Archinect - News 2024-12-04T04:30:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150288779/mass-design-group-minneapolis-to-be-honored-by-upenn-s-weitzman-school MASS Design Group, Minneapolis to be honored by UPenn's Weitzman School Josh Niland 2021-11-18T17:04:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/4169242f4c788da0fdf4edcbeb53aa0f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106488/mass-design-group" target="_blank">MASS Design Group</a> will be honored alongside the city of Minneapolis by the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/Weitzman" target="_blank">University of Pennsylvania</a>&rsquo;s Weitzman School of Design in a public celebration held at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy this evening.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Boston-based firm will receive the prestigious Kanter Tritsch Medal for its &ldquo;design excellence and commitment to a climate-positive future.&rdquo;</p> <p>Likewise, Minneapolis is being honored with the Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal for its comprehensive <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150280722/buro-happold-has-been-tapped-for-an-ambitious-twin-cities-climate-resiliency-plan" target="_blank">2040 resiliency plan</a> that was developed with the help of <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/38008/burohappold" target="_blank">Buro Happold</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;MASS and Minneapolis remind us of the central role for design in overcoming seemingly intractable challenges like unequal access to jobs and housing, and mass incarceration,&rdquo; Weitzman dean <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149506749/guns-in-the-studio-texas-new-campus-carry-law-prompted-architecture-dean-fritz-steiner-to-resign-he-joins-us-to-discuss-the-law-s-effect-on-architecture-education-on-archinect-sessions-55" target="_blank">Frederick Steiner</a> said in a statement. &ldquo;Our professions have a lot of work to do to see that entire communities aren&rsquo;t left out of the design process.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/35/3504996bc2948339268063f9b99d6022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/35/3504996bc2948339268063f9b99d6022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150061773/america-s-long-overdue-memorial-to-the-victims-of-lynchings-opens-in-alabama-today" target="_blank">America's long-overdue memorial to the victims of lynchings opens in Alabama today</a></figcaption></figure><p>The non-profit, non-...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/139474588/dominique-perrault-presented-with-the-2015-praemium-imperiale-gold-medal-for-architecture Dominique Perrault presented with the 2015 Praemium Imperiale gold medal for architecture Justine Testado 2015-10-21T18:15:00-04:00 >2021-09-14T12:05:30-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ta/tarvu8f3o2re71in.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following last month's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136344582/dominique-perrault-to-receive-2015-praemium-imperiale-arts-award-for-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announcement</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/46086/dominique-perrault-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dominique Perrault</a> was presented with the 2015 Praemium Imperiale Arts Award medal for architecture during a formal ceremony today in Tokyo. Comparable to the Nobel Peace Prize, the prestigious award celebrates extraordinary achievement in the fields of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/Film.</p> <p>In recent years, the prize was awarded to <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/111338785/steven-holl-receives-praemium-imperiale-international-arts-medal-for-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Holl</a>, David Chipperfield, Henning Larsen, Ricardo Legorreta, Toyo Ito, Zaha Hadid, and Peter Zumthor, to name a few.</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/v2/v2o5grmct4kc3mf0.jpg"></p> <p>Alongside Perrault, the Praemium Imperiale medals were also presented to four notable cultural figures: Japanese-born British pianist <strong>Mitsuko Uchida</strong>; French ballerina <strong>Sylvie Guillem</strong>, German sculptor <strong>Wolfgang Laib</strong>, and graphic designer and artist <strong>Tadanori Yokoo</strong>. The 2015 Grant for Young Artists award (5 million yen) will go to Myanmar's <strong>Yangon Film School</strong> (headquartered in Berlin).</p> <p>In addition to the specially-designed gold medals, the laureates received a testimonial letter f...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/8624651/obama-touts-chicago-architecture-pritzker-family-in-pritzker-architecture-prize-speech Obama touts Chicago architecture, Pritzker family in Pritzker Architecture Prize speech. Paul Petrunia 2011-06-03T11:51:11-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o3/o3go5p2xd1qpl521.JPEG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Referring to Tom Pritzker, Obama said, "Now, as Tom mentioned, my interest in architecture goes way back. There was a time when I thought I could be an architect, where I expected to be more creative than I turned out, so I had to go into politics instead."</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>