2024-11-21T12:25:28-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150010472/aia-launches-2017-i-look-up-film-challenge Justine Testado 2017-06-01T20:44:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1y/1yrqdv0p3d3opd48.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The American Institute of Architects just launched their third annual I Look Up Film Challenge with the theme &ldquo;Blueprint for Better&rdquo;. The competition invites U.S.-based architects to team up with filmmakers to tell the stories of projects that are making a positive impact on their communities. The theme serves as a reminder of the social impact that architects can create through their designs.</p><p>Registration is open now until Monday, June 26. All film entries submitted by the August 13 deadline will be reviewed by a jury panel, including architects <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/128795286/aia-moves-one-step-forward-in-approval-of-equity-in-architecture-resolution" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosa Sheng</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/150004906/michael-ford-on-why-teaching-hip-hop-architecture-is-crucial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Ford</a>, AIA President <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/127639747/thomas-vonier-elected-2017-aia-president" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Vonier</a>, film producer John Montague (associate producer of &ldquo;Moonlight&rdquo;), and Benjamin Moore Design Director Priscilla Ghaznavi.</p><p>From August 21-October 6, the public will get a chance to vote for their favorite entries. The winners will get to have their films screened at the&nbsp;Architecture and Design Film Festival in early November, and will also be rewarded with cash and distribution prizes.</p><p>Nee...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150005766/nine-honorees-join-curry-stone-social-design-circle-for-may-2017 Justine Testado 2017-05-03T12:46:00-04:00 >2017-05-03T17:37:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2d/2dot5ugwo60g8jlb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Another month has begun, so that means a new set of honorees for the Curry Stone Social Design Circle have been announced!...For May, nine new members &mdash; including Rural Studio, bcWORKSHOP, and Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation &mdash; were selected for the theme &ldquo;Can We Design Community Engagement?&rdquo;.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Here's a glimpse of the May honorees:</p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/19021100/bcworkshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>buildingcommunityWORKSHOP</strong></a></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/0c/0c011ssnl90p7pme.jpg"><em>Photo courtesy of Curry Stone Social Design Circle.</em></p><p><strong>Fallen Fruit</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/3m/3m2xez3deolxdx3t.jpg"><em>Photo courtesy of Curry Stone Social Design Circle.</em></p><p><strong>Farm Cultural Park</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/yv/yvh7scfbnwanstvp.jpg"><em>Photo Credit: Giuseppe Guarneri.</em></p><p><strong>Institute of Play</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/0n/0norgt4v1umzhszv.jpg"><em>Photo courtesy of Curry Stone Social Design Circle.</em></p><p><strong>Project Row Houses</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/97/97wi56t5wmuvqiaf.jpg"><em>Photo: Peter Molick.</em></p><p><strong>Public Works</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/k2/k25m2z42pyy0iwam.jpg"><em>Photo courtesy of Curry Stone Social Design Circle.</em></p><p><strong>Rebuild Foundation</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/u3/u3j50oum06gv5vna.jpg"><em>Photo via currystonedesignprize.com.</em></p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/1875642/auburn-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Rural Studio</strong></a></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/1n/1ntoke8xl6475t46.jpg"><em>Photo: Timothy Hursley.</em></p><p><strong>Sergio Palleroni</strong></p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1010x/hw/hwk8ndgip515sr2e.jpg"><em>Photo courtesy of Curry Stone Social Design Circle.</em></p><p>Learn more <a href="http://bustler.net/news/5630/nine-curry-stone-social-design-circle-honorees-announced-for-may-2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Bustler</a>, and check out honorees from previous months below.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150001596/2017-curry-stone-design-prize-announces-social-design-circle-members-for-april Justine Testado 2017-04-05T20:22:00-04:00 >2017-04-05T20:22:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6l/6lv3p2gn58bj5oqc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>April is already here, and the Curry Stone Design Prize just announced seven new members for the Social Design Circle. Instead of announcing only one winner for the 2017 Curry Stone Design Prize, the Social Design Circle was created to honor a total of 100 individual designers and practices across the globe whose work is dedicated to addressing an array of social issues in their local communities and cities.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Based on the Social Design Circle monthly question &ldquo;Can Design Prevent Disaster?&rdquo;, the seven designers who were selected to join the Circle include Denver-based Build Change, the Mississippi State University's&nbsp;Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149940040/yasmeen-lari-pakistan-s-first-woman-architect-we-need-to-democratize-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yasmeen Lari's Heritage Foundation of Pakistan</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>See the rest of this month's honorees <a href="http://bustler.net/news/5557/seven-members-join-curry-stone-social-design-circle-for-april" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Bustler</a>. In case you missed them, you can find March and February's members linked below.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149995171/2017-curry-stone-social-design-circle-adds-eight-more-designers-for-march Justine Testado 2017-03-03T16:02:00-05:00 >2017-03-03T16:02:34-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7t/7tjll5by6t7vd6aa.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Curry Stone Foundation announced eight new members who have joined the Social Design Circle for the month of March. Instead of announcing only one winner for the 2017 Curry Stone Design Prize, the Social Design Circle was created to honor a total of 100 individual designers and practices across the globe whose work is dedicated to addressing an array of social issues in their local communities and cities.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Throughout 2017, new members will be selected in relation to the monthly question addressed by the Social Design Circle.&nbsp;For March, the question was &ldquo;Can Design Challenge Inequality?&rdquo;.</p><p>The latest members include the&nbsp;Detroit Collaborative Design Center, design practice Project H, Kigali-based&nbsp;Active Social Architecture, and more.&nbsp;You can find February's honorees&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149991087/the-latest-social-design-circle-honorees-for-the-2017-curry-stone-design-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>See the rest of the March honorees <a href="http://bustler.net/news/5490/eight-designers-join-2017-curry-stone-social-design-circle-for-march" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Bustler</a>.&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/111957364/living-breakwaters-wins-2014-buckminster-fuller-challenge Justine Testado 2014-10-23T15:06:00-04:00 >2014-10-29T20:03:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8avdx4bxswzsr4z5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Living Breakwaters" took the grand prize of the 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, considered to be the highest award for social impact design. Designed by a multidisciplinary team led by SCAPE / Landscape Architecture, Living Breakwaters uses an "Oyster-tecture" ecological intervention concept to help create resiliency for coastal cities. As its starting point, the project uses the Northeastern Seaboard of the U.S., which suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Sandy.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/yv/yvuxq0jusru4ewal.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/lr/lr51q2ybqf2sexci.jpg"></p><p>Kate Orff of SCAPE will accept the Fuller Challenge prize and the US$100,000 cash award on behalf of the winning team at The Wythe in Brooklyn, NY on November 20.</p><p>The SCAPE team is composed of: SCAPE/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Dr. Philip Orton / Stevens Institute of Technology, Ocean &amp; Coastal Consultants, SeArc Ecological Consulting, LOT-EK, MTWTF, The Harbor School and Paul Greenberg.</p><p>Head over to <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/living_breakwaters_wins_2014_buckminster_fuller_challenge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bustler</a> to learn more about the project.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/111725875/studios-kabako-from-congo-wins-2014-curry-stone-design-prize Justine Testado 2014-10-20T15:12:00-04:00 >2014-10-20T15:37:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s4/s4ry8g3fy7ea37k1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Congolese performance and theater group Studios Kabako from Kisangani was announced as the 2014 Curry Stone Design Prize winner this past weekend at an awards ceremony in Brussels...Studios Kabako was established in 2001 to address the various emotions linked to the aftermath of civil war. Located in a city that is isolated geographically and culturally, the studio has provided its community a safe creative haven of dance, theater, and music through its urban interventions and cultural programs.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/mc/mcrgzppcummsk5n2.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/p2/p2hfibdcz9xgseac.jpg"></p><p>Studios Kabako will start a U.S. tour including in New York from October 21 to November 1, 2014, with two performances at the BRIC theater in Brooklyn.</p><p>The studio will receive a $100,000 grant prize, and were also featured in a short documentary by the Curry Stone Foundation, which you can watch entirely below.</p><p>Read more about the studio on <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/studios_kabako_from_congo_wins_2014_curry_stone_design_prize/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bustler</a>.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/95125280/autodesk-foundation-established-to-further-support-impact-design-organizations Justine Testado 2014-03-07T18:16:00-05:00 >2014-03-10T21:24:51-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/kk/kkcxhatn99uvmowz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Major 3D design software company <a href="http://www.autodesk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autodesk</a> recently announced the launch of the Autodesk Foundation to further invest in influential individuals and non-profit organizations who use impactful design to find solutions for various pressing global issues. And to increase contribution to the Foundation's goals, Autodesk will encourage their more than 7,000 employees worldwide to volunteer with or donate to their organizations of choice.</p><p>Through the Impact Design Program, the Foundation will collaborate and provide select design-oriented non-profit groups with software, training, and funding to support the group's causes. Some of the Foundation's first grantees include initiatives like <a href="http://www.kickstart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KickStart International</a>, <a href="http://massdesigngroup.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MASS Design Group</a>, <a href="http://d-rev.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D-Rev</a>, and the <a href="http://www.ruralstudio.org/initiatives/20k-house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">20K House project</a> from Auburn University's Rural Studio.</p><p>The Foundation will also incorporate Autodesk's Technology Impact program. Established during the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative, the Technology Impact program committed to donating $7.5 million...</p>