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Variable Projects Exhibits at Knowlton School Exhibition

August 26, 2019

A drawing from our 30 Houses series is featured in the group show "REJECTED: Architectural Drawings and Their Stories" at the Banvard Gallery at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Featured in The Architect's Newspaper

July 16, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a project led by Adam Marcus and his CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab co-directors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, is featured in an article in The Architect’s Newspaper by Drew Zeiba.

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In 04 Tags research, resilience, California College of the Arts, publications

Hyperallergic Features Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab

July 15, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a project led by Adam Marcus and his CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab co-directors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, is featured in an article in Hyperallergic by Louis Bury.

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In 04 Tags publications, research, California College of the Arts, resilience

Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Wins $25K Impact Award

July 1, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies project, led by CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab directors Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones, was recently awarded a $25,000 Impact Award by the Center for Impact at CCA.

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In 04 Tags awards, San Francisco, Oakland, research, resilience
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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Featured in Floating Cities Exhibition

April 25, 2019

On April 13, the exhibition Floating Cities opened at the WUHO Gallery in Los Angeles. The show features the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a prototype for a floating breakwater designed by Adam Marcus and his partners Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones at the CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab.

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Adam Marcus Leads Robotic Drawing Workshop at UVA

April 3, 2019

On March 23 and 24, Adam Marcus and Andrew Kudless (co-curators of the the exhibition "Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, Volume II," joined Melissa Goldman of the University of Virginia School of Architecture’s FabLab to lead a two-day workshop on robotic drawing.

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Drawing Codes Volume II Opens at the University of Virginia

April 1, 2019

On March 18, the exhibition "Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, Volume II" opened at the Elmaleh Gallery at the University of Virginia School of Architecture in Charlottesville, VA. 

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In 04 Tags exhibitions, drawing, California College of the Arts, Charlottesville, New York

Public Sediment for Alameda Creek Receives Award from ASLA NY

March 29, 2019

The Public Sediment team (which includes Variable Projects director Adam Marcus and his colleagues from the Architectural Ecologies Lab) has won a 2019 Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter, for the Unlock Alameda Creek proposal.

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"100 Walls" Drawing Featured in Pittsburgh Exhibition

March 25, 2019

A drawing from our 100 Walls series is included in the juried exhibition “Drawing for the Design Imaginary,” opening at the College of Fine Arts Great Hall and the Carnegie Museum of Art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Prototyping Collective Space at WeWork Civic Center

March 22, 2019

On March 21, Adam Marcus and CCA colleague Matt Hutchinson organized a panel discussion at WeWork Civic Center in San Francisco.

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Adam Marcus Moderates TECH+ Conference in San Francisco

February 15, 2019

On February 8, Adam Marcus moderated the 2019 TECH+ Conference in San Francisco. The conference, organized by The Architect’s Newspaper, featured three panels of designers and practitioners operating at the leading edge of design and fabrication technology.

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Photo: Lea Bertucci / The Cooper Union

Photo: Lea Bertucci / The Cooper Union

Drawing Codes Volume II Opens at The Cooper Union

February 2, 2019

On January 22, the exhibition "Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, Volume II" opened at the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Gallery at The Cooper Union in New York City. 

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In 03 Tags exhibitions, drawing, California College of the Arts, New York

Exhibition and Presentation at ACADIA Conference in Mexico City

November 13, 2018

On October 18 and 19, Adam Marcus presented two peer-reviewed research papers at the 2018 Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) conference “Recalibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity,” hosted by Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

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Adam Marcus Presents at UNAM in Mexico City

November 12, 2018

On October 17, Adam Marcus presented recent research conducted with the Architectural Ecologies Lab at the Facultad de Arquitectura at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City.

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Adam Marcus Presents Drawing Research at ACSA: Play Conference in Milwaukee

November 12, 2018

On Friday, October 12, Adam Marcus presented ongoing research into computational drawing at the ACSA Fall Conference "PLAY with the rules" at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Architectural Ecologies Lab Launches at California College of the Arts

September 20, 2018

On September 13-14, the Constructing Architectural Ecologies symposium marked the official launch of the Architectural Ecologies Lab at California College of the Arts.

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After William Morris Drawings Featured in New York Exhibition

September 18, 2018

Two drawings from our Repetition and Difference, After William Morris series are featured in the exhibition “1:1 / drawing, design, and communication” at the New York School of Interior Design.

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Public Sediment for Alameda Creek Receives Award from AIA California Council

August 27, 2018

The Public Sediment team (which includes Variable Projects director Adam Marcus and his colleagues from the Architectural Ecologies Lab) has won a 2018 AIA California Merit Award in the Urban Design category, for the Unlock Alameda Creek proposal.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Wins 2018 R+D Award

August 8, 2018

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a project designed by Adam Marcus and his CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab colleagues Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, has been selected for a 2018 R+D Award by Architect Magazine.

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Adam Marcus Leads Workshop at UNAM in Mexico City

June 20, 2018

From May 20 to June 9, Adam Marcus and CCA Architecture colleague Sandra Vivanco (of A+D) led a traveling studio titled "Material Cultures" in Mexico City and Oaxaca. The trip included a 10-day joint workshop with the School of Architecture at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), in which CCA and UNAM students collaborated to produce three large-scale architectural installations.

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In 03 Tags Mexico City, California College of the Arts, exhibitions, workshops
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