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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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Tonight (10/18) Lyn Rice will deliver the lecture “Everyday Rebel” at NJIT in Newark, NJ; Board Member Byron Stigge will speak at the Forum for Urban Design’s Eco-Cities event in Manhattan on 10/20; the October installment of Kenneth K. Fisher’s CityWide program on CUNY-TV premieres at 10:00 AM on 10/20; Board President Michael Sorkin will speak about his work on the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale at the Architectural League’s Workshopping New York on 10/20; Ethel Sheffer and Sheena Wright will both participate in panels during the Municipal Art Society’s Summit for New York City on 10/21-22; Rodolfo Machado’s Bowdoin Museum of Art renovation is included in the Maine Modern exhibition at the Storefront for Architecture in Portland, ME, now through 10/31; Mattias Sauerbruch’s winning design for the M9 Museum (pictured at left) will be on view in Venice along with the other competition entries now through 11/21.
Tags: Architectural League, Bowdoin Museum of Art, Byron Stigge, CityWide, CUNY, eco-cities, Ethel Sheffer, exhibition, Forum for Urban Design, Kenneth K. Fisher, lecture, Lyn Rice, M9 Museum, Mattias Sauerbruch, Michael Sorkin, modernism, Municipal Arts Society, New York City, Newark, NJIT, panel, Portland Maine, Rodolfo Machado, Sheena Wright, Venice, Venice Architecture Biennial
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
Winning proposals from the Sukkah City competition, which were selected by a panel of judges that included Michael Arad, Rick Bell, and Board Member Thom Mayne, go on view from September 19-20 in New York’s Union Square; Matt Berman’s (pictured at left) firm workshop/apd was recently named [PDF] a “Generation Next” firm in Departures Magazine’s September style issue; Wanda Bubriski has been invited to join the board of the Society of Architectural Historians; the most recent issue of Next American City magazine features an interview with Board Member Toni Griffin on her work in Detroit; Steven Handel has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecological Restoration, a quarterly published by the University of Wisconsin Press; and both Mattias Sauerbruch (who was recently awarded the commission for the M9 Museum in Venice) and Board Member Enrique Norten will serve as judges at this year’s World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.
Tags: barcelona, competition, Detroit, Ecological Restoraition, Enrique Norten, M9 Museum, matthew berman, Mattias Sauerbruch, michael arad, New York City, next american city, Rick Bell, Society of Architectural Historians, Steven Handel, sukkah city, Thom Mayne, Toni Griffin, union square, Venice, wanda bubriski, workshop/apd, World Architecture Festival
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
The New York 2030 Notebook was launched at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennial with a discussion moderated by Institute executive director and Notebook editor Olympia Kazi and the following contributors: Teddy Cruz, Winka Dubbeldam, Renee Kauffman, Charles McKinney, Jean-Loup Msika and Damon Rich. More
Tags: Italy, The New York 2030 Notebook, Venice, Venice Architecture Biennial
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