Geoffrey von Oeyen lecture

Geoffrey von Oeyen describes how he uses light and landscape to shape a building’s form.

November 22, 2014

Recorded on June 24, 2014.

The Architectural League Prize, established in 1981, recognizes exemplary and provocative work by young practitioners and provides a public forum for the exchange of their ideas.

Geoffrey von Oeyen is founder and principal of Los Angeles-based Geoffrey von Oeyen Design.

In his League Prize lecture, von Oeyen describes how he leverages geometry to strategically address site, particularly using light and landscape to shape a building’s form. He presents nine projects: the Overlay gallery exhibit; Case Room, a study for two attorneys; Shadow Box Pavilion, a conceptual study on shadows and diffuse light; Pool House, an unbuilt guesthouse on a hillside; Horizon House, an update of a 1960s ranch house in Malibu; Y-House, a family retreat in Marfa, TX; the PIRL canopy that forms an outdoor teaching space; the Resinet Pavilion at the Blue Tape Exhibition, USC; and Casa Dunas, a conceptual design of movement and water flow.

Explore

Architecture Office lecture

Architecture Office's Nicole McIntosh and Jonathan Louie discuss misalignments of image and place.

League Prize Video 2017

BLDGS lecture

The founders of Atlanta firm BLDGS present their work.

Emerging Voices Video 2017

Álvaro Siza Vieira lecture

Portuguese architect Siza discusses his Iberê Camargo Museum, which is located in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Current Work Video 2013