An architectural icon passed away this week. Robert Venturi passed away on September 18th at the ripe old age of 93. Along with several built masterpieces his influence on generations of architects was widespread through his written works with partner Denise Scott Brown, including Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Learning from Las Vegas. While …
2018 AIA South Dakota Design Awards announced
2018 HONOR AWARDS go to: TSP Inc. of Sioux Falls in the category of Architecture for its design of the DSU Beacom Institute of Technology in Madison Koch Hazard Architects of Sioux Falls in the category of Architecture for its design of the renovation of the South Dakota State Capitol Law Library in Pierre South …
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SD firms take home 6 AIA South Dakota design awards
South Dakota architecture firms took home six American Institute of Architecture (AIA) South Dakota Design Awards, three coveted Honor Awards and three Merit awards, on Friday, Sept. 14, during a ceremony that marked the culmination of AIA South Dakota’s annual conference. TSP Inc. of Sioux Falls captured an Honor Award for Architecture for its design …
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Why a mayoral panel discussion at the 2018 AIA Convention?
If you have looked at this year’s AIA South Dakota Convention schedule, you may have wondered, “Why is there a panel discussion featuring four South Dakota mayors?” Here’s why: The 2018 American Institute of Architects convention theme explores the profession’s most valuable asset — our Voice. As architects, we solve problems through design. We use …
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Citizen Architect
Architects do more than imagine spaces, buildings and forms. We continually strengthen the communication link between the mind and the hand that draws or clicks to form creations on napkin, paper or computer screen. In more simple terms, my job as an architect is to dream with my clients and then make those dreams a reality. Pretty impressive, for sure, but is that all an architect does? Does an architect …