Design Conversation Featuring Andrew Heid of NO ARCHITECTURE

NO ARCHITECTURE: "Toward a Harmony between Nature and Architecture"

In a world that is increasingly mechanized, urbanized, and industrialized, our need for nature is more vital than ever. NO ARCHITECTURE, a design practice led by Andrew Heid, explores how architecture can sponsor a deeper harmony between the built environment and the natural world. Through the strategic use of transparency, garden courtyards, stepped terraces, shared walls, and wind towers, NO ARCHITECTURE's projects foster a greater spiritual, social, and ecological balance.

Join us for this insightful talk as we explore architecture that creates connections, nurtures communities, and embraces the essential harmony between nature and architecture.

About the Presenter: Andrew Heid, raised in Oregon of Chinese and German heritage, is the founding principal of NO ARCHITECTURE, a practice that creates harmony between nature and architecture. Based in New York City and working in different regions across the United States and internationally, Andrew leads private and public projects known for creating greater spiritual, ecological, and cultural harmony. His office’s work spans across private residences, interiors, museums, and more, both in the United States and abroad.

Andrew has exhibited work at the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Shenzhen Design Forum, MoMA, and the Beijing Architecture Biennale. He is currently Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, visiting assistant professor at Pratt, and contributing editor at Phaidon.

His recent book Glass Houses published by Phaidon, presents 50 stunning homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. Glass Houses includes work by: Tatiana Bilbao, Herzog & de Meuron, Lina Bo Bardi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazuyo Sejima, Philip Johnson, Mecanoo, John Lautner, Office KGDVS, Richard Rogers, Mies van der Rohe, NO ARCHITECTURE, Ryue Nishizawa, SO-IL, Christian Kerez, and more.

Before founding NO ARCHITECTURE, Andrew practiced at REX and O.M.A. in New York and Rotterdam. Along with editing Glass Houses (2023), Andrew edited Ten Canonical Buildings: 1950-2000, with Peter Eisenman. Andrew is an AIA, Swiss REG, MBE, NCARB-certified architect, with licensure in New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Raised in Oregon of Chinese and German heritage, he studied architecture at the Architectural Association, received his BA in architecture with honors from Yale University, and his M.Arch from Princeton University.

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