Hugh Newell Jacobsen is a prominent American architect best known for his modern pavilion-based residences, which are mostly simple, gabled structures, rectangular in plan. His projects have been built and published worldwide, and he's won 114 awards for excellence in design, six of which are National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects and 20 from the professional journal Architectural Record. Jacobsen graduated from Yale’s School of Architecture in 1955, held an apprenticeship with Philip Johnson, and then opened a practice under his own name in 1958.
Selldorf Architects is an internationally-recognized firm with a portfolio of institutional, commercial, high-end retail, and residential work, as well as art spaces, that is quintessentially modern. They also offer full-service interior design, and own a company called
Vica, which sells modern and traditional handcrafted furnishings, including case goods, tables, seating, lighting, and hardware. Principal Architect Annabelle Selldorf was born and raised in Germany, received degrees from Pratt Institute in NYC and Syracuse University in Florence, and established the firm in 1988.
Ralph Rapson, one of the most prolific and oldest practicing architects,
died of a heart attack on Saturday at 93. Modernist in style, he was best known for his design of the former Guthrie Theater, which included "a thrusting stage and asymmetrical seating that made the audience seem like part of the dramatic action." In the 1940s, he designed his own line of furniture for Knoll, including a popular rocking chair, the Rapson Rapid Rocker.
Today is
International Women's Day. Annually on this day, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. Definitely look in your local paper to see if there are any events in your community celebrating this day, and for now, take a look at some of my favorite posts celebrating creative women here on CasaSugar.
Architects Brooks Walker and Greg Warner met while studying architecture at the University of Oregon and later worked together at various firms before they decided to start their own,
Walker Warner Architects, which is located in San Francisco. Over the last two decades, the Walker Warner Architects has focused on residential design as well as estate and winery development. The firm strives to design buildings that are energy-efficient, sustainable, and contextually appropriate.
Williams Architects, located in both New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., offers architectural, interior design, and planning services. The firm has won design awards for historic renovation and new construction from the American Institute of Architects, the Vieux Carre Commission, the Historic District Landmarks Commission and the City of New Orleans. Check out the slideshow for some of their residential projects.
For nearly 40 years,
BNIM Architects has been working to further sustainable, affordable design. With offices in Kansas City and Houston, this powerhouse firm believes in working on deep, green design projects. The firm is committed to its local and regional communities while establishing a national presence as an innovator of design methodologies, sustainability, and new technologies in architecture, planning, and workplace design.
The first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in its 26-year history, Zaha Hadid has defined her architecture with sensual curves and a lack of right angles. She creates buildings that revel in multiple perspectives and seem to mirror the fragmentation of modern living. Born in Baghdad in 1950, Zaha Hadid currently resides in London, but her architectural mark is seen across the planet, with projects such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati and the BMW plant in Leipzig.
Oscar Niemeyer is considered one of the most important names in modern architecture worldwide, and he just
turned 100 this December. His pièce de résistance is not a building, but a city — Brasília, the capital city of Brazil. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, graduated from Escola de Belas Artes (also in Rio) as an engineer architect in 1934, and joined the office of architect Lucio Costa in 1936.
Architect Aldo Rossi's buildings are distinguished by his successful melding of modern design with architectural and vernacular traditions. Whether building an apartment complex or an art museum, his style is unmistakable. Born in Milan, Italy, into a family of bicycle makers in 1931, Rossi grew up during World War II, and later studied at the School of the Somaschi Fathers in Lake Como and the Collegio Alessandro Votas in Lecco.
