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Principal Dawn Finley received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and a Master of Architecture from Rice University. In 1997 Dawn Finley cofounded Interloop Architecture (IA), an architecture research practice in Houston, Texas. Prior to IA, Finley worked in New York City with Ogawa/Depardon Architects where she designed and managed residential and commercial projects, including Bar 89 a new building in Soho.
Her writings and design work have been published in journals and news-papers including: the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Log5, ID Magazine, Perspecta Journal, Texas Architect, Architectural Record, and Architecture. Her research and design work include: Janelia Farm Housing Study, a 60 unit housing project for Howard Hughes Medical Institute; BP Learning Center, a series of experimental classrooms; Hardenbol-Nystrom Studio, a private yoga studio and garden; 48’ Foot House, a private residence in Houston, Plug-On, the first in a series of residential product prototypes; Polara (7), a suite of custom designed and fabricated furniture pieces; First Architecture Biennale, a site specific interactive installation in Rotterdam; and Tending, (blue), a new building for an artwork by artist James Turrell, commissioned by the Nasher Foundation in Dallas, Texas. In 2002, Finley and her office designed E-X-I-T, a custom exit light for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas. In 2007, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, inducted E-X-I-T into the permanent collection. IA was commissioned by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, in 2001 to be the Associate Architects for the Nasher Sculpture Center. In 2001 Finley organized and designed an exhibit of IA’s work for the Aluminum in Contemporary Architecture exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. In 2000, she was commissioned by Droog Design and her product prototype, Do Post, was exhibited at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam and the Milan Furniture Fair. In 1998 Finley designed Klip House, a service based housing platform developed by IA for mass production. Klip House was exhibited in several museum venues and published widely in the general press. It also received an ID Design Award Honorable Mention in 1999.
Dawn Finley combines professional practice with academics. She is an Associate Professor at Rice University School of Architecture and has been teaching architecture design since 1999. Finley has been a visiting instructor and critic of architecture at Princeton University, the Architectural Association, and the University of Michigan.
Her writings and design work have been published in journals and news-papers including: the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Log5, ID Magazine, Perspecta Journal, Texas Architect, Architectural Record, and Architecture. Her research and design work include: Janelia Farm Housing Study, a 60 unit housing project for Howard Hughes Medical Institute; BP Learning Center, a series of experimental classrooms; Hardenbol-Nystrom Studio, a private yoga studio and garden; 48’ Foot House, a private residence in Houston, Plug-On, the first in a series of residential product prototypes; Polara (7), a suite of custom designed and fabricated furniture pieces; First Architecture Biennale, a site specific interactive installation in Rotterdam; and Tending, (blue), a new building for an artwork by artist James Turrell, commissioned by the Nasher Foundation in Dallas, Texas. In 2002, Finley and her office designed E-X-I-T, a custom exit light for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas. In 2007, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, inducted E-X-I-T into the permanent collection. IA was commissioned by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, in 2001 to be the Associate Architects for the Nasher Sculpture Center. In 2001 Finley organized and designed an exhibit of IA’s work for the Aluminum in Contemporary Architecture exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. In 2000, she was commissioned by Droog Design and her product prototype, Do Post, was exhibited at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam and the Milan Furniture Fair. In 1998 Finley designed Klip House, a service based housing platform developed by IA for mass production. Klip House was exhibited in several museum venues and published widely in the general press. It also received an ID Design Award Honorable Mention in 1999.
Dawn Finley combines professional practice with academics. She is an Associate Professor at Rice University School of Architecture and has been teaching architecture design since 1999. Finley has been a visiting instructor and critic of architecture at Princeton University, the Architectural Association, and the University of Michigan.
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