Andrew Kudless: Merging Material Intelligence with Digital Fabrication
Andrew Kudless, a multifaceted designer and educator based in Houston, Texas, leads the innovative firm Matsys, established in 2004. He is currently the Bill Kendall Memorial Endowed Professor at the Hines College of Architecture & Design, University of Houston. Kudless earned his Master of Architecture from Tulane University and a Master of Arts in Emergent Technologies and Design from the Architectural Association in London. His notable work includes the award-winning Confluence Park and contributions to prestigious collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Kudless has also engaged with collaborative projects, including the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades collection in 2019.
Key facts
- Andrew Kudless founded Matsys in 2004.
- He is Bill Kendall Memorial Endowed Professor at University of Houston's Hines College of Architecture & Design.
- Confluence Park in San Antonio won a 2019 AIA National Honor Award for Architecture.
- P Wall series began in 2006 using flexible fabric formwork.
- Work is in collections of SFMOMA, Centre Pompidou, and FRAC Centre.
- First American designer invited to Louis Vuitton's Objets Nomades in 2019.
- Taught at Architectural Association, Yale, Ohio State, Rice, California College of the Arts.
- Collaborators include Autodesk, Kreysler & Associates, Maison Perrier Jouët, Vivid Sydney.
Entities
Artists
- Andrew Kudless
Institutions
- Matsys
- University of Houston
- Hines College of Architecture & Design
- Tulane University
- Architectural Association
- Allied Works Architecture
- Museum of Arts and Design
- Expedition Engineering
- Lake|Flato
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Centre Pompidou
- FRAC Centre
- Louis Vuitton
- Autodesk
- Kreysler & Associates
- Maison Perrier Jouët
- Vivid Sydney
- Fletcher Studio
- Better Places Forest
- Yale University
- The Ohio State University
- Rice University
- California College of the Arts
- AIA
Locations
- Houston
- Texas
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Kansai region
- Portland
- New York City
- San Antonio
- Paris
- France
- Orléans
Sources
- AATONAU —