Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
stillspotting nyc, organized by David van der Leer and the Guggenheim, was offered last Saturday and Sunday in Staten Island; the “Civic Action” installation at Socrates Sculpture Park, including work by Mary Miss (pictured above), closed on Sunday; Kaja Kuhl hosts the last of this season’s workshops at her Phytoremediation Lab in the South Bronx on 8/11; an exhibit organized by Phil Enquist is on now through 8/31 at the Chicago River Museum, showcasing proposals for waterfront improvements along the river’s south branch.
Tags: Chicago, Chicago River Museum, David ven der Leer, Guggenheim, Kaja Kuhl, mary miss, New York, Phil Enquist, Socraates Sculpture Park, Staten Island, stillspotting nyc
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Matt Blesso spoke to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times about blending city and country on his Manhattan rooftop; Richard Dattner’s 1960s playground designs feature prominently in a Cabinet magazine article; Phil Enquist spoke with Chicago radio station WBEZ about the future of the Chicago River, one he hopes includes fishing and swimming; Architectural Record investigated how Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss’ Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center uses earth and plants to amplify its design; also according to Architectural Record, Rob Rogers and Jonathan Marvel are ‘hitting their stride’ with the commission to design a hotel and condominium overlooking Brooklyn Bridge Park (above).
Tags: Architectural Record, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Cabinet Magazine, Chicago, Chicago River, manhattan, matt blesso, Michael Manfredi, New York Times, Phil Enquist, Richard Drattner, Rob Rogers, wall street journal, WBEZ
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Monday, June 11th, 2012
At the AIA National Convention, Susan Chin was elected to the national AIA Vice Presidency, Patron Steven Holl won the AIA Gold Medal, and the firms of Board Member Thom Mayne and Robert Rogers won Honor Awards; the New York chapter of ASLA announced their Design Awards, with Thomas Balsley’s firm taking home four awards, and the firms of Michael Manfredi, Barbara Wilks, and Henry White each receiving one; the Graham Foundation announced their 2012 Grants to Individuals, with Nina Rappaport and June Williamson both receiving awards to support their respective publications about photographer Ezra Stoller and designing suburban futures; Phil Enquist will be honored with Openlands’ 2012 Conservation Leadership Award at a luncheon in October; Matthew Berman’s workshop/apd won a Building Brooklyn award for their BLDG 92 at the Navy Yard (pictured at left); the Society for Marketing Professional Services awarded Board Member Claire Weisz’s studio with an Industry Award for their Battery SeaGlass Carousel.
Tags: AIA, AIA National Convention, ASLA NY, ASLA NY Design Awards, Barbara Wilks, Battery SeaGlass Carousel, BLDG at the Navy Yard, City College of New York, Claire Weisz, Ezra Stoller, Henry White, HM White, June Williamson, matthew berman, Michael Manfredi, Morphosis, Nina Rappaport, Openlands, Phil Enquist, Robert Rogers, Society for Marketing Professional Services, SOM, Steven Holl, Steven Holl Architects, Susan Chin, the Graham Foundation, Thom Mayne, Thomas Balsley, Thomas Balsley Associates, W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Weiss/Manfredi, WXY
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Friday, April 6th, 2012
The lead project in teNeues’ recent book, New York Rooftop Gardens, is by Matthew Berman’s Workshop/APD; James Dart’s work in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans is included in a new book about design’s role in disaster recovery; a team at SOM lead by Phil Enquist announced the firm’s The Great Lakes Century initiative (pictured at left); in preparation for the Regional Assembly on 4/27, Jeff Ferzoco and his colleagues at the RPA launched an interactive town hall to engage the public about the future of New York’s metropolitan region; along with NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Charles McKinney spoke at length to Landscape Urbanism magazine about New York’s High Performance Landscape Guidelines; Matthias Sauerbruch’s firm has been shortlisted to develop university apartments as part of an urban extension plan for the University of Cambridge.
Tags: adrian benepe, Charles McKinney, great lakes, High Performance Landscape Guidelines, Hurricane Katrina, interactive town hall, James Dart, Jeff Ferzoco, landscape urbanism, Landscape Urbanism magazine, matthew berman, Matthias Sauerbruch, New Orleans, New York metropolitan region, New York Rooftop Gardens, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Phil Enquist, Regional Assembly, Regional Plan Association, Sauerbruch Hutton, SOM, teNeues, The Great Lakes Century, University of Cambridge, workshop/apd
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
In Sandy Springs, GA, David Dixon’s firm, Goody Clancy, will develop a downtown master plan focused on improving commuting conditions; last week, a team from SOM lead by Phil Enquist presented new details about their Lakeside development project of a former US Steel plant on the South Side of Chicago; Eric Galipo was on the team from H3 whose campus master plan was recently approved by the Board of Trustees at Adelphi University; John Palmieri’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has released a new master plan for Atlantic City designed by Jon Jerde’s Jerde Partnership; Mary Margaret Jones and her firm, Hargreaves Associates, presented their design concepts for Destination Bayfront to a 250-person audience in Corpus Christi, TX; Emerson College broke ground on their new L.A. campus building designed by Board Member Thom Mayne; last Thursday, Gregg Pasquarelli presented SHoP’s vision for Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan’s South Street Seaport to Community Board 1 (pictured at left).
Tags: Adelphi University, Atlantic City, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Chicago, Community Board 1, Corpus Christi, David Dixon, Destination Bayfront, Emerson College, Eric Galipo, Georgia, Goody Clancy, Gregg Pasquarelli, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, Hargreaves Associates, Jerde Partnership, John Palmieri, Jon Jerde, Lakeside, Los Angeles, Lower Manhattan, Mary Margaret Jones, Morphosis, New Jersey, Phil Enquist, Pier 17, Sandy Springs, SHoP, SOM, South Side, South Street Seaport, Texas, Thom Mayne, US Steel
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
SOM’s team lead—by Phil Enquist—was selected to develop the master plan for Beijing Bohai Innovation City (pictured at left); Reflections at Keppel Bayon, Daniel Libeskind’s first residential project in Asia, will open in Singapore on 3/22; Michael Manfredi’s firm has been selected to develop the master plan for the National Geographic Headquarters in D.C.; Lyn Rice’s firm Rice + Lipka will redesign the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in conjunction with James Corner Field Operations.
Tags: Beijing, Beijing Bohai Innovation City, daniel libeskind, Detroit, James Corner Field Operations, Lyn Rice, Michael Manfredi, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, National Geographic Headquarters, Phil Enquist, Reflections at Keppel Bayon, Rice + Lipka, singapore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, SOM, washington dc
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
The Wall Street Journal spoke to Richard Dattner about his design for a new salt shed in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood (pictured at left); Board Member Winka Dubbeldam has been quite popular at New York magazine lately — the publication featured a slideshow of her design for singer John Legend’s new Bowery apartment, as well as a fascinating debate between Winka, Fellows Gregg Pasquarelli and Robert A.M. Stern, and several other NYC luminaries on the city’s greatest building; the New York Times looked at Phil Enquist’s master plan for the redevelopment of a massive former US Steel complex on Chicago’s South Shore; Vince Ferrandino was interviewed by WestfairOnline as part of a special report on civic leadership; Architectural Record announced that Daniel Libeskind will design a mixed-use complex on the mainland side of a bridge connecting Sicily to the Italian peninsula; David Manfredi presented his firm’s plans for Kendall Square at a community meeting in Cambridge; Architect took a look at Moshe Safdie’s Marina Bay Sands complex; and Curbed featured a sizable set of images of Claire Weisz’s recently-unveiled plans for Manhattan’s Astor Place/Cooper Square area.
Tags: Architectural Record, Architecture, Astor Place, Bowery, bridge, Cambridge, Chicago, civic leadership, Claire Weisz, Connecticut, Cooper Union, Curbed, daniel libeskind, David Manfredi, great buildings, Gregg Pasquarelli, Hudson Square, infrastructure, interior design, Italy, John Legend, Kendall Square, manhattan, marina bay sands, master plan, moshe safdie, New York City, New York magazine, Phil Enquist, plaza program, Richard Dattner, robert a.m. stern, salt shed, Sicily, singapore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Vince Ferrandino, wall street journal, Winka Dubbeldam
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