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 Design in 5 Charrette: Sketch120On Saturday, October 17th, come to the Noguchi Museum and participate in a sketch problem and open forum with an invited jury to hear your work discussed.In 1913, Walter Gropius wrote, "The new times demand their own expression... The dominant spirit of our epoch is already recognizable although its form is not yet clearly defined." Sketch120 will ask participants to think about the future of architecture and form. The first part of the brief will be sent to registered participants on Friday, October 16. On Saturday, the 17th at 2:00 p.m., the specific design problem will be given to participants at the Noguchi Museum to solve in roughly two hours. All work will then be pinned up and the invited jury will hold an open discussion and critique with participants. A critical conversation will emerge from the work generated and the questions posed by the original brief. event (ended) current design events more Design in 5 Charrette: Sketch120 design directory Noguchi Museum > Art Museums added by Design In 5 |
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 Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of DesignRISD announced the publication of Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design, the first anthology about the establishment of America's best-known college of art and design in 1877.Infinite Radius presents a handsome compendium of rare archival photographs, scholarly essays, previously unpublished manuscripts and reproductions of early acquisitions in its impressive collection of art and design. Together, this written and visual material provides invaluable insight into the social and cultural context in which both the academic programs of the School and the broader educational mission of the RISD Museum of Art took root. Infinite Radius takes its title from a RISD founder, the 19th-century educator and activist Sarah Elizabeth Doyle, who was known to remark that the "sphere" of so-called women's work was one with an "infinite radius." From the beginning, co-editors Dawn Barrett, RISD's dean of Architecture and Design, and Andrew Martinez, RISD's archivist, conceived of the book in a similar, all-encompassing way. Rather than write a traditional, linear narrative of RISD's history, they chose to curate a collection of 19th-century documents and historical materials, and combine them with thought-provoking essays by historians, critics, former college presidents and other scholars. more Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design design directory Rhode Island School of Design > Design Education added by Levent OZLER |
 New Design Review Network LaunchedCABE and eight regional design review panels have joined together to create a national network of design review panels.This will provide all local planning authorities with access to independent practical design advice. The network will collectively review more than 800 schemes a year. CABE has supported regional design review panels since 2005 and affiliation formalises the relationship. It will ensure that the panels work closely together, and a consistent service is provided to developers and planners across England. Affiliation commits each organisation to observe key principles of design review, including a focus on the impact on those using a building or place and the public at large, as well as sharing the lessons from design review on a regular basis. more www.cab... (47) design directory CABE > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship Established at Yale UniversityPritzker-Prize laureate and Yale School of Architecture alumnus Norman Foster and his family have donated $3 million to Yale School of Architecture to fund a visiting professorship in his name, Yale University President Richard C. Levin has announced.This permanent endowment will support a visiting professorship program each year, allowing students at Yale to be taught by some of the leading international practitioners in the field of architecture from all over the world. "With this generous gift one of the School's most distinguished graduates, Norman Foster, is allowing us to use his name to attract to the Yale faculty the most prominent architects of their times for generations to come," said Levin. Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture, reiterated the importance of the gift to the School, "It is a tremendous honor for our School to have the Lord Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship in Architecture, and it will be an equally significant honor for the individuals selected to fill the chair. Lord Foster is, and has always been, an outstanding role model for excellence in our profession." "My time at Yale and the people I was exposed to there, in particular Paul Rudolph, Serge Chermayeff and Vincent Scully, had an incredible impact on me. Rudolph created a studio atmosphere which was highly creative, competitive and fueled by a succession of visiting luminaries," said Lord Foster. "That same 'can-do' approach has influenced and inspired my practice for more than 40 years - and continues to do so. I hope this gift will similarly inspire future generations of students. It is also a recognition of my personal gratitude to the United States and my commitment to Yale and education." design directory Foster and Partners > Architecture Design Studios added by Levent OZLER |
 Rod Sheard, Populous, Joins Prestigious WAF Line UpRod Sheard, Senior Principal at global design practice Populous, who is at the forefront of the design and build of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, will be discussing the Stadium's design and resource challenges as part of the seminar programme at the World Architecture Festival, in Barcelona at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB) from 4th to 6th November 2009.He will be joined by Paul Westbury, Principal at Buro Happold and other invited guests as they discuss how the stadium differs from previous Olympic stadia in that a large part of it is designed to be temporary. An arena with such a large demountable element and mix of temporary and permanent seating has never been attempted before, yet in an age when sustainability is the byword and mantra for architectural design the London 2012 stadium fits the challenging design and engineering brief perfectly. The seminar takes place on Wednesday 4th November and forms part of the "Less Does More" series at WAF. The 2012 Stadium will also be explored at the WAF thematic exhibition, which in a reflection of the current global climate is themed around "Less Does More" and will examine the challenges facing architects to produce more value for less cost. more www.wor... (17) added by Levent OZLER |
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