Daniel Kaven (born 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American architect and artist working in painting, film, writing, and photography. He is the co-founder of architecture and design studio William / Kaven Architecture and the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022)."Architecture of Normal." degruyter.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
Work Kaven's body of work ranges from architecture, photography, print media, films.Libby, Brian. "Process and Product: William Kaven Architecture's Daniel Kaven on Design and its Documentation." Portland Architecture, June 11, 2011.
Architecture
In 2004, Daniel Kaven and his brother Trevor William Lewis formed William Kaven Architecture, a design studio working in architecture and interiors.Holmstrom, Peter. "Nau's Rugged, Sustainable A-Frame Pavilion." Portland Monthly Magazine, February 17, 2014.Bell, Jonathan. "Oregon's Royal Residence is home among the trees." Wallpaper Magazine, May 19, 2020.Eastman, Janet. "New, glass-wrapped modern house in Forest Park is quietly for sale at $2,550,000." The Oregonian, June 11, 2020. The project was written about in the Wall Street Journal,Keates, Nancy. "New York or Oregon? Thanks to Bicoastal Living, This Couple Didn't Have to Choose." The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2021. Dwell,Lagdameo, Jennifer Baum. "Nestled Into a Private Corner of Portland's Urban Forest, This Glass-Walled Home Asks $2.5M." Dwell, July 7, 2020. Maxim,Friederich, Brandon. "This 'Royal Residence' Is a Secluded Getaway in the Oregon Forest." Maxim, June 24, 2020. HypebeastLeung, Ambrose. "William / Kaven Architecture's Royal House Sits Elevated in Portland's Forest Park." Hypebeast, June 16, 2020. among others. In 2020, Royal received an Architecture MasterPrize.Joyner, Sean. "William / Kaven's new Oregon residence among 2020 Architecture MasterPrize winners." Archinect, November 4, 2020. In 2021, the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, awarded Royal both an International Architecture Award"The 2021 International Architecture Award Winners." The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. www.chicagoathenaeum.org. August 17, 2021. and an American Architecture Award."Announcing the Winners for American Architecture Awards 2021." The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. www.chicagoathenaeum.org. November 8, 2021.
The Heartwood Residence, built in 2021, was awarded a 2021 AIA Oregon Merit Award."AIA Oregon Architecture Awards." AIA Oregon, November 12, 2021. Architectural Digest India called the project "contemporary, classic, and in constant conversation with the outdoors."Shankar, Avantika. "This waterfront home in Portland clad in glass and wood is built around a maple tree." Architectural Digest India, September 5, 2021.
In 2020, William / Kaven completed work on Skyview, a private residence situated on a narrow lot in Northwest Portland's Alphabet District."Skyview Residence Upends Urban Living." Archello, February 8, 2021. Skyview won a 2021 Architecture MasterPrize Honorable Mention."Skyview." Architecture Masterprize. architectureprize.com. February 2021. The project was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal.Keates, Nancy. "In Portland, a Concrete and Steel Home That Refuses to Conform." The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2021.
Camp MINOH, a private residence in Charlevoix, Michigan, was completed in 2018. The exterior of the structure is made of shou sugi ban and structural concrete. The project has been published in Architect Magazine,"Camp MINOH." Architect Magazine. March 5, 2018. Dezeen and Gray Magazine,Libby, Brian. "Modern Lodging." Gray Magazine. April 1, 2019. and received a 2019 AIA Michigan Honor Award. Of the design, the AIA Michigan jury said: "The restrained material palette, exposed structure and sense of craft.""AIA Michigan Honor Awards." AIA Michigan. aiami.com. June 21, 2019.
In November 2017, Kaven proposed a design for the tallest building on the West Coast,Schlosser, Kurt. "Portland architecture firm aims (really) high with proposal for tower to be tallest on the West Coast." Geekwire, November 13, 2017. dubbed the Portland Twin Towers by the press.Pacheco, Antonio. "Portland shoots for the region's tallest buildings with twin towers proposal." The Architect's Newspaper, November 15, 2017. The development project, designed to occupy the site of a soon-to-be-demolished United States Postal Service headquarters, would include two skyscrapers connected by a glass-enclosed botanical bridge 680 feet in the air.Cogley, Bridget. "William Kaven proposes Portland's tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site." Dezeen, November 15, 2017.Dell, Julian. "Pläne für Nachhaltigen Wolkenkratzer in Portland Vorgestellt." Polis Magazin, December 5, 2017.
In 2011, William / Kaven designed Interchange, a C-shaped private residence oriented around a central courtyard.Libby, Brian. "Without Borders." Oregon Home, December 2013. The project was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a 2011 Merit Award.Webber, Angela. "American Institute of Architects' Portland chapter annual design awards." DJC Oregon, November 9, 2011. In 2013, The Wall Street Journal reviewed the work.Keates, Nancy. "Building a Redefined Life." The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2013.
Writing
Kaven's book Architecture of Normal (Birkhäuser, 2022) is a visual and literary exploration of how evolving forms of transportation have shaped the built environment of the American West since the arrival of the Spanish in New Mexico.Gallaher, Rachel "Architect Daniel Kaven Releases New Book." GRAY Magazine. March 3, 2022. The book includes historical photography as well as artwork by Kaven. In a review of the book, art critic Richard Speer says: "Kaven has crafted a thoroughly researched and well-reasoned treatise in which he argues that historical eras' dominant modes of transportation — walking on foot, riding horses, trains, cars, and airplanes — have inexorably influenced our public and private spaces."Speer, Richard "Daniel Kaven, Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape" The Democracy Chain. May 30, 2022. Germany's daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung calls the book an "instructive and aesthetically stunning collage."Spanke, Kai "Zum Shoppen in die desolate Komfortzone." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 21, 2022.
Visual art
Kaven's visual art includes photographic media, film and painting.Speer, Richard. "Art Wars." Willamette Week, June 7, 2005. In 2005 he had a solo show at Gallery 500 in Portland, Oregon where he showed painted photographs exploring the emotional fallout of his parents' divorce.Motley, John. Portland Mercury, July 14, 2005. In 2000, Kaven directed and produced The Glass Pool Incident, a multi-channel documentary feature about the lives of youth across five continents on the last day of the millennium.Dellaflora, Tony. "The Glass Pool Incident," Albuquerque Journal, December 29, 2013. The documentary was shown at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Variety reviewed the film in a March 2003 issue.Koehler, Robert. "The Glass Pool Incident." Variety, March 27, 2013. Kaven's narrative short film Naked Seoul screened in conjunction with an immersive installation of the same name at Gallery 500 in 2004. In a review of the work, art critic Richard Speer wrote, "It's a hypnotic short wherein each frame is immaculately composed and color-corrected. This is the kind of installation seldom seen and direly needed."Speer, Richard. "Best Art Film of 2004: Naked Seoul." Willamette Week, December 29, 2004.
Selected architectural works Royal (Portland, Oregon, 2019)Klein, Kristine. "Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house." Dezeen, June 9, 2020. Silica (Portland, Oregon, 2018)Libby, Brian. A Winner on Williams Pamplin Media. Portland Business Tribune, October 22, 2018. Broadway Corridor Master Plan (Portland, Oregon, unbuilt)Stevens, Philip. "William / Kaven's Proposal for Portland Development Includes Two Connected Skyscrapers." designboom, February 13, 2018. Camp MINOH (Charlevoix, Michigan, 2017)Cogley, Bridget. "William / Kaven designs sturdy house on Lake Michigan for bracing weather." Dezeen, March 14, 2018. Block 33 (Portland, Oregon, unbuilt)Patail, Marty. "These 4 Giant Apartment Buildings Will Change Downtown Living in Portland." Portland Monthly Magazine, September 23, 2017. Elements (Mosier, Oregon, 2010)Britt, Aaron. "Elements by William Kaven." Dwell, May 24, 2012. NAU (Salt Lake City, Utah)"William Kaven: NAU." Domus Magazine. February 5, 2014.
Selected awards 2021 American Architecture Award (Royal)"Awarded Categories for American Architecture Awards 2021." americanarchitectureawards.com. November 2021. 2021 International Architecture Award (Royal)"Awarded Categories for International Architecture Awards 2021." americanarchitectureawards.com. August 2021. 2020 Architecture MasterPrize (Royal)"2020 Winners." Architecture Masterprize. architectureprize.com. November 2020. 2019 AIA Oregon Citation Award (Silica)"Portland Architecture Awards." AIA Oregon. aiaoregon.org. October 25, 2019.
References
External links http://www.danielkaven.com