Archinect - News2024-11-24T10:13:48-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/21048652/jeanne-gang-wins-genius-grant
Jeanne Gang wins 'genius' grant! Barry Lehrman2011-09-20T01:29:00-04:00>2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uv/uvesblws1n17hsf1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Jeanne Gang is an architect challenging the aesthetic and technical possibilities of the art form in a wide range of structures. Always responsive to the specific geography, social and environmental context, and purpose of each project... Gang is setting a new industry standard through her effective synthesis of conventional materials, striking composition, and ecologically sustainable technology.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Congrats to Studio Gang!</p>
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Previous <a href="http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.6225705/k.67C3/Browse_Fellows_by_Area.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">winners</a> of the MacArthur grants include:</p>
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James Carpenter </li>
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Elizabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio </li>
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Samuel Mockbee </li>
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Plus the grand dame of critics:</p>
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Ada Louise Huxtable</li>
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But looking at the list of dozens of past winners, I'm struck by how few architects have been granted this honor (only Musicology and Biographers have gotten fewer awards). I'm also struck by the fact that NO landscape architects, urban planners, urban designers, or structural engineers have gotten noticed by the Foundation. I'm sure that most readers of Archinect can think of dozens of deserving (and struggling) practitioners who have made significant contributions to the built environment (not just their client's egos or the creation of digital masturbation) worthy of recognition. At least Sambo got what he rightly earned.</p>