Shadow Pavilion awarded National AIA Small Project Award
May 2010
For more information visit the AIA info page .
Borum awarded 2010 Research Through Making Grant
May 2010
For more information see the Taubman College press release .
Also see the proposal (PDF) .
Robbins School published in Concept Diagrams
April 2010
For more information visit the DAMDI website .
Park House and Shadow Pavilion win Michigan AIA Awards
April 2010
The Michigan AIA chapter has selected the Park House and Shadow Pavilion for 2010 Design Awards.
Hatch festival Architecture Keynote
April 16, 2010
Karl Daubmann to deliver architecture keynote at the Hatch Festival in Asheville, NC.
DAMDI - Advanced Interior Design
October 2010
DAMDI published a firm profile on PLY, BTB1, BTB2, BTB Cantina, Wood lights, Paper Light, Paper Screens, and Ayaka Sushi. For information on the book visit the DAMDI website .
Research through Making Exhibit
Jan 15, 2010 - Feb 4, 2010
The Research Through Making Grant funds research and experimentation through making. View exhibits from the first recipients of the Taubman College Research Through Making Grants, awarded in 2009.
CAL POLY "Integrated Practices"
November 20, 2009
Karl will be lecturing at CAL POLY as part of the Hearst Lecture Series. Link to lecture description.
Mies in Advanced Public Design
July 2009
DAMDI Publications has included the Mies Plaza in the Advanced Public Design Special Issue. Link to the DAMDI News.
Tulsa
July 9, 2009
Craig Borum will be lecturing on PLY work at the Eastern Oklahoma AIA. Tulsa, OK July 9th.
Lunch
Summer 2009
Mies van der Rohe Plaza and the PLYlight research was recently published in Lunch, Vol. 4 "Margins". Lunch is a journal published by the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Research-through-Making
Summer 2009
Karl Daubmann receives research grant to explore surface structures fabricated from sheet material. Grant funded by Taubman College.
Barcelona
Summer 2009
Craig Borum will be teaching a traveling studio based in Barcelona during May and June.
EAT!
Spring 2009
Omi Sushi was recently published in Eat! Best of Restaurant Design.
1000x Architects
Winter 2008
The Park House was recently published in 1000x Architects of the Americas.
Fire Installation Opens
Novemmber 5, 2008
Karl has been working with John Marshall from the School of Art and Design on an interactive public art project.
The project was funded by Arts on Earth. Werner Dahm from the propulsion lab acted as an advisor to John and Karl. The piece is made with 22 autonomous interactive units controlled by 17 IR sensors. 2 additional IR sensors control two sound elements. As people move under the installation the cells illumination changes in intensity and duration.
Karl Daubmann receives Tenure
November 2008
The University of Michigan has promoted Karl to Associate Professor of Architecture with Tenure.
PLY visits Argentina
July 29, 2008
PLY lectured at the Centro de Arquitectura y Diseno in Rosario. The lecture was translated by Juan Manuel Rois.
Beyond the lecture, the trip included numerous visits to buildings, sites, and studios hosted by the architectural heros of Rosario. Photos by Luis Vignoli.
PLY renovated house for sale
Dwell Blog features Park House
Wood Design Workshop
Mies in new Urban Spaces Book by Dimitris Kottas
Keynote Lecture: Building Practice / Practice Building
Lecture: Slow Architecture
PLY moved to its new location - 715 N. 5th Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
PLY is leading a graduate design studio at the University of Cincinnati.
PLY named one of "101 of the World's most exciting new architects" by Wallpaper Magazine.
Wallpaper's overall list and the PLY article.
PLY Paper Studies on Exhibit in LA
Visit the gallery website for more info.
Young Americans Exhibit at the Architecture Museum in Frankfurt
Visit the Architecture Museum website for more info.
Ply-lights in Hautegreen 2007
PLY paper lights pdf link for more info.
Young Architects 8: Instability
Karl Daubmann in Vancouver
Robbins School featured in Competitions Magazine
Mies Plaza wins Urban Design Award
Mies Plaza in Azure
BTB2 in Contract Magazine
Craig Borum appointed to Ann Arbor Planning Commission
Karl Daubmann lectures at Catholic University of America
PLY lectures at Bolzano Architectural Foundation (Italy)
BTB2 in Azure Magazine
Karl Daubmann lectures at Clemson University
PLY lectures at Denver Young Architects Forum
OMI wins Michigan AIA Award
PLY wins Young Architects Competition 2006
Mies Plaza in A+T
School Design Exhibit at Cornell University
PLY exhibit and lecture at Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BTB Restaurants featured in the annual INNOVATION issue of Arch Record
PLY receives second in Robbins School Competition
Mies Plaza Featured in Architecture Magazine
BTB2 Opens
Craig Borum receives Tenure
Lecture at the Berlage
link to the Robustness website.
PLY Receives 2 State of Michigan AIA Awards
link to the press release website.
PLY named finalists in Robbins Elementary School Competition
Mies van der Rohe Plaza is dedicated
Extremely Subtle - Lecture at University of Cincinnati
Karl Daubmann presented the recent work of PLY in relation to digital fabrication technologies and concepts about craft.
Math, Means, and Material - Lecture at Indianapolis AIA
The recent work of PLY and the use of digital fabrication in practice was the topic of the keynote lecture for the Indianapolis AIA Annual Meeting.
PLY in LA
Karl Daubmann will be leading a week long workshop at SCI_arc in LA. The workshop will focus on the use of digital fabrication and material experimentation.
PLY_materials
A exhibit of material research that includes nine projects from the office is on display at the Taubman College Gallery through the end of October.
Images from the exhibit here.
PLY Case Study House in Architecture d'Aujourd'hui
The Case Study House from Cleveland was included is the issue called "Standards". The issue explores recent trends for prefabrication in the construction industry.
PLY (with Karen M'Closkey) wins Lafayette Park Design Competition
Images from the Phase II submission can be viewed here.
PLY receives international Wood Design Award
PLY received a Wood Design Honor Award for the BTB Restaurant.
Link to the Wood Design Award website
PLY shortlisted in Lafayette Park Design Competition
PLY in collaboration with Karen M'Closkey, has been shortlisted for the design of an urban plaza space in the Lafayette Park and Housing Area of Detroit. Lafayette Park was originally designed by Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer in the mid 1950's. The invited competition, sponsored by a local developer, completes a renovation to the retail area.
PLY receives ID Award
The University of Michigan commissioned Plywood Sunshades has earned PLY Architecture an ID Awards - Design Distinction for environments. Look for the project in the July/August awards issue of I.D. Magazine.
PLY receives AIA Design Award for Horton Kuwada Residence
The Horton Kuwada Residence (Midwest Rural House)
Also look for the house in this month’s issue of Ottagano.
PLY in LA
PLY will be teaching a design studio at SCI-ARC in Los Angeles headed by Craig Borum.
Oz Journal
The OZ Journal volume 25 - "The House" includes PLY's Case Study House for Cleveland.
A Weekly Dose of Architecture
Weekly Dose of Architecture features PLY's Midwest Rural House.
OMI Japanese Restaurant Opens
Images from the opening
Speculative Chicago Exhibit
Images from the opening
"Speculative Chicago: A Compendium of Architectural Innovation"
Including works and projects by 50 architects, designers, theorists and
other "speculators" working in Chicago or building projects in Chicago,
the exhibition argues that innovation concerning the built environment
continues to thrive in the "city that works."
Gallery 400
College of Architecture and the Arts
University of Illinois at Chicago
Exhibit in Toronto
The PLY Case Study House Project will be exhibited at the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto. The House: Case Study Cleveland Exhibit will be in the Eric Aurthur Gallery.
Critical Mass Exhibit
Images from the opening
The PLY Case Study House Project will be exhibited in the Critical Mass Exhibit at the Museum of New Art in Detroit. The show attempts to bring together a group of
artists and architects whose work is considered critical or visonary.
Casing the Joint
PLY's Case Study House for Cleveland makes it into Metropolis Magazine.
SAICA Opens
PLY was given 2 months to design and build the Saica Japanese Restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI. Here it is: working photos.
PLY profiled on ArchRecord2
Every month Architectural Record profiles emerging designers in their ArchRecord2 spinoff. PLY is the focus of this month's design section.
Additional information can be found at: ArchRecord2.
PLY wins HOUSE: Case Study Cleveland
PLY is proud to announce that its proposal has been selected as the winning entry to House: Case Study Cleveland. The national design competition and exhibit held at SPACES Gallery reexamined the goals of the Case Study House Program for a Midwestern, post-industrial city. Ten teams were invited to present their vision for the future of affordable single family housing in America. The project will begin construction in Cleveland in the spring of 2003.
Additional information can be found at: SPACES website.
Borum + Daubmann receive ACSA Faculty Design Award
Borum and Daubmann, with their collaborators Hyde and Roddier, were awarded an American Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Award for their Chicago Public Schools Proposal. The project was exhibited at the National Conference in New Orleans, LA.
PLY receives BSA Unbuilt Architecture Award
PLY is proud to announce that its design for a prototype church for the Midwest has won a BSA (Boston Society of Architects) Unbuilt Architecture Design Award. The juried international competition recognizes work that “to date remains unbuilt.”
The project will be exhibited at the Build Boston Convention Nov. 13 - 15, 2001 and at The Architects Building in Boston. It will also be published in the January 2002 issue of ArchitectureBoston.
In 2006 we reworked the interior living spaces for the house at 1724 Hermitage House in Burns Park. Now it is for sale. See the listing and images.
April 2008
See the article and slideshow.
March 17 2008 1pm
The University of Buffalo will host the wood design and fabrication workshop. The workshop will include lectures from PLY, Miller Hull, and Vincent James.
January 2008
Urban Spaces - Squares and Plazas available on Amazon.
October 26, 2007
AIA Florida Emerging Professionals Conference and Competition Jury.
October 17, 2007
University of Cincinnati - Master Critics Series.
Fall 2007
Image of the new studio.
Fall 2007
studio brief
PLY was one of 5 American emerging architecture firms included in the Wallpaper International Design Directory for 2007.
A series of lights and wall surfaces are on exhibit under the title "Ecospective" at the Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica, CA.
An exhibition of New Architecture in the USA explores a new generation of architects who are working as small, nimble practices embracing building and materials in unique ways.
The exhibit curated by Beate Engelhorn will run from June 27 - September 2.
HauteGREEN is an exhibition of the best in sustainable design for the contemporary home, showcasing furniture, lighting, and accessories that are both aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly.
The exhibit will be in NYC May 19th-22nd, 12-7pm at 33 West 19th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
There will be a preview reception and window installation Wednesday, May 16, 7-9pm at DWR Flatiron, 903 Broadway at 20th Street.
has been published by Princeton Architectural Press
February 15-24, 2007
Karl will speak about recent work at the Parametric Modeling and Digital Wood Fabrication Workshop and Symposium, Forest Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
February 2007
January 2007
PLY and PEG take first prize at the XV Quito Pan-American Biennale
July/August 2007
The concrete pavers developed for the plaza are featured in a profile of new ecological paving systems in the “Material World” section
July 2006
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June 2006
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April 2006
PLY participated in the jury for the YAF “fiets kazemat” competition
March 2006
PLY received a Michigan AIA Honor Award for the OMI Japanese Restaurant in East Lansing.
February 2006
The Architectural League of New York has selected PLY as one of the Young Architects Competition Winners for 2006. The recognition comes with an exhibit, lecture, and book of this years winners published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Architectural League of New York
December 2006
PLY and PEG's Mies van der Rohe Plaza is included in the A+T In Common II. Table of Contents
February 19, 2006 - March 3, 2006
PLY's design for the Robbins School will be included with designs by John Ronan, Morphosis, Eisenman, Scott Cohen, CR STudio, Urban Office Architects & Fox and Fowle.
Images from the exhibit here.
February 2006
"Building Practice" will be an exhibit and lectures by three Detroit firms: studiozOne, Van Tine | Guthrie Studio, and PLY.
Images from the exhibit here.
December 2005
"Design Embraces the Machine Age" by Alan Joch and Deb Snoonian, PE.
October 2005
Images from the project here.
September 2005
"Order in the Court" by Robert Klara discusses the role of fabrication in the design of the plaza.
August 2005
Images from the opening here.
May 20, 2005
The University of Michigan has promoted Craig Borum to Associate Professor with Tenure.
May 9, 2005
PLY will be speaking at the Berlage in Rotterdam as part of the book release for the Robustness Masterclass.
April 26, 2005
PLY received two honor awards from the Michigan AIA. The first honor award is for Big Ten Burrito in the small project category. The second award is for the Mies van der Rohe Plaza at Lafayette Park in Detroit. The project was designed in collaboration with PEG Office of Landscape and Architetcure. Tiseo Architects renovated the existing shops and were the architects of record for the overall project.
December 2004
competition website
December 9, 2004
November 2004
November 2004
October 2004
workshop description
SCI_ARC website
October 2004
July - August 2004
June 2004
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February 2004
was recognized with the AIA Residential Design Award.
Winter 2004
studio brief
SCI_ARC website
Oct 8, 2003
journal website
Sept 29, 2003
go to it
April 14, 2003
East Lansing Review: State News.
February - March 2003
Gallery Information: Gallery 400.
1.13 - 2.28
description.
November 2002
Organized by FLAK.
Gallery Information: MONA.
October 2002
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June 13, 2002
April 2002
November 13, 2001