Pratt Institute

Education

Ph.D., M. Phil. and M.A, Columbia University, Architectural History
M.A. and B.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Architecture

Biography

Il Kim's work and studies focus on architecture and architectural history. His dissertation is entitled, “Nicholas of Cusa, Leon Battista Alberti, and the Cult of Light in Fifteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Architecture,” in which discussed how the mutual understanding between Cusa and Alberti led to the creation of unprecedented Renaissance buildings. He is in his early stages of developing his dissertation into a book. His publications include studies of Italian Renaissance, an essay on Isamu Noguchi, and several books on contemporary architecture. Il Kim is an architect as well, and his work has been published in the US.

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