I am an architect with a passion for nature’s lessons and man’s interventions. My images are born out of a deep emotional investment in their subject. Their content is never sacrificed for mere visual effects, nor is a polemic activism intended to prevail over an aesthetic balance.

Born

Budapest, Hungary | February 16, 1926
Naturalized U.S.A. Citizen | 1964

Family

Wife – Monica V. Korab
Children – Christian M. Korab, Alexandra M. Korab

Education

Architecture – Polytechnicum | Budapest, Hungary | 1945-1948
Architect D.P.L.G. – Ecole des Beaux Arts | Paris, France | 1955
Art History – Ecole de Louvre | Paris, France | 1951-1953
Urbanism – CIAM Summer Academy | Venice, Italy | 1952

Languages

English. Hungarian. French. Italian. German.

Career

Independent Photographer of Architecture | 1958-2005
Design Editor – “Metropolitan Detroit” | 1984-1986
Invited by Frank Lloyd Wright to join Taliesin | 1958
Sydney Opera House Competition – Fourth Prize | 1957
Eero Saarinen | 1955-1958
Le Corbusier | 1953

Travel

Europe. China. Russia. Yemen. Egypt. Saudi Arabia. Australia. Italy.

Public Service

Governor’s Committee on Art in Public Places – Michigan | 1977-1982
Cranbrook, President’s Design Advisory Committee | 1998

Activities

Lecturer. Juror. Critic. Educator.

Honors

Michigan Society of Landscape Architects – Honorary Member | 1989
Arts Foundations of Michigan | 1986
A.I.A. Detroit Chapter – Honorary Member | 1985
Michigan Society of Architects – Honorary Member | 1975
A.I.A. Medal for Architectural Photography | 1964
Sydney Opera House Competition – Fourth Place | 1957

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