Michael Graves

Michael Graves (Indianapolis, July 9, 1934 – Princeton, March 12, 2015) was an American architect who was part of the New York Five group.
A 1950 graduate of Broad Ripple High School, Graves earned a baccalaureate degree from the University of Cincinnati (also a member of Sigma Chi) and a master's degree from Harvard University. He has been a practicing architect in Princeton, New Jersey, since 1964, is a professor emeritus at Princeton University, and is the principal of Michael Graves & Associates, which has offices in Princeton and New York City. In addition to his popular line of home goods, Graves and his team have earned recognition and acclaim for a wide variety of commercial and residential buildings and furniture. Graves received the National Medal of Arts in 1999 and the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects in 2001.

In 2003, an infection of unknown origin (possibly bacterial meningitis) paralyzed him from the waist down; he remained active in his profession, designing several buildings, including an addition to the Detroit Institute of Arts and a large resort in Singapore.
He passed away at his home in Princeton in 2015 at the age of 80.
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