Over the weekend, partners Daniel Kaven and Trevor William Lewis attended the Architizer A+ Awards Gala at Frank Gehry's Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. W/K was officially recognized by Architizer this year as one of the Top Small Firms in the world, and Daniel also had the honor of serving on the jury for several of the 2023 A+ design categories.
In addition to meeting and hearing talks by other winners including Lord Norman Foster, attendees also received a private tour of the extensive Mark Rothko exhibit after hours.
About the Awards:
The Architizer A+Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and spaces. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world and champion those designers that are integral to bringing great buildings to life.
View the full list of 2023 winners here:
https://winners.architizer.com/2023/Firms/
We’re excited to announce that our Heartwood Residence has been nominated for ArchDaily's 2023 Building of the Year Award in the Houses Category.
The Building of the Year Award is a peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award showcasing projects chosen by the general public. Over a two-week period, readers filter nominated projects down to the 15 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2022.
The more nominations we receive from the general public from now through February 15th, the better our chances of being shortlisted for the final vote.
Help us get Heartwood to the finals — vote before 2/15!
Thanks for all of your support.
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“William / Kaven Architecture has designed a luxurious private residence organized around a central courtyard, breaking the boundaries of indoor and outdoor spaces.”
-Global Design News
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We're proud to announce that our Heartwood residence has received a 2022 International Architecture Award Honorable Mention in the Private Homes category from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The awards will be presented at a gala in Athens next week.
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W/K partner Daniel Kaven’s debut book is hot off the press. Pink foil stamping, painted page edges, 200+ full-color images, beautiful endpapers, plus a fascinating selection of historical photos and original art — the design and print quality of Architecture of Normal make for an incredible reading experience. Order your copy here.
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We’re excited to announce that both our Skyview Residence and our Royal Residence have been nominated for ArchDaily's 2022 Building of the Year Award in the Houses Category.
The Building of the Year Award is a peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award showcasing projects chosen by the general public. Over a two-week period, readers filter nominated projects down to the 15 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2021.
The more nominations we receive from the general public from now through February 9th, the better our chances of being shortlisted for the final vote. Help us move the needle on Skyview and Royal!
Thanks for all of your support.
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Redfin recently asked W/K co-founder Daniel Kaven, along with several other architecture and design experts, which home design trends we should expect to see in 2022.
DANIEL KAVEN:
“Living spaces designed around centralized and protected outdoor spaces have a great history throughout ancient civilizations and are particularly relevant in today’s times. These smaller and well-curated landscapes are accessible throughout the home, provide a visual connection to nature from the primary interior spaces, and create additional circulation that encourages pathways outside. In almost every home we design the program is dedicated to blurring the lines between architecture and nature and courtyards are perhaps the greatest design tool for realizing this virtue.”
“The brilliant balance of wood and stone and closeness to the water gives this project a specific type of spirit, embodied by the name Heartwood.”
— 2021 AIA Oregon Architecture Awards Jury
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The 2021 Architecture MasterPrize jury has recognized our Skyview residence with an Honorable Mention in the category of Residential Design.
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Architectural Digest has featured our Heartwood residence!
“Encased within glazed walls that offer direct views of the living space, the courtyard seems to look straight through the house to the water, thereby visually merging the interiors with the outdoors.” — Avantika Shankar, Architectural Digest
Read the article here.
DESIGN TEAM:
Daniel Kaven, Partner-in-Charge
Trevor William Lewis, Partner-in-Charge
Max Taschek, Project Designer
Joel Dickson, Project Designer
We're excited to announce that our Royal residence has been honored with a 2021 International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
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“New York or Oregon? Thanks to Bicoastal Living, This Couple Didn’t Have to Choose” by Nancy Keates
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ArchDaily has published our Royal residence.
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“The precision of the glassy, tall, white building is softened by ground-floor landscaping with trees and plants and an outdoor, fourth-floor deck garden visible from the street.”
— NANCY KEATES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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