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It’s the architecture studio project that keeps giving. The Wedge cabin designs that originated in Associate Professor Juintow Lin’s Revamp the Camp 503L studio in 2014 have inspired the new visitor’s center that opened in August at Bodega Bay’s Doran Beach. The Wedge cabins were designed by Emily Williams, Bryan Charney and Antonio Fernandez (’16, all master’s in architecture), and were constructed with recycled material. The cabins were intended to entice millennials and urban residents to experience the great outdoors. The Wedge captured the interest of California State Parks and the California Coastal Commission a er its debut at the 2014 Los Angeles County and California State fairs. The cabin design earned a Citation Award in the Inspire Category at the American Institute of Architects Orange County chapter 2015 Design Awards gala. Four Wedge cabins are available to rent at Pfeiffer State Park in Big Sur, the site of the first cabin. Three other cabins at Spring Lake Regional Park campground can be reserved. The cabins are ADA accessible and can accommodate up to four people.
Wedge cabin at Spring Lake Regional Park. (Paul Vu Photography)
BOOK IT: Bookings for the Wedge cabins fill up fast. Reserve at least six months ahead. RESERVATIONS: Reserve America, (800) 444–7275; www.reservecalifornia.com COST: $60 to $100 per night
Guy Nordenson Receives 2017 Neutra Award Princeton Professor of Architecture and Structural Engineering Has Worked With Architectural Icons The Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona honored Guy Nordenson —professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton University’s School of Architecture—with the 2017 Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence on Oct. 9. Nordenson has been involved in complex and challenging projects. His New York structural engineering practice, Guy Nordenson and Associates (GNA), was founded in 1997 on the principle that collaboration is essential to design. As an engineer, he has an extensive history in architecture, having worked in the joint studio of Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi in 1976, then later establishing the New York office of Ove Arup & Partners in 1987. Notable GNA projects, completed in collaboration with ranked architectural firms, include: • National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., with Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup. • Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing in Corning, New York, with Thomas Phifer and Partners. • Kimbell Art Museum Expansion in Fort Worth, Texas, with Renzo Piano Building Workshop. • New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York with SANAA. • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Expansion in Kansas City, Missouri, with Steven Holl Architects. \ 28 \ Fall
• Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion in Toledo, Ohio, with SANAA. • 2004 Museum of Modern Art National Museum of African American History and Culture, Expansion in New York Washington, D.C. (Brad Feinknopf) with Taniguchi and Associates. • International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. • Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center in Houston, Texas, with Johnston Marklee. • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Glassell School of Art with Steven Holl Architects. Since 2007, GNA has been engaged in the development of strategies for climate change and coastal adaptation, working with stakeholders at the local and national levels— a measure of Neutra’s “Survival Through Design,” the idea that planners have a responsibility to connect their design practices with advancements in science and research in diverse fields. The Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence is an annual honor conferred by the Department of Architecture at the College of Environmental Design. To see the full list of past honorees, visit env.cpp.edu/arc/neutra-award.
