LARS STANLEY | FAIA Application “The AIA Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to Fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of the architect as an individual, but also honors before the public and the profession a model architect who has made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.” The American Institute of Architects SECTION 1: Summary Lars Stanley translates his passion for the process of then come full circle, embedding the touch of the hand making into the making of place, embedding human and cultivating an intimate, human scale. Lars’ approach energy and an awareness of craft into a diverse range of is characterized by both the pragmatism associated with built projects. knowing the constraints of a material and the artistry associated with understanding its opportunities. Lars Stanley found his calling in architecture through making. The reach of Lars’ endeavors extends from intuitive exploration to outward exchange. Lars’ work as an architect and artisan is rooted in understanding how human energy and impulse are manifested Lars regularly takes the opportunity to share his experience through materials as they are transformed by the work of the and perspective, helping other architects who seek to enrich hand. The energy of the hand brings vitality to the creation of and add dimension to their own built work. His collaborations elements in the built environment. Craftsmanship can become a with peers range from signifi cant details such as the subtly poetry of workmanship. Lars draws from the deep well of past welcoming, hand-forged steel handrails at the Austin- knowledge and technique as well as contemporary innovation, Bergstrom International Airport to transformative elements engaging tradition and bringing it into a modern context. His such as the graceful screens that enabled the re-opening awareness of craft and making, integrated into form, structure, of the iconic University of Texas Main Tower. In an article and detail, imparts a genuine, delightful tactility and the spirit published in Texas Architect magazine, Lars elaborates of the maker into all his work. His projects become receptacles on methods to better accommodate art into the bidding of human energy and refl ect it back to others, creating and process. His work has been highlighted in more than 60 nourishing a richness of culture and place. This beautiful and publications, including Architectural Digest, Garden Design life-sustaining quality imbues works of varied scale from a and Metropolitan Home, and 11 books, including the recent West Texas school campus to a robust, hand-forged chandelier Architecture for Architects by Michael J. Crosbie. Lars has for an elegant lodge in Maine, to the exquisitely detailed entry accepted and acted as mentor for scores of interns and gates for Austin’s Zilker Botanical Gardens and the recently apprentices in his multi-faceted practice, and he has served completed Shangri La Botanical Gardens by Lake-Flato as guest critic, lecturer, and presenter at the UT Austin Architects. School of Architecture and the Texas A&M College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Engaged within the Lars’ mastery of craft yields a range of applied lessons continuum from artisan to architect, he has given workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and charettes with groups as diverse and informs his general practice. as Texas Society of Architects, USGBC, Artist-Blacksmiths Lars’ earliest explorations in craft and his later hands-on of North America, Council of Educational Facility Planners experience in various construction trades run parallel with International, and US Department of Energy. his formal training in architecture and art, completed under diverse mentors that include his father, Duffy Stanley, FAIA, Lars’ broad infl uence and impact is evidenced by 18 local, Dutch sculptor Alex Weygers, and Charles W. Moore, FAIA. state, and national awards given for both architecture and In merging these veins of inspiration, Lars built a grounded craft. He was selected to receive the fi rst Texas Society of practice that undertakes all scales of building, from master Architects Citation of Honor - Artisan’s Award, and in July plans to construction detail to sculpture. What began as a 2009, he was named an Outstanding Alumnus, the highest passionate, personal embrace of craft migrated to inform honor bestowed upon former students by the Texas A&M Lars’ design and execution of built projects. Larger projects College of Architecture. SECTION 2.1: Accomplishments: Education • Master of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, • Graduate Studies in Scandinavia, Pratt Institute, School 2003 of Architecture, summer 1979 The focus of this program of study under Charles Moore, FAIA, Bob These studies focused on Alvar Aalto’s work in Finland including Mugeraur, PhD and Richard Cleary, PhD was a thesis entitled “The buildings, furniture, and the Artek furniture factory. Lars also Process of Making.” Lars’ thesis explored the transformational studied Arts and Crafts period architecture in Helsinki and the art, aspects of making and the process and awareness that transfers architecture, and furniture of Scandinavia. metaphysical characteristics through artisanal craft in modern architecture. • Bachelor of Environmental Design, School of Architecture, Texas A&M University, 1975 • Independent Studies in Czech Republic (Prague), Germany (Koblentz), Italy (Florence), and Austria Summa cum Laude (Ypsitz), Summer 2002 Kenneth D. Williams Honor Award Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Lars traveled to the studios of well known European artist- blacksmiths to learn about their work and experience with other architects and designers. He also visited two well known Czech schools of craft and art and particpated in workshops for blacksmiths. • Graduate Studies, Charles W. Moore Program, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 1989-90 Moore’s program included travels to Mexico and the Southwest and intensive workshops with artists and architects including Kent Bloomer on the language of ornament, J.B. Jackson on the American landscape, Donlyn Lyndon on post-modern design, and others. • Independent Studies in England and Scotland, summer 1985 Lars’ study focused on the architecture and furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow and the architecture and gardens of Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll in England. Exploration of these designers revealed important aspects of both making and design. SECTION 2.1: Accomplishments: Public Art Because it is so visible and integral to the social 2007 • Texas Tech University OES Entry Elements, Lubbock, experience, public art adds a dimension and solicits Texas (see exhibit) another level of artistic consideration. Because the Design and fabrication of courtyard gate and series of sculptural client is not singular, the point of view is multi-faceted, screens for new Outreach and Extended Studies Building; forged designs inspired by indigenous grasses of the high plains timeless, and decisively contextual. Many of Lars’ collaborations with other architects, artists, and various 2006 • Southpark Roots Sculpture, Austin community stakeholders involve projects commissioned Abstract organic root elements inspired by a nearby live oak tree through national competitions and governed by exacting designed and fabricated for a commercial development project public art program parameters. Lars has completed and participated in public art projects in diverse settings • Triangle Sculpture, Austin across the country. Sculptural landmark identifying a prominent corner of a large mixed-use development 2009 • Stapleton Community Garden, Denver, Colorado (see • Town Lake Park Railing Phase I and II, Austin exhibit) Railing components for large public plaza in urban park with Forged steel sculptures inspired by vegetables and garden tools; riparian theme entry gate using plow share for neighborhood community garden • Seven Meadows Sculpture, Houston, Texas • Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 14-foot high sculptural forms of abstracted lotus blossums, installed Design and fabrication of entry gates for soccer fi eld at entry to a large development • Second Street Improvement Project, Austin • Domain Gate, Austin A public seating area and bus stop for a prominent downton street Design and fabrication of a condominium entry gate for mixed-use corner consisting of sculptural steel elements based on abstracted development; design based on abstracted architectural patterns of cypress trees, limestone shelf benchs, and drinking fountain the building plan 2008 • Texas Tech University Swim Center Gates, Lubbock, • Shangri La Botanical Gardens Entry Gate, Orange, Texas Texas Design and fabrication of entry gates inspired by the movement of Design and fabrication of stainless steel sculptural panel with water abstracted semi-tropical plant forms • Oro Valley Marketplace Sculptures, Oro Valley, 2005 • Gus Garcia Sculptural Desk Elements, Austin Sculptural panels surround and identify the featured front desk for Arizona local community center to commemorate ex-mayor Gus Garcia Proposed art master plan and creation of eight site-specifi c forged sculptures inspired by riparian plant forms for 77-acre commercial development 2002 • Downtown Great Streets Project, Arts & Crafts Coordinator, Austin Design team to redefi ne Austin’s
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