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Best and Brightest Emerging Design Talent Featured at Center for Architecture Winners of prestigious design competition display their unique projects and commendable methods for practice in the annual New Practices New York exhibition – opening September 5th in New York City.
NEW YORK, August 12, 2008 – With its second biennial portfolio competition and exhibition, the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter has recognized six promising and innovative new architecture firms. Opening on September 5, 2008, the exhibition New Practices New York presents the work of the competition winners, and includes a symposium that features the novel ways in which these New York City firms organize their architectural practices. In order to qualify for the competition, practices must have been founded after 2002 and be located within the five boroughs.
The firm Urban A&O was the Highest Honor recipient for the design of the main
entrance to the Johnson & Johnson Olympic Games Pavilion, Beijing.
Vitality and vision
A distinguished panel of jurors, including four New York architects, selected the competition’s winners out of 52 submitted portfolios, noting their exceptional qualities and forward-looking vision. Jury members were: Amale Andraos (Work AC), Jennifer Carpenter (TRUCK), Peter Eisenman, FAIA (Eisenman Architects), William Menking (The Architect’s Newspaper) and Charles Renfro, AIA (Diller Scofidio + Renfro).
"The six winning firms, while diverse in their approaches to both the work they showed and the portfolios they presented, all shared a consistent ability to produce architecture that expressed their interests, attitudes, and research,” said Matt Bremer, AIA, co-chair of the AIA New York Chapter’s New Practices Committee, which organized the competition and exhibition.
“Our committee was encouraged by the breadth of opportunity that technology, economic vitality, and public interest in architecture have offered the fresh talent in our city,” Bremer continued. Noting the Committee’s particular interest in firm operations, Bremer Baumann Architecture, an award winner, designed this sculpture studio façade in Brooklyn added that the award winners stood out for their abilities to design and execute their groundbreaking projects.
“What distinguishes this award from other Architecture competitions is our focus on methods of collaboration and integrated practice,” explained Committee co-chair Marc Clemenceau Bailey, AIA. “We wanted to know how their work methods differed from more traditional practices, and how they applied these approaches to critical thought, design, and construction on local and global levels.”
Firm portraits – and large-scale installations
This year’s exhibit on the New Practices winners, designed by WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll & Corey Yurkovich, features two exciting new elements; portraits of the winning firms by the photographers Mastromatteo + Steen, and large-scale installations designed by each honoree. The installations, which will fill the double-height storefront of the Center, present an opportunity for each firm to make a statement about how their innovative practices translate to innovative work. Each firm will also create a short video and booklet describing their practice.
2008 Winners The New Practices New York, 2008 contest winners are: Urban A&O, which earned the highest honor (urbanao.com); Baumann Architecture (philippebaumann.com); Common Room (common-room.net); David Wallance Architect (dw-arch.com); Matter Practice (matterpractice.net); and Openshop Studio (openshopstudio.com).
EXHIBITION ON VIEW The exhibition will remain on view from September 5, 2008, through January 3, 2009, at the Center for Architecture, located at 536 LaGuardia Place, in New York City.
SYMPOSIUM New Practices New York 2008: Winners' Symposium
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at 6:00–8:00pm (RSVP required) – The winners of the New Practices New York 2008 Competition present their work and discuss how they organize their architectural practices.
New Practices New York 2008 is hosted by the AIA New Practices Committee and also underwritten by Häfele. Lead sponsors are MG & Company, Poliform USA, as well as Thornton Tomasetti.
Other program supporters include Fountainhead Con- Construction and FXFowle. The beverage sponsor is Saaga Vodka, and the Media sponsor is The Architect’s Newspaper.
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About the AIA New York Chapter AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. We are dedicated to three goals: design excellence, public outreach, and professional development. The Chapter's members include more than 4,000 practicing architects, allied professionals, students, and public members interested in architecture and design. The Chapter sponsors an array of programs that explore the role of architects in housing, planning, historic preservation, and urban design. To foster design excellence we sponsor an annual Design Awards Program for architecture, interior architecture and unrealized projects, as well as a Biennial Building Type Award program in particular areas of design specialization, such as health facilities and housing. In addition, the Chapter publishes a magazine, OCULUS, and an electronic journal, eOculus, and works with its charitable affiliate, the Center for Architecture Foundation, to provide scholarship and educational opportunities for students and the general public. For more information on the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, contact Melina Gills at AIA New York, 212-683-6126, mgills@aiany.org.
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