The architect and author discusses "Hillier: Selected Works," co-written with architect Barbara A. Hillier, his wife, at this Book Brunch event.
Doors open at 10:30 a.m. for coffee and pastries. The talk begins at 11 a.m. Book signing to follow.
From the publisher:
"Hillier: Selected Works" presents the design work of the husband-and-wife team of J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier during the last 25 years coupled with a brief graphic retrospective of the Hillier practice of architecture over 57 years of operation. Despite taking unconventional paths to architecture, both Hilliers enjoyed exhilarating careers growing the firm to 500 people and executing nearly 4,000 projects in 27 U.S. states and 34 foreign countries. The firm has been honored with over 350 design awards.
The selected projects in this monograph are driven by strictly disciplined programing and then conceived by bringing into balance all the forces at work on a project: culture, climate, site, economics, market, and even politics. The resultant architecture is distinctive of its time, its place, and its client, rather than of a particular language or style.
In 2008, Hillier Architecture, then one of the largest firms in the country, merged with a foreign firm to create the third largest architectural firm worldwide. Studio Hillier, the firm’s current iteration, was formed in 2012. More recently, NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design was renamed the J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design, celebrating the Hilliers’ commitment to providing more equitable access to design education.
Presented in partnership with Labyrinth Books.
About the authors:
Studio Hillier LLC is an interdisciplinary design firm in Princeton, co-founded in 2011 by Barbara A. Hillier, AIA, and J. Robert Hillier, LHD, FAIA, PP.
J. Robert Hillier (Bob) is one of the leading and most highly respected architects in the United States. He is perhaps best known for having built one of the largest and most successful architecture firms in the world. Mr. Hillier is distinguished for his design, for his business acumen and for his contributions to the field of architecture as a practitioner and educator. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from New Jersey Institute of Technology and an Honorary MBA from Bryant University. Other honors include the Legacy Award from the Urban Land Institute, the AIA’s Michael Graves Lifetime Achievement Award and The President’s Medal from NJIT. He is also a Trustee Emeritus at McCarter Theater.
The late Barbara A. Hillier was an accomplished architect and designer and a principal and co-founder of Studio Hillier. She was the recipient of many honors and awards, including for the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas and for the BD Campus Center, which received the distinguished Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award. Her career in architecture was cultivated in the firm of Hillier Architecture, where she was both life partner and career partner with founder, J. Robert Hillier, LHD, FAIA. Ms. Hillier opened and led the firm’s Philadelphia office for 11 years which helped build the firm’s national reputation.
