William Zuk, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William Zuk

futurist

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1924

Date of Death: 28-Jul-2005

Profession: architect

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

William Zuk was born in New York City to Alex and Mary Zuk (née Zelinka), immigrants to the United States from Ukraine, on July 6, 1924.
He died on July 28, 2005.
He was an American engineer, architect, author, teacher, and futurist.
After serving in the U.S.
Navy during World War II, Zuk taught at the University of Virginia for 37 years.
His career there began in the Civil Engineering school in 1958.
In 1964 he transferred to the School of Architecture, where he taught structures until 1992, retiring as Professor Emeritus. He authored several books, most notably Kinetic Architecture, with co-author Roger Clark, see Kinetic architecture; numerous experimental structural engineering articles; and many technical articles.
During his years at UVA, he also served as research engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The term kinetic architecture was coined by Zuk and Roger H.
Clark in the early 1970s, when "dynamic spatial design problems were explored in mechanical systems." (Zuk and Clark 1970).