MOS
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 26, 2008
Running Time: 11:04

Founded in 2003 by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample, the New Haven and Boston-based firm MOS focuses “on architecture and design through design research and multivalent architectural objects.” Their interdisciplinary design process of “radical inclusion and experimentation” inspires work of varying scales, from product and exhibition design to residential architecture and cultural centers. Here, Meredith and Sample present two related projects, the Sleeping Cottage and the Floating House, on Granite Island in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Belzberg Architects
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 26, 2008
Running Time: 12:16

Santa Monica based Belzberg Architects was founded by Hagy Belzberg in 1997. Exploring “the suppleness of contemporary forms and the character of both natural and synthetic materials,” Belzberg Architects challenges the “efficacy of digital design within the constraints of physical environments in an effort to understand an interesting and possibly unexplored tectonic reality.” Here, Hagy Belzberg presents a series of cultural projects: the Laboratory of Art + Ideas at Belmar Center in Lakewood, CO; the Ahmanson Founders Room at the Los Angeles Music Center; and the interiors of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Moorhead & Moorhead
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 19, 2008
Running Time: 11:48

Moorhead & Moorhead is a New York-based architecture and industrial design collaboration formed in 2000 by brothers Granger Moorhead and Robert Moorhead. Exploring function and materiality at scales ranging from furniture to architecture, Moorhead & Moorhead combines the brothers’ distinct backgrounds in architecture and industrial design, leading to “a unique synthesis of their expertise in detailing, fabrication, and spatial design.” Here, Granger Moorhead presents a variety of projects involving various methods of and approaches to weaving: the Filament Wound Bench, the Metropolis Magazine Booth, the Mobile Chaplet, and Hanover Square Loft.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 19, 2008
Running Time: 20:10

Brian Johnsen and Sebastian Schmaling founded Johnsen Schmaling Architects in 2002 as a design and research studio in Milwaukee. Exploring the local “tensions between a besieged urban rustbelt and its agrarian hinterland,” Johnsen Schmaling Architects informs its projects with “a poetic reading of site and terrain that rejects contextual mimesis as much as modernism’s preoccupation with self-referential objects.” Here, Johnsen and Schmaling present Camouflage House, a lake-view home in Green Lake, Wisconsin which, through their use of natural materials and thoughtful exploration of the site, reflects and responds to the surrounding hillside environment.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Stoss Landscape Urbanism (StossLU)
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 12, 2008
Running Time: 16:05

Stoss Landscape Urbanism (StossLU) is a Boston-based landscape architecture, planning, and urbanism studio led by Chris Reed. Emphasizing a “performance-based approach over one that is primarily physical, spatial, or visual,” StossLU asks how landscapes work: “how they function urbanistically, socially, hydrologically, environmentally; how they reinforce existing city frameworks and how they invent new ones; and how they may support a range of complementary and sometimes contradictory civic programs and uses.” Here, Chris Reed presents StossLU’s proposal for the Lower Don Lands, a 300-acre, high-density project at the mouth of the Don River in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Onion Flats
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 12, 2008
Running Time: 15:35

Formed in 1997 in Philadelphia by brothers Tim McDonald and Pat McDonald and later joined by Johnny McDonald and Howard Steinberg, Onion Flats is a collective combining the roles of developer, architect, and builder. The firm’s mission is to bring architecture not only “beyond the drawing board and into the building process,” creating a dialogue between the often disparate worlds of architecture and building, but also to integrate buildings with communities and culture. Here, Tim McDonald and his partners present Stable Flats, a residential project in Philadelphia they hope will be a model for sustainable urban building, through their innovative approaches to storm water management, geothermal heating and cooling, green roof technology, community space, and affordable housing.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

WORK Architecture Company (WORKac)
Emerging Voices 2008
Recorded: March 5, 2008
Running Time: 11:59

WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) was founded in 2003 by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood. Based in New York City, WORKac pursues projects at all scales, from residential and commercial interiors to private residences, housing, institutional buildings, and urban planning projects both in New York and internationally. The firm’s name, WORK, captures its design philosophy, “represent[ing] the rigorous analysis and relentless testing of concepts to find the specific solution.” Here, Amale Andraos and Dan Wood present Public Farm 1, their plan for the 2008 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, which will bring an Urban Farm to Queens, NY.

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.

Kansas City, MO based el dorado inc is led by principals Jamie Darnell, David Dowell, Dan Maginn, Josh Shelton, and Douglas Stockman. The firm consists of a collaborative architectural studio and steel fabrication facility. el dorado inc has characterized its design and fabrication practice as “the development of a simple process and an actively shared language of detailing that results in elegant, well-crafted projects.” Here, the firm describes their Hodgdon Powder Co. facility in Herington, KS by pitting it against the planet Mars in a “fair fight.”

The Architectural League created the annual Emerging Voices lecture series in 1982 to recognize and encourage architects who are beginning to achieve prominence in the profession. The series focuses primarily on built work, at a variety of scales, and is structured to reflect the diversity of contemporary practice–geographically, stylistically, and ideologically.