Stonelea Architect Lecture Series

Maryann Thompson was educated at Princeton University and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where she received a Master’s in Architecture and in Landscape Architecture. She taught design studios as a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design from 2002 – 2017. She has also taught design as a visiting faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Virginia, University of Michigan, and Rice University. She founded Maryann Thompson Architects in 2000.

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Projects undertaken by Johnston Marklee are diverse in scale and type, spanning fourteen countries through North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Recent cultural projects have included the Menil Drawing Institute on the campus of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas; a renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the first permanent home for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program (ISP) at Roy Lichtenstein Studio in New York’s Greenwich Village; and the UCLA Graduate Art Studios campus in Culver City, California, a LEED Gold Project that included the adaptive reuse of a historic wallpaper factory.

Johnston Marklee has garnered notable awards including Progressive Architecture Awards, a Lafarge Holcim Award, National Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Award for Excellence in Public Engagement with the Built Environment by the Society of Architectural Historians, and the Presidential Award for Emerging Practice by the AIA Los Angeles Chapter. In 2016, the team was honored with a USA Artists Fellowship Award. Johnston and Lee served as the Artistic Directors of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Both Johnston and Lee are Professors in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where Lee served as the Chair of the Department of Architecture from 2018 to 2023.

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Some of their notable projects include the Asia Society Hong Kong, Lefrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Their current work includes the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, and the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, Chicago. Recent work also includes reimagining the public spaces for David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City and creating a cohesive campus at the Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI. Williams and the firm’s work have been recognized by numerous citations including the 2019 Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association and the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

In parallel with his practice, Tod Williams is a devoted participant in the broader cultural community with longstanding associations with many arts organizations. He is a Senior Trustee of Cranbrook Educational Community and a Trustee of the American Academy in Rome and has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Williams also maintains an active academic career and lectures worldwide. As an educator and practitioner, he is deeply committed to creating a better world through architecture .

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Significant projects from the practice include the Bandstand (Bexhill 2001), Pier Cafe (Deal 2006), Dirk Cove House (Cork 2004), ARC Building (Hull 2005), Goleen House (Cork 2008), Somerville Student Residence (Oxford 2010), Olympic Athletes' Housing (London 2012), Bishop Edward King Chapel (Oxford 2013), Peabody Housing (Whitechapel 2015), West Court Jesus College (Cambridge 2017), The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre (Oxford 2017), Auckland Tower & Faith Museum (Bishop Auckland 2020), New Library, Magdalene College (Cambridge 2021), Saltmarsh House (Isle of Wight 2021), and the International Rugby Experience (Limerick 2022).

McLaughlin is Professor of Architectural Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He was a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles from 2012 – 2013 and was appointed Lord Norman Foster Visiting Professor of Architecture at Yale for 2014 – 2015.

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^{PHOTO CREDITS (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM)
Photographs of Stonelea by James Haefner. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.}

^{Photograph of Maryann Thompson. Courtesy Maryann Thompson Architects. Courtesy Johnston Marklee Architects.} 

^{Photograph of Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee. Courtesy Johnston Marklee Architects.} 

^{Photograph of the Mernill Drawing Institute. Johnston Marklee, architects. Courtesy Johnston Marklee, architects.}

^{Photograph of Tod Williams. Photograph by Dorothy Alexander. Courtesy Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners.}

^{Photograph of the James Baldwin Library. Tod Williams Billie Tsen Architects | Partners. Courtesy Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners.}

^{Photograph of Niall McLaughlin. Courtesy Niall McLaughlin Architects.}

^{Photograph of West Court Jesus College. Niall McLaughlin Architects. Courtesy Niall McLaughlin Architects.}