# Stanley Saitowitz > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Saitowitz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Saitowitz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Saitowitz > Source revision: 1340865763 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American designer **Stanley Saitowitz** is an American designer. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1949.[1][2] He received his Bachelor of Architecture at the [University of Witwatersrand](/source/University_of_Witwatersrand) in 1974. He received a Masters in Architecture from the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) in 1977. Saitowitz is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and is Design Principal with Natoma Architects Inc. based in San Francisco, California.[1] Saitowitz is well-known and influential in the [Bay area](/source/Bay_area) architecture scene.[3] He is known for his "monochromatic" and "machine-like" architecture, a "strident form of Modernism".[4] His design for the Beth Sholom Synagogue (2008) in San Francisco garnered international praise and awards, such as the High Commendation Award, Religion & Contemplation at the 2008 World Architecture Festival 2008.[5] At the same time, the Synagogue received critiques from local residents.[6] ## Awards - [Harleston Parker Medal](/source/Harleston_Parker_Medal) for his work on the [New England Holocaust Memorial](/source/New_England_Holocaust_Memorial) (1997) - His Transvaal House was named a National Monument by the Monuments Council in South Africa (1997)[7] - Finalist for [Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award](/source/National_Design_Awards) (2006) - The [Tampa Museum of Art](/source/Tampa_Museum_of_Art), designed by Saitowitz, won the American Architecture Award from Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in 2010.[8] - 12th Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture Laureate (2000) [9] ## Notable buildings designed by Saitowitz - [UCR/California Museum of Photography](/source/UCR%2FCalifornia_Museum_of_Photography) - [New England Holocaust Memorial](/source/New_England_Holocaust_Memorial), Boston, MA - [Tampa Museum of Art](/source/Tampa_Museum_of_Art), Tampa, FL - [Beth Sholom Synagogue](/source/Congregation_Beth_Sholom) in San Francisco, CA - Beth El Synagogue, La Jolla, CA - 8 Octavia, San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Lofts, San Francisco, CA - [Oxbow School](/source/Oxbow_School), Napa, CA ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-db_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-db_1-1) ["Saitowitz, Stanley"](https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/1478/). Retrieved 17 May 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Furuto, Alison (3 November 2011). ["Contemporary Jewish Museum Presents Stanley Saitowitz: Judaica"](http://www.archdaily.com/180652/contemporary-jewish-museum-presents-stanley-saitowitz-judaica/). *ArchDaily*. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Basulto, David (6 August 2009). ["AD Interviews: Stanley Saitowitz"](https://www.archdaily.com/31456). *ArchDaily*. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Barmann, Jay C. (20 April 2020). ["A guide to the work of Stanley Saitowitz, San Francisco's most polarizing designer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190802205944/https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/27/17507080/stanley-saitowitz-sf-architect-san-francisco-designer-octavia). Archived from [the original](https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/27/17507080/stanley-saitowitz-sf-architect-san-francisco-designer-octavia) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Natoma Architects Awards"](http://www.saitowitz.com/awards/index.html). Retrieved 18 May 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** John King (11 August 2008). ["New synagogue livens up Richmond District"](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-synagogue-livens-up-Richmond-District-3200946.php). Retrieved 18 May 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Elaine Wackerow (22 October 2008). ["Internationally acclaimed architect Stanley Saitowitz to lecture at Syracuse Architecture"](http://syr.edu/news/articles/2008/architecture-saitowitz-10-08.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Lennie Bennett (10 October 2011). ["Tampa Museum of Art wins architecture award"](http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/tampa-museum-of-art-wins-architecture-award/1196098). *Tampa Bay Times*. Retrieved 18 May 2013.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture"](https://www.ufs.ac.za/natagri/departments-and-divisions/architecture-home/general/sophia-gray-memorial-lecture). *www.ufs.ac.za*. Retrieved 21 September 2025. ## Further reading - Stanley Saitowitz (1996). Michael J. Bell (ed.). [*Stanley Saitowitz*](https://books.google.com/books?id=EVAUMiegMnkC). Vol. 33. Princeton Architectural Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781885232038](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781885232038). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.saitowitz.com/) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Israel Artists ULAN People DDB Other IdRef Yale LUX This article about a United States architect born in the 20th-century is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US-architect-20C-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AUS-architect-20C-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US-architect-20C-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stanley Saitowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Saitowitz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Saitowitz?action=history)). 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