Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos, 2015 recipient of the Richard Neutra Award, in conversation with Orhan Ayyüce

2015-10-26T21:01:00-04:00

In the dappled afternoon sunshine of the VDL House’s backyard in Silver Lake, senior Archinect Editor Orhan Ayyuce sat down with Enrique Norten, winner of this year’s Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence, to talk about modernism’s legacy and evolution since the mid-20th century. The Award, issued by California State Polytechnic University’s Department of Architecture, is awarded to architects that fulfill Richard Neutra’s ideal of creating new environments for living, and often encourage interdisciplinary collaborations within the profession. Norten was in town for the award ceremony tonight at Cal Poly Pomona.

Norten’s Mexico City and New York-based firm, TEN Arquitectos, has completed over fifty projects worldwide in its 28-year span, for a variety of architectural programs that are often large enough to operate at an urban scale. The firm’s works include Guadalajara’s Guggenheim Museum, a branch of the New York Public Library, the redesign of Rutgers University Col...

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Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos, 2015 recipient of the Richard Neutra Award, in conversation with Orhan Ayyüce