Gail Peter Borden, RA, AIA

Studio Name:
borden partnership llp

Profile:
Prior to joining the Faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture, Professor Borden taught at North Carolina State University, Catholic University, The Boston Architectural Center and Harvard University and worked in a host of firms including Gensler and Associates, Frank Harmon Architect, and The Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris where he was a designer on the Potzdamerplatz Project and the renovation of the Centre Georges Pompidou. As principal in the award winning Los Angeles-based architecture firm Borden Partnership since 1998, his design work has won recognition in multiple national and international competitions. Gail Borden received degrees including a B.A. in Art, Art History and Architecture and his B.Arch. from Rice University and his post-professional M.Arch. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design with distinction.

Recognition:
Gail Borden has received much recognition for his design work. In 2008 he was a finalist in the 99K House Competition, selected to be Associate Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and awarded the prestigious 2009-2010 Borchard Fellowship. In 2007-2008 his work was included in 21st Century House (Jonathan Bell), The Things They've Done (William Cannady), and Expanding Architecture (Bryan Bell). Borden's work has also been included in international exhibitions including: the Architekturforum Oberosterreich in Linz, Austria; the University of Tennessee School of Architecture, the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, the Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; and numerous exhibits at LUMP Gallery, Raleigh, NC and Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas, among others. His Chengdu Project was included in the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale. His work has received numerous awards including the Architecture League of New York Young Architects Prize, Artist-in-residency at the Chinati Foundation, a Graham Foundation Grant, 3 ACSA Faculty Design Awards, the ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award, the Chillman Prize, the William Ward Watkins Traveling Fellowship and the John Swift Medal as well as being published in numerous international publications including: Bentonart, The Independent, Architecture Record, Wallpaper*, and Architecture.

Studio Philosophy/Design Statement:
Borden Partnership believes in dedication and movement towards an ultra-modern architecture that redefines the most common of realms, or the “everyday,” through celebration of the inevitable. The firm acknowledges contemporary constraints of practice and finance. The firm’s design approach emphasizes the traditions of architectural innovation and the fusion of material and technology, while remaining sensitive to contemporary culture and environment.

Web Site URL:
www.bordenpartnership.com