Event Information
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Time: 6 – 7:15 PM
Price: Free
Location: 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
2007 Yeon Lecture
Architect Dan Rockhill will present the 2007 Yeon Lecture entitled “Design and Construction: Hand and Mind, the work of Rockhill and Associates and Studio 804.”
The work of the firm, Rockhill and Associates, is tightly bound to the natural milieu and culture of the Kansas region. In the spirit of regionalism, the areas archetypal forms, Spartan aesthetics, frugal methods, and relationship to nature permeate the results. They are the recipients of numerous awards, most recently; Residential Architect magazine’s Firm of the Year, one of Natural Home magazine’s Top Ten Green Architecture Firms, and Architecture magazine’s Home of the Year. Their work has appeared in over one hundred international books and journals.
Dan Rockhill is Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas and Executive Director of Studio 804. Their awards include two American Institute of Architects Honor Awards, along with Steel Design, Global Housing, Sustainable Design, Wood Design, National Affordable Housing, the NCARB Prize, two time winner of Architecture Magazine’s Home of the Year and Residential Architects Project of the Year Award for their modular houses in Kansas City.
Dan Rockhill has recently been recognized as a finalist for the 2006 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.