September 2010
Paul McCarthy at the New L&M gallery in September 2010!!!
The show will run from September 25 to November 6.
May 2010
wHY Architecture's Kulapat Yantrasast in the Sunday New York Times May 30, 2010
Read the full article here
May 2010
Changing Speed
The Speed Art Museum presented “Changing Speed: A Community Forum on the New Museum” on Saturday, May 8 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
For more info click here
May 2010
Kulapat Yantrasast Talks to Cities x Design About the Intricacies of Museum Design
With the Speed Art Museum of Louisville, Kentucky as the backdrop, he explains how “acupuncture architecture” is going to transform the museum from historic temple into a vibrant creative community center.
See the full interview here
April 2010
wHY Architecture Included in A+D Museum Exhibition
On April 27, A+D Museum is hosting CELEBRATE 2010: a Grand Opening Exhibit and Inaugural Fundraising Event, to celebrate their newly established permanent home. The centerpiece of CELEBRATE 2010 is the design and construction of significant works for exhibition and silent auction by esteemed members of the local, national and international Art, Architecture, Design, Film, and Civic communities.
April 2010
4 Salvaged Boxes Travel to Portland
4 Salvaged Boxes were exhibited at the Univerity of Oregon in Portland in April 2010.
March 2010
wHY Has Expanded!
We are proud to announce our expanded patio and brand new Model Shop/Wood Shop! Stay tuned for exciting summer events.
February 2010
wHY Architecture in Art Exhibition, Bangkok
February 2010
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Kulapat Yantrasast will be giving a lecture entitled “A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste” on February 26th at the Kansas State University’s Foerster Auditorium in Manhattan, Kansas. The lecture will begin at 5:00pm.
Click here for more info
February 2010
Acupuncture Architecture
Kulapat Yantrasast will be giving a lecture entitled, “Acupuncture Architecture” on February 25th at the Young Architects Forum of Kansas City. Social hour begins at 5:30pm. The lecture begins at 6:30pm at the Kansas City Art Center.
Click here for more info
January 2010
New Book on GRAM!!!
The new book on wHY Architecture's Grand Rapids Art Museum is now in print and available at a store near you. (if you're lucky!)
January 2010
University of Oregon
Yo Hakomori and Kulapat Yantrasast will be teaching a Terminal Design Studio at the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts for the Winter and Spring quarters of 2010.
December 2009
Crazy About Hello Kitty at Royal / T
Watch video here
For more detailed infrmation please check the Royal/T website
December 2009
wHY Architecture Selected for Zodchestvo Exhibition in Russia
“Zodchestvo” is the annual Russian national architecture fair sponsored by the Union of Architects of Russia. Held in Moscow each year, “Zodchestvo” highlights current work and trends in architecture and design.
Click here for more information
December 2009
wHY Architecture in U.S. Architecture
Grand Rapids Art Museum is featured in Braun's U.S. Architecture book, available everywhere books are sold. For more information please see our Press page.
October 2009
4 Salvaged Boxes at The Tyler Museum of Art
As part of the Tyler Museum's opening festivities, Aaron Loewenson lectured on the Grand Rapids Art Museum and Green Architecture and gave a tour of the exhibition.
Click here for more info
October 2009
wHY Selected as Finalist!!
wHY was recently selected as a finalist for the next phase in the international architecture competition for the extension of Québec’s National Museum of Fine Arts.
October 2009
Yo Hakomori will speak at The Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden in Salon Series #2
Yo Hakomori will be speaking along with Kimberley Tomio, Director of the Tyler Museum of Art.
He will discuss the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Tyler Museum of Art and other projects wHY Architecture is working on.
September 2009
The Art Institute of Chicago's New Galleries are featured in Architectural Record!
The article was included in the September issue. Please see our press page for the full text.
September 2009
WHY IDEA: Kulapat Yantrasast Speaks At IDEA FESTIVAL September 25
August 2009
New Gallery to Open at The Art Institute of Chicago!
The Folk Art Gallery is scheduled to open to the public on August 12, 2009.
August 2009
West Coast Premiere of CHOPS at Royal/T!
August 28 at 7pm
Visit Royal/T's website for details
June 2009
wHY Architecture at the Pulitzer
wHY Architecture at the Pulitzer Foundation's Art and Architecture Symposium. May 31-June 1, 2009.
June 2009
wHY Architecture in GREEN ARCHITECTURE NOW !
Grand Rapids Art Museum is featured in Taschen's GREEN ARCHITECTURE NOW! book, available everywhere books are sold.
June 2009
Kulapat Yantrasast Speaks at Calder Symposium
Kulapat Yantrasast speaks at the 40th anniversary symposium of Calder's La Grand Vitesse, the monumental outdoor stabile by Alexander Calder in front of the Grand Rapids City Hall.
The stabile is the first public art piece in the country that received the support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
April 2009
Postopolis LA!
Yo Hakomori will represent wHY Architecture at Postopolis LA! Postopolis is a live, five-day event of near-continuous conversation
about architecture, art, urbanism, landscape, and design to be held in
Los Angeles from 31 March to 4 April 2009. Six bloggers, from five
different cities around the world, will host a series of discussions,
interviews, slideshows, panels, talks, and presentations, fusing the
informal energy and interdisciplinary approach of the architectural
blogosphere with the immediacy of face-to-face interaction.
Read More Here
April 2009
"4 Salvaged Boxes" Opens in Louisville, KY
The Speed Art Museum will host the opening of the 4 Salvaged Boxes exhibition on April 12. The exhibition will run from April 12 to June 14,2009. Museum Website
4 Salvaged Boxes is an exhibition about the approach and process of creative sustainable design. The exhibit is constructed in the spirit of sustainability, being made from recycled materials and is designed to produce minimal waste in its installation and transportation. Please visit the exhibition's website for more information.
April 2009
Being Seen and Being Green : Transforming Louisville Through Art, Architecture and the Land
wHY Architecture's Kulapat Yantrasast and Richard Stoner will join the first Speed Public Forum in association with the development of the Speed Art Museum renovation and expansion on April 17,2009 at 3 PM.
The discussion will emphasize the transformation of a citywide vision for art, architecture and landscape. wHY Architecture will participate with their vision of "invisible green" and the "acupuncture architecture" strategies they are planning for the Speed's expansion.
April 2009
The Power of Diversity: Practice in a Complex World
At the upcoming AIA 2009 National Convention in San Francisco, Kulapat Yantrasast is one of 10 emerging voices featured at the Saturday plenary session.
Reed Full Article Here
February 2009
New Show at Royal/T
"I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE"
Curated by KAWS, from the collection of Susan Hancock.
Link to Video
May 2009
Kulapat to Speak at AIA Convention in San Francisco
Kulapat has been invited to join fellow panelists in two discussions at the AIA 2009 National Convention.
1. Design Innovation: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities on Friday, May 1, 2:00-3:30 PM
2. Closing General Session: Focus on Contemporary Architecture: Critical and New Opinions on Saturday, May 2, 2:30-4:00 PM
January 2009
wHY on 89.3 WFPL
Click here for Elizabeth Kramer's interview with The Speed Art Museum's
Charles Venable and wHY Architecture's principal architect, Kulapat
Yantrasast:
Listen Here
February 2009
wHY Selected as Architect for the Expansion and Renovation of the Speed Art Museum
December 2008
wHY Shortlisted for the Speed Art Museum
wHY is one of eight finalists selected for the expansion and renovation of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. The Speed sits on the campus of the University of Louisville and is looking to improve its profile with the students and within the community of Louisville. The selection is expected to be announced January, 2009.
December 2008
wHY Architecture Included in New Publication, 1000 Architects
December 2008
4 Salvaged Boxes Travel to Texas!
The 4 Salvaged Boxes have arrived in Texas for an upcoming exhibition at the Tyler Museum of Art.
August 2008
New Show at Royal/T
Royal/T's second show, "All of his is Melting Away", selected by Jay Sanders from the collection of Susan Hancock, opened on August 14th and will run throughout 2008.
July 2008
wHY Selected as Architect for the New Tyler Museum of Art
July 2008
4 Salvaged Boxes Tour India
The 4 Salvaged Boxes exhibition opened July, 22nd at the Sir JJ College of Architecture in Mumbai, India. The opening brought students and faculty alike from many schools all over Mumbai to view and interact with the exhibition. The opening was followed by a lecture by a wHY team member in order to start a dialogue with other architects abroad about green design and practice.
July 2008
wHY Architecture at the National Summit for the Arts
Kulapat was one of the speakers among artists, green policy and green business leaders at the National Summit on July 14, a collaboration of Wolf Trap, the Aspen Institute and American for the Arts. Please visit wolftrap.org
June 2008
Art Bridge Wins CAC Award
The Cultural Affairs Commission of the City of Los Angeles presented wHY Architecture with their highest honor for the design of the Art Bridge at the AIA Awards on June 4th, 2008. This award highlighted wHY's design on a pedestrian bridge in North Hollywood that integrated the public art work of muralist and founder of the Social Public Arts Resource Center (SPARC) Judith Baca.
April 2008
“4 SALVAGED BOXES” travels to Asia
4 Salvaged Boxes exhibition will travel to Asia, starting in Bangkok as one of the main exhibition at the Association of Siamese Architects' Annual Convention, April 30 to May 4, 2008, then relocating to the new Bangkok's Contemporary Art Center until the end of June. The exhibition is planned to travel to India, Singapore and Japan after Thailand.
February 2008
GRAM in Architectural Review
February 2008 issue of Architectural Review features Grand Rapids Art Museum
February 2008
Kulapat Yantrasast lectures at IIT âArchitecture at wHYâ
IIT's School of Architecture kicks start the Winter / Spring Semester Lecture series with Kulapat's lecture on February 20, at IIT School of Architecture's Crown Hall.
www.iit.edu
January 2008
Newsweek selects GRAM as one of the best buildings of 2007
Cathleen McGuigan of Newsweek selects Grand Rapids Art Museum as one of the seven best international buildings in 2007.
www.newsweek.com
December 2007
GRAM highlighted in Chicago Tribune's Best of 2007: Architecture
Blair Kamin highlights GRAM in his article Best of 2007: Architecture, in Chicago Tribune on December 23, 2007.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 2007
Partner of wHY Architecture speaks at GRAM
Kulapat Yantrasat speaks at Grand Rapids Art Museum about wHY Architecture and the process of designing and building with integrated sustainable solutions
November 2007
Art Forum highlights Royal / T art-culture space preview
The alternative concept in art-culture venue, Royal / T, opens for preview in a bowstring truss building in Culver City, coinciding with the opening of the Murakami exhibition at LA MOCA. The space will fully open for the public early next year.
Visit http://royal-t.org/ for details and schedule.
November 2007
GRAM as the cover story of Architect magazine
Architect magazine highlights the Grand Rapids Art Museum as the cover story of the green issue, October 2007. The magazine features the architectural qualities of the building as well as the green design of the museum.
October 2007
Construction Begins at the Art Institute of Chicago!
Groundbreaking begins at the Art institute of Chicago (AIC) for the Prints and Drawings Gallery. This is the first of a dynamic plan to renovate and update the iconic museum in preparation for the next generation of museum visitors and patrons.
October 2007
Grand Rapids Art Museum opens to the public, October 5, 2007
Grand Rapids Art Museum will open to the public on October 5,2007. the museum is the first new art museum building in the country to receive the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification. The museum is located in the center of Grand Rapids, Michigan and adjacent to Maya Lin's urban sculpture - park "Ecliptic".
October 2007
POLA Kirei Santa Monica opens !
A new POLA Kirei spa opens in Santa Monica on Montana Avenue. The new store continues the design exploration originated in the flagship store in Beverly Hills by creating a calm sanctuary for the senses within a very small urban space. Multiple types of Japanese paper are used to create various layers of tactility, with metaphor for the skins.
July 2007
HEMISPHERES
Grand Rapids featured as one of the greenest cities in the country focusing on the sustainability of new construction particularly the Grand Rapids Art Museum
June 2007
Chicago Tribune features wHY projects for the Art Institute
Chicago Tribune profiles wHY Architecture as one of the lead designers that will make significant transformation to the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago. wHY is currently working on multiple gallery re-design and re-installation projects at the Art Institute with timeframe from 2006 to 2010 and beyond.
November 2006
Art in America features Grand Rapids Art Museum
Art in America, the country's leading art journal features GRAM in the front page column with focus on GRAM being the first "green" art museum in the country. GRAM will hold its first Christmas Tree Lighting on November 1, 2006 in the plaza in front of the new museum building. The museum's staff plan to move in to their new office by the end of 2006, and the new museum will open to the public in the fall of 2007.
October 2006
POLA Kirei featured in Women's Wear Daily
POLA Kirei flagship store opens in Beverly Hills at the corner of Brighton and Bedford. wHY is the architect of this exclusive cosmetic / skin care spa from Japan. POLA prides itself for the most advanced technology in skincare together with the Japanese sense of care and hospitality. The store is designed to make visitors feel the experience of a Japanese garden with also the use of Japanese paper and textures on walls as metaphors for skins and tactility.
