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Three Finalists Announced for Van Alen Institute’s Ground/Work Competition

2013-07-25T17:03:00-04:00

Finalists have been announced today for Ground/Work: A Design Competition for Van Alen Institute’s New Street-Level Space. The challenge invited emerging designers, up to ten years out of school, to design Van Alen’s new street-level work space and public venue at 30 West 22nd Street in Manhattan. Three finalist teams were selected from a pool of over 120 teams answering the recent Call for Portfolios.

Previously: Ground/Work: A Design Competition for Van Alen Institute’s New Street-Level Space

UPDATE: Ground/Work finalist teams reveal their designs for Van Alen Institute’s new street-level space

UPDATE: Collective–LOK Wins Van Alen Institute’s Ground/Work Competition

Ground/Work: A Design Competition for Van Alen Institute’s New Street-Level Space

2013-05-17T19:02:00-04:00

Looking for a nice design competition to participate in this month? Our friends at New York's Van Alen Institute just announced the launch of Ground/Work, an international architecture competition seeking innovative designs for a new street-level venue to house the Institute’s work space and public programs. The competition started accepting entries earlier this week, submission deadline is June 13, 2013.

UPDATE: Three Finalists Announced for Van Alen Institute’s Ground/Work Competition

UPDATE: Collective–LOK Wins Van Alen Institute’s Ground/Work Competition

What is the future of the library?

2013-05-16T18:36:00-04:00

For the first time since Henri Labrouste (1801-1875), currently the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, formulated the conception of the new, democratic library, the central library is fighting for survival. The relevance of these gloriously inflated book boxes is being questioned in an age that looks to the Internet for its intellectual resources.

LOT- EK x Van Alen Books - "Packs a colorful punch"

2012-03-15T18:41:00-04:00

Van Alen Books is a new architecture and design bookstore and public reading room located in NY. How will @DelaineIsaac fare with this newly industrialized space? Does LOT-EK address the dearth of public meeting and forum spaces in the city?