{"128841":{"#nid":"128841","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Marc Simmons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarc Simmons is the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design. A leading advocate for innovative and critical practice, Simmons has produced seminal works in contemporary architecture including most recently:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe China Central Television Headquarters with OMA;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with Renzo Piano Building Workshop;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe Dee and Charles Wyly Theater with REX;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe Yas Hotel with Asymptote; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art with Sejima Nishizawa Associates.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis firm, Front, is known widely for its successful execution of original and ground-breaking work, and for its progressive approach to design integration among building disciplines.\u0026nbsp; Front\u2019s work methodology embraces architectural, engineering and cultural challenges with a first-principles approach for the evolution of creative and buildable designs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to establishing Front in 2002, Simmons worked for the international fa\u00e7ade engineering practices Dewhurst Macfarlane \u0026amp; Partners and for Meinhardt Fa\u00e7ade Technology. Originally trained in architecture, Simmons graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Canada, and worked for Foster and Partners. He served as faculty member at Princeton University School of Architecture from 2005 to 2012, conducting graduate seminars on the subject of fa\u00e7ade technology and practice, and teaching collaborative design studios.\u0026nbsp; He has also lectured widely on the work of Front.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27293","created_gmt":"2012-05-08 09:10:49","changed_gmt":"2016-08-01 19:52:05","author":"Joanie Chembars","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"557571":{"id":"557571","type":"image","title":"Marc Simmons 2016","body":null,"created":"1470081019","gmt_created":"2016-08-01 19:50:19","changed":"1475895358","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:58","alt":"Marc Simmons 2016","file":{"fid":"218233","name":"marksimmons2_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marksimmons2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marksimmons2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":170819,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marksimmons2_0.jpg?itok=vSv1N256"}}},"media_ids":["557571"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"9276","name":"School of Architecture"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["marc.simmons@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}