Elizabeth Diller is a principal and co-founder of the inter-disciplinary studio, Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
DS+R’s work encompasses architecture, urban design, temporary and permanent site-specific installations, multi-media theater, electronic media, and print. DS+R is currently working on various projects for Lincoln Center such as the Julliard School, Alice Tully Hall, and the School of American Ballet; The High Line, a park situated on the obsolete railway running through Chelsea; and the Mott St. Townhouse, a private residence in NoLIta. DS+R’s new building for the Boston Institute for Contemporary Art opened in December 2006.
DS+R has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the first in the field of architecture; the National Design Award in Architecture from the Smithsonian; the Brunner Prize in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the MacDermott Award for Creative Achievement from MIT; an Obie Award for Creative Achievement in Off Broadway Theater for their multi-media theater work, "Jet Lag”; and a Progressive Architecture Design Award for the "Blur Building," a building made of fog for the Swiss Expo 2002.
Attendance at the conference is by invitation only. DLD is produced by Hubert Burda Media.
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