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Daniel Kaven
Kaven, 2018
Born1977
Albuquerque, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Notable workArchitecture of Normal (Birkhauser, 2022)
WebsiteCo-founder of William Kaven Architecture

Daniel Kaven (born 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American architect and artist working in painting, film, writing, and photography. He is the co-founder of architecture and design studio William / Kaven Architecture and the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022).[1]

Work

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Kaven's body of work ranges from architecture, photography, print media, films.[2]

Architecture

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William Kaven Architecture's Royal Residence in Portland's Forest Park. Royal received a 2020 Architecture MasterPrize, a 2021 International Architecture Award and a 2021 American Architecture Award.

In 2004, Daniel Kaven and his brother Trevor William Lewis formed William Kaven Architecture, a design studio working in architecture and interiors.[3][4][5] The project was written about in the Wall Street Journal,[6] Dwell,[7] Maxim,[8] Hypebeast[9] among others. In 2020, Royal received an Architecture MasterPrize.[10] In 2021, the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, awarded Royal both an International Architecture Award[11] and an American Architecture Award.[12]

The Heartwood Residence, built in 2021, was awarded a 2021 AIA Oregon Merit Award.[13][failed verification] Architectural Digest India called the project "contemporary, classic, and in constant conversation with the outdoors."[14]

In 2020, William / Kaven completed work on Skyview, a private residence situated on a narrow lot in Northwest Portland's Alphabet District.[15] Skyview won a 2021 Architecture MasterPrize Honorable Mention.[16] The project was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal.[17]

Camp MINOH, a private residence in Charlevoix, Michigan, was completed in 2018. The exterior of the structure is made of shou sugi ban and structural concrete. The project has been published in Architect Magazine,[18] Dezeen and Gray Magazine,[19] and received a 2019 AIA Michigan Honor Award. Of the design, the AIA Michigan jury said: "The restrained material palette, exposed structure and sense of craft."[20]

William Kaven Architecture's proposed master plan for Portland's Broadway Corridor site.

In November 2017, Kaven proposed a design for the tallest building on the West Coast,[21] dubbed the Portland Twin Towers by the press.[22] The development project, designed to occupy the site of a soon-to-be-demolished United States Postal Service headquarters, would include two skyscrapers connected by a glass-enclosed botanical bridge 680 feet in the air.[23][24]

In 2011, William / Kaven designed Interchange, a C-shaped private residence oriented around a central courtyard.[25] The project was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a 2011 Merit Award.[26] In 2013, The Wall Street Journal reviewed the work.[27]

Writing

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Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape by Daniel Kaven (Birkhäuser, 2022). Photo by Daniel Kaven.

Kaven's book Architecture of Normal (Birkhäuser, 2022) is a visual and literary exploration of how evolving forms of transportation have shaped the built environment of the American West since the arrival of the Spanish in New Mexico.[28] The book includes historical photography as well as artwork by Kaven. In a review of the book, art critic Richard Speer says: "Kaven has crafted a thoroughly researched and well-reasoned treatise in which he argues that historical eras' dominant modes of transportation — walking on foot, riding horses, trains, cars, and airplanes — have inexorably influenced our public and private spaces."[29] Germany's daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung calls the book an "instructive and aesthetically stunning collage."[30]

Visual art

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Kaven's visual art includes photographic media, film and painting.[31] In 2005 he had a solo show at Gallery 500 in Portland, Oregon where he showed painted photographs exploring the emotional fallout of his parents' divorce.[32] In 2000, Kaven directed and produced The Glass Pool Incident, a multi-channel documentary feature about the lives of youth across five continents on the last day of the millennium.[33] The documentary was shown at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Variety reviewed the film in a March 2003 issue.[34] Kaven's narrative short film Naked Seoul screened in conjunction with an immersive installation of the same name at Gallery 500 in 2004. In a review of the work, art critic Richard Speer wrote, "It's a hypnotic short wherein each frame is immaculately composed and color-corrected. This is the kind of installation seldom seen and direly needed."[35]

Selected architectural works

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Selected awards

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  • 2021 American Architecture Award (Royal)[43]
  • 2021 International Architecture Award (Royal)[44]
  • 2020 Architecture MasterPrize (Royal)[45]
  • 2019 AIA Oregon Citation Award (Silica)[46]

References

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  1. ^ "Architecture of Normal." degruyter.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Libby, Brian. "Process and Product: William Kaven Architecture's Daniel Kaven on Design and its Documentation." Portland Architecture, June 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Holmstrom, Peter. "Nau's Rugged, Sustainable A-Frame Pavilion." Portland Monthly Magazine, February 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Bell, Jonathan. "Oregon's Royal Residence is home among the trees." Wallpaper Magazine, May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Eastman, Janet. "New, glass-wrapped modern house in Forest Park is quietly for sale at $2,550,000." The Oregonian, June 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Keates, Nancy. "New York or Oregon? Thanks to Bicoastal Living, This Couple Didn't Have to Choose." The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Lagdameo, Jennifer Baum. "Nestled Into a Private Corner of Portland's Urban Forest, This Glass-Walled Home Asks $2.5M." Dwell, July 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Friederich, Brandon. "This 'Royal Residence' Is a Secluded Getaway in the Oregon Forest." Maxim, June 24, 2020.
  9. ^ Leung, Ambrose. "William / Kaven Architecture's Royal House Sits Elevated in Portland's Forest Park." Hypebeast, June 16, 2020.
  10. ^ Joyner, Sean. "William / Kaven's new Oregon residence among 2020 Architecture MasterPrize winners." Archinect, November 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "The 2021 International Architecture Award Winners." The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. www.chicagoathenaeum.org. August 17, 2021.
  12. ^ "Announcing the Winners for American Architecture Awards 2021." The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. www.chicagoathenaeum.org. November 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "AIA Oregon Architecture Awards." AIA Oregon, November 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Shankar, Avantika. "This waterfront home in Portland clad in glass and wood is built around a maple tree." Architectural Digest India, September 5, 2021.
  15. ^ "Skyview Residence Upends Urban Living." Archello, February 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "Skyview." Architecture Masterprize. architectureprize.com. February 2021.
  17. ^ Keates, Nancy. "In Portland, a Concrete and Steel Home That Refuses to Conform." The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Camp MINOH." Architect Magazine. March 5, 2018.
  19. ^ Libby, Brian. "Modern Lodging." Gray Magazine. April 1, 2019.
  20. ^ "AIA Michigan Honor Awards." AIA Michigan. aiami.com. June 21, 2019.
  21. ^ Schlosser, Kurt. "Portland architecture firm aims (really) high with proposal for tower to be tallest on the West Coast." Geekwire, November 13, 2017.
  22. ^ Pacheco, Antonio. "Portland shoots for the region's tallest buildings with twin towers proposal." The Architect's Newspaper, November 15, 2017.
  23. ^ Cogley, Bridget. "William Kaven proposes Portland's tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site." Dezeen, November 15, 2017.
  24. ^ Dell, Julian. "Pläne für Nachhaltigen Wolkenkratzer in Portland Vorgestellt." Polis Magazin, December 5, 2017.
  25. ^ Libby, Brian. "Without Borders." Oregon Home, December 2013.
  26. ^ Webber, Angela. "American Institute of Architects' Portland chapter annual design awards." DJC Oregon, November 9, 2011.
  27. ^ Keates, Nancy. "Building a Redefined Life." The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2013.
  28. ^ Gallaher, Rachel "Architect Daniel Kaven Releases New Book." GRAY Magazine. March 3, 2022.
  29. ^ Speer, Richard "Daniel Kaven, Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape" The Democracy Chain. May 30, 2022.
  30. ^ Spanke, Kai "Zum Shoppen in die desolate Komfortzone." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 21, 2022.
  31. ^ Speer, Richard. "Art Wars." Willamette Week, June 7, 2005.
  32. ^ Motley, John. [1] Portland Mercury, July 14, 2005.
  33. ^ Dellaflora, Tony. "The Glass Pool Incident," Albuquerque Journal, December 29, 2013.
  34. ^ Koehler, Robert. "The Glass Pool Incident." Variety, March 27, 2013.
  35. ^ Speer, Richard. "Best Art Film of 2004: Naked Seoul." Willamette Week, December 29, 2004.
  36. ^ Klein, Kristine. "Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house." Dezeen, June 9, 2020.
  37. ^ Libby, Brian. "A Winner on Williams." Pamplin Media. Portland Business Tribune, October 22, 2018.
  38. ^ Stevens, Philip. "William / Kaven's Proposal for Portland Development Includes Two Connected Skyscrapers." designboom, February 13, 2018.
  39. ^ Cogley, Bridget. "William / Kaven designs sturdy house on Lake Michigan for bracing weather." Dezeen, March 14, 2018.
  40. ^ Patail, Marty. "These 4 Giant Apartment Buildings Will Change Downtown Living in Portland." Portland Monthly Magazine, September 23, 2017.
  41. ^ Britt, Aaron. "Elements by William Kaven." Dwell, May 24, 2012.
  42. ^ "William Kaven: NAU." Domus Magazine. February 5, 2014.
  43. ^ "Awarded Categories for American Architecture Awards 2021." americanarchitectureawards.com. November 2021.
  44. ^ "Awarded Categories for International Architecture Awards 2021." americanarchitectureawards.com. August 2021.
  45. ^ "2020 Winners." Architecture Masterprize. architectureprize.com. November 2020.
  46. ^ "Portland Architecture Awards." AIA Oregon. aiaoregon.org. October 25, 2019.
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