March 9, 2023 Snapshot at the lectern last Thursday night at Louise’s lecture at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park. She spoke about our work, Architecture of Art + Conscience that inspired a lively idea driven discussion with the audience. Great group of People!
March 3, 2023 Louise is delighted to join a diverse group of jurors hailing from all over the world for the March FRAME Awards. The conversation should be lively!
February 9, 2023 What a delight it was to discuss our work with Avinash Rajagopal, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis Magazine. We are truly honored to be included in their insightful “Leading Edge” video series. Check it out! Click Here
December 7, 2022 Wow! What a great turnout for this year’s in-person mentorship event at the NY Chapter of the AIA. Louise was delighted to join the conversation.
December 6,2022 Thank you Hilary Sample for inviting Louise to participate in this unique lecture series. What a challenge to ask 7 provocative unanswerable questions about the pivotal topic of the architecture of healthcare!
September 15, 2022 Thanks to all for selecting The Derfner Judaica Museum as a “Best of Design Project” for the Interior Design Magazine Best in Design 2022 Anniversary Edition. This accolade not only speaks to the aesthetics of our project, but also acknowledges the significance of our approach to open up museums to diverse populations, shining a spotlight on our efforts to expand the limits of universal design.
August 6, 2022 How exciting to have our project "Open the Box" to be a shortlisted project for THE PLAN Award 2022 special project category. THE PLAN Award is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. Link here: THE PLAN Award
June 10, 2022 Wow.... We are delighted to have received a Special Mention in the 10th Annual Architizer A+ Awards "Best Firms in North America" category. Thanks so much to the esteemed jury! Here is the link to the Architizer site: https://lnkd.in/g6ZRNEvS
April 26, 2022 We are delighted to report that Louise has been invited to join the “10 Key Architects on the 2022 A+ Product Awards Jury." Please click on the link to see Architizer’s post describing the juror’s bios. How exciting it will be to evaluate the newest architectural products on the market today, hopefully bringing sustainability to a whole new level.
March 16, 2022 Today is the day that you can celebrate Women’s History Month 2022 by purchasing your copy of The Epic Mentor Guide. I am truly honored to have my words about the field of architecture included in this momentous book. Special thanks to Illana Raia for bringing together young women and girls and the voices of brave, brilliant inspiring female leaders in STEM, art, business, athletics, space travel etc. Tap this link to listen to Illana speak about the book on the TODAY Show.
December 31, 2021 Wishing You a Joyful 2022. Fingers crossed that it will be a healthy one!
December 13. 2021 We are thrilled that our installation for the Time Space Existence Exhibition at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale was honored by Interior Design with a Best of Year Honoree Award!
November 3, 2021What a delight to be invited to lecture at Kean Michael Graves CollegeSchool of Public Architecture. The Architecture School at Kean university is in New Jersey. Founded in the spirit of the noted architect, Michael Graves,Kean’s mission is to take architecture to a wider public audience.The students truly seemed to appreciate Louise’s thoughts about “Architecture of Art + Conscience. They also enjoyed an animated conversation at dinner after the lecture. What an intelligent and diverse group!Thank you, Nina Rappaport, for making this all happen.
June 4,2021 Louise was delighted to participate in this special event, part of the Cocktails & Conversation series sponsored by the AIANY Center for Architecture, a sequence of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, or architectural historian to discuss current architectural topics and process. Louise’s team has participated in the renowned Venice Architectural Biennale since 2012, and their work is part of the 2021 Biennale opening on May 22nd with the theme “How Will We Live Together?”. Her experience creating these environmental installations in Venice has added insight to the evolution of the built work of her firm, establishing an ongoing reciprocal relationship between architectural concept and architectural reality. In this conversation with Martha Thorne, current dean of the IE School of Architecture & Design in Madrid, Spain and former Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize since 2005, Braverman reflected on the impact of the Biennale on her practice and the shaping of exhibitions and installations responding to global themes.
December 9, 2020 Louise was delighted to join a group of powerhouse leaders in the architectural profession for an insightful Zoom Mentorship Panel
November 11, 2020 Expanding technology makes our physical world more accessible. Inspired by our global practice, the Yale Women in Architecture Committee invited Louise to organize and moderate a video conversation with four Yale women alumni who discussed their diverse international architectural experiences.
October 15, 2020 What an honor to be featured in Interior Design Magazine’s first annual Women in Design edition which highlights Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso, our museum in Boticas, Portugal. The community of women designers is outstanding!
July 8, 2020 Check out Louise’s interview with Julia Gamolina, editor of MamdameArchitect.org, about what it takes to create Architecture of Art + Conscience. Louise spoke about the positive aspects of defying the mainstream and engaging in entrepreneurship throughout her entire practice. Her empathetic attitude developed early on in architecture school where “...not being in the mainstream in my class, just by being a woman, was actually a very good learning experience! I realized what it was to not be in the mainstream, and it made me more empathetic to others.” She also reflected on how “Being positive and being different is an asset and allows you to work with different people towards a good result.” This attitude allows you to develop needed multi-tasking skills to propel your career.
June 2, 2020 Rebel Architette, an Italian collective, has built seven profiles for seven noteworthy women architects to demonstrate how their new global interactive tool, Women Architects World Map, will look with all the practices and individual profiles filled in. Louise was honored to be included as one of the original seven women.
September 17, 2019 Louise joined the fourth panel of the 2019 TORCH Mentorship program to share her experiences of engaging in communities. The discussion was lively and interactive, which made for a stimulating conversation all around.
November 11, 2019 We are thrilled that Louise is included in Breaking Ground-Architecture by Women edited by Jane Hall for Phaidon Press. The book is a groundbreaking visual survey of architecture designed by women from the early twentieth century to the present day.
May 17, 2019 Louise was delighted to participate in 8 hours of scintillating conversation at a think tank about how potential disruptive transportation will influence the architectural building of community in Newburgh, New York. She joined a group of city planners, transportation experts, We Company thinkers and the Newburgh City Councilman for a deep dive into critical issues that all address the pivotal question "How do we want to live?"
April 29, 2019 We are thrilled that our Hyperloop Suburb, a speculative immersive installation displayed at the 'Time Space Existence' exhibition during the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, was honored with a Chicago Athenaeum 2019 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. Check out our installation along with the other winning projects at The Chicago Athenaeum website.
March 7, 2019 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Louise joined a group of talented women in architecture at the AIA New York Center for Architecture for an insightful panel discussion about the dynamics and possibilities of mentorship, collaboration and advancement in architecture. The panel purposely had both mentors and mentees, which made for a lively conversation.
May 25th, 2018 Louise joined Martha Thorne, Caroline James, Odile Decq and Farshid Moussavi, fellow Voices of Women (VOW) Steering Committee members, to stand up for equity in the architectural profession at the
March 22nd, 2018 We are honored to be invited to be included in this fabulous Italian website where women architects support women architects. This site is a model for us all!
February 22nd, 2018 We are thrilled to be the People’s Choice winner of the Frame Awards in the Social Category, an award that celebrated multi-national projects that demonstrate a positive political, social and cultural impact on our communities. Louise is flew to Amsterdam to participate in what was a very exciting Frame Lab conference about the vanguard of spaces and places at the forefront of new technology and humanity. We were honored to be a part of this.
August 29th, 2017 For all of you traveling through Iowa in September, drop in at the Annual Iowa AIA Convention where Louise will be giving the first keynote address. Love to see you there!
June 21st, 2017 Louise enjoyed spending the day discussing impressive projects with fellow AIA Chicago Design Awards Jurors Paul Mankins of Substance Architecture and Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works.
May 20th, 2017
May 19th, 2017 "A Provocative Paradox" was a wonderful evening at the The National Arts Club dedicated to a discussion of JoAnn Locktov's award-winning book, Dream of Venice Architecture. Louise enjoyed moderating a spirited panel including architects James Biber and Max Levy, and Cynthia Davidson of Log. Watch the video here.
April 21st, 2017 What a lively sharing of work and discussion with Sharon Davis and Dean Amale Andraos! Watch the video here.
April 18, 2017 Louise participated in an insightful discussion about women in practice with students and Yale alumni, Celia Imrey, Robin Osler, Amina Blacksher, Brandt Knapp and Kimberly Brown. The conversation was both interactive and informative and will lead to further dialogue going forward.
April 1st, 2017 We are thrilled that our Pre-Fab Learning Landscape, the product of a six-year relationship with our clients in Staten Island, was honored with such a distinctive award. Check out The Chicago Athenaeum website for our project.
March 28th, 2017 Louise was delighted to discuss our work and chat with Kimberly Ackert about issues relating to her Parsons seminar, "Looking Beyond the Glass Ceiling" at the Parsons School of Design on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
March 16th, 2017 Louise joins Jim Bynum, Frances Halsband and Bea Sennewald in a thoughtful conversation moderated by Peter Navario about the role of communities in designing African health facilities.
December 22nd, 2016 Hope you like our New York Holiday Greeting. ArchDaily thought it was fun.
December 15th, 2016 What a wonderful opportunity for Louise to participate with a terrific team of co-jurors for the 2016 GOOD DESIGN Awards. The projects were just fabulous! Check out the GOOD DESIGN Awards here.
September 27th, 2016 Louise was delighted to contribute an essay to JoAnn Locktov's insightful book about the mystery of Venice. Along with essays by Tadao Ando, Massimiliano Fuksas, and Witold Rybczynski, among others, and photographs by Riccardo De Cal, Louise’s thoughts dissect the aesthetic wonders of this contradictory city.
September 22nd, 2016 It was a lovely evening at Architectural Record’s 125th Anniversary Gala. What was really memorable was Louise’s conversation with architectural critic, Sarah Goldhagen and Mildred Schmertz, an early editor-in-chief of Architectural Record. Mildred discussed in detail the early days of the magazine.
June 8th, 2016 We are thrilled to have our 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale installation “Active Voice” published by Inexhibit magazine. Taking into consideration the particulars of time and place, architects today must engage in active conversations with communities to help give definition to their existence. "Active Voice”", our installation at the "Time Space Existence" exhibition at the 2016 Venice Biennale, is a snapshot of one such conversation. We engaged in a six-year dialogue that produced a series of architectural projects, including prefabricated classroom "buildings" that were integral to the creation of the Staten Island Community Charter School. Families of 86% of the students in the school live below the poverty line. Check out the article here, and the full video of our installation here!
May 20th, 2016 We will be installing our exhibit at Palazzo Bembo for the Global Art Affairs "Time Space Existence" Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. Responding to the curatorial focus, "Reporting From the Front", a three-dimensional video architectural exploration seen through the lens of two neighborhood grandmothers who established the school is at the core of the exhibit. The installation is composed of an integrated video display on four planes, three walls and a horizontal platform, that together describe the ongoing collaborative design process that resulted in formal and informal learning spaces for the growing number of students. The architectural task was multifaceted. It included an ongoing search for a site for a new building resulting in multiple investigations of possible parcels of open land as well as potential unused buildings, such as a manufacturing warehouse and an abandoned nunnery, which could be re-purposed into a new school campus. Simultaneously yearly renovations and re-designs of the existing school classrooms and public space were part of the scope of work. The latest project is the design of adaptable, pre-fabricated, "classroom buildings" suitable for small or large group learning that are located within the existing school gymnasium. This series of incremental architectural projects together strive to create an inclusive educational public domain for the students, educators and community.
May 7th, 2016 What a wonderful prize to live and work for one or two months in this exquisite hill-town retreat of Civita di Bagnoregio, which seems hewn right from the rock on which it rests. Louise spent a delightful afternoon with fellow jurors selecting architects and artists to immerse themselves in the Italian hill-town culture in order to create a thoughtful project that will result from this unique experience. Check out the Civita website for the announcement of winners.
December 10th, 2015 Our beautiful art museum in Boticas was recently profiled in ARQA's "Portugal Internacional" issue, which celebrated international architects who have recently completed projects in Portugal. The 8-page spread on Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso includes photographs, drawings and diagrams that outline the arc of the project from start to finish. Check it out!
October 17th, 2015 Louise was delighted to participate in a thoughtful discussion about the notion of inclusion in the field of architecture, viewed from an international perspective. Fellow panelists included: Farrokh Derakshani, Director, Ago Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland; Yasmeen Lari, Chair + CE, Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan; Juan Moreno, Principal, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects, Chicago, IL, USA; Brigitte Shim, Principal, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto, Canada; and Yasmin Vobis, Principal, Ultramoderne, Providence, RI, USA.
October 7th, 2015 We are delighted to have been asked to join the inaugural pool of designers selected for Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program. Walton Family Foundation Home Region Program Director Karen Minkel says "our extensive review process, led by reputable industry professionals, will give our grantees access to high-caliber design that meets the needs of these public-use buildings and enhances Northwest Arkansas' urban fabric." We hope to make a meaningful contribution to the Bentonville Arkansas Community. Click here for details.
July 7th, 2015 Having been a recipient of the Architectural League Emerging Voice Award, we were delighted to be included in their critical book Thirty Years of Emerging Voices. The book documents "a significant body of realized work that represents the best of its kind and has the potential to shape the future of architecture and landscape design. Thirty Years of Emerging Voices documents and critically assesses the first three decades of the League’s Emerging Voices program." Click here for details.
June 29th, 2015 Speaking to an enlightened group of architects, critics and thought leaders, Louise discussed our architectural approach of "Art + Conscience". She showed a series of local and global projects from all segments of society that shared a commonality of the intersection of inventive aesthetics and community concern.
March 10th, 2015 The Center for Architecture was abuzz last night with perceptive comments about the winners of the 2015 AIANY Design Awards. We are delighted that our project, Village Health Works Staff Housing, was part of the conversation. Click here for list of winners.
December 15th, 2014 We are always thrilled to know when our clients enjoy living and working in our projects, but we were particularly touched to know that the general architectural public feels the same way. This year, in 2014, two of our projects, Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso and Village Health Works Staff Housing received Architect Magazine’s Annual Design Review Awards. We are delighted! Click here for more information!
December 6th, 2014 Louise was delighted to take part in an enlightening conversation with an esteemed group of Miami-based women architects: Marilys Nepomechie of Florida International University, Carie Penabad of Cure & Penebad, and Lourdes Solera of M.C. Harry and Associates. Members of the audience were quite vocal about their opinions on the role of women in the profession, which led to a lively, interactive conversation, moderated by Caroline James.
October 23rd, 2014 Voices From Venice is a series of one-on-one interviews with Caroline James and 5 leading women architects in the field: Caroline Bos of UNStudio, Louise Braverman of Louise Braverman, Architect, Odile Decq of Studio Odile Decq, Yasmin Shariff of Dennis Sharp Architects, and Benedetta Tabliabue of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT. Louise enjoyed participating with her thoughtful peers in this video where women speak candidly about their experiences in the contemporary architecture world. The video is an extension of Caroline James and Arielle Assouline-Lichten's ongoing effort for gender equality in architecture, which began with the petition to recognize Denise Scott Brown’s inclusion in the 1991 Pritzker Prize. Check out the video on Vimeo!
October 6th, 2014 New Yorkers, check out our design for Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso at New York New Design from October 9th – November 2nd at the West 4th Street subway Station! Organized by the AIA New York and the Center for Architecture, the show is a part of Archtober, New York City’s Architecture and Design Month-long festival. The exhibition features projects that offer a snapshot of current practice and the scope and quality of work being done by AIA New York Chapter members across the globe. Click here for more information.
October 2nd, 2014 More good news about the Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso! Our design for the art museum in Boticas, Portugal won a 2014 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design / The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The awards honor the best new significant buildings that influence the current aesthetic direction of today’s architectural work, and we are so proud to have our work selected for this recognition. Click here for a list of winners.
July 15th, 2014 We are so pleased to win the International Design of Merit Award for our 18-units of off-the-grid housing in rural Kigutu, Burundi. If you happen to be in Saratoga Springs, check out our work displayed among fellow Design Award winners at the AIA New York State Design Conference from October 9-11! Click here for a list of winners.
July 15th, 2014 We are thrilled that our sustainable art museum in Boticas, Portugal has won the International Design of Excellence Award, the most prestigious in the International Category. Check out our work displayed among fellow Design Award winners at the AIA New York State Design Conference in Saratoga Springs from October 9-11!
June 6th, 2014 If you’re heading to Venice for the 14th Architecture Biennale, don’t miss the OfficeUS Exhibit in the US Pavilion, curated by Storefront for Art and Architecture. We are proud to have our firm and work on display among our peers in an exhibit that looks back on 100 years of US architectural firms working abroad while projecting a new model for global architectural practice open to all of us. Along with images and models of Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso, we are also presenting images of Village Health Works Staff Housing in Burundi as well as information about our firm. Click here for more information about OfficeUS.
June 6th, 2014 We are thrilled to return to Venice to display our work in the "Time Space Existence" International Exhibition in Palazzo Bembo. The exhibit, curated by the Global Arts Affairs Foundation, calls for architects to discuss the philosophical concepts of Time, Space and Existence, in reference to Curator Rem Koolhas' premise of Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014. Sarah Williams Goldhagen, architecture critic of The New Republic, speaks on an audio loop of her ideas about Situated Modernism, which we feel complements both our design approach and our installation. Our project has been mentioned in multiple publications, including ArchDaily's 100 Architects From 6 Continents Discuss "Time Space Existence" at the 2014 Venice Biennale and Arch News Now's The Great Compilation: 14th International Exhibition of Architecture de la Biennale di Venezia.
June 3rd, 2014 Images of the project will be on display at the Architecture Boston Expo 2014 in the Design Awards Gallery from October 28-30. All those in Boston, check it out! Also hope to see all of you Bostonians at the BSA Design Awards Gala at the Intercontinental Hotel on January 29, 2015, where the exact level of the awards will be revealed.
May 20th, 2014 Thanks to Medha Singh, from our office team, for spearheading the production of our intricate and lovely models of our project in Boticas, Portugal. Check it out at the US Pavilion in Venice!
May 16th, 2014 We are thrilled that our design for the Village Health Works Staff Housing received a Special Mention 2014 Architizer A+ Award. Louise enjoyed the celebration at the Second Annual Architizer A+Awards Gala at Highline Studios in Chelsea, New York.
April 25th, 2014 Louise joined fellow alumni Celia Imrey, Laura Pirie, Robin Osler, Kimberly Brown, Doreen Adengo and Gabrielle Brainard to discuss their goals and experiences in creating their own architecture firms. The lively discussion was followed by a reception on the fourth floor of Yale A&A Building in New Haven.
April 15th, 2014 In quick-fire 6-minute intervals, Louise joined 9 other New York architects to present our project, the Derfner Judaica Museum, as an example of outstanding interior spaces. The "Inside Out/Outside In" speed presentation, hosted by the AIANY Interiors Committee, focuses on interior projects that operate both internally and externally and contribute to the greater community by connecting to the public realm.
February 11th, 2014 Louise was delighted to join Women in Housing and Finance Women Executives Roundtable Event in New York City. Seven substantial women from all phases of design, finance, and construction discussed professional issues related to housing with the membership of this esteemed organization. The evening was filled with conversation about thoughtful issues that affect all of us in the profession.
October 21st, 2013 Louise really enjoyed participating in a Pecha Kucha roundtable discussion, moderated by Cathleen McGuigan, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record, about small firms going global. Nine New York-based architects got together at the AIANY Center for Architecture to talk about the intersection of their small practices with work that takes them around the globe. The conversation highlighted the resourcefulness and flexibility of small firms as well as the complexity of global/local relations in far away places.
August 29th, 2013 We are thrilled that our design for the Master Plan for a Sustainable Kigutu has just won a second distinguished award, a 2013 American Architecture Award, from the Chicago Athenaeum/ European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Our project, along with all the other distinguished winners of both the American Architecture Awards and the International Architecture Awards will be on display at the 14th International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires from September 19th - October 15th, 2013. Click here for a list of winners.
August 16th, 2013 We are honored that our design for the Master Plan for a Sustainable Kigutu was selected to win a 2013 International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum/ European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Our project, along with all the other distinguished winners will be on display at the 14th International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires from September 19th- October 15th, 2013. Click here for a list of winners.
July 30th, 2013 Check out the installation of Nadir Afonso’s artwork in its new home in Boticas, Portugal. Click here for museum Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso Facebook page.
July 16th, 2013 Louise looks forward to joining the national 2014 American Institute of Architects Housing Award jury that features the best new housing designs in the country. Click here for details on the AIA Housing Awards.
May 17th, 2013 We are excited that our VHW Staff Residence won a Chicago Athenaeum/European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies 2013 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. Click here for a list of winners.
April 24th, 2013 Palladia Inc. will celebrate Chelsea Court’s 10th Anniversary, showcasing our project as an example of lasting, high quality, affordable housing. We are thrilled!
April 2nd, 2013 We hope that you can now learn about our work from all browsing platforms. Feel free to stay in touch.
March 25th, 2013 Click here for museum website
March 14th, 2013 Click here for video, "Kigutu in Formation", on Youtube./p>
March 7th, 2013 Louise presented our work at the first ever Yale Women Symposium
March 5th, 2013 Louise joins this prestigious jury founded by Saarinen, Eames & Nelson.
January 1st, 2013 We are excited to create a home for the Staten Island Community Charter School.
December 1st, 2012 Construction of our museum for Nadir Afonso in Portugal moves along.
August 29th, 2012 Check out the ArchDaily article about our installation at the Venice Biennale.
August 1st, 2012 Our VHW Staff Residence wins a Chicago Athenaeum: 2012 American Architecture Award
May 10th, 2012 Louise was delighted to join Rachel Lawe, Director of the International Collage Center, noted collage artist, Michael Oatman and his Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute architectural students for their spring final design jury. This event was particularly noteworthy because the project was to plan the new International Collage Center Museum which our firm will be designing in the near future. The insightful designs were, in part, a result of a recent student field trip to the museum site in Milton, Pennsylvania, where Louise, Rachel and Pavel Zoubok, the inspiration behind the new museum, discussed how the intersection of collage and architecture will define the project.
April 1st, 2012 Construction of Our VHW Staff Residence is under way in Burundi, Africa.
December 14th, 2011 We are thrilled that John Hill included the Derfner Judaica Museum among the impressive NYC projects that he features in his new book, Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture. Check page 225 to see the image and text about our project. Justin Davidson, architectural critic, of New York Magazine, considers John Hill's book one of the "Notable Design Books of 2011".
November 3rd, 2011 The forward-thinking Italian site, Domus, featured our new 100% off the grid project as a giant leap for both aesthetics and sustainability in one of the poorest counties in the world. They preview multiple images of the building and discuss our design as "a romance between east African elemental aesthetics and inventive off-the-grid sustainability".
October 14th, 2011 Louise lectured about our experience designing and building the Derfner Judaica Museum as a prototype for creating inclusive public spaces for our current and future elderly. There is no time like the present to address issues of universal design because of the surge in the elderly population of the advancing baby boom generation. Boomers want sophisticated "more than accessible" cultural institutions. This is we, as architects, must provide.
September 28th, 2011 As a followup to our inclusion in Daniel Pink’s pivotal book A Whole New Mind, Ted Garrison invited Louise to discuss her approach to challenging architectural projects. Louise emphasized that her thinking aligns with Dan Pink’s approach in that the basis of how she conceptually generates out of box solutions to complex architectural problems begins with "How do you frame the question".
August 15th, 2011 When asked by the editor of Interior Design Magazine "What recent exhibition or installation has influenced you most?", she immediately responded "Google Art Project". She said &qou;Although it will probably never replace a face-to-face experience, the Art Project, powered by Google, transformed my thinking about exhibition design."
June 8th, 2011 As part of a distinguished lecture series of Yale School of Architecture trained architects, Louise discussed our early and current involvement with artistically inventive, socially conscious architectural projects. She emphasized our ongoing commitment to strive to use common means to archive uncommon results.
June 3rd, 2011 We are delighted that the cutting edge Turkish architectural magazine, CONCEPT PROJECTS, has featured our design for Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso in its June edition. The issue profiles forward-thinking, eco-friendly, green projects and we are pleased that they chose to include our sustainable art museum to introduce to their global audience.
April 5th, 2011 At the invitation of Gail Levin, Distinguished Professor of Contemporary Art at CUNY, Louise spoke about the overlapping disciplines of art, architecture, and landscape in our current and past work. She discussed the influences of her background in fine arts on her architectural thinking throughout her career to date.
April 1st, 2011 We are thrilled that the construction of our Museum is on time and on budget. Check out these new images of the progress of construction.
March 15th, 2011 The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, along with the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, will be presenting all of the 2010 GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award Winners this April at the "Contemporary Space Athens", curated by Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, in Athens, Greece. We are delighted that the Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso will be profiled along with the other winners of this illustrious award.
February 28th, 2011 Louise Braverman joined the AIANY Chapter panel discussion about the relationship between architects and clients during the design and construction process. The context of the panel was based on Karen A. Frank and Teresa von Sommaruga Howard's book, "Design through Dialogue: A Guide for Architects and Clients", in which several of our projects were featured. Louise Braverman and Susan Jacobson, the former curator of the Museum at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, New York, had a lively conversation about their working relationship.
February 17th, 2011 Our firm is one of the burgeoning group of small studios that are going global. Claire Wilson discusses how we collaborate on an ongoing basis with local partners in both Portugal and Africa to produce excellent results. As Louise says, "We work on Skype, have meetings, view drawings, and share information every week." Electronic communication is key to designing and implementing international work.
December 21st, 2010 Here are some new construction photos of the Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso. The foundation for the majority of the building is now in place. Take a look at the slideshow of the sequence of construction that has brought us to this point.
November 11th, 2010 We are currently in the process of designing a Women’s Health Pavilion for Village Health Work’s site in Kigutu, Burundi, Africa. The vision of Village Health Works is to bring health to the rural village of Kigutu and surrounding areas through collaborative efforts between the community itself and people in the United States who share the vision that all people, including the most impoverished, are entitled to the highest standards of health in their pursuit of happy and productive lives. The health pavilion will play a large part in bringing modern medicine to this lively community that, thanks to Village Health Works, is on the brink of making a major societal change.
October 25, 2010 Rolando Pujol, in his article "Designed Locally, Felt Globally," highlights Poets House as a key New York project of the year. As part of the subterranean exhibit in the Greenwich Village subway station sponsored by the AIA New York Chapter, Poets House was highlighted along with our work on the Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso in Portugal. Rick Bell, the executive director of the AIA, noted about our work that "Even a small city firm can have a global impact."
