2024-11-05T05:49:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150017313/recent-wheelwright-recipient-samuel-bravo-discusses-unearthing-the-architectural-vernaculars-of-the-amazonian-region-and-beyond Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-07-14T11:45:00-04:00 >2017-07-15T14:05:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nq/nq3x1sovhraerbcw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="http://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard University</a>&nbsp;Graduate School of Design&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/150010632/samuel-bravo-wins-2017-wheelwright-prize" target="_blank">awarded its coveted 2017 Wheelwright Prize to Chilean architect Samuel Bravo</a> for his proposal <em>Projectless: Architecture of Informal Settlements</em>. His work focuses on the traditional architectures and informal settlements of communities in Chile, Peru, and the Amazonian region. Past projects include organizing community-led rebuilding efforts in earthquake-damaged Chile and designing/constructing a lodge, shamanic center and school for the Shipibo people in the Peruvian Amazon.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/149993343/small-studio-snapshots-deoc-a Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-03-06T12:45:00-05:00 >2017-03-06T12:50:48-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f7/f75ax78t1ql6mc65.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This week on <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/845829/small-studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Small Studio Snapshots</a>, we are featuring a studio&nbsp;that, while small, has managed to spread its wings far with offices in both Guatemala and Boston. We talked with Roberto de Oliveira Castro, founder of <a href="http://www.deoc-a.com/" target="_blank">De Oliveira Castro Arquitectos</a>,&nbsp;to see what set of unique challenges this set-up presents.</p>