Bob Metcalfe

Air Date
February 8, 2011
Bob Metcalfe is an iconoclast with strong opinions and boundless energy. When he reflects on his multifaceted, successful career, Bob Metcalfe considers himself to have been a lucky man, always in the right place at the right time.
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

Toshiko Mori

I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

Bob Metcalfe

28 Dec, 12:21 PM
Bob Metcalfe is an iconoclast with strong opinions and boundless energy. When he reflects on his multifaceted, successful career, Bob Metcalfe considers himself to have been a lucky man, always in the right place at the right time.