Lecture's IaaC - IaaC Lecture Series 2008-2009 > Douglas Garofalo

07_10_08 “Architectural + Urban Evolutions” Douglas Garofalo Douglas Garofalo has established an internationally renowned practice in Chicago that produces architectural work through buildings, projects, research and teaching. The work of Garofalo Architects has been widely recognized, through commissions, awards, publications, and lectures for innovative and creative approaches to the art of building. He is working in varyscale and location, extending conventional design practice by taking full advantage of the capacity of electronic media. Among many notable projects, the firm has completed the new Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, and was a collaborator on the award-winning Korean Presbyterian Church of New York, a project that gained international notoriety as the first building truly conceived and executed with digital media, and because it represents an alternative solution to adaptive reuse. Garofalo is currently a full Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture. In 2001 Garofalo was selected for the “Emerging Voices” program at the Architectural League of New York, was featured as “The New Vanguaurd” for Architectural Record, and had speculative work included in the “Folds, Blobs and Boxes” exhibit at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. In 1995 he won the AIA Chicago Young Architect Award. Image caption: GREEN BAY HOUSE Project consists of a series of additions and modifications to an existing wood frame structure on a steeply sloping, wooded site that offers panoramic views of the bay. The strategy of placement of these interventions are driven by clients \'interest in horticulture, bird-watching, and small scale electric slot car racing.

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