This week in architecture and design news, RIBA announces a new global prize while enduring allegations of racism and sexism. Also, Tadao Ando wins the Noguchi Prize and Pantone's 2016 colors put gender in the spotlight.
Tadao Ando Wins Noguchi Prize
Above: Tadao Ando's Church of Light near Osaka, Japan. Photograph by Jon Reksten via Flickr.
Japanese architect Tadao Ando and American sculptor Elyn Zimmerman are winners of the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award, which is given to individuals who foster Noguchi's spirit of innovation and East-West dialogue. Past winners include architects Norman Foster and Jasper Morrison. Read the full story at Architectural Digest. (And view a just-released sketch of Ando's first NYC project in the Wall Street Journal.)
RIBA Announces New Global Prize
Above: The Foundry by Architecture 00 Ltd., winner of the RIBA London 2015 building of the year award. Photograph via RIBA.
Beginning in 2016, the Royal Institute of British Architects will award the RIBA International Prize for the world's best building in terms of innovative design and positive social effects. The first prize will be announced in December 2016. Read it at Architecture AU.
Allegations of Racism, Sexism at RIBA
Above: Photograph of Else Owusu by Timothy Allen via the Independent.
This week the Guardian asks in a headlines whether RIBA is a racist, sexist old boys' club? Architecture critic Oliver Wainwright thinks so. His piece follows allegations of the same by Elsie Owusu, a Ghanaian-born, London-based architect and member of the RIBA national council who was recently denied a vice president post at the organization. But Wainwright takes a deeper look in light of current leadership at RIBA, which has a woman president, openly gay chief executive, and several ambitious diversity initiatives. Read the story at the Guardian. (Subscription may be required.)
Pantone's 2016 Colors of the Year
Above: A Rose Quartz and Serenity vignette by Old Fashioned Susie.
The Pantone Color Institute has announced its "Color of the Year" for 2016 is not one, but two colors: Rose Quartz, a pale pink, and Serenity, a pale blue. Explaining the choice of typically gendered colors, Pantone executive director Leatrice Eiseman said, “This more unilateral approach to color is coinciding with societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity." Read more at Slate.
Name-Brand Prefab Unveiled at Art Basel Miami
Above: A 350-square-foot prefabricated art pavilion by Gluckman Tang made of lacquered wood and polycarbonate.
Among the art at Art Basel Miami Beach, two architectural prototypes were on display: an outdoor dining pavilion by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, and a laminated plywood art pavilion by New York architects Gluckman Tang. The structures are two of nearly 40 designs soon to be offered by Revolution Precrafted Properties, which aims to make limited editions of small houses and pavilions designed by the likes of Marcel Wanders, Tom Dixon, and Marmol Radziner. Pavilions will be priced between $35,000 and $450,000, and houses will start at $250,000. Read the story at the New York Times. (Subscription may be required.)
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