A Resilience Tool Kit: Three Strategies for Addressing Rising Seas
Our Exhibit for the European Cultural Center (ECC) TIME SPACE EXISTENCE Exhibit at the 2023 Venice Biennale
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Our Exhibit for the European Cultural Center (ECC) TIME SPACE EXISTENCE Exhibit at the 2023 Venice Biennale
December 3, 2021
Build an origami house using your holiday card, or any square sheet of paper.
March 1, 2021
Are you interested in a greener future? Then I hope you enjoy this 30-minute panel discussion about sustainable design and the future of architecture with myself, Stephanie Horowitz of ZeroEnergy Design and Derek Bloom of Bloom Architecture, and David Bemiss …
February 5, 2021
Change is inevitable in this hyper-accelerated world, and you want to stay ahead of it. You want to be at the forefront of a conversation. A firm’s identity must keep up, leading that change. This article is a story about how a brand reset can help your company convey a feeling of vibrancy and creative energy to your audience.
What defines timeless design? I asked this question upon noticing a metallic turquoise-colored car in Moshe Safdie’s atrium at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Eclipsing “your father’s Oldsmobile,” this objet-d’art was the 1963 Studebaker Avanti designed by famed industrial designer …
The inaugural WAFX prize at the World Architecture Festival has been awarded to Paul Lukez Architecture for a future urban infrastructure project titled “The Hydroelectric Canal.” The project addresses issues of rising sea levels and climate change by developing an …
At Paul Lukez Architecture, We stand for Peace. We stand for Black Lives Matter. Let us share a story with you. It is from another time and place, yet it is timely with today’s universal search for justice and peace …
An Uplifting Message in Times of Darkness
“I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and materials as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.” — Louis Kahn, a great American architect. Background Story I had the …
Paul recently returned from a week-long trip to Guaimaca, Honduras. While he was there, he was able to snap some photos from the ongoing construction of Jenny’s Place. Visit the project page to see the full scope of the project. …
Located in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou is a city of nine million and growing 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. It has a favorable location given its proximity to the ocean, a river delta, rich farmlands, and scenic hillsides. Its temperate climate …