Guy Nordenson
Princeton University
professor of architecture and structural engineering
Guy Nordenson
Guy Nordenson is a structural engineer and professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton University.
Notable engineering works include the Jubilee Church in Rome, the Santa Fe Opera House, The Museum of Modern Art 2004 Expansion, the Kimbell Art Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC, Day’s End at the Whitney Museum, and 200 other projects including over 45 museums.
He has curated exhibitions, led conferences and authored numerous books including three with The Museum of Modern Art.
From the late 1970’s Nordenson was active in earthquake engineering research and code development, technology transfer, and long-range planning for the US.
He led the development of the New York City Seismic Code from 1984 to its enactment into law in 1995.
Since 2008 he is engaged in climate adaptation and flood hazards mitigation research and has been active in improving the resilience of New York City as a member of numerous committees and task forces.
The sponsored research project and book On the Water | Palisade Bay was the basis for the 2010 MoMA workshop and exhibition Rising Currents.
Recent books on climate adaptation plan include Structures of Coastal Resilience and Four Corridors: Design Initiative for RPA's Fourth Regional Plan.
Nordenson was elected member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2022 “For structural engineering and leadership in promoting structures as art and culture”, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Visual Arts in 2009, the only practicing structural engineer elected to that academy since 1933 besides Pier Luigi Nervi.
