Awards Report: California Firm Receives Coveted P/A Prize

CRO Studio's design for a library in Tijuana, Mexico, also serves as a civic hub. Image courtesy CRO Studio.

While Modulo Prep Library’s footprint may be small and its construction budget tiny, its mission is anything but. Instead, the library, located in Tijuana and designed by CRO Studio partners Adriana Cuéllar and Marcel Sanchez (along with a design team of Gabriela Bendeck, Arturo González and Joseph Ruiz Tapia), represents a major re-thinking of the idea and function of a library and its role in a public space. So compelling was the project and the ideas behind it recently received the 60th annual Progressive Architecture Award.

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Are You In? Register Today for the AIA’s 2013 Conference

Don't forget to register early for this year's AIA convention in Denver. Image via AIA.

Registration is now open for the 2013 AIA National Convention, June 20–22, in Denver, Colorado. See and be seen at the industry’s premier event and immerse yourself in this year’s theme—Building Leaders.

Besides education sessions that will challenge attendees to sharpen their own leadership skills, the event’s organizers have gathered a remarkable group of keynote speakers to discuss leadership from a range of perspectives. Featured will be TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie considering leadership from a business standpoint; Cameron Sinclair, the Architecture for Humanity co-founder, who will focus on the intersection of design and leadership; and former secretary of state, Gen. General Colin L. Powell, who will address political and military leadership. “This combination will give attendees unique perspectives on leadership applicable to their own lives and our profession,” says John Rogers, the 2013 AIA Convention Chair.

Don’t miss a minute! Sign up now to get reduced registrations rates and access to the widest selection of education sessions and tours—they fill up quickly! And, if you reserve your hotel room by January 31, you can take advantage of special early bird discounts.

See you there!

Recommended Viewing: The ABC of Architects

The ABC of Architects from fedelpeye on Vimeo.

A team including architect Andrea Stinga and graphic designer Federico Gonzalez has complied this very cool soundtracked video that gives graphic representation to the most famous buildings from the world's most famous architects--listed from A to Z. Stinga and Gonzalez apologize that they had to leave out a few "because we only need one for each letter and we done an effort to have difference [sic] nationalities," but despite the lack of Ando and Zumthor, Stinga and Gonzalez have still accomplished a fun, colorful survey of architecture of different eras and environments. Watch the video on Vimeo for a complete list of the architects and their representative buildings.  

Credits:

Concept and Animation: Andrea Stinga, Federico Gonzalez

Art Direction: Federico Gonzalez

Music: The Butterfly from Eugene C. Rose and George Ruble

New Michael Webb Posts

FORM contributor and newly-minted honorary AIA member Michael Webb has been doing some serious reading, checking in with a trio of book reviews over on the Views tab of the FORM Mag website. First is White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, which documents a succession of inventive exhibitions at the Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsbugh curated by Raymund Ryan. Next is The Iconic Interior: Private Spaces of Leading Artists, Architects, and Designers, which Webb describes as a "gorgeous indulgence." Finally, Webb reviews Taschen's latest update of its collection of works by Pritzker Prize winning Japanese Architect Tadao Ando, Ando: Complete Works 1975-2012. The November/December print issue of FORM Magazine includes an interview with Ando, for those craving more of Ando's unique perspective.

Bibliophiles Rejoice! Massive June Sale at Phaidon Press

Architecture and art publisher Phaidon is holding a June sale that those with a voracious appetite for books celebrating the visual world don’t want to miss. Hundreds of Phaidon’s best selling titles are available at half price now through June 20—ranging from biopics on luminaries such as Renzo Piano and Ukiyo-e to surveys of photography, land art, and modernist homes.