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Listen to highlights from Enrique Norten's interview, winner of the 2015 Neutra Award

2015-11-03T14:55:00-05:00

Somewhere along the lines of recent years, I became the unofficial interviewer for the semiannual Neutra Award, offered by Cal Poly Pomona to highly regarded master architects in Neutra's vein. In the past, it has been awarded to Tadao Ando, Michael Rotondi and now, Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos.

The minute I decided to talk to Enrique Norten about modern times and its architecture vis a vis Neutra’s VDL House, the conversation unfolded by itself and modernism in presence. I should add, of course, Mr. Norten, staying in the house as Cal Poly Pomona’s guest, feeling its energy, its humble experimental brilliance, its importance to architecture and, as an anecdotal moment, not missing a second of the much stuffier Green & Green House where he has also stayed in the past.

We became friends and agreed what started as modern architecture still continues globally in its many iterations. How can it not? We agreed, we are all moderns, even if we deny, our ancestors lived differently.

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Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos, 2015 recipient of the Richard Neutra Award, in conversation with Orhan Ayyüce

2015-10-26T21:01:00-04:00

In the dappled afternoon sunshine of the VDL House’s backyard in Silver Lake, senior Archinect Editor Orhan Ayyuce sat down with Enrique Norten, winner of this year’s Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence, to talk about modernism’s legacy and evolution since the mid-20th century. The Award, issued by California State Polytechnic University’s Department of Architecture, is awarded to architects that fulfill Richard Neutra’s ideal of creating new environments for living, and often encourage interdisciplinary collaborations within the profession. Norten was in town for the award ceremony tonight at Cal Poly Pomona.

Norten’s Mexico City and New York-based firm, TEN Arquitectos, has completed over fifty projects worldwide in its 28-year span, for a variety of architectural programs that are often large enough to operate at an urban scale. The firm’s works include Guadalajara’s Guggenheim Museum, a branch of the New York Public Library, the redesign of Rutgers University Col...

Get Lectured: Cal Poly Pomona, 2015 Neutra Award lecture

2015-10-23T16:53:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. 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.

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

Our next featured poster is a special event from Cal Poly Pomona's Fall '15 architecture lecture series. Next Monday, Enrique Norten of TEN arquitectos will deliver the Neutra Award lecture in honor of receiving the 2015 Neutra Award for Professional Excellence.

Rutgers Business School by TEN arquitectos.

Established in 1980, the award is presented to distinguished architects, landscape architects, and individuals outside of the field who have made lasting contributions to environmental design and public policy.

The lecture takes place at the ...