NYC's Department of Design and Construction has selected LTL as one of 26 architecture firms to be pre-qualified to participate in the Design Excellence Program 2.0, to design public projects for the city through 2019.
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LTL's Manual of Section awarded 2016 International DAM Architectural Book Award
LTL Architects is honored, along with Princeton Architectural Press, to be selected for one of ten Awards for the best Architectural Book of the year, from 88 publishers and 214 global entries. 2016 is the eighth time the Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) have bestowed the International DAM Architectural Book Award. The prize, the only one of its kind honors the best architectural books in a year. On September 28, 2016 a jury made up of external experts and representatives of DAM met to select the year’s ten best architectural books of the year. They based their decision on criteria such as design, content, quality of material and finishing, innovation, and topicality. All award-winning books will be presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair from October 20 to 23, 2016 (Hall 4.1, Zentrum Bild, stand K 109).
Marc Tsurumaki to Lecture at Georgia Tech School of Architecture, Friday, October 21
Marc Tsurumaki will present a selection of the firm’s recent work in relation to their research on the role of section in architecture, culminating in the publication of ‘Manual of Section.’ The lecture will address the history and potentials of section as a generative technique, focusing on it’s evolution from early modernism forward, and on sectional strategies as they are deployed in LTL’s built and speculative designs.
Manual of Section Lecture and Exhibition Opening at OSU
The Manual of Section exhibition at Ohio State University's Knowlton School opened on Wednesday October 5th, after a lecture given by Paul Lewis. The exhibition is up until November 4th.
David J. Lewis Juror for the 2016 AIA Dallas Built Design Awards
Juror Forum, Wednesday October 5th at 6:00pm at HKS's offices, Jury Presentation, Thursday October 6th at 6:30 at the Texas Theatre. David J. Lewis joins Matthew Kreilich and Sebastian Schmaling as the Jury for the 2016 Awards.
LTL's Manual of Section Exhibit at OSU in Progress
Exhibit at Knowlton School Banvard Gallery opens Wednesday October 5. 2016 (through Nov.4).
LTL's Manual of Section featured in Architizer, ArchDaily, and Metropolis
Manual of Section was recently featured in Architizer, ArchDaily, and Metropolis. The book will be published on August 23rd!
LTL: The ContemporAry Renovation
The ContemporAry Jones Center (formerly Arthouse) renovation in Austin, TX is in progress: a new roof canopy and expanded interior galleries.
Upson Hall Construction
LTL's design for Upson Hall at Cornell University is nearing Phase 1 completion. The project is designed in collaboration with Perkins+Will and Thornton Tomasetti.
LTL's New Studio Director and Associates
LTL is pleased to announce the promotion of Clark Manning to Studio Director, and the promotion of Anna Knoell, Michael Schissel, and Antonia Wai to Associate. Each have made significant contributions to LTL’s recent accomplishments and consistently demonstrate exemplary project leadership. Congratulations!
LTL's Manual of Section, Advanced Copy
This morning we got an advanced copy of the Manual of Section.
LTL Architects Wins NYCxDesign Award
LTL Architects' design for the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development has received an inaugural NYCxDesign Award. This is the first year of the award which celebrates outstanding achievement across major areas of design and LTL was honored as the top award in the Education category. The awards ceremony was held at MoMA on Saturday the 14th and hosted by Interior Design.
NYU Steinhardt and Brown Institute Selected as Finalists for NYCxDESIGN Awards
LTL's projects, NYU Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development, and Columbia University Brown Institute for Media Innovation have been selected as finalists for the NYCxDESIGN Awards in the "Education" and "Green" categories respectively. NYCxDESIGN is New York City's official celebration of design, organized by city agencies in coordination with cultural institutions. The Awards, hosted by Interior Design, are a global design competition celebrating outstanding achievement across major areas of design.
Manual of Section Sent to Printers, Available Fall 2016
After many years of work, Manual of Section is complete!
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, Manual of Section provides a conceptional and practical framework for understanding this key technique of architectural representation and design. In this forthcoming book, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis have developed a new typology of section, demonstrated through sixty-three intricately detailed sectional perspectives of some of the most important buildings from the last hundred years.
SCR Closing Presentation: Wednesday, March 30
Join Paul Lewis at the AIA NY Center for Architecture at the closing program of the Structures of Coastal Resilience exhibition, this Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Paul will present LTL Architects' and Princeton University's proposal for Atlantic City, NJ. The presentation will be followed by a group discussion exploring the themes of the exhibition with Guy Nordensen, Catherine Seavitt, and Roselle Henn. The event is free for AIA members, $10 for non-members. You can RSVP here.
LTL Architects and SCAPE to Design New Children's Enrichment Center
LTL Architects and SCAPE Landscape Architecture have been selected to design the new facility for the Helen R. Walton Children's Enrichment Center (HWCEC) and Early Childhood Initiatives Center (ECIC) in Bentonville, AR. LTL was chosen from a pool of 36 pre-selected firms in the inaugural round of the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program. LTL and SCAPE will work alongside local architects Hight Jackson, engineers Harrison French, and contractors East Harding to complete the Center. HWCEC directly serves over 240 children aged months-old to pre-K, and ECIC provides training facilities for professionals from nearly 500 early childhood programs throughout Northwest Arkansas. Designed from the ground up, this new project will be a model for the integration of architecture and landscape in a community-based educational facility for young children.
This Thursday 2/11 David J. Lewis Lecture in Philadelphia
At this lecture, David will make the argument, through the recent work of LTL Architects, for an architecture of social intensification. At a time when digital technology and social media consumes more of our attention and time, segregated into self-selected niches and polarized crowds, architecture is in a unique position of reasserting physical and public space as a necessary stage for dialogue and engagement.
Sections and Social Intensifications: The Work of LTL Architects
February 11, 2016 6:00pm
Architecture Gallery 104
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 2001 N. 13th Street
Structures of Coastal Resilience — NYC Exhibition
Please join LTL Architects for the opening of Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change, at the Center for Architecture on Wednesday, February 3, 6-8 PM. Structures of Coastal Resilience is a multi-team project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to address rising sea levels and storm surges in coastal cities. Out of the four proposals, this show will display the two closest to home in New York City. Princeton University/LTL Architects' proposal, "The Amphibious Suburb: Atlantic City, NJ" will appear alongside City College of New York's plan for Jamaica Bay, NY.
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012
(212) 683-0023
info@aiany.org
Exhibtion Dates
February 3 - April 2, 2016
Gallery Hours
Mon-Fri: 9am to 8pm
Sat: 11am to 5pm
Please RSVP for the opening here.
Paul Lewis to Speak in Shenzhen at 2015 Idea-Tops International Design Forum
Paul Lewis will present a lecture and participate in a panel discussion at the Idea-Tops International Design Forum in Shenzhen on December 3rd, 2015. This three-day design conference will conclude with the Idea-Tops AIT Award Ceremony.
LTL's work on Centerfold: Cornell Engineering Magazine
With construction underway on Upson Hall, the Cornell School of Engineering anticipates the new learning spaces that the renovation will provide. In addition to a completely new facade for the 60-year-old building, the redesign of Upson Hall will offer reconfigured offices and classrooms for increased exchange, an expanded Experiential Learning Lab, and hybrid engineering labs. The Upson Hall renovation was designed by the interdisciplinary team of LTL Architects, Perkins+Will, and Thornton Tomasetti.