House of Fourni, Delos (Greece), 1st century B.C. General view

Stéphanie Zugmeyer, 2010 Hunt Prize Fellow and now a full-time archeologist based in Arles, participated in this Spring’s antiquities cycle organized by The CIRCLE, an Athens research forum. Zugmeyer presented an “Architectural Analysis and Interpretation of the Maison de Fourni in Delos” alongside colleague Hélène Wormser (Professor of Archeology, Université de Lyon-2) on May 10th at Greece’s National Technical University. Click here for the full program. 

Highlighted during the conferences were the mosaics of the Fourni house (1st century B.C.) recently restored by the studios of France’s Musée de l’Arles Antique.

Zugmeyer is a CNRS research professional who works with the Institut de Recherche en Architecture Antique. In June, INRAA co-organized Over the Cloud, an innovative workshop on archeology and architecture in the digital age held in Aix-en-Provence.

An RMHP laureate will intervene at the 12th World TERRA Convention to be held in Lyon July 10-14, 2016. Elsa Ricaud, Architecte DEA who holds a masters in Architecture and Urban History from ENSA-Versailles, will speak at the Lyon conference.

Ricaud previously explored the topic of earthen architecture in the United States during her 2012 Hunt Prize Fellowship.

Among the various aspects and problems of this type of construction, the question of sustainability will receive special attention.

Photo B. Scharff

Paris, Friday, 11 December 2015 — On December 11th, the prestigious French-American RMH Prize Jury convened at the Hotel de Talleyrand in Paris, chaired by William Kerr of the AAF Board of Regents. Respecting its rule of alternating each year between American and French architects,the Jury awarded the26th RMH Fellowship to Lucas Monsaingeon and the 3^rd RMH Scholar Prize to Florence Declaveillère. Continue reading →