Kent Cress Bloomer (May 31, 1935 – October 22, 2023) was an American sculptor and ornamenter who taught architectural design in the Yale School of Architecture from 1966 to 2019. He was also Yale's Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture from 1974 to 1994. Bloomer considered the undergraduate major in architecture to be a subject within the humanities rather than a preparation for professional work. In 1978, Bloomer began teaching classes on the history and meaning of architectural ornament in built work and in writings throughout the history of architecture and, in 1984, he introduced his graduate seminar, "Ornament Theory and Design," that he taught until his retirement in the spring of 2019. His public works of sculpture and architectural ornament, such as the New York City Central Park luminaires and the Chicago Harold Washington Library ornament are well-known landmarks. He wrote articles on proprioception and the role of the haptic sense in experiencing architecture, on the place of ornament in architecture, and on the distinction between ornament and decoration. He was the principal author of ''Body, Memory, and Architecture'', cowritten with Charles Moore, 1977, and author of ''The Nature of Ornament, Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture'', published in 2000 .
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Kent Cress Bloomer (May 31, 1935 – October 22, 2023) was an American sculptor and ornamenter who taught architectural design in the Yale School of Architecture from 1966 to 2019. He was also Yale's Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture from 1974 to 1994. Bloomer considered the undergraduate major in architecture to be a subject within the humanities rather than a preparation for professional work. In 1978, Bloomer began teaching classes on the history and meaning of architectural ornament in built work and in writings throughout the history of architecture and, in 1984, he introduced his graduate seminar, "Ornament Theory and Design," that he taught until his retirement in the spring of 2019. His public works of sculpture and architectural ornament, such as the New York City Central Park luminaires and the Chicago Harold Washington Library ornament are well-known landmarks. He wrote articles on proprioception and the role of the haptic sense in experiencing architecture, on the place of ornament in architecture, and on the distinction between ornament and decoration. He was the principal author of ''Body, Memory, and Architecture'', cowritten with Charles Moore, 1977, and author of ''The Nature of Ornament, Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture'', published in 2000 .
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