Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not Lost in Translation

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Tactile, experiential, and holistic, the work of Rene Gonzalez Architect engages with the environment and explores how people touch nature and how nature touches people. Surveying 13 residential, commercial, and cultural projects marking the first phase of his career, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation demonstrates the qualities of refinement and material innovation that distinguish Gonzalez's work in the very active architecture market of Florida, his home state. Florida is also where sea level rise, due to climate change, will drastically alter design practice in coming years, and where RGA is receiving widespread attention for its efforts to respond. Featuring essays by Florida architecture expert Beth Dunlop, design writer Caroline Roux, and a Q A with Gonzalez's friends Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation documents his commitment to creating a progressive regionalism that does not sacrifice design excellence to meet the challenge of design resiliency.Tactile, experiential, and holistic, the work of Rene Gonzalez Architect engages with the environment and explores how people touch nature and how nature touches people. Surveying 13 residential, commercial, and cultural projects marking the first phase of his career, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation demonstrates the qualities of refinement and material innovation that distinguish Gonzalez's work in the very active architecture market of Florida, his home state. Florida is also where sea level rise, due to climate change, will drastically alter design practice in coming years, and where RGA is receiving widespread attention for its efforts to respond. Featuring essays by Florida architecture expert Beth Dunlop, design writer Caroline Roux, and a Q A with Gonzalez's friends Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation documents his commitment to creating a progressive regionalism that does not sacrifice design excellence to meet the challenge of design resiliency.
Rene Gonzalez is principal of Rene Gonzalez Architects. He is the recipient of AIA Miami's 2012 H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Design and in 2011, RGA received AIA Miami's Firm of the Year award. His work has been published in over 200 industry and consumer publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Robb Report, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, Metropolis, Elle DUcor, Interior Design, Dwell, Ocean Drive, and The Miami Herald.

Beth Dunlop is the editor of Modern Magazine and the longtime architectural critic for the Miami Herald. She is the author of numerous books on Florida's architecture and design. She lives in Miami Beach.

Caroline Roux writes about art, design, and architecture for Wallpaper*, Vanity Fair, W magazine, and Vogue Italia.

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien are the founding principals of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects