DEAR ARCHITECTURE

DEAR ARCHITECTURE BRINGS TOGETHER A COLLECTION OF THE MOST POWERFUL LETTERS SUBMITTED TO THE DEAR ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION.

Dear Architecture is an ideas competition that challenged designers to explore one of the most important communication tools of all time – the letter. With entries submitted from over 60 countries around the world – the open letters challenge architects and designers to think deeply about the profession they are participating in. With a special cover designed by Irena Gajic, this book includes the three winning entries, and 12 honorable mentions to the competition, as well as a selection of additional entries.

From our friends at Archdaily:

“Conceived as a tangent to Blank Space's series of whimsical architectural Fairy Tales, 'Dear Architecture' has, above all, provided a welcome opportunity to those most intimately acquainted with the profession to vent frustrations and voice concerns. Reviewed by a 17-person panel including archictects Fernando Romero and Diana Balmori, and ArchDaily’s co-founder David Basulto and executive editor Becky Quintal, the selection represents a smattering of opinions from architecture's biggest names, emerging voices, and relative newcomers to the field.”

Contributors include: Craig L. Wilkins; Arnold Yok Fai Wong; Alexandre Barrère; Shane Reiner-Roth & Kyle Branchesi; Chriscelle Banas & Noel Vazquez; Seth McDowell; Vershaé Hite & Brittany Eaker Kirkland; Aditya Ghosh; Aimilios Davlantis Lo & Celine Park; Giovanni Bellotti & Giacomo Sarto Favorito; Lewis Williams; Nicholas Venezia; Ekaterina Dovjenko; Will Fu; Jaime Correa; Petar Bojović; Edith Fung; Could Be Architecture – JosephAltshuler and Zachary Morrison; Sofia Blanco Santos, Caio Barboza & Christian Lavista from Studio for Critical Architecture; Marko Sančanin; Sujay Punnoose Thomas; S. H. Fumanelli & T. J. Surjan; Archipleasure (Young-Tack Oh & Sungwoo Choi); Kobi Logendrarajah; All Means (Clara Lee & Kristen Hagland); Dave Lee, Katherine Lee, & Holden Lee; Manijeh Verghese; Dylan Hursley, Evan Hursley, Laura Krisnowich, & Lexie Glass; Amrit Phull & Laura Legge; My Brandt; Lauren E. Kimball; Zachary Haist; Galo Canizares; Michael DelValle; Sarah Bonser; Miran Jang & Helen Levin; Sarah Durfee & Nayereh Pater-Rov; Alexandre R. Grazzini; Virginia Charitaki; Anonymous; Joanna Irzyk; Bryant Nguyen & Yen Phoaw; Julian Hunt, AIA; James Ferello; Jake Haggmark & Andrew Petty; Aditya Ghosh; Dorota Slazakowska; Juan De Robles; Malin Bjärkstedt; Min Keun Park; Thomas W. Keiper, Jr.; George H. Gard; Florian Berner – Weyell Berner Architekten, Zurich; Eric Merritt Bethany; Bijan Thornycroft; Eva Dietrich; Patty Hazle; Dragana Perusinovic; Christoph Walter Pirker; Dan Schulz.