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IIDEXCanada
November 29-30
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto
iidexcanada.com

Contract Design Forum
October 18-20
La Fonda on the Plaza
Santa Fe, New Mexico
contractdesignforum.com
EDspaces
October 25-27
Kansas City Convention Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ed-spaces.com

DECEMBER
Art Basel
December 7-10
Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
artbasel.com

NOVEMBER
BUILDEX Calgary
November 8-9
BMO Centre
Calgary, Canada
buildexcalgary.com

JANUARY

Greenbuild
November 8-10
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston
greenbuildexpo.com
Healthcare Design Expo + Conference
November 11-14
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Orlando, Florida
hcdexpo.com
NeoCon East
November 15-16
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia
neoconeast.com

Imm Cologne
January 15-21
Koelnmesse
Cologne, Germany
imm-cologne.com
Maison&Objet Paris
January 19-23
Paris Nord Villepinte
Paris
maison-objet.com
Interiors Awards Breakfast
January 26
Cipriani
New York
contractdesign.com/interiorsawards

Jeanne Gang Named 2017 Marcus Prize Winner
Chicago-based architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA,
founding principal of Studio Gang, has been named
the recipient of the seventh Marcus Prize, recognizing
an architect "on a trajectory to greatness." The $100,000
award, given by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(UWM) School of Architecture and Urban Planning,
includes both a cash prize to the recipient and financial
support for a design studio at the school that will
be collaboratively led by Gang in fall 2018. The prize
is funded by the Marcus Corporation Foundation,
the philanthropic arm of the Marcus Corporation,
which is a lodging and entertainment company
headquartered in Milwaukee.
Contract Editor in Chief John Czarnecki,
an alumnus of the UWM School of Architecture and
Urban Planning, was a member of the five-person jury
that selected Gang in late August. Fellow jurors were
Frances Bronet, provost and senior vice president
of academic affairs at Illinois Institute of Technology;
Anne Rieselbach, program director of the Architectural
League of New York; David Marcus, CEO of Marcus
Investments; and Robert Greenstreet, dean of the UWM
School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
After careful consideration of more than
40 international candidates from 16 countries on
four continents-all with at least 10 years of proven,
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exceptional practice-the jury selected Gang as the
recipient. "Jeanne Gang is one of the few practitioners
who is adept at outstanding design for all scales-
from the neighborhood and urban scale to the detail
of buildings and interior elements," says Czarnecki.
"Her practice combines design thinking about the impact
of architecture and urban design on cities as well
as the creation of beautiful buildings rooted in context
that will stand the test of time. Jeanne's greatest impact
may now be in Chicago, but she's recognized nationally
and internationally for the quality of her work."
Gang leads a practice that is recognized for its
design process that focuses on the relationships between
individuals, communities, and environments. Her diverse
body of work includes the Aqua Tower, the Arcus Center
for Social Justice Leadership, and the Writers Theatre.
She leads the design team for the Richard Gilder Center
for Science, Education, and Innovation at the Museum
of Natural History in New York, which will likely
be complete in 2020.
Next to the Pritzker Prize, the $100,000 Marcus
Prize is one of the most lucrative in the world for architects.
Past winners were Joshua Prince-Ramus (2015); Sou
Fujimoto (2013); Diébédo Francis Kéré (2011); Alejandro
Aravena (2010); Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger
(2007); and Winy Maas of MVRDV (2005). -STAFF
contractdesign.com

OCTOBER 2017

PHOTOGRAPHY: SALLY RYAN

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