Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
The past few weeks have seen four new Fellows join our ranks: Naseem Alizadeh, founder of the Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism; Casey Jones (pictured at left), who serves as Director of Design Excellence at both the U.S. General Services Administration and the US Department of State’s Overseas Buildings Operations; Dennis Pieprz, a principal at Sasaki Associates who leads their international studio; and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Guggenheim, and co-curator of our own “Spontaneous Interventions” pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Tags: BMW Guggenheim Lab, Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism, Casey Jones, David van der Leer, Dennis Pieprz, Director of Design Excellence, Guggenheim, Naseem Alizadeh, Sasaki Associates, Spontaneous Interventions, US General Services Administration, venice biennale
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
We’re excited to introduce a new Fellow to the Institute: Markus Dochantschi, founder of studioMDA in New York. Dochantschi (pictured at left) was trained in Germany, where he graduated in 1995. Before founding studioMDA in 2002, he worked with Arata Isozaki and Fumihiko Maki in Tokyo, and from 1995 to 2002 with Zaha Hadid in London.
In other good news, as the Venice Biennale and Spontaneous Interventions approach, we’re pleased to report that tactical urbanism leads Planetizen’s list of the ‘Top Planning Trends of 2011-2012′. As they explain, “The topic will be explored in depth later this year at the Venice Biennale as the focus of the U.S. pavilion being organized by the Institute for Urban Design.”
Tags: Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki, london, Markus Dochantschi, Planetizen, Spontaneous Interventions, studioMDA, tactical urbanism, Tokyo, Top Planning Trends of 2011-2012, Venice, venice biennale, Zaha Hadid
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
We have just launched a new website for the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, devoted to the theme Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good. The website will continue to grow over the next nine months, expanding to include a news column, curators’ blog, links to related articles and resources, and list of participants and projects. When the Biennale opens in September, the site will include a participants’ blog, a searchable database of projects, and guide to programs in Venice and the United States during the Biennale.
Currently, we are encouraging architects and designers who have realized a tactical urbanism intervention in a U.S. city to submit their projects by February 6 in order to be reviewed during the next curators’ meeting.
Tags: Architecture, call for entries, Design, Spontaneous Interventions, tactical urbanism, venice biennale
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
We’re happy to be back on track with our monthly Breakfast Club series: on Tuesday, November 22nd, we’ll meet at the Center for Architecture to discuss the Institute’s plans for the US Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Biennale of Architecture from 8:30-10:00 AM. This will be an opportunity for Fellows to learn more about the subject of the exhibition and how they can get involved. We’ll provide coffee and light refreshments. Please RSVP if you plan to attend so that we can get an accurate head-count. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon!
Tags: Breakfast Club, Center for Architecture, Events, New York City, Spontaneous Interventions, venice biennale
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Jane Thompson will give a lecture at D-Crit in New York, entitled Rediscovering Design Research, on 9/22; Rosemary Wakeman will discuss her book, The Heroic City: Paris 1945-58, at NYU’s La Maison Française, also on 9/22; Richard Dattner will join a panel about the Lindsay administration’s adventure playgrounds at the Museum of the City of New York on 9/27; Craig Dykers will participate on the panel Universities as City Builders, to be moderated by Ken Greenberg, in Toronto on 9/29; the exhibition Interior Urbanism/Portman Space, featuring the work of John Portman, will be on view at the University of Technology Sydney through 10/1; a pavilion designed by Daniel Libeskind will serve as one of the centerpieces of the Seoul Design Fair 2010, which will run through 10/7; and Elisabetta Terragni’s adaptive reuse of the Trento Tunnels will be on view at the Venice Biennale, which runs through 11/21.
Tags: adventure playground, Central Park, Craig Dykers, d-crit, daniel libeskind, Design Research, Elisabetta Terragni, Jane Thompson, john portman, Ken Greenberg, Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NYU, Paris, Richard Dattner, Rosemary Wakeman, seoul, Sydney, The Heroic City, Toronto, Trento Tunnels, venice biennale
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
Theo David will be featured in the film Encounters as part of Cyprus’ participation in the 2010 Venice Biennale, which runs through 11/21/10; concept designs and models for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new Exhibition Road building from eight firms, including Craig Dykers’ Snøhetta, are on display at the London museum now through 9/19/10; the National Gallery of Canada’s exhibition Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie will be on view in Ottawa from 10/6/10 through 1/9/11; and an exhibit on Matthias Sauerbruch’s design for the Brandhorst Museum is on view at the Royal Academy of Arts in London now through 11/7/10.
Tags: Brandhorst Museum, Craig Dykers, exhibition road, london, Matthias Sauerbruch, moshe safdie, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Royal Academy of Arts, Snohetta, Theo David, venice biennale, victoria and albert museum
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Fellow John Portman and IfUD Board Chair Michael Sorkin will both participate in the High Museum of Art’s exhibition for the Venice Biennale this fall, entitled Workshopping: An American Model of Architectural Practice, which will explore the role of trans-disciplinary collaborations in architecture, spotlighting seven projects with a focus on research and social engagement. The Biennale opens on August 29th and runs through November 21st of this year.
Tags: Architecture, high museum of art, john portman, Michael Sorkin, venice biennale, workshop
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The past few weeks have seen four new Fellows join our ranks: Naseem Alizadeh, founder of the Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism; Casey Jones (pictured at left), who serves as Director of Design Excellence at both the U.S. General Services Administration and the US Department of State’s Overseas Buildings Operations; Dennis Pieprz, a principal at Sasaki Associates who leads their international studio; and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Guggenheim, and co-curator of our own “Spontaneous Interventions” pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
