Over the weekend, partners Daniel Kaven and Trevor William Lewis attended the Architizer A+ Awards Gala at Frank Gehry's Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. W/K was officially recognized by Architizer this year as one of the Top Small Firms in the world, and Daniel also had the honor of serving on the jury for several of the 2023 A+ design categories.
In addition to meeting and hearing talks by other winners including Lord Norman Foster, attendees also received a private tour of the extensive Mark Rothko exhibit after hours.
About the Awards:
The Architizer A+Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and spaces. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world and champion those designers that are integral to bringing great buildings to life.
View the full list of 2023 winners here:
https://winners.architizer.com/2023/Firms/
Daniel Kaven sat down with KGW to discuss the current barriers to affordable housing in Portland:
“On the top floor of a modern North Portland high rise, architects work against a difficult production process for one of the city’s greatest needs.
“Housing is extremely important, and housing is in short supply,” said Daniel Kaven, co-founder of Willian Kaven Architecture and author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape. His company specializes in housing development, including apartment complexes with some units set aside for low-income tenants. “The process is really slow and cumbersome currently.”
Watch the segment HERE.
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We're pleased to announce that Daniel Kaven has been selected to serve on the 11th Annual Architizer A+Awards jury this year.
The A+Awards is the world's largest architecture and building-product awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and spaces. With a prestigious jury comprised of design professionals from every continent, the 2023 A+Awards will champion the firms and individuals that have been integral to bringing great buildings to life.
The final deadline is 2/24. Submit HERE.
American Tapestry, a piece from Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal series, is part of a group show curated by Mona Kuhn for The Billboard Creative's ninth annual exhibition taking place during 2023 Frieze Los Angeles. Check it out on the corner of Melrose Ave. and N Gramercy Pl.
This year's exhibition is titled We the People and will feature the work of 30 artists on billboards across Los Angeles. Previously featured artists include Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Ramiro Gomez, Phung Huynh, Narsiso Martinez, Marilyn Minter, Alex Prager, and Calida Rawles.
Read more about the show + access the interactive map HERE.
Honored to see Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal featured in PRINT Magazine’s The Daily Heller, a design digest dubbed a “must-follow feed in the world of design” by Wired Magazine.
"Kaven has assembled an enticing visual narrative that includes extensive historical photography, architecture commentary, personal anecdote and original art. It serves as a critical travelogue of what the world accepts as the American landscape, but leaves the door open for further debate over whether it is a dream-scape or nightmare."
- Steven Heller, The Daily Heller / PRINT Magazine
We’re excited to announce that our Heartwood Residence has been nominated for ArchDaily's 2023 Building of the Year Award in the Houses Category.
The Building of the Year Award is a peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award showcasing projects chosen by the general public. Over a two-week period, readers filter nominated projects down to the 15 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2022.
The more nominations we receive from the general public from now through February 15th, the better our chances of being shortlisted for the final vote.
Help us get Heartwood to the finals — vote before 2/15!
Thanks for all of your support.
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A piece from Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal series has been selected for The Billboard Creative’s ninth annual billboard exhibition in Los Angeles, opening February 3. Look for Daniel's billboard at the intersection of Melrose Ave. and N Gramercy Pl.
This year's exhibition, curated by Mona Kuhn, is titled We The People and will feature the work of 30 artists on billboards across Los Angeles. Previously featured artists include Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Ramiro Gomez, Phung Huynh, Narsiso Martinez, Marilyn Minter, Alex Prager, and Calida Rawles.
See below for more information and full list of 2023 artists.
MORE INFO + FULL ARTIST LIST AND INTERACTIVE MAP
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We are very proud to announce that Architecture of Normal (Birkhäuser, 2022) took the honors the other night at the 2022 GRAY Awards in the Product Design category. We had a great time accepting the award and celebrating our fellow winners at the epic GRAY Gala at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel
The GRAY Award is a prestigious design accolade, awarded to designers in the categories of Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Product Design and determined by an international judging panel of design icons. This year's panel included Ini Archibong, Paul Cocksedge, Paolo Ferrari, Holly Hunt, Patrick Lam, and Mia Lehrer.
“William / Kaven Architecture has designed a luxurious private residence organized around a central courtyard, breaking the boundaries of indoor and outdoor spaces.”
-Global Design News
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Our Camp MINOH project in Charlevoix, Michigan, is featured in Beautiful Houses by the Water: Living at the Water’s Edge, a gorgeous new hardcover book from Images Publishing.
“Views are the centerpoint of this home. Views of year-round sunsets; views of Beaver Island; and views of the shimmering lake, visible right from the approach and arranged to permeate the entire house. Prioritizing the stunning views conveys a distinct sense of tranquility that makes Camp MINOH perfect as a family vacation home, in any season.”
Photography by Matthew Carbone and Daniel Kaven
BIG NEWS! W/K partner Daniel Kaven’s book Architecture of Normal is a finalist for a 2022 GRAY Award in the Product Design category.
Now in its 6th year, GRAY Awards — a cross-disciplinary design awards program — recognizes the incredible work happening around the world.
Winners will be announced on December 5, 2022.
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Join us for the launch of Daniel Kaven's book, Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022), and a discussion of the history and future of design in America. Kaven's expansive literary and visual assemblage, called an "enthralling cautionary tale about the future" by Metropolis Magazine, explores how evolving transportation technologies have shaped America's built environment and examines the connection between urbanization and colonization in the American West.
September 21, 2022
7 to 9pm
SOHO Warehouse
1000 S Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90021