Enterprise | Princeton (1934- )

Michael Graves is credited with broadening the role of the architect in society and raising public interest in good design as essential to the quality of every-day life. A native of Indianapolis, Graves received his architectural training at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard University. In 1960, he won the Rome Prize and studied at the American academy in Rome for two years. In 1962, Graves moved to New Jersey to begin a 39-year teaching career at Princeton University, where he has made his home ever since. Graves has received 12 honorary doctorates and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Cited by Paul Goldberger, former New York Times critic, as “the most truly original voice American architecture has produced in some time,” Graves has received many prestigious awards, including the 1999 National Medal of Arts, the 2001 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects, and the 2010 Topaz Medallion from the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.