Daniel Kaven

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Daniel Kaven
Daniel Kaven with AON Mural.jpg
Kaven, 2018
Born1977
Albuquerque, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Known forCo-founder of William Kaven Architecture
Notable work
Architecture of Normal (Birkhauser, 2022)

Daniel Kaven (born 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American artist working in architecture, painting, film, writing, and photography. He is the co-founder of architecture and design studio William Kaven Architecture (William / Kaven) and the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022).[1]

Work[]

Kaven's body of work ranges from architecture, photography, print media, and architectural interventions to narrative films, multi-channel video works, and installations.[2]

Architecture[]

In 2004, Daniel Kaven and his brother Trevor William Lewis formed William Kaven Architecture, a design studio working in architecture and interiors.[3] The studio has amassed a portfolio of award-winning residences and commercial buildings, often acting as both architect and developer.[4] Kaven’s design work has been published by such outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Dwell, Hypebeast, Maxim, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper Magazine, and The Architect’s Newspaper.

William Kaven Architecture's Royal Residence in Portland's Forest Park. Royal received a 2020 Architecture MasterPrize, a 2021 International Architecture Award and a 2021 American Architecture Award.

Royal, a private home in Portland’s Forest Park, was both designed and developed by William / Kaven and sits on one of nine parcels acquired by the studio. The residence steps down a steep slope and cantilevers over the forest floor, providing dramatic views of the large urban reserve.[5] Royal was designed to embody the experience of living within the trees and features floor-to-ceiling sliding glass walls with living and sleeping spaces that project into the forest. The project has received widespread recognition in the press, including publication in The Wall Street Journal,[6] Dwell,[7] Maxim,[8] Hypebeast[9] and Wallpaper Magazine, among others. In 2020, Royal received an Architecture MasterPrize.[10] 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[11] and an American Architecture Award.[12]

The Heartwood Residence, built in 2021, was designed around a heritage maple tree that pre-existed on the site, creating a spacious courtyard for circulation and entertainment. The home sits on the east bank of Portland’s Willamette River, which can be seen from every primary room. Extensive glazing creates a high level of transparency that merges the interiors with the outdoors and offers panoramic views of the ever-present river activity, rowing, river vessels, and a railroad bridge dating back to the early 20th century. Heartwood was awarded a 2021 AIA Oregon Merit Award.[13] Architectural Digest India called the project “contemporary, classic, and in constant conversation with the outdoors.”[14]

In 2020, William / Kaven completed work on Skyview, a private residence situated on a narrow lot in Northwest Portland’s Alphabet District. The four-story design inverts the typical residential program, with the primary living quarters, entertainment spaces, and kitchen located on the top floor.[15] The exterior facade of the structure is clad in a unique white-glazed terracotta and has a rooftop reflecting pool. Skyview won a 2021 Architecture MasterPrize Honorable Mention.[16] Of the project, The Wall Street Journal wrote: “The precision of the glassy, tall, white building is softened by ground-floor landscaping with trees and plants and an outdoor, fourth-floor deck garden visible from the street.”[17]

Parallax, designed by William / Kaven and completed in 2019, is a five-story mixed-use building fronting Williams Avenue in Portland, Oregon. The 66-unit project features iridescent dark brick masonry and is highlighted by an electric blue gradient of vertical panels across the entire facade, an architectural intervention designed by Daniel Kaven. The panels gradate across the facade and appear unique from various angles; in particular, the autocentric experience driving up Williams Avenue, which is a one-way, appears differently from the pedestrian experience walking the opposing direction. A series of canvases from Kaven’s ongoing multimedia project Architecture of Normal adorn the lobby and hallways of Parallax. The pieces explore the history and future of the American West in relation to advancements in transportation. The base of Parallax consists of a continuous glass storefront that engages the Shaver and Williams frontages at the public street level. In an homage to a mural that once adorned the industrial building formerly on the site, William / Kaven commissioned the original artist, Tom Cramer, to create large-scale murals for both the base of the building and the residential lobby.[18]

Camp MINOH, a private residence in Charlevoix, Michigan, was completed in 2018. The home was designed as a refuge for extended family gatherings and to withstand the harsh conditions of the Lake Michigan shoreline. The ground floor is organized with three nodes in a pinwheel plan; the front being for arrival, the center for public gathering, and the lakefront for a private suite. The second floor features a den for film viewing, as well as a bunk room and two bedroom suites that all front on the massive lake expanse. The exterior of the structure is made of shou sugi ban and structural concrete. The project has been published in Architect Magazine,[19] Dezeen and Gray Magazine,[20] and was honored with a 2019 AIA Michigan Honor Award. Of the design, the AIA Michigan jury said: “The restrained material palette, exposed structure and sense of craft in this home creates wonderful spaces to live while the sensitivity to massing and siting creates a powerful connection to the beautiful site.”[21]

William Kaven Architecture's proposed master plan for Portland's Broadway Corridor site.

In November 2017, Kaven unveiled a proposed design for the tallest building on the West Coast,[22] dubbed the Portland Twin Towers by the press.[23] 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, as well as multiple high-rise buildings offering retail, office, hospitality, and residential typologies.[24] The Broadway Corridor proposal has received wide media coverage, including in The Architect’s Newspaper, Dezeen, and Polis Magazine.[25]

In 2011, William / Kaven completed the design of Interchange, a private residence oriented around a central courtyard.[26] The project was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a 2011 Merit Award.[27] In 2013, The Wall Street Journal published Interchange, writing: “The C-shaped home wraps around a central courtyard in back. Floor-to-ceiling glass walls face the courtyard, allowing a view from the kitchen and dining area into the master bedroom on the courtyard's other side. Connecting the spaces is an office which also has floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The interior rooms move around the courtyard, progressing from public (kitchen, dining and living room) to semi-private (office) to more private (master bedroom)."[28]

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. The book includes extensive historical photography and original artwork by Kaven.[29]

Mixed-Media[]

Kaven's visual art includes photographic media, film, and mixed-media installations.[30] Kaven is known to orchestrate an immersive atmosphere in his gallery shows wherein photographic media and installations explore a single larger narrative. In a review of Kaven's solo show at Gallery 500, art critic John Motley wrote, "What makes Kaven's show so obsession-worthy is not the masterful way he shifts between media, but through the information he omits. With only a handful of events and scenes represented, the viewer is left to draw connections and conclusions from narrative fragments."[31]

Photography[]

In addition to Kaven’s architectural photography of his projects, which has been featured in outlets such as Dwell, ArchDaily, Gray Magazine, and Architect Magazine, the medium is the foundation for his visual art. His body of work often intermingles his photowork, archival images and his drawing and painting. A large selection of his photography and photo-based visual art is published in his book, Architecture of Normal.

Film[]

Kaven has directed and produced several films. 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.[32] The film premiered at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2001 and was subsequently featured at a number of film festivals, including the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Variety reviewed the film in a March 2003 issue.[33]

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.”[34] The show was designed as an immersive film and photography installation. Photographic plates were mounted in sections to large-form LED light boxes and shown in conjunction with filmwork, utilizing light emanating only from the art and installations to illuminate the entire gallery.

Murals[]

In 2019, Kaven completed the first mural in an ongoing series of public art projects based on his forthcoming book, Architecture of Normal. The mural resides in the lobby of Silica, a building whose design was led by Kaven. The building was honored with an AIA Oregon Citation Award in 2019.[35]

Selected Architectural Works[]

  • Heartwood (Portland, Oregon, 2020)
  • Skyview (Portland, Oregon, 2020)
  • Royal (Portland, Oregon, 2019)[36]
  • Parallax (Portland, Oregon, 2019)
  • Silica (Portland, Oregon, 2018)[37]
  • Broadway Corridor Master Plan (Portland, Oregon, unbuilt)[38]
  • Camp MINOH (Charlevoix, Michigan, 2017)[39]
  • Interchange (Portland, Oregon, 2011)
  • Block 33 (Portland, Oregon, unbuilt)[40]
  • Elements (Mosier, Oregon, 2010)[41]
  • North House (Portland, Oregon, 2007)
  • Site Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico, unbuilt)
  • NAU (Salt Lake City, Utah)[42]

Selected Awards[]

  • 2021 AIA Oregon Merit Award (Heartwood)
  • 2021 Architecture MasterPrize Honorable Mention (Skyview)
  • 2021 American Architecture Award (Royal)[43]
  • 2021 International Architecture Award (Royal)[44]
  • 2020 Architecture MasterPrize (Royal)[45]
  • 2019 AIA Michigan Honor Award (Camp MINOH)
  • 2019 AIA Oregon Citation Award (Silica)[46]
  • 2011 AIA Portland Merit Award (Interchange)

References[]

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  3. ^ Holmstrom, Peter. "Nau’s Rugged, Sustainable A-Frame Pavilion." Portland Monthly Magazine, February 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Bell, Jonathan. “Oregon’s Royal Residence is home among the trees.” Wallpaper Magazine, May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Eastman, Janet. “New, glass-wrapped modern house in Forest Park is quietly for sale at $2,550,000.” The Oregonian, June 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Keates, Nancy. “New York or Oregon? Thanks to Bicoastal Living, This Couple Didn’t Have to Choose.” The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Lagdameo, Jennifer Baum. “Nestled Into a Private Corner of Portland’s Urban Forest, This Glass-Walled Home Asks $2.5M.” Dwell, July 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Friederich, Brandon. "This ‘Royal Residence’ Is a Secluded Getaway in the Oregon Forest." Maxim, June 24, 2020.
  9. ^ Leung, Ambrose. “William / Kaven Architecture's Royal House Sits Elevated in Portland’s Forest Park.” Hypebeast, June 16, 2020.
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  25. ^ Dell, Julian. “Pläne für Nachhaltigen Wolkenkratzer in Portland Vorgestellt.” Polis Magazin, December 5, 2017.
  26. ^ Libby, Brian. “Without Borders.” Oregon Home, December 2013.
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  31. ^ Motley, John. “Divorce.” Portland Mercury, July 14, 2005.
  32. ^ Dellaflora, Tony. “The Glass Pool Incident," Albuquerque Journal, December 29, 2013.
  33. ^ Koehler, Robert. “The Glass Pool Incident.” Variety, March 27, 2013.
  34. ^ Speer, Richard. "Best Art Film of 2004: Naked Seoul." Willamette Week, December 29, 2004.
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  36. ^ Klein, Kristine. “Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house.” Dezeen, June 9, 2020.
  37. ^ Libby, Brian. “A Winner on Williams.” Pamplin Media. Portland Business Tribune, October 22, 2018.
  38. ^ Stevens, Philip. “William / Kaven’s Proposal for Portland Development Includes Two Connected Skyscrapers.” designboom, February 13, 2018.
  39. ^ Cogley, Bridget. “William / Kaven designs sturdy house on Lake Michigan for bracing weather.” Dezeen, March 14, 2018.
  40. ^ Patail, Marty. “These 4 Giant Apartment Buildings Will Change Downtown Living in Portland.” Portland Monthly Magazine, September 23, 2017.
  41. ^ Britt, Aaron. “Elements by William Kaven.” Dwell, May 24, 2012.
  42. ^ "William Kaven: NAU." Domus Magazine. February 5, 2014.
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  44. ^ “Awarded Categories for International Architecture Awards 2021.” americanarchitectureawards.com. August 2021.
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  46. ^ "Portland Architecture Awards.” AIA Oregon. aiaoregon.org. October 25, 2019.

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