MATHAF: ARAB MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EXHIBITION, Sara Shafiei & Ben Cowd

Sara Shafiei and Ben Cowd exhibition at the Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar.

Photgraph by Kaveh Shafiei

TASMEEM 2013: Biennial Art and Design Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Ben Cowd and Sara Shafiei invited lecturers and Lab leaders at International Biennial Art and Design Conference, 'Tasmeem 2013'. 
Many thanks to all students and staff for the invitation, warm welcome and hospitality throughout the week. A special thank you to Kevin Woolley for his organisation and his collaboration throughout Tasmeem. 

WORKSHOP: VCUQatar & Mathaf Museum

SARA SHAFIEI AND BEN COWD: HYBRID MAKING, LAB INDIA, VCUQatar

ARAB MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,  and VCUQatar 

Many thanks to all students and staff for the invitation, warm welcome and hospitality throughout the week. A special thank you to Kevin Woolley for his organisation and his collaboration throughout Tasmeem. 

For more images please visit:

http://www.saraben-academia.com/p/lectures-workshops.html

Sara Shafiei and Ben Cowd: Biennial Art and Design Conference 2013

Photograph by LALA KABIRIAN

Ben Cowd and Sara Shafiei invited lecturers and Lab leaders at International Biennial Art and Design Conference, 'Tasmeem 2013'. 
KEYNOTE Speaker: Rem Koolhaas

For more information please visit:
http://www.tasmeemdoha.com/

OXFORD BROOKES UNIT J: Ashley Clayton Workshop

A big Thank you to Ashley Clayton on behalf of unit J tutors Sara Shafiei and Aleksandrina Rizova and all Unit J students. 

For more information on Oxford Brookes University please visit:

http://architecture.brookes.ac.uk/

For more images of Unit J work please visit:

http://www.saraben-academia.com/p/class-of-2012_12.html

LECTURE: CCAE, Cork School of Architecture

Sara Shafiei and Ben Cowd lecture, Cork School of Architecture, Ireland.

Many thanks to all student and staff for the invitation, warm welcome and hospitality throughout the day. A special thanks to Kieran Cremin for organising the event. 

For further information on Cork school of Architecture please visit:
http://ccae.ie/
You can also follow the student work on:
www.ccaemarch12.blogspot.ie 

CRITS: Oxford Brookes University Unit J

Many Thanks to Unit J critics Dietmar Koering, Alex Russell, Sam Clarke and Ben Cowd on behalf of Unit J tutors Sara Shafiei and Aleksandrina Rizova, and all Unit J students.

WIN: £10,000 Lend Lease/Architects Journal Grand Award for Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London

Ben Cowd's Book: Solar Topography, The Farnese Gardens, Rome has won the Lend Lease/ Architects Journal Grand Award for Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition London.

Sara and Ben with Thomas Hopkins are also exhibiting a drawing: The Mosque of the Sun, Qatar and will be giving a talk about the work at the Royal Academy on 20th July

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Cape Town, South Africa

Sara Shafiei and Ben Cowd invited lecturers at International Conference, 'Conversations In Architecture'  hosted by Hugh Fraser. COA Cape Town, SA

Press Release:
“After two decades of marvelling in the possibilities of computers, enough time has passed to appreciate that they often don't make better buildings”, says architect Hugh Fraser, seminar host. “Using the work of Saraben Studio as a departure point, the COA conference explores what is possible now that we better understand digital rendering, modelling and fabrication. The boundaries between the design fields have also blurred allowing architecture, interior and furniture design to blend with product and graphic design more seamlessly.” Hugh Fraser 

Photographs by Jurie Senekal

ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION

Mosque of the Sun II: Crown of Doha Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Show 2012.  

Project Location: Doha, Qatar
Team: Ben Cowd, Thomas Hopkins, Sara shafiei

Materials: Paper, Etched brass, Rapid Prototype.

To see the exhibition please visit: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/summer-exhibition-2012/

WIN: Stefanie Kuhn wins Oxford Brookes prize

Stefanie Kuhn wins Oxford Brookes prize for ‘originality in sustainability’.

Image of  Project ‘Breaking Symmetry: Stage at St. Stephen Walbrook Church, London’  by Stefanie Kuhn and Lucinda Prophet.
Tutors: Sara Shafiei & Horhizon.

BD CLASS OF 2012: Luke Snow

Towards a Carbon-Negative Britain is an alternative vision of a renewable energy plant

Sited opposite the Kingsnorth Power Station in the Medway Estuary, Luke Snow’s project, Towards a Carbon-Negative Britain, presents an alternative vision for a renewable energy plant that takes inspiration from bio-mimetic forms.

The judges were impressed by his evocative representations and intricate model-making skills. “An inspiring interaction between recycling and archi-tectural processes,” said judge Juan Lago-Novás Domingo.

For more information visit: BD Class of 2012