Edward Nilsson AR'70

Edward Nilsson AR'70

Edward Nilsson AR'70 contributed a chapter in the recently published book Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf (Routledge, 2022) entitled "History, Memory and Narrative of the Past and Future: The new souks in Kuwait" regarding his work in Kuwait with The Architects Collaborative. 

In March, Ed participated in a Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles program On Architecture: A Conversation About Ada Louise Huxtable, and presented his paper "No Place Like Home – Ada Louise Huxtable’s Ranch House as her Housing Ideal." The conversation included Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator of Architectural Collections at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and Meredith Clausen, professor of architectural history at the University of Washington.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.