Entries by Amanda Gann

UC Berkeley's Summer [In]stitute Steps Up Its Digital Fabrication Game

[IN]ARCH ADV SUMMER PROGRAM STEPS UP ITS DIGITAL FABRICATION GAME What could earthwork art, Native American architecture, Italian Futurism and Orson Welles possibly have to say to a Zund? [IN]ARCH ADV Academic Lead Keith Plymale has designed a curriculum that introduces those seemingly disparate elements and lets them talk to each other. The resulting conversation is riveting: […]

Norwich University to Host International Design-Build Symposium

(via VT Digger) NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s School of Architecture + Art presents the final installment in its 2016-17 Lecture Series, a Design-Build Symposium, on Friday, April 14, at 3 p.m. in the Chaplin Hall Gallery. This event is free and open to the public. A roundtable discussion preceded by brief individual presentations, this […]

U. Buffalo Hosts Events on Global Health Equity

(via UB Now) Global health equity will be the focus of a series of events UB is hosting this spring. Events range from a talk addressing malnutrition among children in developing countries, to hosting leaders from across the Western Hemisphere for the biennial meeting of the Interamerican Network for Healthy Habitats. In addition, UB will […]

Fulbright Scholar Assists with Vietnam Public Housing Design

For those who may not know a whole lot about Fulbright, here is a snapshot. Fulbright Scholarships are an application-based research award that provides monetary support for a scholar to participate in an allotted time of full-time research in the area of their choice. Learn more on their website. Here is a story about a […]

Woodbury Finalist for Hyperloop One Global Challenge Competition

(via The Architect’s Newspaper) A proposal by a group of Woodbury University School of Architecture–affiliated architects has been named among one of the 35 semi-finalists for the Hyperloop One Global Challenge competition aimed at generating pilot projects to deploy the next-generation transportation technology. According to the Hyperloop One website, competition organizers were seeking to teams […]

Disney Imagineering to Coolhaus Ice Cream: Natasha Case

(via LA Times) The gig: Natasha Case, 33, runs ice cream sandwich company Coolhaus, which she founded with partner Freya Estreller in 2009. The duo’s whimsical, architecture-inspired creations are available in grocery stores — in packaged form — and in bricks-and-mortar Coolhaus stores in Culver City and Pasadena, where customers can pick the cookie and […]

Alex Josephson lectures at Ryerson University

Alex Josephson Cofounder, PARTISANS, TorontoBeauty Emerges When Design MisbehavesThursday, March 9, 20176:30 PM | The PIT (Room 202)Ryerson University325 Church StreetToronto, Ontario​Alex Josephson cofounded PARTISANS in 2012 after studying architecture at the University of Waterloo, the University of Rome, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA). The recipient of numerous awards, including the OAA’s Best […]

UTSA Professor Antonio Petrov's "Puro" Symposium

(via SA Current) Original Title: “Puro” Symposium Questions Authenticity, Urban Redevelopment and Cultural Appropriation  On Tuesday night, about 80 people gathered inside Brick at the Blue Star Arts Complex, where UTSA architecture professor Antonio Petrov led a symposium exploring the meaning of “puro.” Kicking off the discussion, Petrov says he began to question the word […]

SCI_Arc's Elena Manferdini's "Building Portraits" area rugs

(via Archinect) At night, L.A.’s Chinatown is a mixture of shuttered family-owned shops and revamped gallery spaces, a kind of cross-hatching of history and amped-up opportunism. One can wander down numerous alleyways lit only by hanging lanterns until the blazing flourescence of a glass-fronted gallery comes into view. This historical menagerie turned out to be […]

2017 Fairy Tales Architecture Competition Winners

(via Archinect) The Fairy Tales Architecture Competition concluded another successful edition Monday evening with the anticipated reveal of its 2017 winners. The competition had its biggest winners announcement yet in front of a live audience at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. Like every year, the submissions blur the line between fictional and non-fictional. […]