Male, US, born 1943-07-25

Associated with the firm network

Moss, Eric Owen, FAIA


Professional History

Résumé

Principal, Eric Owen Moss, FAIA, Culver City, CA. In 1996, Moss had an office at 8557 Higuera Street in Culver City.

Teaching

Professor of Design and Member of Board of Directors, Southern California Institute of Architecture, (SCI-ARC), Los Angeles, CA, 1974 - present.

Director, SCI-ARC, Los Angeles, CA, 2002-2015.

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, fall semester, 1983,1991,1995.

Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1986.

Visiting Professor, Rice University, Houston, TX, 1988.

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 1990.

Eero Saarinen Chair, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1991.

Davenport Chair, Yale University, New Haven, CT, fall semester, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997.

Eliot Noyes Chair, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, Spring, 1993.

Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Los Angeles, CA, Spring, 1993.

Visiting Professor, Hochschule, Meisterclasseprix, Vienna, Austria, 03/1996.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Los Angeles Chapter.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Recipient,American Academy of Arts and Letters, Award in Architecture, New York, NY, 1999.

Recipient, AIA/LA Gold Medal, 2001.

Recipient, Business Week/Architectural Record Award, 2003. Moss received this prize for the design of the Stealth project, Culver City, CA.

Recipient, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Distinguished Alumni Award, Berkeley, CA, 2003.

Recipient,American Academy of Arts and Letters, Arnold Brunner Memorial Prize, New York, NY, 2007.

Recipient, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Jencks Award, London, England, 2011.

Recipient, Metropolis Magazine, Game Changer Award, New York, NY, 2014.

Recipient, Republic of Austria, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Vienna, Austria, 2016.

Education

College

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood, Los Angeles,CA, 1965. Moss was a member of the zany "Kelps" student organization at UCLA. This group had a number of student athletes as members.

M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design (CED), Berkeley, CA, 1968.

M.Arch., Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1972.

Personal

Relocation

Eric Owen Moss was born in Los Angeles County, CA.

In 1950, Moss, at age six, resided with his parents at 1625 Lyman Place in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 3671; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 66-42, accessed 09/29/2022.)

Parents

Both of his parents had been born in New York City. His father was Morton Herbert Moss (born 03/21/1914 in NY, NY-d.11/09/1991 in Los Angeles County, CA) who worked as a freelance newspaper writer in New York City in 1940 and a Los Angeles newspaper reporter in 1950. His mother, Ruth Miller 02/16/1915 in NY-d. 09/22/2005 in Los Angeles County, CA), had a job as an educational director for a labor union, as per the 1950 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York City, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147, accessed 09/29/2022 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 3671; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 66-42, accessed 09/29/2022.) She wed Morton Moss on 02/19/1939 in Manhattan. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Marriage Licenses; Borough: Manhattan; Year: 1939, accessed 09/29/2022.)

Morton Moss's parents were Carl Moss (born c. 1885 in Austria) and Rose Moss (born c. 1890).

Ruth Miller's parents, Abraham Miller (born c. 1888 in Austria) and Mollie Miller (born c. 1892 in Austria) were Jewish immigrants, who left Europe in 1904 and 1905 respectively. They resided on Bryant Avenue in the Bronx in 1920, in a neighborhood of recent immigrants, mostly Jewish from Eastern Europe. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Bronx Assembly District 5, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1138; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 302, accessed 09/29/2022.)



Associated Locations

  • Los Angeles, CA (Architect's Birth)
    Los Angeles, CA

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