MIT World Speakers

Julian Beinart MAR '56

Julian Beinart is Professor of Architecture at MIT, where he teaches classes on the theory of city form as well as urban design studios. His recent writings have focused on a new plan for Chandigarh, proposed at the fiftieth anniversary of the city; the Olympic Games and city form; the form of urban grids; the application of economic instruments to cities in the nineteenth century; and image construction in pre-modern cities. He practices as an architect and urban designer in many parts of the world, including Jerusalem. He is currently collaborating with architect Charles Correa on the design of the new Brain and Cognitive Sciences Center at MIT. Beinart holds the BArch from the University of Cape Town, an MArch from MIT, and an MCP from Yale University.