The VOW Flashmob at the 2018 Venice Biennale
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 historic Flashmob gathering in the Giardini.
Thank you Architette!
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!
We Won!
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.
Another Year Flew By!
December 21st, 2017
See You in Des Moines!
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!
Great Discussion with AIA Chicago Jurors
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.
Louise Moderates “Venice: A Provocative Paradox” at the National Arts Club
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.
Louise Lectures at Columbia GSAPP
April 21st, 2017
What a lively sharing of work and discussion with Sharon Davis and Dean Amale Andraos!
Watch the video here.
Louise Joins Conversation about Women in Practice at Yale
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.
Pre-Fab Learning Landscape Wins 2017 Chicago Athenaeum GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award
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.
Louise Lectures About Our Work at Parsons
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.
Louise Discusses VHW Staff Housing at the AIANY
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.
Wishing You The Best for 2017!
December 22nd, 2016
Hope you like our New York Holiday Greeting. ArchDaily thought it was fun.
Stimulating Day with 2016 GOOD DESIGN Award Jurors
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.
Louise Writes About How Venice Amplifies Her Artistic Impulse
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.
Louise Chats with Mildred Schmertz at Architectural Record Gala
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.
Inexhibit Magazine Features our “Active Voice” Installation at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
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!
We’re heading off to Venice to set up our installation at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale!
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.
Louise joins jury to select Northeast Chapter fellows to residency at the Civita Institute
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.
Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso featured in the latest issue of ARQA Magazine!
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!
A lively discussion at the first Chicago Architecture Biennale
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.
We are thrilled to be selected for the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program
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.
We are proud to be documented in thirty years of emerging voices
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.”
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Lecture at the Plan Magazine Perspective USA 2015
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.
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