Places Wire

This year, the annual design and research studio exploring the cities of Asia will travel to Jakarta and Taipei.

Register now to hear Places author Fred Scharmen talking about his recent book on 1970s designs for life beyond earth at the University of Pennsylvania on February 13 (and read an excerpt in “The Shape of Space,” in Places.)

This year’s winners are Marc Blouin and Catherine Orzes, Andrew Wells and Brandon Dak, Lazbent Pavel Escobedo Amaral and Andrés Soliz Paz, Casper Mork-Ulnes, Olalekan Jeyifous, Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich, Christopher Marcinkoski and Andrew Moddrell, and Bryan Young.

The new initiative from the Architectural League, which will bring together on-the-ground perspectives on the condition of American communities, is accepting proposals until February 18.

Faculty from Places partner schools including the University of Toronto, University of Arkansas, University of Southern California, University of Washington, University of Virginia, University of Washington in St. Louis, University of Michigan, Tulane University and Cornell University were recognized in this year’s honors.

The dean of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at University of Toronto and Places Executive Committee member was honored for his contributions to architectural education.

The project, designed by University of Toronto faculty member Mason White’s Lateral Office and CS Design, has been visiting different cities since it was launched in Montreal in 2015.

Laura Miller, associate professor of architecture at Places partner school the University of Toronto, has written a book and curated an exhibition on six decades of work by Canadian architect Jerome Markson.

The monograph on the work and career of SCI-Arc’s director and CEO will be launched at the school on February 11.

Architect Yasmeen Lari and critic and historian Beatriz Colomina have been recognised by this year’s W Awards from The Architectural Review.

For the next two terms, Wilkins will teach architecture and historic preservation as the Pietro Belluschi Distinguished Visiting Professor in Architectural Design, and Parker will teach landscape architecture as Visiting Assistant Professor.

Average life spans of buildings in the developed world are declining, to around 70 years in America and as few as 30 years in Japan. This is not progress, says Thomas de Monchaux.

Michael Osman’s new book reveals how the emerging regulatory imagination at the turn of the 20th century shaped American architecture.

The traveling exhibition by Nicole McIntosh, co­founder of Architecture Office, will be on view from January 9 – February 15.

Susan Dolan, NPS historical landscape architect and manager of the NPS Park Cultural Landscapes program, has been awarded the College of Design’s highest alumni honor.

The University of Pennsylvania professor has been honored for his contribution to excellence in architectural education.

The Fay Jones School faculty member has been recognized for the lasting influence of his body of work on the theory and practice of architecture.

The 2019 issue of UTSOA’s annual journal focuses on how we define and interpret cultural heritage in the Americas, and beyond.

Apply by February 13 for consideration for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Building Science at the University of Toronto.

The Ambassadors Graduate Fellowship program, which will also provide tailored academic and professional opportunities, will welcome its inaugural class of ten students in 2020.

First prize was awarded to Wenhao Yang and Wenqi Wu from Tsinghua University for their interpretation of this year’s theme, “Post Human Metamorphosis.”

The former dean of Places partner school University of Johannesburg, now dean at City College of New York, reflects on her experiences in South Africa and her profound respect for the power of students to engage, shape, and question their inherited future.

Adohi Hall, a 202,027-square-foot residential project led by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, features a series of interconnected structures constructed from cross-laminated timber.

The inaugural installation, New Circadia (adventures in mental spelunking), is curated by Daniels dean and Places board member Richard Sommer and New York-based designers, Pillow Culture.

Places partner school deans Amale Andraos and Frances Bronet will be among the leading educators exploring the intersection of architecture, engineering, and construction at the Center for Architecture.

Sky Russell, a student of Harvard University, received the inaugural prize for her series, “The Weaver’s Home.”

Practitioners must care about pressing large-scale social and climate needs while simultaneously honoring our oath to protect public health and welfare, because they are the same exact issue just at different scales.

The School of Architecture and Environment is welcoming Menna Agha from Egypt, Priyanka Bista from Nepal/Canada, Zannah Mae Matson from Canada, and Karen Kubey from the U.S.

The two day event, which features keynote lectures from Nader Tehrani and Brett Steele, will examine the role of digital images in architecture today.

SCI-Arc’s Marcelyn Gow, Richard Mapes, Corie Yaguchi, and Irvin Shaifa and USC’s Alvin Huang will be among the speakers at Archinect’s discussion event on October 19.

Pratt Architecture dean Harriet Harriss will be among the speakers at the event, which explores how science-informed design can create inclusive cities, on October 15-18 in New York City.

Designer, artist, and UC Berkeley faculty member is the 26th edition of the honor, which recognizes artists that have contributed to social change.

Landscape and public artist Walter Hood, a Places author and faculty member at partner school UC Berkeley, was among this year’s recipients.

This year’s prize recognized projects at Thomas Jefferson University, Kansas and NC State universities, the universities of Maryland and Minnesota, NJIT, and Places partner school UVA.

The renowned British architect, critic, historian and professor of architecture at Columbia University will receive the honor on November 11.

The McHarg Center director and Places author will give the Ian Athfield Memorial Lecture series on 23 September in Auckland, 25 September in Wellington and 26 September in Christchurch.

The Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center in Wahiawa, Hawaii, is one of 16 projects listed for consideration in the Future Projects-Education category.

This year’s program at the University of Miami includes lectures by Hilary Sample, Rozana Montiel, Ling Hao, and many more.

The Places author and board member will join chair Stephen Breyer as well as André Corrêa do Lago, Kazuyo Sejima, Benedetta Tagliabue, and Wang Shu as jurors for the prestigious prize.

The A+D Museum show surveys the architectural thinking taking place at Places’ partner schools SCI-Arc and USC plus Cal Poly LA Metro and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design.

Toshiko Mori, Sharon Johnston, Claire Weisz, Dana Cuff, and Mabel O. Wilson received this year’s honors.

In the context of widening political divides and growing economic inequalities, he curator of next year’s event is calling on architects to imagine spaces in which people can live together.

The principal of MOS Architects has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the new professorship.

The major donation from the IDC Foundation will help to launch the Housing Lab, an interdisciplinary research initiative, and fund a new endowed professorship of housing design.

Architect’s Newspaper’s William Menking talks to Frances Bronet about her design background and how it informs what she hopes to accomplish as the institute’s 12th president.

UC Berkeley’s Vishaan Chakrabarti, Pratt Institute’s Harriet Harriss, NJIT’s Branko Kolarevic, CCNY’s Lesley Lokko, UNC’s Brook Muller, University of Detroit’s Dan Pitera, Harvard’s Sarah Whiting, and Cornell’s Meejin Yoon share their visions for their schools.

In “Reinventing the Commons,” the director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center will discuss public-interest design and its role in producing public goods.

The University of Arkansas Community Design Center project has been recognized by the Green GOOD DESIGN program, the Great Places Award from the Environmental Design Research Association, and named a finalist in the PLAN Awards 2019.

Sonja Dümpelmann will join the department of landscape architecture, Megan Ryerson will become the UPS Chair of Transportation, and Lisa Servon and Sean Burkholder have respectively been named Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Andrew Gordon Assistant Professor.