Werner Seligmann was born on March 30, 1930, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father, Fritz, was born December 31, 1902, in Krefeld, Germany, survived a labor camp in Bielefeld and deportation to KZ Theresienstadt,Terezin in Czechoslovakia.. He died March 10, 1971, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.<ref name=":1">Hohenems Genealogie</ref> His mother, Charlotte Louise (Czermin), was Fritz's second wife and was born June 1, 1902. She died in KZ Ravensbrück, Germany, about 1944.<ref name=":1"/> Fritz was Jewish but Charlotte was not. His sister, Helga Seligmann, was born in Osnabrück September 17, 1931, and died during an Allied bombing raid November 21, 1944,<ref name=":0">Interview by Bruce Coleman with Jean Seligmann in Cortland NY on January 28, 2012, and February 12, 2012.</ref> in Kinderheim am Scholerberg, Osnabrück<ref name=":1"/> From his father, who was a violinist with the Osnabrück city orchestra (Osnabrück Stadttheater), Seligmann inherited a lifelong love of music and the arts in general. He wanted to be a painter but his father said he should have a better-paying occupation. He was apprenticed to an architect in Münster, Germany.<ref name=":0"/>
Werner Seligmann was born on March 30, 1930, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father, Fritz, was born December 31, 1902, in Krefeld, Germany, survived a labor camp in Bielefeld and deportation to KZ Theresienstadt,Terezin in Czechoslovakia. He died March 10, 1971, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.<ref name=":1">Hohenems Genealogie Genealogy site of Jewish families</ref> His mother, Charlotte Louise (Czermin), was Fritz's second wife and was born June 1, 1902. She died in KZ Ravensbrück, Germany, about 1944.<ref name=":1"/> Fritz was Jewish but Charlotte was not.<ref name=":2">Interview by Bruce Coleman with Jean Seligmann in Cortland NY on January 28, 2012, and February 12, 2012.</ref> His sister, Helga Seligmann, was born in Osnabrück September 17, 1931, and died during an Allied bombing raid November 21, 1944,<ref name=":2"/> in Kinderheim am Scholerberg, Osnabrück<ref name=":1"/> From his father, who was a violinist with the Osnabrück city orchestra (Osnabrück Stadttheater), Seligmann inherited a lifelong love of music and the arts in general. He wanted to be a painter but his father said he should have a better-paying occupation. He was apprenticed to an architect in Münster, Germany.<ref name=":2"/>
The family lived in Osnabrück, Germany, until they were captured by the Nazis. Seligmann spent the latter part of the [[Second World War]] in a concentration camp, thought to be in Osnabrück. After the camp guards abandoned their posts, he was picked up by American troops and ultimately reunited with his father.<ref name=":3">Interview with Werner Seligmann in Syracuse 1998</ref>This appears to have been in a resettlement camp in Wentorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Wentorf was a camp for Displaced Persons (DPs) and occupied buildings that had been barracks for the German Army (Wehrmacht).<ref name=":1"/> From there he was sent to the US in 1949, leaving Bremerhaven aboard the "General J H McRae".<ref name=":1"/>He went to live with relatives in Groton, in upstate New York, a short distance from [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca]]. He studied at the Cascadilla School, a preparatory school for Cornell University, to make up for his lost time in high school and to learn English.<ref name=":0"/>
The family lived in Osnabrück, Germany, until they were captured by the Nazis. Seligmann spent the latter part of the [[Second World War]] in a concentration camp, thought to be in Osnabrück.<red name=":2"/> After the camp guards abandoned their posts, he was picked up by American troops and ultimately reunited with his father.<ref name=":3">Interview with Werner Seligmann in Syracuse 1998</ref>This appears to have been in a resettlement camp in Wentorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Wentorf was a camp for Displaced Persons (DPs) and occupied buildings that had been barracks for the German Army (Wehrmacht).<ref name=":1"/> From there he was sent to the US in 1949, leaving Bremerhaven aboard the "General J H McRae".<ref name=":1"/>He went to live with relatives in Groton, in upstate New York, a short distance from [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca]]. He studied at the Cascadilla School, a preparatory school for Cornell University, to make up for his lost time in high school and to learn English.<ref name=":2"/>
Seligmann received his B. Arch. degree from Cornell in 1955.<ref name=":5"/> On August 29, 1954, he married Jean Lois Liberman. They had two children: Raphael John and Sabina Charlotte. He became a naturalized citizen in 1955.<ref name=":0"/> From 1956 to 1958 he taught as an instructor at the [[University of Texas]] in Austin, Texas, from 1956 to 1958. It was there that he became part of a small group of faculty that was later nicknamed [[Texas Rangers (architects)|The Texas Rangers]], a name later attributed to Alan Chimacoff and Thomas Schumacher. They were then students in the graduate design studio taught by Colin Rowe. The group included [[Colin Rowe]], John Shaw, Robert Slutzky, [[John Hejduk]], Lee Hirsche, Bernhard Hoesli, Lee Hodgen, Jerry Wells, and W. Irving Phillips. After the groupwas dismissed he pursued graduate study at the Technische Hochschule in Braunschweig, Germany, from 1958 to 1959. <ref>{{Citation|title=Texas Rangers (architects)|date=2018-03-04|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Rangers_(architects)&oldid=828814428|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref> He taught as an Assistant at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (the [[ETH]]) in [[Zurich|Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] from 1959 to 1961 and was a designer in the office of Hoesli and Aebli, Zurich, Switzerland. From 1961 to 1974 he was a Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and from 1974 to 1976 a Professor of Architecture at [[Harvard University]]. From 1976 to 1990, he was Dean and Professor of Architecture at the [[Syracuse University School of Architecture]]. In 1981, Seligmann was named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome (FAAR). In 1986 he was the Eliot Noyes professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1988 he was the William Henry Bishop professor at Yale University. In 1994 he was the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Professor at the [[University of Virginia]]. From 1990 to 1993, he was the Karl Moser Professor of Architecture at the [[ETH]] in Zurich. On his return to Syracuse University, he was named the Distinguished Professor of Architecture.
Seligmann received his B. Arch. degree from Cornell in 1955.<ref name=":8">Seligmann vitae</ref> On August 29, 1954, he married Jean Lois Liberman. They had two children: Raphael John and Sabina Charlotte. He became a naturalized citizen in 1955.<ref name=":2"/> From 1956 to 1958 he taught as an instructor at the [[University of Texas]] in Austin, Texas. There he became part of a small group of faculty that was later nicknamed [[Texas Rangers (architects)|The Texas Rangers]], a name later attributed to Alan Chimacoff and Thomas Schumacher. They were then students in the graduate design studio taught by Colin Rowe. The group included historian [[Colin Rowe]], John Shaw, painter [[Robert Slutzky]], [[John Hejduk]], Lee Hirsche, [[Bernhard Hoesli]], Lee Hodgen, [[Jerry Wells]], and W. Irving Phillips.{{|last=Caragonne|first=Alexander|title= The Texas Rangers, Notes from an Architectural Underground|publisher= MIT Press |year=1994}} After the <ref=":5">Texas Rangers</ref> were dismissed, Seligmann pursued graduate study at the Technische Hochschule in Braunschweig, Germany, from 1958 to 1959. <ref>{{Citation|title=Texas Rangers (architects)|date=2018-03-04|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Rangers_(architects)&oldid=828814428|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref> He taught as an Assistant at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (the [[ETH]]) in [[Zurich|Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] from 1959 to 1961 and was a designer in the office of Hoesli and Aebli, Zurich, Switzerland. From 1961 to 1974 he was a Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and from 1974 to 1976 a Professor of Architecture at [[Harvard University]]. From 1976 to 1990, he was Dean and Professor of Architecture at the [[Syracuse University School of Architecture]]. In 1981, Seligmann was named a Fellow of the ([[American Academy in Rome (FAAR)]]). In 1986 he was the Eliot Noyes professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1988 he was the William Henry Bishop professor at Yale University. In 1994 he was the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Professor at the [[University of Virginia]]. From 1990 to 1993, he was the Karl Moser Professor of Architecture at the [[ETH]] in Zurich. On his return to Syracuse University, he was named the Distinguished Professor of Architecture. <ref name=":8"/ref>
In 1998 he was awarded The Topaz Awardin Architectural Education, awarded jointly by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Architecture ([[American Institute of Architects|AIA]]), the highest award for an architectural educator.
In 1998 he was awarded The [[Topaz Medallion for Architectural Education]], awarded jointly by the ([[Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture]] (ACSA)) and the ([[American Institute of Architects|AIA]]), the highest award for an architectural educator.
In addition to serving as a visiting critic, Seligmann wrote and lectured extensively on the works of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Le Corbusier]], and other architects and issues.<ref name=":5">Seligmann's biography, now part of the Seligmann Papers at Syracuse University.</ref>
In addition to serving as a visiting critic, Seligmann wrote and lectured extensively on the works of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Le Corbusier]], and other architects and issues.<ref name=":5">Seligmann biography, now part of the Seligmann Papers at Syracuse University.</ref>
==Unresolved Issues==
==Unresolved Issues==
There are several issues that are missing or contradictory.
There are several issues that are missing or contradictory.
#Sometime in the early 1970s, Seligmann mentioned that his family had "moved south" to avoid capture.<ref name=":7">Bruce Coleman conversation with Werner Seligmann</ref> No documentary evidence can be found to support this. What can be found is an indication that the family was in Braunschweig, Germany, which is some 100 milies to the east of Osnabrück, Germany. Even the stay in Braunschweig may be in error.
#Sometime in the early 1970s, Seligmann mentioned that his family had "moved south" to avoid capture.<ref name=":6">Bruce Coleman conversation with Werner Seligmann</ref> No documentary evidence can be found to support this. What can be found is an indication that the family was in Braunschweig, Germany, which is some 100 milies to the east of Osnabrück, Germany. Even the stay in Braunschweig may be in error.
#During a lunch with Werner Seligmann, the only occasion in which he spoke about his time in captivity, he referred to seeing "waves of bombers flying overhead," something that took "an hour and a half." They were "headed towards Munich, which at that point had no military value because that's where Hitler had his start."<ref name=":3"/> There was one bomber raid on Munich, April 24, 1944, that involved some 500 US and British aircraft that came from England to strike Munich.<ref name=":8">Aerial bombing of Munich[http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/24april44.html]</ref> It's possible that this is what he recalled, but it's uncertain.
#During a lunch with Werner Seligmann, the only occasion in which he spoke about his time in captivity, he referred to seeing "waves of bombers flying overhead," something that took "an hour and a half." They were "headed towards Munich, which at that point had no military value because that's where Hitler had his start."<ref name=":6"/> There was one bomber raid on Munich, April 24, 1944, that involved some 500 US and British aircraft that came from England to strike Munich.<ref name=":7">Aerial bombing of Munich[http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/24april44.html]</ref> It's possible that this is what he recalled, but it's uncertain.
#During the same lunch with Seligmann, he spoke about being in a resettlement camp in Holland and being called to the main office where his father, Fritz, was waiting. It was "the happiest day in my life".<ref name=":3"/>Authoritative sources place the resettlement camp in Wentorf, Germany.<ref name=":1"/>
#During the same conversation with Seligmann, he spoke about being in a resettlement camp in Holland and being called to the main office where his father, Fritz, was waiting. It was "the happiest day in my life".<ref name=":3"/>Authoritative sources place the resettlement camp in Wentorf, Germany.<ref name=":1"/>
#It was stated that he arrived in the US at the age of 14.<ref name="renamed_from_2_on_20200628103927"/> Given his birth date, this would be 1944, before the end of World War II. Other sources indicate that he sailed to the US in 1949 <ref name=":1"/>>which would make him 19. He would thus have spent over four years in a resettlement camp.
#It was stated that he arrived in the US at the age of 14.<ref name=":3"/ref>/> Given his birth date, this would be 1944, before the end of World War II. Other sources indicate that he sailed to the US in 1949 <ref name=":1"/>>which would make him 19. He would thus have spent over four years in a resettlement camp. There has been no conformation of this.
#Seligmann was quite clear that he was incarcerated "in a camp". He spoke about "waking up one morning, and the gates were open" and "the guards were gone."<ref name=":3"/> Other sources state he "survived the shoah in hiding with another German family."<ref name=":1"/>
#Seligmann was quite clear that he was incarcerated "in a camp". He spoke about "waking up one morning, and the gates were open" and "the guards were gone."<ref name=":3"/> Other sources state he "survived the Shoah in hiding with another German family."<ref name=":1"/>
==Architectural Practice==
==Architectural Practice==
Seligmann was registered to practice architecture in 1957 by which he had already designed and constructed three small homes. Throughout his teaching career, he maintained a practice and entered many competitions, including the invited competition, “Topography of Terror,” for Berlin, Germany in 1993. His firm, Werner Seligmann and Associates, Architects and Urban Designers was based in Cortland, New York. Launched in 1961, the firm placed in national and international competitions and work of the firm was published and exhibited often, both in the US and abroad.<ref name=":5"/>
Seligmann was registered to practice architecture in 1957 by which he had already designed and constructed three small homes. Throughout his teaching career, he maintained a practice and entered many competitions, including the invited competition, [[Topography of Terror]] for Berlin, Germany in 1993. His firm, Werner Seligmann and Associates, Architects and Urban Designers was based in Cortland, New York. Launched in 1961, the firm placed in national and international competitions and work of the firm was published and exhibited often, both in the US and abroad.<ref name=":8"/>
The architectural work of Werner Seligmann won two [[Progressive Architecture]] Design Awards, was illustrated on the cover of PA three times and was placed, or won, several national and international design competitions. Seligmann's work on developing housing prototypes for the New York State Urban Development Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s established his reputation in housing. The Ithaca Scattered Site Housing Project (now known as Elm Street and Maple Avenue) has been widely exhibited and published. The project's design was included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. [http://www.bethdavid.org Beth David Synagogue] in [[Binghamton]] NY (1963) was often seen as a significant synthesis of Wright and Le Corbusier although it was derived from the preliminary sketches for the Villa Shodhan by Le Corbusier.<ref name=":3"/>
The architectural work of Werner Seligmann won two [[Progressive Architecture]] Design Awards, was illustrated on the cover of Progessive Architecture jounal three times and was placed, or won, several national and international design competitions. Seligmann's work on developing housing prototypes for the New York State Urban Development Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s established his reputation in the design of social housing. The Ithaca Scattered Site Housing Project (now known as Elm Street and Maple Avenue) has been widely exhibited and published. The project's design was included in the permanent collection of the ([[Museum of Modern Art]] MOMA) in New York City. [http://www.bethdavid.org Beth David Synagogue] in [[Binghamton]] NY (1963) was often seen as a significant synthesis of Wright and Le Corbusier although it was derived from the preliminary sketches for the Villa Shodhan by Le Corbusier.<ref name=":3"/>
Seligmann also published numerous articles on the work of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Le Corbusier]], and modern architecture in general.<ref name=":3"/>
Seligmann also published numerous articles on the work of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Le Corbusier]], and modern architecture in general.<ref name=":3"/>
* Ft Lauderdale Riverfront Plaza, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, 1983
* Ft Lauderdale Riverfront Plaza, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, 1983
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* Felix Nussbaum House, Osnabrück, Germany, 1994
* Felix Nussbaum House, Osnabrück, Germany, 1994
==Publications==<ref name=":8"/>
==Publications==<ref name=":8"/>
* Seligmann, Werner. "The Work of Le Corbusier as Lessons for the Student of Architecture." Included in a publication of the Harvard Le Corbusier Rencontre. 1997
* Seligmann, Werner. "The Work of Le Corbusier as Lessons for the Student of Architecture." Included in a publication of the Harvard Le Corbusier Rencontre. 1997
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'''GUEST LECTURER'''
'''GUEST LECTURER'''<ref name=":8"/>
Graham Foundation; Temple University; Rhode Island School of Design; University of Venice; University Rome; Rice University; University of Houston; University of Kansas; University of Texas at Arlington; University of Illinois, Chicago Circle; University of Puerto Rico; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; University of Notre Dame in Rome; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Princeton University; Cornell University; Syracuse University; Washington University, St. Louis; University of Southern California; University of California at Los Angeles; Hampton Institute; Iowa State University; University of Virginia; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; University of Houston; Rice University; Carnegie-Mellon University; Cooper Union; SUNY Buffalo, Binghamton; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brandeis University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; University of Osnabruck, Germany.
Graham Foundation; Temple University; Rhode Island School of Design; University of Venice; University Rome; Rice University; University of Houston; University of Kansas; University of Texas at Arlington; University of Illinois, Chicago Circle; University of Puerto Rico; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; University of Notre Dame in Rome; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Princeton University; Cornell University; Syracuse University; Washington University, St. Louis; University of Southern California; University of California at Los Angeles; Hampton Institute; Iowa State University; University of Virginia; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; University of Houston; Rice University; Carnegie-Mellon University; Cooper Union; SUNY Buffalo, Binghamton; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brandeis University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; University of Osnabruck, Germany.
'''GUEST JUROR'''<ref name=":8" />
'''GUEST JUROR'''<ref name=":8" />
Harvard University; Columbia University; Yale University; Princeton University; Rhode Island School of Design, Cornell University; Iowa State University; Boston Architectural Center; Washington University; St. Louis; Architectural Association, London; Polytechnic of Central London, London; Thames Polytechnic, London; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eigenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich; University of Stuttgart; University of Virginia; University of Toronto.
Harvard University; Columbia University; Yale University; Princeton University; Rhode Island School of Design, Cornell University; Iowa State University; Boston Architectural Center; Washington University; St. Louis; Architectural Association, London; Polytechnic of Central London, London; Thames Polytechnic, London; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eigenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich; University of Stuttgart; University of Virginia; University of Toronto.
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Werner Seligmann. The Syracuse University portrait circa 1986
Werner Seligmann (March 30, 1930 – November 12, 1998), was an architect, urban designer and educator.
Biography
Werner Seligmann was born on March 30, 1930, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father, Fritz, was born December 31, 1902, in Krefeld, Germany, survived a labor camp in Bielefeld and deportation to KZ Theresienstadt,Terezin in Czechoslovakia. He died March 10, 1971, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[1] His mother, Charlotte Louise (Czermin), was Fritz's second wife and was born June 1, 1902. She died in KZ Ravensbrück, Germany, about 1944.[1] Fritz was Jewish but Charlotte was not.[2] His sister, Helga Seligmann, was born in Osnabrück September 17, 1931, and died during an Allied bombing raid November 21, 1944,[2] in Kinderheim am Scholerberg, Osnabrück[1] From his father, who was a violinist with the Osnabrück city orchestra (Osnabrück Stadttheater), Seligmann inherited a lifelong love of music and the arts in general. He wanted to be a painter but his father said he should have a better-paying occupation. He was apprenticed to an architect in Münster, Germany.[2]
The family lived in Osnabrück, Germany, until they were captured by the Nazis. Seligmann spent the latter part of the Second World War in a concentration camp, thought to be in Osnabrück.<red name=":2"/> After the camp guards abandoned their posts, he was picked up by American troops and ultimately reunited with his father.[3]This appears to have been in a resettlement camp in Wentorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Wentorf was a camp for Displaced Persons (DPs) and occupied buildings that had been barracks for the German Army (Wehrmacht).[1] From there he was sent to the US in 1949, leaving Bremerhaven aboard the "General J H McRae".[1]He went to live with relatives in Groton, in upstate New York, a short distance from Cornell University in Ithaca. He studied at the Cascadilla School, a preparatory school for Cornell University, to make up for his lost time in high school and to learn English.[2]
Seligmann received his B. Arch. degree from Cornell in 1955.[4] On August 29, 1954, he married Jean Lois Liberman. They had two children: Raphael John and Sabina Charlotte. He became a naturalized citizen in 1955.[2] From 1956 to 1958 he taught as an instructor at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. There he became part of a small group of faculty that was later nicknamed The Texas Rangers, a name later attributed to Alan Chimacoff and Thomas Schumacher. They were then students in the graduate design studio taught by Colin Rowe. The group included historian Colin Rowe, John Shaw, painter Robert Slutzky, John Hejduk, Lee Hirsche, Bernhard Hoesli, Lee Hodgen, Jerry Wells, and W. Irving Phillips.{{|last=Caragonne|first=Alexander|title= The Texas Rangers, Notes from an Architectural Underground|publisher= MIT Press |year=1994}} After the <ref=":5">Texas Rangers</ref> were dismissed, Seligmann pursued graduate study at the Technische Hochschule in Braunschweig, Germany, from 1958 to 1959. [5] He taught as an Assistant at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (the ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland from 1959 to 1961 and was a designer in the office of Hoesli and Aebli, Zurich, Switzerland. From 1961 to 1974 he was a Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and from 1974 to 1976 a Professor of Architecture at Harvard University. From 1976 to 1990, he was Dean and Professor of Architecture at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. In 1981, Seligmann was named a Fellow of the (American Academy in Rome (FAAR)). In 1986 he was the Eliot Noyes professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1988 he was the William Henry Bishop professor at Yale University. In 1994 he was the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia. From 1990 to 1993, he was the Karl Moser Professor of Architecture at the ETH in Zurich. On his return to Syracuse University, he was named the Distinguished Professor of Architecture. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Unresolved Issues
There are several issues that are missing or contradictory.
Sometime in the early 1970s, Seligmann mentioned that his family had "moved south" to avoid capture.[6] No documentary evidence can be found to support this. What can be found is an indication that the family was in Braunschweig, Germany, which is some 100 milies to the east of Osnabrück, Germany. Even the stay in Braunschweig may be in error.
During a lunch with Werner Seligmann, the only occasion in which he spoke about his time in captivity, he referred to seeing "waves of bombers flying overhead," something that took "an hour and a half." They were "headed towards Munich, which at that point had no military value because that's where Hitler had his start."[6] There was one bomber raid on Munich, April 24, 1944, that involved some 500 US and British aircraft that came from England to strike Munich.[7] It's possible that this is what he recalled, but it's uncertain.
During the same conversation with Seligmann, he spoke about being in a resettlement camp in Holland and being called to the main office where his father, Fritz, was waiting. It was "the happiest day in my life".[3]Authoritative sources place the resettlement camp in Wentorf, Germany.[1]
It was stated that he arrived in the US at the age of 14.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Juror, International Competition for Campione, Italy 1984
Professional Advisor, N.I.A.E. Van Allen Competition 1984-85
Participant, Symposium, "The Rise of Modernism", Syracuse University 1984
Participant, Symposium "Woche der Verbrannten Bucher", University of Osnabruck, Germany 1983
Member, Team Leader, Chicago World's Fair Charette, Chicago 1983
Miami University, Team Leader, Charette, Dayton, Ohio 1982
Architectural Competition - Professional Advisor: organization of competition, programming, administration
Buffalo, New York "Buffalo: Waterfront", Urban Design Study Cornell University, Urban Design Graduate Program critics: Colin Rowe, Werner Seligmann, J Alan Wells, with students Richard Baiter, Richard Cardwell, David Chan, Wayne Copper, Harris Forusz, Alfred Koetter, Makoto Miki, Elipidio Olympio, Frans Oswald. 1965-66, Exhibited Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo New York, Jun 23-September 1 1969
Seligmann, Werner. "The Work of Le Corbusier as Lessons for the Student of Architecture." Included in a publication of the Harvard Le Corbusier Rencontre. 1997
Seligmann, Werner. "Le Corbusier - The Four Compositions." Festschrift for Prof. Eduard Sekler - Harvard University. 1997
Contribution to The Texas Rangers. Alexander Caragonne. The M.I.T. Press. 1995
Seligmann, Werner. "The Evolution of the Prairie House." Article in Frank Lloyd Wright, A Primer on Architectural Principles. Ed. Robert McCarter. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1990.
"The Texas Years and the Beginning at the E.T.H. 1956-61."Article in Architektur Lehren. Zürich: G.T.A. 1989
Seligmann, Werner. "Le Corbusier As Architectural Engineer," Architectural Record. October 1987, pp. 142.151. 1987
Seligmann, Werner. "The Poetics of Counterpoint." Article in catalog Mario Campi, Franco Pessina, Architects. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
Seligmann, Werner. "Swiss Precision," Boni House by Mario Camp, House and Garden. pp. 180-187. October. 1986
Seligmann, Werner. "Schirn am Romerberg Frankfurt am Main." Lead article for a catalog published for the opening of the new cultural center in Frankfurt, Germany. 1986
Seligmann, Werner. "The Role of Design in the Profitable Architectural Office." Keynote Address. The A.I.A. Press. 1985
Architecture & Urbanism Japan, Various projects and buildings 1984
Progressive Architecture (Cover) Center Ithaca, Ithaca, New York, July 1982
"A Fitting Image?" Progressive Architecture. Olean Central Fire Station, Olean, NY, pp. 66-69 + cover. July. 1980
Lavenstein, Richard. Contemporary Architects, St. Martin's Reference Books. 1980
Seligmann, Werner. Documentation of Buildings by Le Corbusier. Oppositions 15/16. 1979
Seligmann, Werner. U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, Catalog of Kajima Institute. 1978
Toshi-Jutaku. U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York 1978
Seligmann, Werner. "Runcorn Historical Precedent and Rationale Design Process." In collaboration with Anthony Vidler. Oppositions 7. 1976-77
Architecture & Urbanism Japan, Science Building II, SUNY College at Cortland, Willard State Hospital Administration Building. December. 1976
Seligmann, Werner. Binghamton Capri Theater Impact Study, published by the Valley Development Foundation, Binghamton NY 1976
Architecture & Urbanism Japan - Willard State Hospital Administration Building, April issue (Cover) 1975
L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui France - Quarterly, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York 1975
Seligmann, Werner. "Assessing Broadway East (Appraisal )," Progressive Architecture. pp. 62-67.October 1974
Seligmann, Werner. U.D.C. Housing at Kington, NY; "Assessing Broadway East", an appraisal by Werner Seligmann, Progressive Architecture October 1974
Seligmann, Werner. Low-rise Housing by John Macsai Published by John Wiley, Inc. 1974
U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, Oppositions 3 May 1974
JOH/9 Journal of Housing No. 9 U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, October 1974
American Home, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, September, 1974
Architecture & Urbanism Japan, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, June-July, 1974
Empire State Architect, "Homes for Better Living Awards", U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, June 1974
House and Home, “Homes for Better Living Awards”, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, May 1974
A.I.A. Journal, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, 1974
Progressive Architecture, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, May, 1973
Architectural Record, U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca, New York, April, 1971
Final Report, Broome County Cultural Center Competition, April 1971
Architectural Forum, Rehabilitation Center, Willard State Hospital, Willard, New York, December, 1970
"Another Chance for Cities", U.D.C. Housing, Ithaca New York, published by Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1970
Seligmann, Werner. U.D.C Ithaca Scattered Site Housing Project report 1969
Progressive Architecture, Beth David Synagogue, Binghamton, New York, March, 1968
40 American architects under 40, published by Architectural League of new York, Beth David Synagogue, Binghamton, New York, 1968
Seligmann, Werner. "Will Taste Finish Concrete?" Progressive Architecture. "Beauty is Truth, Truth is Beauty, That’s All," comments by Werner Seligmann, pp. 184-186. October 1966
Progressive architecture, Design Awards Issue, Beth David Synagogue, Binghamton, New York, January 1963
American Synagogue Architecture, published by the Jewish Museum of New York, Beth David Synagogue, 1963
Graham Foundation; Temple University; Rhode Island School of Design; University of Venice; University Rome; Rice University; University of Houston; University of Kansas; University of Texas at Arlington; University of Illinois, Chicago Circle; University of Puerto Rico; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; University of Notre Dame in Rome; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Princeton University; Cornell University; Syracuse University; Washington University, St. Louis; University of Southern California; University of California at Los Angeles; Hampton Institute; Iowa State University; University of Virginia; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; University of Houston; Rice University; Carnegie-Mellon University; Cooper Union; SUNY Buffalo, Binghamton; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brandeis University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; University of Osnabruck, Germany.
Harvard University; Columbia University; Yale University; Princeton University; Rhode Island School of Design, Cornell University; Iowa State University; Boston Architectural Center; Washington University; St. Louis; Architectural Association, London; Polytechnic of Central London, London; Thames Polytechnic, London; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eigenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich; University of Stuttgart; University of Virginia; University of Toronto.
