Judging the Treehouse Competition
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Edgemar in Santa Monica designed by Frank O. Gehry
Last week we installed all the Treehouse Competition projects at Edgemar in Santa Monica.
We are so impressed with the designs and presentations that come from over 35 countries; Argentina, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, India, Ghana, Portugal, Israel, New Zealand, Kuwait, Australia, Sweden, USA and many more.
Timer photo by Kirsten Kiser
David Greenberg, James Ganzer and kk installing on Wednesday.
The jurors, who viewed and graded the projects over the weekend to select the 100 winners and the three top winners, were invited by David Greenberg, artist James Ganzer and Los Angeles architect and art collector Elyse Grinstein.
The winners will be announced at arcspace on March 1st.
I was at Edgemar on Friday and Saturday.
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
James Ganzer and Elyse Grinstein.
The winning designs were judged by:
FIRMNESS
COMMODITY
DELIGHT
From the celebrated handbook for Roman architects "De architectura" (On architecture) by Vitruvius, 1st century BC Roman architect and engineer.
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Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Ming Fung of Hodgetts + Fung
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Landscape architect Pamela Burton and David Greenberg
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
The Friday evening group: Ming Fung, Deborah Sussman, Pamela Burton, Stephen Jones, James Ganzer, Ken Price, Elyse Grinstein, David Greenberg and Tao Ruspoli documenting the event.
The invited Jurors:
Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung of Hodgetts + Fung LA Architects
Deborah Sussman Designer
Pamela Burton LA Landscape Architect
Stephen Francis Jones LA Architect
Thom Mayne LA Architect
James Ganzer LA Artist
Ken Price Artist
Bill Al Bengston Artist
Michael Garnier Head of World Treehouse Organization
Nicolai Ouroussoff Architecture Critic Los Angeles Times
Aaron Bedsky Curator of Architecture at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
