Today’s News - Thursday, October 1, 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE: Tomorrow and Monday will be no-newsletter days - we'll be back Tuesday, October 6. In the meantime: Stay well. Stay safe. And enjoy tonight's full Harvest Moon!
● Wainwright x 2: He parses Adjaye making history by being the first Black architect to win the RIBA Royal Gold Medal (as the institute deals with its own diversity issues) - "his best, and strangest, work may be yet to come" (like "one of the strangest high-rise towers Manhattan has ever seen").
● He parses the new Slavery and the City Tour that reveals "a side of London that is often glossed over - tours through October as part of Black History Month.
● Hickman delves into how: the (inspiring!) "collaborative BIPOC-led" Dark Matter University came about to "bring a new model of architectural education to light" across the U.S. - there's a DMU online Open House on October 4.
● AIANY calls on architects to "draw the line on designing jails [and such] until America repairs racial injustice," and "shift their efforts towards 'supporting the creation of new systems, processes, and typologies'" (it's not a ban on designing justice facilities).
● USGBC and GBCI release "an expanded suite of programs and resources for businesses and governments focused on improving building and community resilience in the face of climate risks" - part of the organizations' "economic recovery strategy."
● Damien Sharkey of U.K.-based HUB, explains how the property developer's "recent design competition set out to defy traditional housing models and help the next generation thrive" - the winner, Glasgow-based O'Donnell Brown, will now work with HUB on an upcoming project.
● UIA's Thomas Vonier puts forth his President's Declaration for World Architecture Day 2020 on Monday, October 5 - this year's theme: "Housing For All: A better Urban Future."
● Ravenscroft brings us eyefuls of Zaha Hadid Architects' "sinuous" and oh-so-green 36-story skyscraper replacing a multi-story car park "on the world's most expensive site" in Hong Kong (purchased for $3 billion!).
● Eyefuls of the Victorian Society's top 10 endangered buildings from the Victorian and Edwardian eras across England and Wales.
● ICYMI: ANN feature: Daniela Gusman puts out a call for architects and suppliers to sign up for "rise in the city 2020": Grow your business and help hundreds of vulnerable youth start theirs in the southern African nation Lesotho via a virtual networking and mentoring initiative.
Deadlines:
● Call fro entries: Inaugural SOM Foundation Robert L. Wesley Award, named in honor of SOM's first Black partner, supports BIPOC undergraduate A/E students with three $10,000 unrestricted awards - and a mentor for a year.
● Call for entries: ICAA 2021 Bunny Mellon Landscape Design Prize for "an emerging landscape or architectural design professional whose work is inspired by classical or traditional design."
● Call for entries: Tiny House 2020 - Less House, More Home Architecture Competition (international): "design should be innovative and creative, with a sustainable edge" (and no larger than 300 sq. ft.).
Weekend diversions + Page-turners:
● 10th annual Archtober kicks off in NYC today with virtual and in-person design events around the city; Open House New York Weekend will include "a 36-hour, five-borough outdoor scavenger hunt."
● Hilburg: "Because 2020 isn't dystopian enough," in the Austrian Cultural Forum New York's "Spaces of No Control," opening today, U.S. and Austrian "artists explore both modern 20th- and 21st-century cities and their dystopian counterparts - tracking how market forces changed both the societal and architectural presences over the last 50 years."
● Fazzare cheers "Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People" at Chicago's Wrightwood 659 gallery that "explores his humanistic impact" - his buildings are "imbued with a hyperlocal mission."
● Lilly Smith brings us eyefuls of "Architecture for Dogs" at Japan House London with 16 doghouses designed by a star-studded line-up of international architects - blueprints can be downloaded for free so you can build your own "doggo's new digs."
● Welton cheers Victoria Ballard Bell's new book, "Triangle Modern Architecture" that "is about as thorough a tome on the topic as possible" - North Carolina's noted talents going back to the Bauhaus and Josef Albers to those still practicing today.
● Jared Green cheers "Transforming Landscapes: Michel Desvigne Paysagiste" that "beautifully conveys his simple yet striking parks, plazas, and master plans. In reality, simplicity takes hard work to achieve" (lots of pix!).
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Oliver Wainwright: 'Courage, elegance, grit': David Adjaye makes history by winning RIBA award: For the first time in its 173-year history, RIBA awards its gold medal to a black architect - and his best, and strangest, work may be yet to come: ...comes as the institute is examining its own role in Britain’s colonial past and struggling to address the continued lack of black representation in architecture...Adjaye has long been weary of being defined as a “black architect”, but he has served as an undeniable role model...currently building one of the strangest high-rise towers Manhattan has ever seen...If enough care is spent on the details, [new] buildings could revive the daring spirit of his early projects. -- 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal- Guardian (UK) |
Oliver Wainwright: A slavery tour of London: the guided walk laying bare atrocities of the past: From a kneeling slave at the Royal Exchange to the coffee house that was at the heart of the trade, a new tour is revealing a side of London that is often glossed over: "The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs" [Owen Hatherley] is an entertaining anthology of unexpected personal stories...Slavery and the City Tour [through] October as part of Black History Month.- Guardian (UK) |
Matt Hickman: Toward A More Just Built Environment: Dark Matter University brings a new model of architectural education to light: The shift to remote higher learning during the coronavirus era has been messy...also come silver linings...the opportunity to bring new voices...into the now-virtual classroom...This is where DMU comes in...A wholly collaborative BIPOC-led organization...At the core...is an urgent push for an anti-racist model of design education and practice...freshman intro course at Tuskegee is one of just several...courses planned or underway at several architecture schools across the country...DMU online fall Open House on October 4 -- Roderick Fluker/Tuskegee University; Justin Garrett Moore/NYC Public Design Commission; Jennifer Newsom/Dream the Combine; Jerome Haferd/ BRANDT : HAFERD; Venesa Alicea/NYVARCH ARCHITECTURE; Quilian Riano- The Architect's Newspaper |
Architects draw line on designing jails until America repairs racial injustice: New York’s architects are threatening to stop designing jails unless the nation changes the way it treats Black, Brown and Indigenous Americans in the criminal justice system... American Institute of Architects New York chapter (AIANY) is calling on architects to...shift their efforts towards “supporting the creation of new systems, processes, and typologies"...While AIANY is not banning the design of justice facilities...will now refrain from honoring work that it considers antithetical to the AIA Code of Ethics... -- Kim Yao- Real Estate Weekly |
Building a healthier, more resilient future: U.S. Green Building Council, Green Business Certification Inc. Expand Resilience Resources to Support the Green Building Industry: ...an expanded suite of programs and resources for businesses and governments focused on improving building and community resilience in the face of climate risks...new brief outlines USGBC and GBCI’s existing resilience resources along with new opportunities...resilience offerings are part of USGBC’s reimagined vision and economic recovery strategy, Healthy People in Healthy Places Equals a Healthy Economy.- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) |
Damien Sharkey: Radical ideas to improve young people's life chances through better housing: how HUB's recent design competition set out to defy traditional housing models and help the next generation thrive: The pandemic along with the resulting recession is damaging the life chances of under-25-year olds disproportionately...The housing sector has...a responsibility to make a tangible, positive impact...A common thread through every proposal...was the importance of fostering community...O'Donnell Brown will work with HUB on an upcoming project.- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Thomas Vonier/UIA: World Architecture Day 2020 - President's Declaration: Toward a better urban future: ...celebrated...in parallel with UN World Habitat Day...theme this year is "Housing For All: A better Urban Future"...to draw the attention of professionals as well as the public to problems concerning cities and habitat.- International Union of Architects (UIA) |
Tom Ravenscroft: Zaha Hadid Architects reveals design for skyscraper on world's most expensive site: ...a sinuous, glass, 36-storey skyscraper, which will be built in Hong Kong at 2 Murray Road...It will replace a multistorey car park that was purchased by Henderson Land for HK$23.3 billion ($3 billion)...will have tree-filled balconies and an enclosed sky garden...main body of the skyscraper will be elevated above the ground and connected into the city's elevated pedestrian network, with a series of courtyards and gardens [underneath]...all floors will be naturally ventilated.- Dezeen |
In pictures: Victorian Society’s top 10 at-risk buildings revealed: List ‘both upsetting and enlightening’, says group’s president Griff Rhys Jones: ...endangered buildings from the Victorian and Edwardian eras across England and Wales...All are grade-II listed and are at least partially vacant, with some having stood empty for decades..."There are hundreds of examples of imaginative reuse to go to for inspiration. Let’s get on to it, please...” -- Alfred Waterhouse- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Call fro entries: Inaugural SOM Foundation Robert L. Wesley Award: ...named in honor of SOM’s first Black partner...supports BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, or structural engineering programs in the US...three $10,000 unrestricted awards...recipients will also be paired with an award juror who will act as a mentor for a year; deadline: November 9- SOM Foundation (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) |
Call for entries: ICAA 2021 Bunny Mellon Landscape Design Prize for excellence and creativity from an emerging landscape or architectural design professional whose work is inspired by classical or traditional design; must have been 35 or younger on December 31, 2019 OR be within the first 7 years of their relevant design career; deadline: December 15, 2020- Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) |
Call for entries: Tiny House 2020 - Less House, More Home Architecture Competition (international): design should be innovative and creative, with a sustainable edge; area should not exceed 300 square feet; cash prizes; early bird registration save money!): October 22 [or November 6] (submissions due December 18)- Volume Zero |
10th annual Archtober kicks off in NYC with virtual and in-person design events: New York City’s annual month-long celebration of architecture and design returns to the five boroughs...with virtual talks and tours, self-led activities, and socially-distanced in-person events...October 17 and 18, Open House New York Weekend...has been reimagined as a hybrid of online-only experiences and self-guided outdoor tours [and] a 36-hour, five-borough outdoor scavenger hunt- 6sqft (New York City) |
Jonathan Hilburg: Because 2020 Isn't Dystopian Enough: Urban dystopias get grounded at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York: At "Spaces of No Control"...artists explore both modern 20th- and 21st-century cities and their dystopian counterparts [and] how the fictional narrative of the panopticon city has slowly become something of a reality...artists from the U.S. and Austria contribute multimedia histories of specific places, tracking how market forces changed both the societal and architectural presences there over the last 50 years. thru January 10, 2021- The Architect's Newspaper |
Elizabeth Fazzare: Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Balkrishna Doshi Believes Design Should Be Democratized: A new show at Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 gallery explores his humanistic impact: "Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People"...While the forms of his buildings may reflect a melding of cultures rooted in practicality, they are also imbued with a hyperlocal mission...encourage wandering, contemplation, and a relationship with the interplay between light and shadow. thru December 12 -- Khushnu Panthaki Hoof- Architectural Digest |
Lilly Smith: Your dog is ready for a change of scenery too. Here are 16 DIY designs to upgrade their home: "Architecture for Dogs" at Japan House London includes everything from houses to play structures to nap pods that preeminent architects have designed for dogs...But it’s not just an exhibition...includes concepts and blueprints...you can build your very own...16 different designs for your doggo’s new digs. thru January 10, 2021 -- Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Ma Yansong, Sou Fujimoto; Shigeru Ban; MVRDV; FGMF; Reiser + Umemoto; Atelier Bow-Wow; Kazuyo Sejima; Asif Khan; etc.- Fast Company / Co.Design |
J. Michael Welton: "Triangle Modern Architecture": It took five years but it felt like 25, says architect, planner, and author Victoria Ballard Bell. That’s because her new book is about as thorough a tome on the topic as possible. She takes us back to the beginning - to the Bauhaus and Josef Albers and Black Mountain College in Asheville... Bell has inventoried the work of the best of them...many of them still practicing today. -- Henry Kamphoefner; Matthew Nowicki; Eduardo Catalano; George Matsumoto; Milton Small; James Fitzgibbon; Harwell Hamilton Harris; Frank Harmon; Phil Freelon; Kenneth Hobgood; Phil Szostak; Louis Cherry; in situ studio- Architects + Artisans |
Jared Green: Explore the Landscapes of Michel Desvigne: The French landscape architect...isn’t well-known in the U.S. but a new monograph of his firm’s work...should help change that. " Transforming Landscapes: Michel Desvigne Paysagiste" beautifully conveys [his] simple yet striking parks, plazas, and master plans. There is a sense of clarity in his work... He says his landscape designs have an elementary, even dumb composition...In reality, simplicity takes hard work to achieve...10 case studies...- The Dirt/American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) |
ANN feature: Daniela Gusman: RISE IN THE CITY 2020 Launches: Building Africa's Future Through Enterprise: Grow your business and help hundreds of vulnerable youth start theirs, with "rise in the city," a virtual networking and mentoring initiative.- ArchNewsNow.com |
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