Rome Prize winner
Lonn Combs, Assistant Professor Lonn Combs awarded American Academy in Rome Prize. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to approximately thirty individuals who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Prize recipients are invited to Rome for six months to two years to immerse themselves in […]
Choice Market (Evan Douglis)
New Work by Evan Douglis “The Brooklyn emporium Choice has opened its latest location in Dumbo, and the new cafe reflects the district’s industrial-chic aesthetic. A subdued palette of tan Chinese stone, polished concrete, and Cor-ten steel offers a comfortable yet contemporary look, but a surprise awaits overhead in the cafe’s exuberant ceiling. With volutes […]
Andrew Saunders wins FLATCUT / Acadia 2011 Competition
/ Andrew Saunders, Assistant Professor / / FLATCUT / Acadia 2011 Competition / LIGHTING Category Winner: LUMINESCENT LIMACON by Andrew Saunders LUMINESCENT LIMACON is a folded lighting design by Andrew Saunders, an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. The Luminescent Limacon is inspired partly from the Dutch Ruff, or flamboyant […]
Lonn Combs
Changing Rooms Installation by Easton + Combs (Lonn Combs, Assistant Professor) Location: Extension Gallery, Chicago. CHANGING ROOM is a mirage of the intimate in the realm of the public. As the daydream is to daily life, a momentary slippage that can re-qualify the onslaught of a quotidian continuum, so too is the CHANGING ROOM to […]
Thom Mayne (Fall 2010 Lecture)
Professor Kenneth L. Warriner Memorial Lecture Series Questions on the continuity of contradiction Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne is founder of the influential studio Morphosis and co-founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture. He marries conceptual ideas with form, challenging the way we perceive structure, building and the environment. From www.ted.com: Widely regarded as […]