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President Obama Appoints Michael Graves to Key Administration Post

2013-02-04T13:52:00-05:00

President Obama said, “These fine public servants both bring a depth of experience and tremendous dedication to their new roles. Our nation will be well-served by these individuals, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:

Vinton G. Cerf – Member, National Science Board, National Science Foundation
Marta Araoz de la Torre – Member, Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Michael Graves – Member, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Laurie Leshin – Member, Advisory Board of the National Air and Space Museum
Lynne Sebastian – Member, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Michael Graves, Joey Shimoda & others Honored at 34th Annual Interiors Awards

2013-01-28T19:08:00-05:00

The winners of the 34th Annual Interiors Awards, presented by Contract magazine, have been unveiled. Besides the top entries in each of 13 project categories, ranging from large and small offices to public space and adaptive re-use, the jury also chose LA-based architect and designer Joey Shimoda as recipient of the 2013 Designer of the Year Award. The 2013 Legend Award was bestowed upon Michael Graves.

Michael Graves' product design for Acme Studio

2012-12-13T12:21:00-05:00

Architect and Product Designer Michael Graves talks about his long standing partnership with Acme Studios. This short promo video, filmed and produced in his Princeton studio, highlights popular Acme products by Graves that are currently available.

Responses to Grave's Op-ed on hand vs computer drawing

2012-09-10T11:52:00-04:00

Architectural practices and academic programs should rethink their wholesale replacement of teaching hand drawing and model making with computer skills alone. Digital tools can enhance the tactile interpretations of architectural concepts, and there should be room for teaching both when educating architects of the future.

The NYT has published a few of the responses they're received about Michael Grave's recently published piece Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing.

To read some of the comments from Archinect users, click here.

Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing

2012-09-04T12:32:00-04:00

IT has become fashionable in many architectural circles to declare the death of drawing. What has happened to our profession, and our art, to cause the supposed end of our most powerful means of conceptualizing and representing architecture? The computer, of course.

Michael Graves pens an opinion piece for the Times.

Editor's Picks #252

2012-02-27T11:50:00-05:00

Architect Michael Graves considers the Portland Building one of his top achievements even though the building is still controversial. mdler thinks "this thing is a POS" and elletoman commented "gross". Donna Sink disagreed arguing "I love the Portland building and most important I love that this building happened.

For the latest Showcase Archinect talked to Iranian-Canadian creative director and photographer Sam Javanrouh. He provided two images of Daniel Libeskind's Crystal for the Royal Ontario Museum; one titled Jumping Girl, the other portrays the space without people. So we asked, him "What are your thoughts about including people in your photos? Is it important to photograph a building in use, or by itself?" and he replied "It really depends on the subject and the mood I'm trying to convey. Sometimes showing a structure alone with nothing else to distract is most powerful, and sometimes including people in the shot is what makes the photo. A good example of that is the Jumping Girl photo that I shot in ROM's Crystal. I have a photo of the same exact interior with no people in it, and it has a completely different feeling and it doesn't have the same energy. If I have the luxury of shooting the photos with and without people and choosing later I try to do that."

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Portland Building still controversial after 30 years

2012-02-22T22:20:00-05:00

“It had such a low budget. I was criticized for putting the windows in too small, but it got more expensive the more glass I had. I wasn’t the one who put the workers near the windows, limiting the light let in. Most people don’t realize I didn’t design the interior.” Despite proceeding to design award-winning buildings and products worldwide, Graves holds the Portland Building as one of his greatest achievements. He still enjoys talking about the sculpture that sits in front, Portlandia.

Michael Graves named 2012 Driehaus Prize laureate

2011-12-14T15:16:00-05:00

American architect Michael Graves has been named the recipient of the 2012 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame. Winner of the university's 2012 Henry Hope Reed Award is writer and landscape preservationist Elizabeth Barlow Rogers.

Architecture for Recovery: IDEO and Michael Graves Design a Home for Disabled Military Veterans

2011-11-30T18:07:10-05:00

Oftentimes, United States' military men and women carry the physical and emotional wounds of their service home with them, "find[ing] workarounds to cope with their surroundings based on individual capabilities and preferences." Today, IDEO and Michael Graves Associates see their work come alive as the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir and Clark Realty Capital unveil a new model for building accessible homes on military installations: the Wounded Warrior home.