The Institute’s membership is well-represented in the list of recipients for the 2010 International Architecture Awards. Honorees include Patron Steven Holl for the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art and the Knut Hamsun Center; Board Member Thom Mayne for the Cooper Union’s 41 Cooper Square building; Fellow Michael Manfredi’s Weiss/Manfredi Architects for the Wandering Ecologies project in Toronto (pictured at left); Fellow Craig Dykers’ firm Snøhetta for the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet; and Fellow Bruce Fowle’s firm FXFOWLE for the Nordhaven City Regeneration project and SAP North America complex. The awards are administered annually by the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.
International Architecture Award Winners Announced
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Steven 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.
New York Pecha Kucha for Haiti
Saturday, February 20th, 2010Institute fellow Craig Dykers and Institute fellow Steven Holl presented at the New York Pecha Kucha for Haiti today. The event was co-hosted with Architecture for Humanity.
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.
2009 Kick-Off Party, New York
Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Friends and fellows gather to toast the Institute.
Fellows, friends, and supporters of the Institute for Urban Design gathered at the New York studio of mOrphosis Architects to celebrate the new board of directors and chart an expansive next phase of critical urban engagement. Generously hosted by board member Thom Mayne, the event marked one year of transition, building upon the legacy of the Institute’s past while looking toward the future. More