Announcements
Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists' Stories About Life & Work
Available May 31, this collection gathered from the podcast archives of Sound & Vision (directed by artist/educator Brian Alfred) includes interviews with Associate Professor of Art Carl Ostendarp and alum James Siena (B.F.A. '79).
Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06) Elected Alumni Trustee
A principal at HOK, Dowdell is widely recognized for her leadership in the design community and prior presidency of NOMA.
Werewolf: The Architecture of Lunacy, Shapeshifting, and Material Metamorphosis
A new book coedited by Associate Professor Caroline O'Donnell and José Ibarra (B.Arch. '16) explores an emerging but under-investigated branch of architecture that examines the transformation of form.
Introducing the 69th Annual Progressive Architecture Award Winners
Höweler + Yoon Architecture cofounded by Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96), was named an award winner in the 69th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards.
Remembering Frances M. "Franny" Shloss (B.Arch. '45), 1923–2022
From uniquely challenging beginnings as an architecture student to her enduring dedication to her alma mater, AAP remembers Franny Shloss by her legacy of determination, generosity, and her artist's soul.
Introducing The Architectural League's 2022 Emerging Voices Awardees
In Architect's Newspaper, Sekou Cooke Studio (B.Arch. '99) is one of eight to win the invited, juried portfolio competition honoring firms with potential to influence architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
ACSA/AIAS 2022 Architectural Education Award Winners
Just announced: Aneesha Dharwadker (B.Arch. '09), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, and Jose Ibarra (B.Arch. '17), University of Virginia, have won New Faculty Teaching Awards for excellence and innovation in teaching.
Venice Biennale Names 213 Artists for 'Transhistorical' 2022 Edition
ARTnews: Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), Hannah Levy (B.F.A. '13), and spring '21 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Candice Lin are among those whose work will display in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Art, April 23 to November 27.
Kirk Henriques: A Spectacle Following Every Miracle
Kirk Henriques's (M.F.A. '21) solo show of new paintings on fiberglass mesh through March 5 at Charles Moffett Gallery, New York City. Read the interview touching on his work, influences, time at Cornell, and more.
Visual Arts and Theatre Collaboration: New Models for Art Practices in Post-Conflict Situations
Sam Jury (M.F.A. '98) has won a substantial Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) grant to develop a major body of film work and installation in Abkhazia, focused on the human aspect of collaborative art practices in post-conflict zones.
2022 United States Artists Fellowships: Celebrating Visionary Artists
Architecture faculty practices Dream The Combine (Jennifer Newsom, Tom Carruthers), SO-IL (Florian Idenburg), and alumna Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95) are among the 63 awardees of the prestigious USA Fellowships.
Valgora's Studio V Receives 2021 WAF Future Project of the Year
Alum Jay Valgora's (B.Arch. '86) Studio V Architecture receives Future Project of the Year for Silo City design at the 2021 World Architecture Festival.
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami: Hugh Hayden: Boogey Man
A special exhibition for Art Basel Miami 2021 by Hugh Hayden (B.Arch. '07) features a suite of monumental new works. Hayden's process results in dynamic, surreal, and critical responses to personal experience and social and cultural issues.
New Public Artworks for the City of Minneapolis Public Service Building
A ceiling sculpture by Lucito, the firm of Iroha Ito (M.Arch. '15) and Andrew Lucia, will be celebrated in a public art opening hosted by the City of Minneapolis on December 10.
The Top Urban Planning Books of 2021
Planetizen selects Sekou Cooke's (B.Arch. '99) Hip-Hop Architecture, which invites readers to compare b-boys to architecture and to imagine the kinds of built environments that would warrant such a description.
Edited by History of Architecture and Urban Development alums Vikramaditya Prakash (M.A. '89/Ph.D. HAUD '94) and Daniel Coslett (M.A. HAUD '09), the book has chapters by Labib Hossain (Ph.D. HAUD '24), and Assistant Professor María González Pendás.
Dallendorfer Named Director of Transportation at FXCollaborative
FXCollaborative recently announced that Stephan Dallendorfer (M.Arch. '94), a partner in the firm, has been named director of transportation. Dallendorfer led the projects Penn Station Central Concourse and the recent Penn Station Master Plan.
Tampa Museum of Art Announces Major Expansion Led By WEISS/MANFREDI
WEISS/MANFREDI, the firm of Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), leads both a renovation of the museum's downtown campus currently underway, and a new three-story structure to a redeveloped site along the Hillsborough River.
Aaron Gensler Appointed Chair of Architecture at Woodbury School of Architecture in LA
Archinect profiles architect, educator, and thought leader Aaron Gensler (M.Arch. '14), an assistant professor and the new chair of architecture at Woodbury University–LA.
Constant Storm: Art from Puerto Rico and the Diaspora
Gabriel Ramos (M.F.A. '18) is part of an online and in-person group exhibition featuring work created in the four years since Hurricane Maria. Through Dec. 4 at University of South Florida–Tampa Contemporary Art Museum.
