Congratulations to Institute fellow Claire Weisz and WXY Architecture for winning the International Competition for the Xinjin Landscape Bridge in collaboration with Weidlinger Associates.
Fellow Claire Weisz and WXY Architecture Win Competition
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010New Design Competition: “Build a Better Burb”
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Build a Better Burb, sponsored by the Long Island Index, is seeking proposals for “retrofitting underutilized asphalt in suburban downtowns into innovative and surprising new uses, forms and urbanisms.” The competition seeks to “widen the debate about building a better – more sustainable and equitable – future for our burbs.” Register before June 21st. Guaranteed first prize of $10,000, $10,000 in additional prizes.
Steven Holl Joins IFUD Patron’s Circle
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
We’re happy to announce Steven Holl as the newest member of our Patron’s Circle. With his firm, Holl recently won first prize for the International Tourism Complex Competition in Hangzhou, China as well as the commission for the new art studio facility for the University of Iowa Arts Campus.
Steven Handel Awarded National Honor Award for Research
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Congratulations to Institute fellow Steven Handel who was awarded the National Honor Award for Research for a series of studies exploring ecological restoration processes to enhance urban landscape design from the American Society for Landscape Architects and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
Steven Holl’s Firm Receives Progressive Architecture Awards
Monday, February 1st, 2010
The Progressive Architecture Awards have honored Institute fellow Steven Holl and his firm’s LM Harbor Gateway as one of nine 2010 recipients. The Awards are administered by Architect Magazine, and this year’s winners were selected from a group of more than 300 projects.
FXFOWLE’s Concept Named Best Urban Design Project (Unbuilt)
Monday, February 1st, 2010
World Architecture News selected FXFOWLE’s concept design for Nordhavnen: City Regenerative as the Best Urban Design Project (Unbuilt). The firm’s Institute fellows include Bruce Fowle, Mark Strauss, and Sudhir Jambhekar.
Weiss/Manfredi Wins American Architecture Award
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Institute fellow Michael Manfredi’s firm Weiss/Manfredi has won the American Architecture Award for its design proposal for Toronto’s Lower Don Lands. The 2009 American Architecture Awards recognize distinguished projects designed and built in the United States by leading American and international architecture firms.
ULI Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Sauerbruch Hutton Wins First Prize in International Competition
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Institute fellow Matthias Sauerbruch’s firm Sauerbruch Hutton won first prize in the international competition to design a new home for Hamburg’s Office for Urban Development and Environment. [via Bustler.net]
Twenty Minutes in Manhattan Noted in the New Yorker
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Institute board chair Michael Sorkin’s most recent book, Twenty Minutes in Manhattan, was named one of the “Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009” by Paul Goldberger in the New Yorker.