Fellows in the News: Arad, Brandt, Gans, Libeskind, Scheerlinck, Thompson, Walker

Monday, October 25th, 2010

MassLive reviewed Michael Arad’s lecture on the design of the 9/11 Memorial; C-Burbia, a design concept created in part by Denise Hoffman Brandt, was a jury-selected winner in the Build a Better Burb competition; The Museum at Eldridge Street unveiled their new stained glass window (pictured at left), designed by artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans; the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution has selected Daniel Libeskind to design their new International Beacon for Democracy in Essex, UK; Kris Scheerlinck recently accepted a teaching position at WENK Sint Lucas Ghent/Brussels, where he has been invited to run an Urban Design studio and set up an International Master Studio in the spring of 2011; Jane Thompson’s new book Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes was reviewed in the NY Times and the Architect’s Newspaper; Peter Walker was interviewed about the Oakland Museum site in Metropolis P/O/V.

Three New IfUD Fellows

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

We’re pleased to welcome three new Fellows to the Institute: Olympia Kazi, Director of the Van Alen Institute (whom you may remember from her previous position as the Director of this very Institute!); Julie Ju-Youn Kim, Owner and Principal of construcTWO in Washington, DC; and Gregg Pasquerelli (pictured at left), a Principal with SHoP Architects in New York. We’re excited to have them on board.

Fellows’ Work on View: Fisher, Machado, Rice, Sauerbruch, Sheffer, Sorkin, Stigge, Wright

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Tonight (10/18) Lyn Rice will deliver the lecture “Everyday Rebel” at NJIT in Newark, NJ; Board Member Byron Stigge will speak at the Forum for Urban Design’s Eco-Cities event in Manhattan on 10/20; the October installment of Kenneth K. Fisher’s CityWide program on CUNY-TV premieres at 10:00 AM on 10/20; Board President Michael Sorkin will speak about his work on the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale at the Architectural League’s Workshopping New York on 10/20; Ethel Sheffer and Sheena Wright will both participate in panels during the Municipal Art Society’s Summit for New York City on 10/21-22; Rodolfo Machado’s Bowdoin Museum of Art renovation is included in the Maine Modern exhibition at the Storefront for Architecture in Portland, ME, now through 10/31; Mattias Sauerbruch’s winning design for the M9 Museum (pictured at left) will be on view in Venice along with the other competition entries now through 11/21.

Fellows in the News: Berke, Gans, Ho, Stern, Venturi & Scott Brown

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The commission for the renovation and expansion of the Rockefeller Arts Center at SUNY Fredonia was awarded to Deborah Berke (pictured at left); the Architecture + Design Film Festival (October 14–17) announced Robert A.M. Stern as a member of its advisory board; Deborah Gans took an in-depth look at the use of permaculture in Haiti in DesignObserver; Board Member Cathy Lang Ho reviewed Dominique Perrault’s French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for Architect magazine; Patrons Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown will be presented with the Society of American Registered Architects’ International Award in October.

Architecture of Social Investment Competition

Monday, October 11th, 2010

The IfUD’s friends at Urbaninform are a part of MoMA’s Small Scale, Big Change: The Architectures of Social Engagement, and have launched a parallel competition, The Architecture of Social Investment. They are looking for design projects that empower individuals and communities to become economically independent; initiatives should be realized or developed to the level of being implemented. Submissions are due by November 1st, 2010.

Fellows’ Work on View: Dykers, Gans, Holl, Kerr, Pasquarelli, & Rice

Friday, October 8th, 2010

The show Innovate : Integrate, featuring Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP’s design for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (pictured at left), opened at the Center for Architecture in Manhattan on 10/6; Made In New York, AIANY’s 2010 Subway Exhibition, will open on 10/8 in the West 4th Street station in New York’s Greenwich Village, and will include the work of Lyn Rice; the Pratt Institute School of Architecture will host the symposium Voyage through Le Corbusier, with panelist Deborah Gans, on 10/11; the Municipal Arts Society’s Conference on Preservation and Climate Change in New York City, which includes a panel featuring Laurie Kerr, starts on 10/15; competing proposals by Patron Steven Holl and Fellow Craig Dykers (among others) for the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Dundee outpost are on view now through 11/4 in the show V&A Dundee – Making it Happen.

Breakfast Club #11 Photo Album is Live

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

Fellows packed the reading room at the Center for Architecture this morning to discuss the innovative new public spaces that the city is carving out of New York’s streets with representatives from the NYC Department of Transportation. A photo album featuring several images from the Club is now live on the IfUD’s Facebook page — go take a look! If you weren’t able to join us, we hope to see you at next month’s Club; check the next Institute Update for details.

Sennett to be Awarded 2010 Spinoza

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Fellow Richard Sennett is the winner of the 2010 Spinoza Award, a biennial prize given to a distinguished scholar whose work contributes to public debate on ethics and morality; previous laureates include Edward Said and Michael Walzer. The award will be presented to Sennett at a ceremony to be held on November 24, 2010, at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague.