AIA LECTURE SERIES

The work of Howeler + Yoon is inspiring, particularly in its aspiration to improve the profession and our world and Meejin presents it in an accessible manner that feels inclusive, like a rallying cry to join them in responding to the imperatives of our time.

Susie presented her projects through the lens of a rich historical analytical process and a focus on who the buildings are for. The work spans a wide array of scales and program types but is consistently compelling, inspiring, and engaging.

Beth is disarming in her approachability and inspiring in her focus on doing great architecture. Her firm is creating work that is undeniably modern and creative. MERGE architects is crafting spaces and buildings that enrich the lives of the owners and occupants thru original approaches to materiality and spatial configurations.

Annabelle Selldorf presented an array of thoughtfully resolved work that derives a deep power from its clarity, elegant detailing, and focus on people. She is an architect of the highest order with works that are simultaneously contemporary and timeless.

Peter Bohlin is a giant of architecture due to the intelligence, beauty, honesty, and humanity of BCJ’s work over the last 50 years. He is also one of the most generous and kind people you would ever have the opportunity to meet.

The work presented by Steve Dumez is consistently innovative and beautiful, while firmly grounded in its context and expression of our time.

Florian Idenburg strives to test boundaries with a sense of humor and willingness to loosen the reigns of control at times in the name of artistic pursuits.

Michel Rojkind’s work strikes a wide range of cords, ranging from provocative to simultaneously, thoroughly resolved, driven by function, but strikingly beautiful, and surprising in its ability to span all scales.

Audrey Matlock’s work is innovative—it pushes boundaries in the pursuit of poetic architecture that is rooted in a deep understanding of how buildings go together. She made the case for architectural program and context as drivers for powerful architectural solutions.

Katsuhiro Yamazaki’s thoughtful approach to an architecture rooted in its surroundings and careful consideration of materials and the craft of building became immediately evident. Atelier TAG’s humanistic modernism can be tracked to the likes of Alvar Aalto.

Winka Dubbeldam’s presentation felt like the future of architecture. She noted her stated interest in blurring the boundary between industrial-design intelligence and architecture. Winka’s designs were inspiring in their rigor, elegance, and ultimately, their beauty.

Sebastian Schmaling spoke in a restrained manner, befitting his message and the sincerity of his passion for architecture.

LTL Architects work is rooted in intensive design exploration, continually asking, “what if?”.

Demonstrating that Snøhetta creates deeply humanistic spaces, Craig Dykers seems equally curious about architecture and human nature.

Julie Eizenberg’s presentation spoke to the relationships buildings have with their surroundings [and] architects to other disciplines.

Shigeru Ban is dedicated to the craft of architecture and, above all else, deeply concerned about his fellow man on a global scale.

Toshiko Mori lived up to John Hejduk’s notion that the architect is responsible for creating the spirit of a thought in their work.

Tina Manis has bold aspirations of creating architecture that tells us something new about ourselves.

The work of Griffin Enright is inspiring. The framework for the presentation and basis for the title was their process of uncovering meaning in architectural projects, often rooted in ideas of circulation or the Corbussian notion of promenades architecturales.

hMa view architecture as a vehicle for connecting man with the natural world.

Marlon Blackwell grounded his work in the belief that architecture can be rooted in the everyday, in search of marvelous ideas.