Louise Braverman is a

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known for a design philosophy that aims to combine aesthetic design and social conscience. She is a

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of the

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(FAIA). Educated at the

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, Braverman founded her own firm, Louise Braverman Architect, in 1991. Her firm has designed a number of notable buildings around the world including the Village Health Works Staff Housing in Burundi and Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso in Portugal. Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso, an art museum, has been featured in the pivotal books, ''Destination Architecture: The Essential Guide to 1000 Contemporary Buildings'' and ''Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women'', a visual survey of architecture designed by

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from the early twentieth century to the present day. Braverman lectures frequently, discussing her work at such venues as Columbia GSAPP, The Plan Magazine Perspective USA, and at the Architectural League NY as an Emerging Voice. She described her architectural design approach in her keynote address at the 2017 AIA Iowa Convention and again in her 2020 in-depth interview with Julia Gamolina published on the noted website, MadameArchitect.org. Recently Braverman was invited to present the work of her firm at the 2016, 2014, and 2012

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, as well as at the ''Time Space Existence'' exhibit at the 2021 and 2018 Venice Architecture Biennales. She discussed her thoughts about how her five consecutive installations at Venice added insight to the evolution of her built architectural work in conversation with

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at the AIA New York Chapter
Cocktails and Conversation
' program. She also expressed how Venice is a source of her creative inspiration in her essay ''Dream of Venice Architecture''.

Notable Works

Some of Braverman's notable works include award-winning sustainable housing center for health workers in a rural village in Burundi, Africa and the Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso Art Museum in Boticas, Portugal dedicated to the work of abstract artist

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. Other projects that have gained attention from the media include CV Starr Hand Surgery Center in St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City,

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, and Chelsea Court affordable housing. Her firm was selected by the Walton Family Foundation in 2015 to be included in the inaugural Northwest Design Excellence Program, a pool of 36 designers who will contribute to the future of the urban landscape in Northwest Arkansas.

Selected Projects

Architecture * Pre-Fab Learning Landscape, 2016 * Centro de Artes

Art Museum, 2013 * Village Health Works Staff Housing, 2013 *

, 2009 *

Library + Learning Center, 2009 *

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, Highlawn Branch, 2006 * Pavel Zoubok Art Gallery, 2004 * Joe's Salon, 2003 * Chelsea Court Affordable Housing, 2003 * ''Maps + Movies'' at Grand Central Terminal, 1996-1997 * ''Poetic Light'' at Grand Central Terminal, 1996 Videos * "Hyperloop Suburb - Louise Braverman Architect", Time Space Existence Exhibit during the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2018 * "Active Voice", Venice Architecture Biennale Installation, 2016 * "Voices from Venice: Conversations at the 2014 Architecture Biennale with Women Who Practice Architecture", 2014 * "Kigutu in Formation", Venice Architecture Biennale Installation, 2012

Awards

2021 * Interior Design Best of Design Finalist * Interior Design Best In Design Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso *"Time Space Existence" Exhibitor at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale 2020 * Interior Design Women in Design Award 2019 * Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award * Chicago Athenaeum Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2018 * "Time Space Existence" Exhibitor at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale * Infinite Archive at New York Public Library Art Exhibition, 1 of 30 Selected Artists * Frame Awards People's Choice Winner 2017 * NYCxDESIGN Award Honoree * Architizer A+ Special Mention Award * Chicago Athenaeum Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2016 * DAF 2016 Awards Second Award * AIA Small Projects Awards * The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale 2015 * Blueprint Awards Shortlist * Architizer A+ Award Finalist * ArchDaily Building of the Year Award Finalist * AIA NY Chapter Design Award of Merit 2014 * ''Architect Magazine'' Annual Design Review Citation Award * ''Architect Magazine'' Annual Design Review Honorable Mention Award * The 14th Venice Architecture Biennale * Re-Thinking the Future Sustainability Honorable Mention Award * Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award * AIANY State Award of Excellence * AIANY State Award of Merit * AIANY Chapter/Boston Society of Architects Housing Design Award * Architizer A+ Special Mention Award 2013 * Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award * Chicago Athenaeum GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2012 * The 13th Venice Architecture Biennale * Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2010 * Chicago Athenaeum Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2009 * Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award 2008 * Elevated to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects 2005 * Residential Architect Design Award of Merit 2004 * AIA NY Chapter/Boston Society of Architects Housing Design Award * AIA National Housing Award 1997 * I.D. Annual Design Review Best of Category Award 1996 * The

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Award 1994 * AIA Long Island Chapter ARCHI Award

References

External links

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official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Braverman, Louise Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Architects from New York City Yale School of Architecture alumni Fellows of the American Institute of Architects American women architects 21st-century American architects 21st-century American women artists