1989
Chicago Institute for Architecture & Urbanism (CIAU)
Berlin Night
John Hejduk worked on Berlin Night, a series of watercolor paintings, as part of his CIAU fellowship.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting General Museum, Ministry of Development, Covered Bridge, Studio for a Painter, Studio for a Musician, and End of Night Structure, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting Canal Bridge, End of Night Structure, Security Bureau, Astronomy Observatory, Building Department, Theater Studios, and Custom House, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting Ministry of Communications, Record Keeper, Central Archives, and Cemetery, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting Jewish Museum: Buildings of Research, Structure of Witness, and Tower for the Protection of Memories, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting Animal Hall, Sentinel, Buildings of the Silent Witnesses, Chinese Consulate, Central Clock, Library for Municipal Documents, and Pit of Structures, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Painting for Berlin Night depicting General Museum, Ministry of Development, Covered Bridge, Studio for a Painter, Studio for a Musician, and End of Night Structure, 1989. John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA.
Publication
Hejduk, John. Berlin Night. Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers/Publishers, 1993.
For an American architect John Hejduk's architecture is a world of history, emotions, practical ingenuity, and visions of the future. In his view, new buildings too must be the bearers of inspiration and narratives. He gives voice to this contention with extensive explorations and peerless sign language. The essay with which the publication opens, by the Dutch architect Wim van den Bergh, indicates how Hejduk's work leads to the essence of architecture.
Published to coincide with the opening of the new building of the Netherlands Architecture Institute. The exhibition Verschoven Fundamenten/Adjusting Foundations, The Work of John Hejduk, Architect was opened on this occasion, among others. Designed by Piet Gerards bno, Heerlen.
John Hejduk
John Hejduk
was born in New York City in 1929. After studying at the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, the University of Cincinnati, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Hejduk studied in Italy in 1953–1954 on a Fulbright Scholarship before returning to the United States to teach at the University of Texas, Austin. Between 1964 and 2000, he taught at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, serving as its first dean between 1975 and 2000. Hejduk was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the Royal Society of Arts in Britain, and an Honorary Member of the Association of Artists Mánes of the Czech Republic as well as the Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA (Federation of German Architects). Hejduk died in New York City in 2000.