The Albuquerque-based AIA Gold Medalist made his mark on New Mexico and the American Southwest—and beyond—with high-profile cultural commissions and academic projects.
SHoP Architects founding principal Gregg Pasquarelli joins the podcast to discuss the development of The Brooklyn Tower and how the firm tried to capture the essence of New York with its residential supertall at 111 West 57th Street.
This project's polemical suggestion—office tower as oversized doric column—reflected the architect's quixotic response to one of the period's defining challenges.
The jury praised the Yokohama-based architect for “reminding us that in architecture, as in democracy, spaces must be created by the resolve of the people.”