New technologies are revolutionizing the process and product of architecture. To celebrate the latest advances in building science, ARCHITECT proudly announces the second annual R+D Awards and Summit. The awards honor innovative materials and systems at every scale—from HVAC and structural systems to curtain-wall and ceiling-panel assemblies to discrete materials such as wood composites and textiles. The R+D Awards are purposefully open to building technologies of all types, in order to encourage the broadest possible dialogue among architects, engineers, manufacturers, researchers, students, and designers of all disciplines.

JURY
Blaine Brownell
Visiting professor in sustainable design, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan; author, Transmaterial and Transmaterial 2

Christopher Genik
Principal, Daly Genik Architects, Santa Monica, Calif.; undergraduate program director, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles

Andres Lepik
Curator of contemporary architecture, Museum of Modern Art, New York

EVENT
Winners will present their ideas at the R+D Summit, which will occur at
SCI-Arc in Los Angeles on September 18, 2008. For more information about the event, visit www.architectmagazine.com or email rdawards@architectmagazine.com

PUBLICATION
The winning entries will appear in the August 2008 issue of ARCHITECT, both in print and online.