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Tuesday 14 July 2015

NADER TEHRANI APPOINTED DEAN

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

Nader Tehrani, a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been appointed dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He joins Cooper this month.

Tehrani served as the head of MIT's Department of Architecture from 2010 to 2014. He is principal of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and an intensive dialogue with construction practices. The firm has offices in Boston and New York City.

"We are delighted to welcome Nader Tehrani as dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture," said Richard S. Lincer, chairman of The Cooper Union Board of Trustees. "Not only is he a highly respected designer whose work has been widely published and exhibited, but he is an academic leader who intermingles pedagogy and practice in a way The Cooper Union community can recognize and appreciate."

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2015 SUMMER PROGRAMS

Introduction to Architecture for College and

High School students

The School of Architecture is pleased to have two fully enrolled summer intensive programs in Introduction to Architecture currently in session. The college level program is in its third season and had a record number of competitive applications. Fifteen students were selected for the inaugural session of the high school program. Students meet daily with faculty in the studio and have workshops in freehand drawing, shop techniques, digital rendering, portfolio preparation, and other classes and field trips.

The programs are lead by School of Architecture instructors Dorit Aviv, James Lowder and Katerina Kourkoula.

learn more about summer programs in architecture at The Cooper Union.

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OPEN CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES

NEW!

FILM COMPETITION | The Look Up Film Challenge is a timed film competition that challenges participants to make a short film about how architects and their work enrich our personal lives and our community-from homes to open spaces-in every community across the country. Submissions will be judged by a panel of esteemed AIA members and media professionals, presenting $3,000 in cash prizes and experiential awards, including two roundtrip tickets to Austin, Texas, and badges for the iconic festival, SXSW. Check website for registration updates. learn more ...

OPEN CALL FOR ARTWORK | For the first time in history the DLFNY, IALD and IESNYC are collaborating on an exhibition featuring the artistic side of people in the NYC lighting design industry. Artists will be selected based on space availability and talent. Deadline: July 31, 2015 learn more ...

NEMETSCHEK VECTORWORKS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP | The scholarship supports the next generation of creative potential on two levels. Round one winners will move on to compete for the grand prize, The Richard Diehl Award, in round two. Plus, entering is simple. Submit your best work and answer three short questions by August 31, 2015. learn more ...

DEADLINE APPROACHING

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Blank Space Projects announces a forthcoming publication "Dear Architecture." They invite individuals and groups to address architecture as a concept, as a social practice and as a community, in no more that 500 words, and with an illustration as an auxiliary tool to convey your message. Participation is open to architects, designers, writers, engineers, illustrators, students and creatives worldwide. Deadline: July 24, 2015 learn more ...

FILM AND VIDEO AWARD | The Society of Architectural Historians Award for Film and Video was established in 2013 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of film or video on the history of the built environment. The most important criterion is the work's contribution to the understanding of the built environment, defined either as deepening that understanding or as bringing that understanding to new audiences. A second criterion is a high standard of research and analysis, whether the production was for a scholarly audience, a general audience, or both. A third criterion is excellence in design and production. SAH is accepting nominations for the 2016 award through August 1, 2015. learn more ...

PUBLICATION AWARD | Every year, the Society of Architectural Historians presents five awards honoring the most distinguished publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history, preservation, and architectural exhibition catalogues that have been published in the previous two years. SAH also presents the Founders' Award for an outstanding JSAH article written by an emerging scholar in the previous two years. SAH is accepting nominations for the 2016 Publication Awards through August 1, 2015. learn more ...

FELLOWSHIP | The Vera List Center Fellowships support individuals whose work advances the discourse on art and politics. The appointments provide the opportunity to further develop such work drawing from the academic resources of The New School, to expand on the work in collaboration with students and classes, and to bring it to the public through the Vera List Center's interdisciplinary programs. Fellowship projects are selected following an open call for applications and relate to the current Curatorial Focus Theme. They can result in performances, concerts, exhibitions, lectures, online artworks, archives, or publications. Deadline: August 3, 2015 learn more ...

CALL FOR ENTRIES | Save Before Quitting is an experimentation platform for young designers and architects. Beautiful Decay is an architectural exploration into the viability of current of methods of habitation. Both real and speculative, the selected projects explore sceneries and scenarios that tackle the issue facing our ever changing landscapes. We seek exemplary projects that tackle the issue as the designer sees fit. Work must be completed as a form of independent research and/or educational project. Past projects such as thesis work, are eligible. Designers must possess sole authorship of submitted work, and therefore projects done for others are strictly prohibited. Deadline: August 10, 2015 learn more ...

ONGOING

CALL FOR SAH 2016 CONFERENCE PROPOSALS | The Society of Architectural Historians is now accepting proposals for roundtable discussions, meetings, and informational presentations for the 2016 SAH Annual International Conference to be held in Pasadena/Los Angeles, April 6-10. Deadline: August 14, 2015 learn more ...

STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION | BLT Architects, a Philadelphia-based integrated architectural and interior design firm, has announced its 2015 Student Design Competition. The fifth annual competition carries a first place prize of a paid internship at the architectural and interior design firm in the summer of 2016 and $1000. Deadline: August 14, 2015 learn more ...

ACSA AWARDS | The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is call for nominations and submissions for their annual 2015-2016 Architecture Education Awards. Nominations and submissions are being accepted in several categories. Deadline: September 23, 2015 learn more ...

ARCHITECTURE AWARD | Now in their 16th year, the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Awards are the world's most popular and prestigious prize for up-and-coming architects, giving emerging practices invaluable impetus on their trajectory to wider recognition and success. Previous winners of the Awards have included Sou Fujimoto (Japan), Thomas Heatherwick (UK), Sean Godsell (Australia), Jurgen Mayer H. (Germany) and Li Xiaodong (China). Deadline: August 28, 2015 learn more ...

GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP | Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Deadline: September 19, 2015 learn more ...

CRAFT RESEARCH FUND GRANT | Since 2005, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design's Craft Research Fund grant program has advanced and expanded research about craft in the United States. The program supports innovative research on critical issues in craft theory and history, explores the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture, fosters new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field, and advances investigation of neglected questions on craft history and criticism.Types of grants include: Project Grants, Exhibition Research Grants, Graduate Research Grants, Travel Grants. Deadlines: October 2015 learn more ...

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FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS

EXHIBITION | An exhibition by BSA Space - the gallery area operated by the Boston Society of Architects - highlights the unique role of installations to a studio's growth, featuring site-specific works by NADAAA (Nader Tehrani, principal) among others. The exhibition is reviewed in the article "Experiments in Micro-Architecture" in Azure Magazine, July 4, 2015. read more ...

CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE | Diane Lewis will be a speaker in "Beyond New York Pecha-Kucha: Frames of Reference - New York and Boston" held at the Center for Architecture, New York, NY on July 23, 2015. learn more ...

ARTICLE | As a columnist for the Architectural League of New York's Urban Omnibus, Stephen Rustow recently published "Past Perserving" regarding New York City's Landmark Law. read more ...

WORKSHOP | Guido Zuliani will be a workshop tutor for "Catalysts in Action" as part of the 2015 Busan International Design Workshop in Busan, Korea on August 3-7, 2015. learn more ...

LECTURE | Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa delivered the lecture "Architecture in Formation: A presentation on the apparent opposition between relational logic and formal autonomy," at ETH-Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland on May 29, 2015. learn more ...

ALUMNI NEWS

Daniel Libeskind (AR 70) | guest editor | "We mustn't forget the deep emotional impact of the buildings around us," CNN, July 1, 2015

Toshiko Mori (AR 76) | news | "Botanical Gardens Hires Architect Toshiko Mori to Create Master Plan,"

Buffalo Rising, June 19, 2015

Cristina A. Ross (AR 81) | co-author | "As Is: Midcentury Houses Today presents 16 modern homes in New Canaan, Connecticut, in their contemporary condition," book review, The Architect's Newspaper, July 6, 2015

Jeanine Centuori (AR 83) | presenter | "Urban Infill and Small Space," Dwell on Design, L.A. Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, May 29, 2015

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