Izzy Kornblatt is a contributing editor at Architectural Record and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the history and theory of architecture at Yale University. Originally from Massachusetts, he studied philosophy at Swarthmore College and design studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has contributed to several books, published in a variety of publications, and curated two exhibitions, among other projects.
The Baltimore-born architect was a fixture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles beginning in the 1980s, including as director of its graduate program.
With the opening of the Abrahamic Family House on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island earlier this year, David Adjaye joined the ever-growing list of international star architects with work in the United Arab Emirates.