Elizabeth Diller is a co-founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). She led two cultural works significant to New York: The Shed and the expansion of MoMA. Diller co-created, -directed and -produced The Mile-Long Opera, an immersive choral work staged on the High Line. Most recently, DS+R completed the Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women in Doha, Qatar, the first purpose-built women’s mosque in the Muslim world, and the V&A East Storehouse in London, a new home for the V&A’s vast collection. Alongside her late partner Ricardo Scofidio, Diller’s cross-genre work has been twice distinguished with TIME’s "100 Most Influential People" list and the first MacArthur Foundation fellowship awarded in the field of architecture. She has also received the Wolf Prize in Architecture. Diller is a member of the UN Council on Urban Initiatives and a Professor of Architectural Design at Princeton University.
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