017, Tigerman and his wife Margaret McCurry announced that they closed their Chicago office and retired.
(This is the story of how the heir of a middle-class Ameri...)
2011(Chicago architect and iconoclast Stanley Tigerman has bee...)
2011Tigerman was the founding member of the Chicago Architectural Club and president of Yale Arts Association from 1969 to 1970. He is a member of American Institute of Architects.
Stanley Tigerman married Margaret McCurry. He has a son and a daughter from his first marriage.