Daniels featured in Blueprint

Posted on September 29th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

NADAAA’s Daniels Building is featured in this month’s Blueprint. Alex Bozikovic writes: “The late American architectural historian Vincent Scully believed that architecture should be a conversation between eras. Rarely does this metaphor play out with such drama as in the Daniels Building at the University of Toronto, where two very distinct architectural discourses run together on a prominent urban site. […] the very particularity of the building makes it a beautiful and distinctive place. It is architecture that aims to say something bold and complex, and in so doing adds to the conversation that is the city.”

View full article HERE.

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Katie speaking at Facades+ Toronto

Posted on September 27th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Lectures

Katie will speak on the Daniels Building’s heritage façade on October 11th at the Facades+ Conference: Toronto 2019 at the Hyatt Regency, 370 King Street, Toronto. Find full Conference info HERE and register HERE!

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Nader giving Keynote at Forum on Architecture + Design

Posted on September 25th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Lectures

Nader will give the Thursday Morning Keynote “The Weight of Thinness” at AIA Philadelphia’s Forum on Architecture + Design next week at Convene. To register and for more information click HERE.

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Next Thursday – Diana Agrest: Architecture of Nature / Nature of Architecture

Posted on September 25th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, The Cooper Union

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RISD North Hall Opening Celebration!

Posted on September 20th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _RISD NORTH HALL, Events

Join us on Saturday, October 12th at 60 Waterman Street, Providence, RI as we celebrate the opening of North Hall, RISD’s newest residence hall in more than 30 years. Share in the festivities, enjoy seasonal refreshments and tour the building. The celebration is from 11am-12pm with tours running from 12pm-2pm. Please RSVP by Friday, October 4!

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Daniels wins two Architecture Masterprize Awards

Posted on September 18th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

The Architecture MasterPrize honors designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of architecture worldwide. Daniels was selected as a top building in both the Education and Green categories.

See all the winning projects HERE.

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Daniels Wins Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence

Posted on September 13th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

Jury comment:

“The University of Toronto Daniels Building and landscape at One Spadina Crescent grapples with a challenging but glorious site. The landmark roadway circle and heritage building were inherently disconnected from adjacent streets and the University of Toronto campus, but remained a highly visible and historically significant site in the city. The designers have ingeniously exploited these constraints delivering an iconic landscape and building expansion that serves as a significant anchor to the University campus and, playing up its 360 degrees of exposure, addresses the public around the circle. To the south, the original building stands proud above new tall grasses. To the east and west, entrance plazas serve to connect to adjacent neighbourhoods, and to the north, a planted amphitheatre forms a dramatic space for outdoor events and lounging.

In particular, the jury applauds the striking and experimental landscape design which is bold enough to make a statement in this space of non-stop traffic. Sloping planted landforms and a wild plant palette challenge expectations of more mundane campus landscape design and offer great diversity in a relatively small area. It serves as a marker of design experimentation – an important indication of the activities within the building’s walls.”

More information on the Toronto Urban Design Awards Program can be found HERE.

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‘Landscape Will Thank You to Remember That’

Posted on September 12th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Power Picket, Press

David Heymann challenges the boundaries between and terminologies of architecture, public art, and landscape. Is NADAAA’s Power Picket public art or architecture? Read Heymann’s take HERE.

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“How to Build a House: Architectural Research in the Digital Age,” opening at the Cooper Union

Posted on September 10th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, The Cooper Union

DFAB HOUSE on the NEST building, Switzerland, 2019. Photo by Roman Keller, via The Cooper Union

A new exhibition at The Cooper Union showcases the conception and making of the DFAB HOUSE, the world’s first fully inhabited building to have been digitally planned and largely built with the help of robots and 3D printers.  The Opening Panel Discussion and Reception will be this Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:30pm in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at 41 Cooper Square. More info HERE.   

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New RISD Res Hall Opens!

Posted on September 6th, 2019 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _RISD NORTH HALL

NADAAA has been working with the Rhode Island School of Design and a collaborative team of engineers, consultants, and contractors on the new North Hall on RISD’s Freshman Quad. Incoming students moved in this past weekend to start the fall semester in a residence hall that underpins the specific needs of art and design students.

“We are excited to open a new residence hall that so fully supports RISD’s unique form of education, meeting the needs of today’s students—a generation unlike any before them,” notes President Rosanne Somerson. “This new residence hall demonstrates our collective dedication to contributing to a sustainable planet and ensuring student health and wellness—both priorities of our new strategic plan.”

Read on via RISD’s post HERE and stay tuned for more!

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