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Kim Williams is a writer
and editor living and working in Italy. She received her degree
in Architectural Studies from the University of Texas in Austin,
and is licensed as an architect in New York State. Her apprenticeship
was done in the offices of Philip Johnson in New York. She became
interested in mathematics and architecture while writing Italian
Pavements: Patterns in Space (Houston: Anchorage Press, 1997)
about the role of decorated pavements in the history of Italian
architecture. In 1996 she began the international conference
series "Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics," the eighth
edition of which, Nexus 2010, will take place in Porto, Portugal,
13-15 June 2010. In 1999 she founded the Nexus
Network Journal to provide a dedicated venue for scholarly
research in architecture and mathematics. In 2000 she founded
Kim Williams Books,
an independent press for books about architecture and mathematics.
Kim has published many articles in scholarly journals on the
use of mathematical principles in architecture, including Mathematical
Intelligencer and Leonardo. Her drawings have been
displayed in both group and solo exhibits. She has participated
in numerous international conferences, and regularly lectures
on architecture and mathematics. Her latest book is The Villas
of Palladio (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003). |