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ARCH DL III

Tsdy Jan 23 2007

Female architects from Balmori Associates faced off against Field Operations in our third Architects Duel - constructing a green roof-network atop Stuyvesant Town using 20 lbs of cheese.

Michelle Collins performing May 31

Wdnsdy May.30.2007 11:15am | by Nancydrew Mysteryseries

Michelle Collins, blogger for Best Week Ever, who hosted LVHRD’s ARCH DL III and MCFGHT I, is performing uptown at Caroline’s Comedy Club on Thursday, May 31.

Bobby Tisdale will be the host for the evening of stand-up, short films, improv and sketch comedy, featuring the talent of Ms. Collins along with Reggie Watts and Baron Vaughn.
$10 cover includes 2 drinks.

Show starts…


High Line development underway

Thrsdy May.24.2007 3:01pm | by Nancydrew Mysteryseries

Bluejake has some nice photos of development on and around the High Line. You get to see the back of that Frank Gehry building along the West Side Highway too. (via kottke.org)

Compare the development to what the High Line used to look like, overgrown with rambling roses and bramble patches.

Field Operations is leading charge to turn the High Line into a…


Field Operations a finalist in the National Design Awards

Frdy May.18.2007 10:05am | by Nancydrew Mysteryseries

LVHRD would like to congratulate landscape and urban design firm Field Operations for making it to the finals in the Landscape Design category at the National Design Awards.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum recognized Field Operations for their ongoing work converting the High Line on Manhattan’s West side into a winding garden thoroughfare in the sky, and for their plans to turn the Fresh…


LVHRD on Studio 360

Tsdy Apr.3.2007 1:32pm | by settlement heart

This week on Studio 360 Kurt Anderson talks to novelist Howard Jacobson about his new book, Kaloooki Nights, speculates on Shakespeare’s race politics, and talks about LVHRD’s “Iron Chef-like contests for creative professionals.”

Tune in to Studio 360 on PRI, WNYC, or listen to the podcast to hear a discussion of LVHRD’s Master-Disaster Architect Duel III where two teams of architects were tasked with…


Media v. Construction: Architecture’s "Little Magazines"

Tsdy Feb.13.2007 10:30am | by Smokie LePlume

If you long for the days when architecture was as sensational as street art is today, run do not walk to Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, showing through February 26th at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Featuring fantastic cover design, including everyone’s favorite gorilla and a skyscraper constructed from Swiss cheese (sound familiar?), as well as content from…


LVHRD VDO: 024: ARCH DL 3.2

Tsdy Feb.6.2007 7:36pm | by chantal

On Tuesday, January 23rd, teams of female architects from Balmori Associates and Field Operations met at 41 Broad Street, in Manhattan’s financial district, for the 3rd Annual Master-Disaster Architect Duel. In a surprise announcement, each team was given the task of creating a green roof network across a model version of New York’s Stuyvesant Town neighborhood. The brief required that their structure…


LVHRD VDO: 023: ARCH DL 3.1

Thrsdy Feb.1.2007 10:11am | by chantal

On Tuesday, January 23rd, teams of female architects from Balmori Associates and Field Operations met at 41 Broad Street, in Manhattan’s financial district, for the 3rd Annual Master-Disaster Architect Duel. In a surprise announcement, each team was given the task of creating a green roof network across a model version of New York’s Stuyvesant Town neighborhood. The brief required that their structure…


LVHRD VDO 022: ARCHDL 3.0 TMLPS

Frdy Jan.26.2007 10:08am | by chantal

On Tuesday, January 23rd, teams of female architects from Balmori Associates and Field Operations met at 41 Broad Street, in Manhattan’s financial district, for the 3rd annual Master-Disaster Architect Duel. In a surprise announcement, each team was given the task of creating a green roof network across a model version of New York’s Stuyvesant Town neighborhood. The brief required that their…


ARCH DL III: Spread around the web

Thrsdy Jan.25.2007 5:01pm | by settlement heart

Architects Kilian O’Brien and Sarah Wayland-Smith from Balmori Associates faced off against Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle from Field Operations in our third Architects Duel - constructing a green roof-network atop Stuyvesant Town using 20 lbs of cheese.

EVENT PRESS

/ ARCHINECT

/ COOL HUNTING

/ CURBED

/ DESIGN IS KINKY

/ FLAVORPILL

/ PLAID ROBOT

/ PSFK

/ TREEHUGGER

/ UNCOOLKIDS


Master-Disaster Architect Duel III Recap

Wdnsdy Jan.24.2007 7:28pm | by chantal

On Tuesday, January 23rd, LVHRD welcomed almost 500 members and guests, bringing either cheese or crackers as required for entry, to The Broad Street Ballroom in NYC’s financial district, for the third iteration of LVHRD’s Master-Disaster Architect Duel. Teams of female architects from Balmori Associates (Killian O’ Brien and Sarah Wayland-Smith) and Field Operations (Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle) took the stage to…


LVHRD’S ARCHDL III

Wdnsdy Jan.24.2007 3:30pm | by settlement heart

On Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, LVHRD welcomed almost 500 members and guests, bringing either cheese or crackers as required for entry, to The Broad Street Ballroom in NYC’s financial district, for the third iteration of LVHRD’s Master-Disaster Architect Duel.

THROW DOWN

Teams of female architects from Balmori Associates (Killian O’ Brien and Sarah Wayland-Smith) and Field Operations (Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle) were tasked…


Grzywinski Pons Architects: Plans For This Year

Tsdy Jan.23.2007 12:22pm | by Lint Fleecewood

Winners of the last Master-Disaster Architect Duel, Grzywinski Pons Architects, have a lot to look forward to this year. After speaking with Principal Matthew Grzywinski, we’ve learned that the small firm is currently working on six new buildings in New York City; a mix of residential and hospitality commissions, the majority of their local projects will be breaking ground over…