Erik L’Heureux Wins Harvard GSD's $100,000 Wheelwright Prize

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:00:38 +0000

Singapore-based American architect Erik L’Heureux has been selected over two other finalists and 200 applicants to receive the Harvard University Graduate School of Design's (GSD) 2015 Wheelwright Prize. The $100,000 travel grant, now in its third year, was awarded to L’Heureux for his proposal Hot and Wet: The Equatorial City and the Architectures of Atmosphere, which focuses on the "architecture of five dense cities in the equatorial zone - Jakarta, Indonesia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Pondicherry, India; Lagos, Nigeria; São Paulo, Brazil - where he will examine traditional and modern building strategies that mediate extreme climate conditions while addressing the mounting pressures of rapid urbanization and climate change."

Harvard GSD Shortlists 3 Architects for 2015 Wheelwright Prize

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:12:43 +0000

Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced three architects shortlisted for this year's prestigious Wheelwright Prize. The $100,000 grant, which is awarded annually to a single architect to support travel-based architectural research, is “intended to spur innovative research during the early stage of an architect’s professional career” and “foster new forms of research informed by cross-cultural engagement.”

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Erik L’Heureux Wins Harvard GSD's $100,000 Wheelwright Prize

Harvard GSD Shortlists 3 Architects for 2015 Wheelwright Prize