Jury 2016

Posted on 27 February 2017 by rmhprize

RICHARD MORRIS HUNT PRIZE JURY

December 1st, 2016 – Washington, D.C.

CHAIR Michèle le Menestrel Ullrich, French Heritage Society Founding President, and Richard Morris Hunt Prize Founder, Co-Chairman

Ronald E. Bogle, Hon. AIA, President and CEO, American Architectural Foundation, and Richard Morris Hunt Prize Co-Chairman

Hon. Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, LEED AP, Architect of the Capitol – Washington, D.C., and Regent, American Architectural Foundation

Ann Beha, FAIA, President, Ann Beha Architects – Boston

Roy Ingraffia, Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, International Masonry Institute – Greater Philadelphia

William T. Kerr, Partner, Eaglepoint Advisors – North Palm Beach (Florida)

Alex Klatskin, FAIA, Partner, Forsgate Industrial Partners – Teterboro (New Jersey), and Regent, American Architectural Foundation

Léopold Lombard, Architect Relations Manager – Lafarge Holcim, Paris

Thom Minner, Senior Director, American Architectural Foundation

Jorge Otero Pailos, Associate Professor – Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Sharon C. Park, FAIA, Associate Director, Smithsonian Institution – Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Prosky, Executive Director, American Insitute of Architects / New York Center for Architecture

John Robbins, Richard Morris Hunt Fellow 1990, Deputy Administrator, National Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth F. Stribling, Chairman, Stribling & Associates, Ltd. – New York, and Chairman, French Heritage Society Board of Directors

H.E. Jose Maria Ullrich y Rojas, Ambassador of Spain, French Heritage Society Advisory Board – Paris

RMHP Final Reports Collection Takes Shape

Posted on 31 January 2017 by rmhprize

Click here to access Mary Brush’s Final ReportMary Brush’s Final Report Published Online

The Collection of RMHP Final Reports just expanded with the addition of a second title, this time by Mary Brush, FAIA, Fellow 2005. This publication was made possible by the Sondra & Charles Gilman Foundation.

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Mary worked in prestigious firms such as Holabird & Root and Klein and Hoffman before starting her own firm, Brush Architects, LLC. Her academic background is brilliant: a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1994, an M.S. in Historic Preservation from PennDesign in 1991, following an undergraduate studies in architecture at William Smith College in Geneva, New York.

Mary Brush, Fellow 2005

As Walter J. Hainsfuther, FAIA, of Design Team, LLC, writes, “Mary has been recognized internationally for her work in preserving historic structures, with a particular emphasis on the building envelope, over her entire career”. Her career perfectly illustrates an idea evoked by 2013 Rome Prize laureat Tom Mayes: “The notion that old places matter is not primarily about the past. It is about why old places matter to people today and for the future. It is about why old places are critical to people’s sense of who they are, to their capacity to find meaning in their lives, and to see a future.”

Mary, with the sensibilities drawn from her French roots, has always been attracted by France. The Richard Morris Hunt Prize has given her the possibility of increasing her knowledge, of exchanging and finally sharing it. In this way, she fits perfectly with our goal.

We wish to recognize to the patient and dedicated technical work of Javier Guillén Jimenez, who was able to format the original 2005 document and adapt it in the two languages for publication on this website. He deserves all our thanks.

Click here to access Mary Brush’s Final Report

Announcing a Giant Leap Forward

Posted on 16 December 2016 by rmhprize

Richard Morris Hunt Prize Final Reports Coming Online

Today we make an important advance in the development of the Richard Morris Hunt Prize by making accessible the research of our Fellows and Scholars.
This was made possible by a generous donation from the Sondra & Charles Gilman Foundation.

″It is our pleasure to be able to help the distribution through this website of such an important achievement in architectural research that cements the friendship between the French and American architects. Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzales-Falla

The Final Reports are one of the tangible results of the work accomplished by our Fellows and Scholars. The Hunt Prize has the ambition of becoming a source of richness for the architectural profession.

We are pleased to announce the online publication of the Final Report produced by our first Scholar, the French architect Isabelle Michard, Architecte et Urbaniste de l’Etat, Architecte des Bâtiments de France, Cheffe du Service Territorial de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (STAP) de Seine et Marne. Isabelle produced her report in 2012.

As remarked Mireille Grubert, Director of the Ecole de Chaillot, “The richness of the experiences exchanged between the two countries, which we often discuss in a theoretical way, are given concrete expression thanks to Isabelle Michard and the Richard Morris Hunt Prize. Her topic of research, Re-Use of Former Industrial Sites in the United States, combines aspects of urban planning, landscape, and economy to bring attention to industrial wastelands, a subject still poorly understood.”

Click here to access Isabelle Michard’s Final Report

Congratulations and Welcome

Posted on 12 December 2016 by rmhprize

2017 Richard Morris Hunt Prize Laureates Chosen in Washington

Beth Jacob, (AIA, NCARB, LEED, AP BD+C) of New Orleans, was selected as the 27th Hunt Prize Fellow by the annual Jury assembled at AAF headquarters in Washington, D.C., on December 1st.

Co-Founder and Principal at CLIO Associates LLC, New Orleans, Jacob also serves as adjunct lecturer in Preservation Studies at the Tulane University School of Architecture. Her research topic, preliminarily entitled “Public Markets as Catalyst for Urban Revitalization”, will be pursued over six months of research in France during 2017.

Also selected in Washington, the 4th Hunt Prize Scholar is Constance Lai (AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, BD + C, USACE CQM-C). Lai plans to study the subject of “Defining Quality from Design to Construction” during her five weeks of research travels in France. She currently works as Manager of Historic Preservation Services at Grunley Construction Company in Rockville, Maryland.

Beth Jacob holds master’s degrees in Architecture (University of California at Berkeley) and in Preservation Studies (Tulane University). Her undergraduate studies began at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in the field of Education and Social Policy. Constance Lai earned a bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Rice University (Houston) before going on to pursue an M.S. in Architecture at MIT.

To read the AAF’s full press release, click here.

Richard Morris Hunt Prize Jury 2016 in Washington, D.C.

Posted on 15 November 2016 by rmhprize

Photo U.S. Navy / Mate Johnny Bivera

According the Hunt Prize’s alternating structure, the next Richard Morris Hunt Prize Jury will assemble in Washington on Thursday, December 1st, to select the 28th RMHP Fellow and the 5th RMHP Scholar. These two American laureates will begin conduct their research project in France during 2017.

Architectes français, voir Appel à candidatures pour le Jury 2017 à Paris.