NEW PROJECTS

The past year has been productive as three different ideas about projects that have been in a kind of gestational state for a long time developed into full-blown projects. The suspension of ordinary things due to COVID and more latitude as an academic this year allowed for the time and focus needed to solidify these ideas. All three projects come out of frustration at not finding what I assumed was out there somewhere already.

The Project on Southern Appalachian Architecture’s goal is to attempt to knit together a broad survey of what kind of work is going on to figure out the built environment around here. What have we made, what are we making, and what do we think about both of those?

The Civic Sheds Project extends speculative TBA design work done over the past few years into the public realm and should see the first Shed completed towards the end of the summer.

And finally, years of looking, drawing, and making built incursions in Mies van der Rohe’s building for the IIT College of Architecture - S.R. Crown Hall - have coalesced into the idea of a book-length exploration. It’s the most intimidating of the three projects since engaging with Crown via writing is very different than the other approaches.

And finally, getting the TBA website onto a more robust platform has been a long time coming. It required a gut renovation so it still needs some work rebuilding the portfolio and reformatting imagery. Coming soon.