[C]Space 4 Sale...

[C]Space will be auctioned off by internationally reknowned auction house Phillips de Prury & Company on 25 September 2008. More information below:

AUCTION  25 September 2008 2pm
Howick Place London SW1P 1BB

Proceeds from 17 lots will benefit the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. These lots have been handpicked by independent curator, Francis Sultana and all proceeds will benefit the NSPCC treatment and therapeutic services.

Viewing 16 - 25 September
Tuesday 16 6pm - 8pm
Wednesday 17 - Friday 19, 10am - 6pm
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21, 12pm - 6pm
Monday 22 - Wednesday 24, 10am - 6pm
Thursday 25 10am - 2pm

Enquiries Alexander Payne apayne@phillipsdepury.com
+44 20 7318 4052 London +1 212 940 1268 New York

Catalogues  catalogues@phillipsdepury.com
+44 20 7318 4039 London +1 212 940 1240 New York

ALAN DEMPSEY AND ALVIN HUANG

‘[C]space DRL TEN’ pavilion, 2008
Fibre-reinforced concrete, rubber, mild steel. 500.1 x 1000.1 x 600.1 cm. (196 7/8 x 393 3/4 x 236 1/4 in.) Fibre-reinforced concrete manufactured by Rieder, Germany. Designed for the Architectural Association School of Architecture ‘AA DRLTEN’ temporary pavilion competition.

ESTIMATE £20,000-30,000 ♠

EXHIBITED Architectural Association School of Architecture, Bedford Square, London, 25 February-31 July 2008

ALAN DEMPSEY

Alan Dempsey studied at the Architectural Association, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, and Dublin Institute of Technology. He has worked with Farjadi Architects, OCEAN, Future Systems and is a founding director of NEX, a London based architecture and design office with international projects.

He was an undergraduate unit master at the AA until 2005 and has been an invited critic at universities in the UK and Europe. His work has been widely published in the US, Europe and Asia and he is currently a director of the FAB research cluster at the AA, which facilitates research projects on novel design and fabrication technologies.

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ALVIN HUANG

Alvin Huang is the founding Director of SYNTHESIS. He is an award-winning designer and educator specializing in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice.

Prior to forming SYNTHESIS, he was a founding director of London-based architectural practice AL_A. He has also worked for Future Systems, Zaha Hadid Architects, and DMJM Design (AECOM).

Alvin received a Masters of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (2004) and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California (1998).

Huang has taught design studios at the Architectural Association / Tsinghua University Global School in Beijing and at the Chelsea College of Art in London. He has been an invited critic and guest lecturer at various universities and institutions in the UK, US, Germany, Spain, Israel, Switzerland and China.

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