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Charles Willard Moore was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1925. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in architecture in 1947. Moore was a teacher during much of his career, at the University of California at Berkeley, at Yale, and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Based on his studies at Princeton, Moore developed a humanistic approach to architecture in which each design attempts to engage users within a clearly defined spatial environment. To effectively activate these spaces and generate synthesis, Moore creates a kinetic juxtaposition of unrelated forms. Moore believed that architecture must elicit responses from all the senses, not only the visual. He felt that architecture should be based on client preference and on symbolic reference to the site. He purposely created architecture that engages history, myth and creativity. Instead of using architecture to moralize an ideal, he used it to generate an environment that stimulates the user. Some of his most renowned buildings include the Hood Museum of Art at Hanover, New Hampshire, and the Sea Ranch Condominium at Sea Ranch, California.
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