Ants of the Prairie

prairieants — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:51:23 +0000

VOLUME 35

prairieants — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:41:48 +0000

“Living Among Pests” is published in Volume #35: Everything Under Control [Building with Biology]. Volume‘s Editor-in-Chief is Arjen Oosterman and Managing Editor is Brendan Cormier. Preview Issue 35 on Archis’ website!

SIMPSON VISITING CRITIC

prairieants — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:09:39 +0000

Joyce Hwang is the 2013 Simpson Visiting Critic at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Thanks to Liam Ross for organizing this event.

Image credit: Hironori Kaseda, Poster credit: Liam Ross

NEW CONSTELLATIONS, NEW ECOLOGIES

prairieants — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:48:40 +0000

Joyce Hwang participates in ACSA 101 as a speaker in the paper session “Architecture’s Next Companion Species,” chaired by Mason White. Other presenters in the group include Ned Dodington, Matthew Spremulli, and Ariane Lourie Harrison. ACSA 101 is hosted by California College of the Arts and co-chaired by Ila Berman and Ed Mitchell.

CONTEMPORARY FOLLIES

prairieants — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:23:25 +0000

Bat Tower is one of fifty projects included in Contemporary Follies edited by Keith Moskow & Robert Linn, published by Monacelli Press.

METROPOLIS

prairieants — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:49:22 +0000

Bat Cloud is mentioned in the Metropolis Magazine blog in an article by Ryan Cunningham: “Architecture for Bats.”

WORKSHOP @ U.S. PAVILION, VENICE BIENNALE

prairieants — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:05:59 +0000

Graphic by J. Geiger

PAST FUTURES, PRESENT, FUTURES @ STOREFRONT

prairieants — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:40:11 +0000

“Experimental Habitat for New York Rooftops” is a commissioned ‘reenactment’ of the Experimental Greenhouse for the courtyard of U.N. International School in New York by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1970, one of 101 unrealized proposals for New York City included in the Past Futures, Present, Futures exhibition at Storefront, curated by Eva Franch. The exhibition runs until November 27, 2012.

GENERATIVE ZONING

prairieants — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:15:59 +0000

The City of Buffalo is undergoing a massive overhaul of its land use and zoning policies, an effort which will result in the new Buffalo Green Code. Indeed, the city’s current zoning ordinances are ‘outdated’ and in need of revision. But are there latent opportunities that exist within the structure of Buffalo’s Zoning Codes? GENERATIVE ZONING will explore what we can already do within the current framework and speculate on potential future uses. COMING SOON…

BEYOND PATRONAGE

prairieants — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:11:26 +0000

The 2012 Martell Symposium — Beyond Patronage: Reconsidering Models of Practice is co-organized by Joyce Hwang, Martha Bohm, Gabrielle Printz, and Shannon Phillips, and hosted by the UB School of Architecture and Planning.

THANK YOU to our generous sponsors: Christopher and Sally Martell, the UB Gender Institute, the UB School of Architecture and Planning, and the UB Department of Architecture.

Check out the symposium website to see our line-up of speakers and events! Also read about Beyond Patronage here.

ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

prairieants — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:23:43 +0000

We are thrilled to relay our most recent news: Bat Cloud has won First Place in the 2012 Animal Architecture Awards, Urban Animal! Read about our project, and the other award winners on Animal Architecture. Thanks also to Archinect and Bustler for sharing the news!

TREEHUGGER

prairieants — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:50:31 +0000

Read about Bat Cloud on Treehugger!

ARTHITECTURAL

prairieants — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:01:36 +0000

Thanks Arthitectural for sharing our work! See Bat Cloud here, and Bat Tower here.

DESIGNBOOM

prairieants — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:40:12 +0000

Check out the coverage of Bat Cloud on Designboom! Bat Cloud also makes an appearance in its article about the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

SPONTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS

prairieants — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:45:04 +0000

The new Spontaneous Interventions website is up, featuring all 124 projects on exhibit in the U.S. Pavilion at la Biennale di Venezia. Check out Bat Cloud here!