Mask, 2013‒2017. Ithaca, NY. Concept Drawing © WOJR For a typical young architecture office, the sequence of events leading to professional maturity often feels formulaic: start by designing installations, scale up to interiors, and eventually graduate into the single family house. The hope being that each project will evince a singular train of thought or what academics call a project with a capital “P”. Some watershed moments along this professional trajectory are marked by prestigious project commissions or winning competitions. Others are designated by receiving one of many prizes acknowledging promising work. Somewhere along the way there might be group shows or solo exhibitions, culminating in the academically sought after monograph. In the case of WOJR (William O’Brien Jr.’s Organization for Architecture), their most recent publication,
Artifacts After the Fact: A Review
Artifacts After the Fact: A Review
Artifacts After the Fact: A Review
Mask, 2013‒2017. Ithaca, NY. Concept Drawing © WOJR For a typical young architecture office, the sequence of events leading to professional maturity often feels formulaic: start by designing installations, scale up to interiors, and eventually graduate into the single family house. The hope being that each project will evince a singular train of thought or what academics call a project with a capital “P”. Some watershed moments along this professional trajectory are marked by prestigious project commissions or winning competitions. Others are designated by receiving one of many prizes acknowledging promising work. Somewhere along the way there might be group shows or solo exhibitions, culminating in the academically sought after monograph. In the case of WOJR (William O’Brien Jr.’s Organization for Architecture), their most recent publication,