Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes presents a special achievement award to architect J. Robert Hillier during the recent Mercer by Architecture Symposium at the Lawrenceville School on Aug. 9, 2013.
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes presents a special achievement award to architect Michael Graves during the recent Mercer by Architecture Symposium at the Lawrenceville School on Aug. 9, 2013.
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes presented special achievement awards to two local architects during the recent Mercer by Architecture Symposium on Aug 9.
Michael Graves and J. Robert Hillier were each recognized for their outstanding contributions to the field of architecture during the symposium at the Lawrenceville School, which was part of Mercer County’s ongoing 175th Anniversary celebration.
Graves is considered one of the most influential and creative American architects living today. He got his start at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard University, studied at the American Academy in Rome and then spent nearly 40 years teaching at Princeton University.
He has 14 honorary doctorates, more than 200 prestigious awards and a spot in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Hillier has spent nearly a half-century creating award-winning projects all over the world, first as the founder of the third largest architectural firm in the United States, Hillier Architecture, and today through a new architectural venture, Studio Hillier. His latest project, “Copperwood,” a 153-unit active adult community, is currently under construction in Princeton.
Along with preserving historic buildings and more than 300 acres of land in New Jersey, Hillier lead the restoration of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
More information is online at mercer175.org.