Fellows’ Events & Exhibitions: May 1-15

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Olympia Kazi will participate in a panel discussion at the 2011 D-Crit Conference on 5/4; Ethel Sheffer will participate in the panel Riverside Center: Did the Public Process Work? at the Center for Architecture on 5/9; then, on 5/12, you can return to the Center to see Deborah Gans moderate the panel Housing Innovation New York; Winka Dubbeldam will join a panel on design at WANTED: Design in New York on 5/14; and Art & Architecture, an exhibit of the work of architect-developer John Portman (a la Detroit’s Renaissance Center, pictured at left), is on view at Beijing’s Capital Museum from now through June 12th.

IfUD Well-Represented Amongst AIA Institute Honor Awardees

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Patron Steven Holl and Fellows Phil Enquist and Michael Manfredi each took home a 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award. Holl and Manfredi won in the Architecture category, for the Horizontal Skyscraper Vanke Center and the Barnard College Diana Center, respectively; Enquist’s Beijing CBD East Expansion master plan (pictured at left) was honored in Urban Design. Congratulations to all three men!

Philip Enquist Leads SOM Chicago to Win International Design Competition for Beijing, China

Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Photo credit: Newscom

Photo credit: Newscom

Institute fellow Philip Enquist led SOM Chicago and SOM China in winning an international design competition to expand the Beijing Central Business District. Seven teams of the world’s leading urban planners, urban designers and architects were invited to participate. More information.