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Peter Zumthor named as architecture mentor for Rolex Arts Initiative 2014-2015

2013-10-29T13:39:00-04:00

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor was announced last week as the architecture mentor for the Rolex Arts Initiative, where seven major artists in their respective fields will collaborate with seven young, emerging talents for the year 2014-2015.

Rolex Arts Initiative Mentor Kazuyo Sejima Selects Yang Zhao as Architecture Protégé

2012-11-14T11:31:00-05:00

Emerging Architect Will Spend Year in Creative Collaboration on Home-for-All

Kazuyo Sejima has selected Chinese architect Yang Zhao as her protégé for a year of creative collaboration as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. This is the first year that architecture has been included as a discipline in the programme that pairs masters and emerging artists in the fields of dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts.

Yang Zhao, 32, started an architectural practice, Zhaoyang Studio, in 2007. His current projects include working on two buildings in the rural area of Yunnan Province, China. He has a master’s degree in architecture (with distinction) from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

Sejima selected Zhao after a global search, which identified three of the world’s leading young architects as finalists. Over the course of a year, Zhao will work on Home-for-All, a project created by Sejima and other leading Japanese architects i...

Promising young architects selected as finalists for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

2012-10-14T15:36:00-04:00

Following a worldwide search for the most outstanding young talents in architecture, Rolex has announced the finalists for a year-long mentorship with renowned Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima.

The finalists are:

2012-2013 ARCHITECTURE PROTÉGÉE FINALIST FRIDA ESCOBEDO
Frida Escobedo, 32, is the acting director of a small architecture firm, Frida Escobedo Studio, in Mexico City, where she is currently working on multiple projects for the National Council of Arts (CONACULTA). She is also a member of the Domus Mexico Editiorial Board and teaches at the Universidad Anahuac.

2012-2013 ARCHITECTURE PROTÉGÉ FINALIST CAMILO RESTREPO
Camilo Restrepo Ochoa, is a 38 year-old Colombian architect. His projects involve curating, public competitions, private commissions and research in territorial and urban issues. He has a Master in Urbanism, architecture and urban culture from the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona CCCB, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya UPC, in Barcelona, Spain.

2012-2013 ARCHITECTURE PROTÉGÉ FINALIST YANG ZHAO
Yang Zhao, 32, started an architectural practice, Zhaoyang Studio, in 2007. His current projects include working on two bu...

It's About Time! SANAA's Kazuyo Sejima Becomes the Rolex Protege Program's First Architectural Mentor

2012-08-28T17:51:00-04:00

Sejima’s protégé will not be named until next month, although the young architect’s workload has already been prescribed: he or she will contribute over the course of a year to “Home for All,” a project helmed by Sejima and other Japanese architectural luminaries in response to 2011's tsunami and the ensuing housing crisis.