Have Lunch With Stanford Alumni Who Have Pursued Careers in Architecture

If you’re free Saturday, February 3 between 1:00 - 2:30pm* and want to meet and lunch with Stanford alumni to discuss careers in architecture here’s the place to be:

Career Week Networking Luncheon
McCaw Hall, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
Advanced registration required. Sign up now!
http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/careerweek/
*If you can’t make the lunch, the panel meets 4:15 - 5:30pm

Stanford Career Week is presented by the Career Development Center and the Stanford Alumni Association with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs. The intent is to help Stanford students explore various career possibilities, and learn about the value of networking with alumni.

Business and High Tech Table 16: Architecture and Design
KRISTEN SIDELL Architect, Magnet
After working for several design-focused architecture firms, Kristen started her own firm in 2003. Her current work consists primarily of residential and light commercial (restaurant, stores, etc.). In addition to her professional practice, Kristen also teaches architecture at CCA in San Francisco and has taught at the University of Colorado and UC Berkeley.
Masters, Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Bachelors, Art History, Stanford University, 1994

Business and High Tech Table 16: Architecture and Design
KRISTEN DING Vice President of Design, Idealab
Kristen is Vice President of Design at Idealab, a technology incubator in that spawns pioneering companies with breakthrough technologies. Prior to joining Idealab, she was a founder and Vice President of Design at CitySearch.com. Kristen also served as Senior Art Director at AND Interactive Communications, a multi-media design firm in Hollywood.
Bachelors, Graphic Design and Packaging, Art Center College of Design, 1994
Bachelors, Art; Psychology (double-major), Stanford University, 1990

Business and High Tech Table 16: Architecture and Design
WENDY WOO Intermediate Designer, Steinberg Architects
Wendy currently works in architectural programming, design, and construction documents for a firm focusing on residential, institutional, and mixed-use markets. She previously worked in New York City for a small firm focusing on high-end residential, tenant improvement, and gut renovations in Manhattan and the tri-state area.
Masters, Architecture, Columbia University, 2002
Bachelors, Urban Studies, Minor Studio Art, Stanford University, 1998

Never to early to start thinking about architecture- a recent email confirms!

Dear Patti Walters,
I’m ten years old, and attend XXX Elementary. I am doing a
college report, and am writing my report about attending Stanford
University. I would like to know a little bit more about the undergraduate
major, Architectural Design. I know that you are the director of this major,
and probably have lots of information. Please send me some information by
e-mail as my report is due January 31st.
Thank You,
Jane Doe
California

Hardhat Tour of the Contemporary Jewish Museum!

Majors, join us for fieldtrip to the Contemporary Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind where there will be an informal presentation by the project architect George Klumb followed by a hard hattour of the construction site.

When: Friday, February 9 at 2:30PM. We will be meeting at 1pm at the SFMoMA Café for lunch.
Where: 121 Steuart St., San Francisco (map). We plan on carpooling, so indicate if you can drive and how many seats you have available in your RSVP.

Why: Come spend Friday afternoon learning about an exciting contemporary construction project in progress. Come early and have lunch with your fellow Architectural Design and CEE majors in San Francisco. All sponsored by the Department.

RSVP to reserve a space on the tour and please indicate your interest in attending lunch before the tour.

We have reached capacity for this trip. Thanks to all those that RSVPd

Special Thanks: to Professor John Loomis, Patti Walters, Lorraine Potter, and students for helping coordinate this special event.

Art History Department Presents Lecture by Joshua Prince-Ramus

Joshua Prince-Ramus was the partner-in-charge of the celebrated Seattle Central Library, when he was the head of the New York outpost of the (OMA) Office for Metropolitan Architecture. OMA is the architecture firm founded by Rem Koolhaas. Check out this video clip of Joshua discussing the Seattle Central Library:



Tuesday, March 6, 7PM, Cummings Art Building - Room Art 2

Prince-Ramus has since separated from OMA, using its existing New York office to establish a new venture in partnership with another former OMA architect Erez Ella. OMA’s two offices were already legally and physically separated, and a minority of the architects in New York had experience in the Rotterdam office. “At some point, we took stock and realized that we were better off being two offices that collaborated when it was mutually beneficial,” says Prince-Ramus. The new firm will be known as REX, or Ramus Ella Architects.
In the split, REX will continue working on a performing arts center in Dallas (see photo above), a multi-disciplinary building at CalTech, and a mixed-use development in Louisville, Ky. Meanwhile a campus building at CalTech will be run by OMA. The two firms will continue to collaborate on current and future projects.

Grad Spotlight - Arch Design 05-06- Marcela Delgado

left to right, Marcela Delgado, Julia Hu, and Lauren Schneider- our first architectural design grads 05-06

Marcela Delgado, one of our first three graduates in Architectural Design (05-06) has just recently brought us up to date on what she has been doing since graduation.

This last November, she located a position as an Intern Architect with HKS
in Dallas. Marcela tells us that HKS has a broad based practice which includes among other projects - institutional, healthcare and sports facilities. www.hksinc.com

Meanwhile, prior to her new position, she had been hard at work polishing her portfolio, taking the GRE’s, and applying to the following graduate architecture schools: Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, Columbia, University of Texas, University of Virginia, and Princeton. As of March 20, 2007, Marcela has been accepted to master’s degree programs in architecture at Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, Columbia, and University of Texas.

I requested that Marcela allow us to post her portfolio, and she has just sent her gracious permission. I felt that viewing her portfolio might be beneficial to all of you with that task ahead.

Click to download Marcela’s Portfolio (pdf)

Many thanks to her for allowing us to post her portfolio! Btw, Marcela begins studies at Harvard GSD fall 07.

Final Critique Photos (31Q & CEE134a)

Final reviews- Sophomore drawing class- CEE 31Q
Originally uploaded by Stanford Architecture

Here are two photosets of the final critiques for Patti Walters’s Accessing Architecture Through Drawing and John Barton’s Site and Space.
(Click the images to open the photoset)

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years to everyone and congratulations for a quarter well done. I look forward to a great 2007. Keep your eyes on the blog for upcoming events and information. Enjoy the rest of break!

-joseph