Innovative Architect & Urban Design Visionary; Cofounding Partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro; MacArthur Fellow; Creator of The High Line

New York, NY, USA
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Elizabeth Diller Biography

Elizabeth Diller is an architect and cofounding partner of New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). Diller co-founded DS+R, originally known as Diller + Scofidio, with Ricardo Scofidio. The studio's practice encompasses architecture, urban design, installation art, multimedia performance, digital media, and print. In its early years, the firm focused on the intersection of architecture with the performing and visual arts, producing a range of conceptual projects, including installation pieces, multimedia theater works, exhibitions, interiors, and unbuilt structures. Diller earned a Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union and is recognized for exploring buildings as dynamic, performative spaces within the field of contemporary architecture and urban design.

DS+R is known for cultural and public space projects such as "The Shed" and "The High Line" in Manhattan, and "The Broad" contemporary art museum in Los Angeles. The firm completed major architecture and planning initiatives in New York City, including the adaptive reuse of an industrial rail infrastructure into the High Line, a 1.5-mile-long public park, and the transformation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' campus. Other significant projects include Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, an addition to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Tianjin Juilliard in China, and the V&A East Storehouse in London. Beyond built architecture, Diller co-created, co-produced, and co-directed "The Mile-Long Opera," a choral performance atop the High Line reflecting on urban change.

Diller became the first architect to receive a MacArthur Foundation fellowship and is the only architect to have been twice included in TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list. She received the Wolf Prize in Arts in the category of Architecture, the Jane Drew Prize, and a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Academy of Design. Diller was inducted into France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and joined the UN Habitat Council on Urban Initiatives. She serves as a professor of architecture at Princeton University and is a frequent lecturer on urban design, public space, and interdisciplinary practice. A double-volume monograph on DS+R's work, "Architecture, Not Architecture," is available through Phaidon Press. Diller's career demonstrates the impact of interdisciplinary thinking in architecture and urban design, emphasizing the role of public engagement in shaping the built environment.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/21/2026.

Elizabeth Diller Videos

Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate

Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate

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Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro / Princeton University on ...

Elizabeth Diller is Professor of Architecture at Princeton University and a founding principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a 50 person...

Architect Liz Diller On Architecture and Special Effects - YouTube

Architect Liz Diller On Architecture and Special Effects - YouTube

Architect Liz Diller On Architecture and Special Effects http://www.imamuseum.org/talk/architect-liz-diller-architecture-and-special-effects...

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