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1987 Master of Architecture
Richard Lee

Richard Lee traveled to Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, and Turkey.

Richard Lee
Columbia University

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Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. © Richard Lee.

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Raul de Armas
Elmer Johnson
Charles Moore
Adrian Smith
Stanley Tigerman
Robert Turner

I recall the memories of games I played and the places I played in as a child; the splendor of my own world enlivened by the games of the imagination. This is what my work is about—the creation of a place for ritual.

As architects we rely on our perception to transform ideas into realities. Structure, space, context, history, light, and program are integrated in sequence to form a place. A place where individual experiences are layered to impress upon us a sense of the whole.

The central theme of my study is the sequence of great works of architecture in relation to ritual, culture, history, period, structure, and space. I will devote time to documenting the important factors in each building.

Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. © Richard Lee.

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Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. © Richard Lee.

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Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. © Richard Lee.

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Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. © Richard Lee.

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Richard Lee
Columbia University

Richard Lee

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