Erin Butler Wins Browns Fellowship
New Program: 2014 Brown’s India Fellowship Awarded to Erin Butler. Erin Butler (class 2015) submitted the winning application for the new Browns’ India Fellowship. Erin is our School’s first winner of this new program. She will travel to the Millowners Association Building in Ahmedabad, India, where she will work closely with Mr. Abhinava Shukla, the […]
Recent Lecture: coop himmelb(l)au > WOLF PRIX
Mon Nov 4th, 6pm @ EMPAC Don’t worry. In two days tomorrow will be yesterday. Coop Himmelblau, also rendered Coop Himmelb(l)au, avant-garde architecture firm that rose to prominence in the 1980s and ’90s. The two central members were Wolf D. Prix (b. December 13, 1942, Vienna, Austria) and Helmut Swiczinsky (b. January 13, 1944, Poznań, Poland). Coop Himmelblau was founded in 1968 by Prix, […]
Recent Lecture: Elena Manferdini
Wed Oct 16th, 6pm @ EMPAC. “Unplugged”. Elena Manferdini graduated from the University of Civil Engineering (Bologna, Italy) and later received her master’s degree in architecture and urban design from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2004, she founded Atelier Manferdini, a design office in Los Angeles, California. The office is based on a multi-scale […]
Recent Lecture: Shinichi Ogawa
Mon Oct 7th, 6pm @ EMPAC. “Invisible Detail: Between Minimal and Maximal”. Japanese architect Shinichi Ogawa was born in Yamaguchi. He received his diploma from Nihon University in 1978. While studying, he participated in a exchange scholarship program at Washington State University. In 1984, he was awarded a fellowship from the Japanese government to study […]
Recent Lecture: Odile Decq
Thu Sep 26, 6pm @ EMPAC. “Horizons”. Odile Decq is an award-winning French architect and academic. She is the director of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq, previously known as Odile Decq Benoît Cornette Architectes Urbanistes or ODBC Architectes. Related links: www.odiledecq.com/ After graduating in architecture in 1978, Decq received a Diploma in Urbanism and Planning […]
Recent Lecture: Michael Hansmeyer
Thu Sep 12, 6pm @ Empac. “Digital Grotesque” Based in the CAAD group at ETH’s architecture department in Zurich, Michael Hansmeyer is dedicated in developing algorithmic architecture and complex structures by using generative art mentalities and other computational softwares. ” In the Digital Grotesque project, we use these algorithms to create a form that appears […]
Eric Tan (’09) named “2013 Young Gun”
Emergent talent and leadership. Eric Tan was recently recognized by the Curbed Network as one of the “2013 Young Guns“. Gensler Principal Maddy Burke-Vigeland, who has worked with Tan on a number of projects, says: “As a young architect, he is engaging, he crosses disciplines, he connects with clients, he connects with interns… he’s a natural leader […]
Spring 2013 Reviews
FINAL REVIEWS SCHEDULE: Monday April 29 Studio: URBAN FURNITURE Time: 2pm / Location: Gallery Instructor: Lonn Combs Guest Critics: Jesse LeCavalier, Angie Co, Daniel Ramirez, Francesco Bedeschi, Donald Sherefkin, Yael Erel, Philipp Von Dalwig, Adam Dayem, Jeremie Carvalho, Francis Bitonti, Mark Mistur, Chris Perry, Elena Perez-Guembe Wednesday May 01 Studio: FINAL PROJECT 2 (Directed Research) Time: 2pm / Location: Gallery East Instructor: Jeremie Carvalho Guest Critics: Reese Campbell, Lonn Combs, Elena Perez-Guembe, Florencia […]
Julia Watson assigned Use Case Leader
Assistant Professor Julia Watson has been assigned as Use Case Leader for the IEEEActionable Data Book for STEM Education for the Bali World Heritage Site Interactive Guidebook. Using the Bali World Heritage Site Guidebook, co-written with Dr Steve Lansing, Assistant Professor Julia Watson will be assisting ex-Apple Technology Group Leader Tyde Richards, with development of the IEEE […]
SoA @ CANstruction
WE ARE NOT IN CANSAS ANYMORE! The 3rd annual Canstruction is on its way at Albany’s State Museum. This program not only highlights the ingenuity of those in the architecture, engineering and construction fields, but also serves as a fundraising and canned food drive for the Food Pantries of the New York’s Capital District. This year, […]