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University Mourns Death Of Longtime Professor, Researcher
The university community mourns the death of longtime professor and researcher Ezra Ehrenkrantz, who died Saturday, Sept. 22.
Ehrenkrantz was the holder of the university’s sponsored chair in architecture and building science, professor of architecture, and executive director of the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research. He was also an architect for the firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn located in New York, N.Y. Ehrenkrantz, of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., was 69.
Ehrenkrantz is survived by his loving wife, Cynthia, and three
children, Ruth, Dan, and Jonathan Ehrenkrantz. He is also survived by
four grandchildren, Joe and Eliav Ehrenkrantz, and Solomon and Micah
Klein. Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 24, 11 a.m., at Bet Am
Shalom Synagogue, 295 Soundview Ave., White Plains, N.Y. Interment
followed at Cedar Park Cemetery, Westwood, N.J.
With more than 35 years of experience in architectural practice and
research, Ehrenkrantz established a reputation as a specialist in
building systems, building technology and design. The use of a systems
approach to design marked Ehrenkrantz’s contribution to a variety of
building types, including housing, educational, health, laboratory and
commercial facilities. Corporate, foundation and government sponsors
have funded this research with more than $10 million of awards during
his professional practice and academic career.
Additionally, Ehrenkrantz pioneered, initiated and directed extensive architectural research concerning human needs in the built environment. He formulated designs and programs to meet these needs, solutions which have incorporated new technologies and which, in several cases, have spurred technological advances. He has had a wide range of work in historic preservation including the restoration and the conservation of architectural, fine arts, and decorative arts materials in addition to currently developing a design for a preservation arts interdisciplinary curriculum for the New York City board of education.
As a teacher, researcher and practicing architect, Ehrenkrantz designed many award-winning projects and pioneered developments in many areas of housing and construction. In addition to more than two dozen major design awards for specific buildings and planning projects in housing, education, health and other areas, some other important awards Ehrenkrantz received include The Presidents Award from the National Institute of Building Sciences in November 2000 for his lifetime of service to the building community and his work on schools and systems building; the medal of honor from the AIA/New York chapter in 1993 for his distinguished architectural achievements; "Construction Man of the Year," the Medal of Honor from the AIA/New York Chapter in 1993 for his distinguished architectural achievements; “Construction Man of the Year” in 1969 by Engineering News Record, the only architect to receive this award; the “Quarter Century Citation” in 1977 from the Building Research Advisory Board; the Governor's Design Award, State of California in 1965, for the Systems School Design; Progressive Architecture's, First Award for the Rugby Tennessee Master Plan in 1986; and the Presidential Design Award Federal Achievement Award, in 1995.
Ehrenkrantz is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
has a M.Arch from the University of Liverpool, and received two
Fulbright Fellowships for research at the Building Research Station,
Great Britain.
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