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The 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards |
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Wednesday, 04 May 2011 08:30 |
 The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), recognized three recipients of the 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards.
The categories of the program include (1) Excellence in Affordable Housing Design (2) Creating Community Connection Award (3) Community-Informed Design Award (no recipient selected this year) (4) Housing Accessibility - Alan J. Rothman Award. These awards demonstrate that design matters, and the recipient projects offer examples of important developments in the housing industry.
The jury for the 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards includes: Katherine Austin, AIA, (chair), Katherine Austin Architect; Luis F. Borray, Assoc. AIA, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; Claire Conroy, Residential Architect Magazine; Regina C. Gray, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; Mike Jackson, FAIA, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency; Luis Jauregui, AIA, Jaurequi, Inc. and Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, Florida International University.
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Recently posted January 2011 |
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Monday, 31 January 2011 19:00 |
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A selection of projects and articles that we featured in the month of October. We focused Mostly on Houses, and we hope you will enjoy these projects.
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Possibility of a Guggenheim Museum in Finland |
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:08 |
Helsinki Mayor, Jussi Pajunen, has recently announced that the City of Helsinki has commissioned the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to conduct a concept and development study, exploring the possibility of creating a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. Helsinki is the largest city in Finland.
While located at the heart of the fast-growing Baltic Sea region, 315 miles due east of Stockholm, where it serves as a gateway between East and West, the city is home to 1.3 million people and several universities. The relocation of the cargo harbor in 2008 opened vast waterfront areas in downtown Helsinki have been freed for redevelopment, further enhancing Helsinki’s strong maritime character and making the urban structure more sustainable.
The study, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011, will explore topics including the possible mission and structure of an innovative, multidisciplinary art museum in Finland, the form that its exhibition and education programs might take, its prospective relationship with Helsinki’s existing visual arts institutions, the museum’s potential economic impact and the scope of the Guggenheim Foundation’s involvement in its operation. Beginning from a deep consideration of program and purpose, the study will seek to imagine what a museum of the 21st century might be.
The Mayor stated, "As the capital of our country and home to its greatest concentration of art museums, Helsinki has a special responsibility to keep improving and developing Finland’s cultural infrastructure. It is widely recognized that cultural destinations can help drive economic growth for a country, provided they are created within an intelligent overall plan for development. We have such a plan—and the Guggenheim, as a truly global institution, is the ideal institution to collaborate with us in studying how to realize our goals. This is a collaboration that can help Helsinki and Finland prosper in an increasingly interconnected and competitive world."
The commencement of this concept and development study marks the first step in a multi-level process that will advance and evolve only with the appropriate consent and endorsement at each stage. |
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New Book reviews past and present work of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 06:42 |
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 Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (GSAA) announces the publication of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects: Selected Works, a new monograph from Images Publishing that celebrates the firm’s ongoing legacy and contribution to Modern Architecture.
The book features recent projects such as the Yale Arts Complex and W Hotel Hoboken alongside prime examples of the firm’s work from the last four decades. Libraries; academic buildings; private homes; museums.
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SFMOMA Presents Preliminary Designs for Its Expansion |
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Thursday, 26 May 2011 07:13 |
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has just unveiled the preliminary design for its expansion that will double the museum’s exhibition and education space while designed to enhance the visitor experience and more deeply weaving the museum into the fabric of the city. The new building will both transform the museum and enliven the city by opening up new routes of public circulation around the neighborhood and into the museum. Completion is projected in 2016.
Developed by architectural firm Snøhetta in collaboration with SFMOMA and EHDD of San Francisco, the over 225,000-square-foot expansion will run contiguously along the back of the current building and extend from Howard to Minna streets, allowing for the seamless integration of the two structures. The new building will provide SFMOMA with a greater public profile and an openness that will welcome visitors and project the museum’s role as a catalyst for new ideas, a center for learning, and a place that provides great art experiences for Bay Area residents and visitors.
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