The concept won first place in the Museum of Modern Art's "Rising Currents" competition and exhibition of 2010, which challenged architects to design buildings capable of adapting to rising seas.
Technological and industrial advances enabled and challenged architects, engineers and constructors to build increasingly complex architectural structures from concrete.
Important architectural advancements such as the invention of the dome, of concrete, and of the skyscraper itself not only advanced the technology of construction, but also challenged architects to compete amongst themselves to produce more efficient and creative structures.
Their commitment to environmental stewardship led to challenging the architects to design a net-zero energy laboratory building, the first in the U.S. The result is a LEED-Platinum certified, 44,607-square-foot building cofprised of a wet laboratory wing and an office / dry laboratory wing surrounding a central courtyard, all above a partially below-grade parking structure for 112 cars.
Mr. Brown said he has already challenged several architects whose ideas veered from his vision of pragmatic modernism.
This summer marks the 15th year of The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program, which challenges young architects to design innovative projects that bring new possibilities to our understanding of sustainable architecture.
During an October presentation on testing, Mr. Sullivan challenged the architect of the school's accountability system, James S. Liebman.
It was easy, back then, to wonder if Cincinnati, in its eagerness to embrace the avant-garde, would be willing to challenge its architect to stay within the bounds of reality.
She turned out to be Mr. Piano's secret weapon: a once-upon-a-time French television executive and aristocrat with a longstanding interest in architecture, the ideal client who prodded and trusted but challenged the architect to come up with a design aptly quiet, slow, linked to nature and open.
In defense of California's Harvey Mudd College and other offenders, we admit that a campus commission must be challenging for any architect.
