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The Cooper Union continues its search for a new Dean for the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

2022-10-19T10:47:00-04:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Wayfinding Designer at Mijksenaar USA, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore the open role on Archinect Jobs for Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union.

The successful candidate will become the school’s “academic and administrative leader” with responsibilities including curriculum development, supporting the school’s future disciplinary and interdisciplinary explorations, and the “cultivation of a supportive scholarly environment.”

Among the detailed qualifications required for the role are a professional degree in architecture, and “significant and recognized contributions to the culture of architecture.”

Why the role interests us

The Cooper Union originally launched its search for a new architecture school Dean in January, with application ...

NADAAA chosen to lead $40 million renovation of the Met's Ancient Near East and Cypriot Art galleries

2022-03-16T14:17:00-04:00

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has appointed Boston architect Nadaaa to the $40m reconfiguring of a suite of its galleries. The practice, led by principal designer Nader Tehrani, will work with Moody Nolan, the US’s largest African-American-owned and -managed practice, as architect of record on the 15,000sq ft project. The pair will undertake the complete renovation of the Met’s galleries for Ancient Near Eastern and Cypriot Art which currently occupy 11 rooms on the second floor.

As detailed by The Met, the renovation will introduce architectural and design elements that reflect both the materials and geographic origins of the work on view. This will be evident in the Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, which will be characterized by a series of architectural backdrops that reflect the materials used in the works such as clay, copper, bronze, gold, silver, and lapis lazuli.

The renovation will unite the formerly separated collection areas, reflecting areas of interconnection between their cultures. The new gallery space will employ an open floor plan in order to establish a sense of scale and grandeur. It will feature vistas that open to the Great Hall Balcony and surrounding collections. This work also meets the museum’s strategy to reduce its carbon footprint, as it aims to reduce energy consumption in this area by around 40%. The new galleries are scheduled to open in 2025.

The Cooper Union is looking for a new dean following Nader Tehrani announcing his resignation

2022-01-21T13:27:00-05:00

Editor's Note: Details of this article have been updated as of January 24, 2022.

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union has announced its search for a new leader after current dean Nader Tehrani, who was appointed in 2015, shared his leave and completion of tenure as dean. Over the past seven years, Tehrani has worked with the institution to expand on the Cooper Union's academic goals and culture during his tenure. In my recent phone conversation with Tehrani, he shared: "I've completely loved my time at the Cooper Union."

Tehrani's tenure followed the resignation of former dean Anthony Vidler in 2013 and Elizabeth O'Donnell serving as acting dean during this interim phase. In 2019, the school announced Hayley Eber as the new Assistant Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Tehrani shared with Archinect: "No matter who the next dean is, they are going to have an excellent partner."

Prior to him joining, the Cooper Union was already undergoing in...

Meejin Yoon, Walter Hood, and Kathryn Gustafson among newly elected members of the 2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters

2021-03-08T13:14:00-05:00

The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards three architects and three landscape architects as new Academy members. Founded in 1898, each selected cohort becomes a part of an honors society comprised of architects, artists, composers, and writers. Once elected, they become members for life

Twenty-nine new members have been inducted as honorary members for their work and contributions. The Academy's board shares they are "committed to creating a more inclusive membership that truly represents America, and believes that expanding the Academy's membership will allow the Academy to more readily achieve that goal. The increase also reflects the growth in population over the past century. The expansion will be realized incrementally over the next five years."

Meejin Yoon of Höweler + Yoon Architecture

Meejin Yoon. Photo by Andy Ryan.

Founder partner of Höweler + Yoon Architecture alongside Eric Höweler, Yoon is also the first female Dean at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning...

Architecture school leaders speak out in support of protests

2020-06-03T16:57:00-04:00

In the days since protests seeking justice for Black and African Americans who have died at the hands of police broke out around the country, a growing number of architecture schools have issued statements in support of this ascendant political and social movement.

These statements come as professional and cultural architecture and design organizations, including the American Institute of Architects, National Organization for Minority Architects, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, also announce their support for these protests.

Read Archinect's Statement on Racial Injustice. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Anthony Cride.

Archinect recently published a stand-alone letter from Milton S.F. Curry, Dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, as well.

Additionally, Archinect has issued its own statement in support of these protest movements.

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning (GSAPP)

GSAPP Dean Amale And...

Nader Tehrani, Jonathan Tate among 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award Winners

2020-04-23T13:24:00-04:00

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced the recipients of its 2020 architecture awards.

The four winning designers were selected from a pool of 34 applications, according to the Academy website, and were vetted by a jury chaired by Annabelle Selldorf that also included Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, James Polshek, Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams.

The academy’s four prizes will bring $10,000 in funding each to five designers and architectural thinkers who seek to push architecture into new realms of creativity and exploration.

The Macallen Building in Boston by NADAAA.

Nader Tehrani

Tehrani, who is principal of Boston-based NADAAA and is also the dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, was awarded for “significant contribution to architecture as an art.” Previously published on Archinect: Nader Tehrani on Thesis and Its History at Cooper Union.

Casa de Sombre. Image courtesy of Bade Stageberg Cox

Bade Stageberg Cox

The New York City-based firm Bad...

Get Lectured: University of Texas at Austin, Spring '17

2017-01-25T13:55:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session for Winter and Spring 2017. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture has a fresh lineup of internationally recognized speakers for Spring '17, including Nader Tehrani, Amale Andraos, Mónica Rivera, Kunlé Adeyemi, and Mason White. Exhibitions will showcase innovative research on the rapid rise of urbanism in China from UT Austin Associate Professor Ming Zhang as well as a 50-year retrospective by Black + Vernooy Principal and UT Austin Professor Sinclair Black.

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Lectures begin at 5:00pm unless o...

Back to business: Nader Tehrani appointed Dean of Cooper Union's School of Architecture

2015-07-01T20:54:00-04:00

After a nearly two-year search, the Cooper Union has selected Nader Tehrani as the new Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, effective immediately. Following Dean Anthony Vidler’s resignation in 2013, Elizabeth O’Donnell took over as acting dean while the search committee scoured the globe for a permanent replacement. Tehrani looks to be a prime choice, with a very impressive set of exhibitions, lectures and awards that has already been extensively detailed elsewhere. He is also the founding principal of both Office dA (along with Roldolphe El Khoury,) and NADAAA, and previously served as an architecture professor and the head of MIT’s Department of Architecture.

↑ Model Home Gallery in Seoul, South Korea by NADAAA

Tehrani’s deanship begins at a difficult period in Cooper Union’s history, in the still very shaky aftermath of the school’s 2014 decision to begin charging tuition for the first time since its founding 156 years ago. Ongoing student protests, a legal investig...