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AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS

2010                Type/Life Exhibition, GRAD, The European Center for Culture and Debate, Belgrade, Serbia
                        Installation collaboration
                        Earth Awards Exhibition and Start/IBM Summit for a Sustainable Future, London
                        Finalist and exhibitor of a full-scale Pallet House in Prince Charles’ Royal Gardens
                        Building Back Better Communities, Port-au-Prince , Haiti
                        Finalist in competition to design new housing prototypes for Haiti  
                        Swope Museum, “Small Architectures, Big Landscapes” Exhibition
                        Invited to exhibit the “Green Springs” prototype
                        Echoing Green, Phase II Finalist from over 1000 applicants
2009                Benetton Headquarters. A 128,000 sf multistory sustainable design for a commercial, retail,
                        residential and recreational Complex. Tehran, Iran.
2008                Milan Architecture Triennale, “A House for All” exhibition
                        Invited to exhibit a full-scale Pallet House in the Triennale Gardens
2007                Future Furniture Competition sponsored by Interior Design Magazine  
                        Winning product: Chemical Light Fixture. Jury: Sergio Pelleroni and Cindy Allen
                        Living Steel Competition, A sustainable and green design for a Commercial, Residential and                         
                        Recreational Complex with 120 residential and 20 commercial units.  Manchester, UK.
2004               Shelter and Beyond Exhibition featuring I-Beam Design’s “Pallet House” solution for transitional                              
                       refugee housing on display at the Boston Architectural Center, Boston. MA.
2003               LEF Foundation Grant to develop and build refugee housing prototypes based on ideas initiated during                        
                       the competition for transitional refugee housing organized by Architecture for Humanity in 1999.
2002              New York State Council on the Arts Grant in the Architecture, Planning and Design Program, to develop and build                        refugee housing prototypes based on ideas initiated during the competition for transitional refugee housing organized                        by Architecture for Humanity.
2000               7th Architecture Biennale, Venice Italy, Theme: LESS AESTHETICS, MORE ETHICS
                        Projects featured in catalog and on-line exhibit include I-Beam Design’s winning entry for the redesign of Lt. Petrosino                         Park, New York, NY and, “notable entry” for the design of Transitional Refugee Housing, Kosovo.
                        I-BEAM DESIGN with SITE Environmental Design
                        Milano 2001, III Millennium, Project for Piazza Duca D’Aosta Competition Entry, Milan, Italy
                        Proposal for a luminous landmark and integrated millennium park in front of Milan's main train station.
                        Exhibited at The Palazzo Marino - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, Milan
                        TKTS2K Ticket Booth, Times Square, New York, NY. Exhibited at The Urban Center, NY
1999                Transitional Refugee Housing, Architecture for Humanity (Competition Entry), Kosovo
                        Received “Notable Entry” award for project to design affordable transitional housing for the returning Kosovar                          refugees and other victims of war and natural disaster.
1996                Lt. Petrosino Park Design Competition                                         
                        Received “Winning” project award for the redesign of an existing 7000 square foot park to create a hanging garden                          connecting the park with the surrounding neighborhoods. The project was published innumerous newspapers and                          magazines including The New York Times and Architecture Magazine and was exhibited at The Storefront for Art                          and Architecture. New York, N.Y.
1995                AZIN VALY the Kwangju Biennale                                                  
                        Exhibition of a short experimental video, “The Blind Owl”, by Azin Valy at the first Kwangju  Biennale, curated by Nam                         June Paik. Kwangju, Korea
1992                Il Palarch International Competition
                        Fourth place award in creative use of clay in architecture, Florence, Italy 
1995                SUZAN WINES Residuals Project, Steirischer Herbst Arts Festival       
                        Concept Design and Construction of interactive video installation about the dynamic between public and private space                         in New York City. Sponsored by the Haus der Architektur, Graz, Austria