Kersten Geers and David Van SeverenKorea City Hall, 2015, from "Display," an exhibition from the Swiss Institute, in New York, and one of 31 projects to receive funding from the Graham Foundation, in Chicago.
The Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts will award a total of $419,000 in grants to organizations to fund 31 projects that explore the role of architecture in arts, culture, and society. The winners, which include museum retrospectives, site-specific commissions, and publications from national and international organizations, were selected from more than 230 submissions representing 24 countries. The winners hail from around the world, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, Istanbul, and Beirut.
A handful of the winning projects are listed below, and the full roster can be found here.
Upcoming application deadlines for the next round of grants by the foundation are: grants to individuals (Sept. 15, 2016); Carter Manny Award (Nov. 15, 2016); and grants to organizations (Jan. 25, 2017).
National Library of MedicineChinese public health poster depicting the human body as a factory, 1933, from "Are We Human?, 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial."
Arab Image FoundationRifat Chadirji, IRQ/314/154: Offices and stores, Tobacco Monopoly Administration, 1966, Baghdad, from the "Rifat Chadirji: Architecture Photo Index."
Alvin Boyarsky ArchiveAdrian George, front and back covers of Architectural Design special issue on IID Summer Session (1970), April 1971, London, from "In Progress: The IID Summer Sessions."
Marshall Brown ProjectsMarshall Brown Projects, Dequindre Civic Academy, 2016. Towards a Coordinate Unit, handmade collage on inkjet print, 40x50 inches. Speculative project spanning Detroit’s Dequindre Cut greenway, from "The Architectural Imagination: US Pavilion, 15th International Architecture Exhibition."
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (the Museum of Modern Art/Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library; Columbia University; New York)Frank Lloyd Wright, Liberty Magazine cover, colored pencil on paper, 24.5 x 28.25” (62.2 x 71.8 cm), 1926, from "Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive."
Hallie Busta is an associate editor of products and technology at ARCHITECT, Architectural Lighting, and Residential Architect. Follow her on Twitter at @HallieBusta.
Hallie Busta is a former associate editor of products and technology at ARCHITECT, Architectural Lighting, and Residential Architect. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill school and a LEED Green Associate credential. Previously, she wrote about building-material sales and distribution at Hanley Wood. Follow her on Twitter at @HallieBusta.