Announcements
Graham Foundation Supports JAE Fellows 2022–23
JAE's Graham Foundation grant supports Black, Native/Indigenous, and other people of color in architectural discourse. 2022–23 JAE Fellows include Assistant Professor Jennifer Newsom, Joyce Hwang (B.Arch. '97), and Thena Tak (B.Arch. '09).
Architecture Faculty and Alumni Work in an Exhibition of Architecture, Art, Design, and Community
2021 Exhibit Columbus participants: Dream the Combine, the practice of architecture's Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers, co-curated by Mimi Zeiger (B.Arch. '94); Ann Lui (B.Arch. '11); Joyce Hwang (B.Arch. '97); and Olalekan Jeyifous (B.Arch.'00).
Oonagh Davis (B.Arch. '20) and Elias Bennett (B.Arch. '20), cofounders of OnE Studio Architecture, received an honorable mention for Okioki Cabin, their entry for the Tiny Kiwi Meditation Cabin Competition by Earth Energies Sanctuary.
Longtime Planner Antoine Bryant Tapped as Detroit Development Director
The Detroit News reports Mayor Mike Duggan has selected Bryant (B.S. URS '95) for the city's planning and development chief. Bryant previously served as business development and project manager at alumni-led architecture firm Moody Nolan.
Howard McCalebb: Special Exhibition: Creating Community, Cinque Gallery Artists
The Art Students League of New York presented work by sculptor Howard McCalebb (M.F.A. '72) in a recent survey show and catalog of Cinque Gallery artists. Cinque supported African American artists in NYC dating from the Harlem Renaissance.
92 New York Artists Receive $616,000 in Grants
Art alums Amie Cunat (M.F.A. '12) and Laura Nova '96 (B.F.A. '96) were awarded 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship grants for interdisciplinary work, from an applicant pool of more than 3,500 New York City artists.
Anderson Named Faculty Director of Cornell AAP's Bachelor of Architecture Program
Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. HAUD '96) joins the Department of Architecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning as Associate Professor and incoming Director of the B.Arch. Program.
Archinect reports Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) will be in residence as a Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow for the 2021–22 academic year, where he will work on his project 3D Turntables Remix: The Architectural Technology of Hip-Hop.
Carson Chan Appointed Inaugural Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute at MoMA
Architect's Newspaper reports MoMA has named curator, writer, and educator Carson Chan (B.Arch. '04) as the first director of the museum's Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment.
Dimella Shaffer Names Four New Principals
Frank Valdes (B.Arch. '95) has been elevated to principal of the Boston firm Dimella Shaffer. Over the past 16 years, his project work has focused on urban design and multi-family housing projects, and historical adaptive reuse.
Assembly House 150 receives Great Places Award from EDRA
University of Buffalo UBNow announced that Assembly House 150, a nonprofit for teaching construction arts founded by Dennis Maher (B.Arch. '99), has received the 2021 Great Places Award from the Environmental Design Research Association.
Shortlist Revealed for the AR New into Old Awards 2021
Ryan W Kennihan Architects, the practice of Ryan Kennihan (B.Arch. '04) lands on Architectural Record's shortlist for its annual AR New into Old awards, for "the mysterious joy of a ruin" in Baltrasna House in Dublin, Ireland.
Hou de Sousa, the firm of Josh de Sousa (B.Arch. '05) and Nancy Hou (B.Arch. '05), honored in Architectural Record's annual list of 10 emerging practices advancing issues of form, construction, sustainability, and community engagement.
SLL Celebrate the Lighting Community at Annual Awards
Timur Dogan, Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Daniel Park (B.Arch. '20), Junior Environmental Specialist at KPF, received the Leon Gaster Award for best lighting adaptations at the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) AGM Awards.
Atelier Cory Henry Joins Others in 'On Olive' Housing Redevelopment
Cory Henry (M.Arch.'12) won the National Black Emerging Architect Competition and will have his work built and showcased at the "On Olive" development in Grand Center.
Introducing the 2021 Bush Fellows
Nathan Johnson (B.Arch. '98) has won a $100k fellowship from the Bush Foundation, which offers grants and opportunities to people addressing equitable change in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and shared Indigenous lands.
100 Women to Watch in Architecture
Architizer's list of 100 Women to Watch in Architecture include Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06); visiting critics Dasha Khapalova and Stella Betts among others.
United States Artists Announces 2021 USA Fellows
ArtForum reports that the Chicago–based arts nonprofit has named Olalekan Jeyifous (B.Arch. '00) as a 2021 Architecture & Design Fellow.
25 Creative Revolutionaries Lead the Way for Positive Change
CODAworx named Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and alumna Meredith Winner (B.F.A. '08) among a community of creative designers who inspire positive change.
Fourteen Honored with Iceland's Order of the Falcon
Congratulations to M.Arch. alum Pétur Ármannsson, recipient of the Knight's Cross for his scholarly work on the history of architecture in Iceland.
