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'{{Advert|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox architect | name = Grace La | image = | image_size = | caption = | nationality = [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | alma_mater = [[Harvard College]] (A.B., 1992), [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]] (M.Arch., 1995) | influences = | influenced = | occupation = Principal, LA DALLMAN Professor of Architecture, [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard University GSD]] | awards = Rice Design Alliance Prize (2011) [[Architectural League Emerging Voices|Emerging Voice of the Architectural League]] (2010) [[Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence|Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Silver Medal]] (2007) [[Boston Society of Architects]] (2) (2017) Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Award (4) <ref name="Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Award">{{cite web|title=ACSA Faculty Design Award |url=http://www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/awards/archives/FD |date=2018 |publisher=ACSA |accessdate=22 May 2019 }}</ref> [[American Institute of Architects]] Wisconsin Design Awards (8) | practice = LA DALLMAN (1999-present) | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = [[Kilbourn Tower]], Marsupial Bridge & Media Garden, [[Miller Brewing Company | Miller Brewing Company Meeting Center]], [[Marcus Center| Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall & New Riverwalk Entrance]], [[Menomonee Valley|Master Plan for the Menomonee Valley 2.0]] | significant_design = | website = {{URL|ladallman.com}} }} '''Grace La''' (United States, 1970) is a [[Immigrant generations#First generation|first generation]], [[Korean Americans|Korean-American]] designer, Professor of Architecture at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD)]], and Principal of LA DALLMAN.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Ryan |first1= Sean |date= 18 Feb 2013 |title= Grace La of LA DALLMAN to become professor at Harvard University |url= https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2013/02/architect-grace-la-of-la-dallman-to.html |journal= Milwaukee Business Journal |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Co-founded with James Dallman, LA DALLMAN is a [[design]] firm recognized for the multidisciplinary integration of architecture, infrastructure, and landscape, with offices in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts|MA]] and [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin|WI]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= La |first1= Grace |last2= Dallman |first2= James |date= 2009 |title= Fabricated Landscapes |location= Milwaukee |publisher= University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |pages= 29–31}}</ref> La is the Chair of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard GSD]]'s Practice Platform and served as GSD's Director of the [[Master of Architecture]] Programs (2014–17).<ref name="Harvard Graduate School of Design Faculty Bio">{{cite web|title=Grace La |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/grace-la/ |publisher=[[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] |accessdate=22 May 2019 }}</ref> ==Early life and education== La was raised in the [[New England]] area and studied at [[Phillips Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]], [[Massachusetts|MA]]. As a boarding student, she studied [[visual arts]] in the Andover curriculum pioneered by Gordon "Diz" Bensley <ref group=note>{{cite web|title=Gordon Bensley, 84; advanced the teaching of visual arts |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/07/24/gordon_bensley_84_advanced_the_teaching_of_visual_arts/ |date=24 July 2009 |publisher=The Boston Globe |accessdate=22 May 2019 }}</ref> and was awarded the ''Pamela Wiedenman Memorial Prize in Art''.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Phillips Academy Order of Exercises at Exhibition |url=http://www.noblenet.org/paarchives/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Commencement1988.pdf |location= Andover,MA |publisher= Phillips Academy |date= 5 June 1988}}</ref> At Andover, she also participated in the ''Dakar Project'' involving the renovation of an elementary school on [[Gorée|Goree Island]] in [[Senegal]], [[West Africa]], which was formative to her later pursuit of architecture. She joined the Andover Exeter Washington Intern Program, in which she interned for Congressman [[Gerry Studds]] of [[Massachusetts]]. La received her [[professional degree]] of [[Master of Architecture]] from [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]]; her [[thesis]] was granted the honor of distinction and her project won the ''Clifford Wong Housing Prize''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Winners of the Clifford Wong Prize in Housing Design |url=https://l87r32c95dp1hz05tig4px11-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Past-Winners-of-the-Clifford-Wong-Prize-in-Housing-Design-1.pdf |publisher=Harvard GSD |accessdate=22 May 2019 }}</ref> She received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Harvard College]] with the [[magna cum laude]] distinction in Visual and Environmental Studies. ==Family== La<ref group=note>The surname of “Na” was transliterated to “La” upon [[immigration]] to the [[U.S.]] in the 1950s; all members of the Na family residing in the [[U.S.]] use the surname “La.” However, the surname of Na is actively in use in [[South Korea]] by all members of the family residing there.</ref> is the grand-daughter of Na Duk Whan,<ref group=note>Na Duk Whan was a distinguished [[theologian]], [[intellectual]], and South Korean [[Presbyterian minister]], who served as the [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the [[Presbyterian Church of Korea|Korean Presbyterian Church]] in 1961. Na Duk Whan was exhumed from his original interment site and re-buried in the [[Daejeon National Cemetery]] of Korea as a national honoree in 1991.</ref> a [[South Korea]]n leader recognized for his role in the resistance to the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese occupation of Korea]], for which he was twice imprisoned in 1921 and 1940,<ref group=note>As a proponent of religious and cultural freedom and for his resistance to the Japanese occupation of South Korea, Na Duk Whan was imprisoned twice, for 6 months in 1921 and for four years from 1940-1944.</ref> and for his charitable acts as memorialized in the book, ''A Beautiful Heritage of Faith''.<ref group=note>''A Beautiful Heritage of Faith''(2012) by Na Key Yound outlines his founding of the First Presbyterian Church in Suncheon and his notable charitable acts, including his personal sacrifices for the independence of Korea.</ref> La’s design work for [[non-profit]] and mission based entities in rooted in the deep appreciation for service and [[civic engagement]], which were instilled in her from her grandfather. As noted in La’s 2014 [[Harvard Graduate Council|One Harvard]] address, La is the middle of three siblings, all educated at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite AV media |people= Grace La |date= April 2014 |title= One Harvard 2014 Faculty Alumni Panel: Grace La |medium= video |language= English |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmoJFLHmPz4 |publisher= Harvard University}}</ref> La’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jea Min La of Long Island, NY, were scholars who [[immigration|immigrated]] to the [[United States]] in the 1950s. La is the younger sister of Elinor L. Hoover ([[Harvard Business School]], ‘94), Global Co-Head of Consumer Products and [[Vice Chairman]] of Capital Markets Origination at [[Citigroup]].<ref group=note>In 2014, 2015, and 2016, Hoover was named one of the ''25 Most Powerful Women in Finance'' ([[American Banker]]). Hoover is Chairman of the [[Board of Directors]] of the [[Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center]].</ref> La is the older sister of Daniel La, an [[organic chemist]] who is an Associate Director at Sage Therapeutics and a former [[Postdoctoral Fellow]] of the renowned David Evans Lab at [[Harvard University]]. ==Career== Grace La is [[Principal (architecture)|Principal]] of LA DALLMAN, co-founded with James Dallman in 1999. Since 2013, she is the [[Professor]] of [[Architecture]] at the [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design|Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD)]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Millard |first1= Pete |date= 6 Mar 2005 |title= Architectural Couple Agree on Dividing Duties, Pursuing Public Projects |url= https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/03/07/focus4.html |journal= Milwaukee Business Journal |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> She also served as Director of the GSD’s [[Master of Architecture|Master of Architecture Programs]] in 2014-17.<ref name="Harvard Graduate School of Design Faculty Bio"/> La is the Chair of the GSD’s Practice Platform (2014–present), an interdisciplinary committee focused on issues of contemporary and future design practice. Prior to these academic positions, she was a [[tenured]] faculty member at the [[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]] [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee academics|School of Architecture & Urban Planning]], holding the positions of Professor (2013), Associate Professor (2005-13) and Assistant Professor (1999-2005). She held visiting appointments at the [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]] (2010) and [[Syracuse University]]. LA DALLMAN, her practice with partner James Dallman, is engaged in the transformation of site through spatial and material investigations ranging in type and scale.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Galef |first1= Julia |date= 3 Mar 2010 |title= La Dallman |url= https://archpaper.com/2010/03/la-dallman/ |journal= [[The Architect's Newspaper]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Noted for their unusual ability in the design and execution of complex projects by [[the Architectural Record]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Czarnecki |first1= J.|date= December 2002 |title= Taking a Leap of Faith |url= https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12619-la-dallman |journal= [[Architectural Record]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> the firm has received numerous professional honors and exhibited and published widely.<ref>{{cite web |date= 4 Mar 2013 |title= Grace La appointed Full Professor at Harvard GSD, Department of Architecture |url= https://archinect.com/news/article/68801844/grace-la-appointed-full-professor-at-harvard-gsd-department-of-architecture |website= Archinect.com |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Grace La co-edited ''Skycar City'' <ref>{{cite book |last1= Maas |first1= Winny |last2= La |first2= Grace |date= September 2007 |title= Skycar City |location= Milwaukee |publisher= University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee}}</ref> with [[Winy Maas]], co-founded and edited [[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee|UWM]]'s ''Calibrations'', and was a member of the design editorial board of the [[Journal of Architectural Education]] for two terms. Her past research and teaching at UWM were funded by the international furniture manufacturer, KI, and resulted in numerous designed objects and [[prototypes]], including a mass-customized public seating prototype exhibited at [[Discovery World]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Schumacher |first=Mary-Louise |date= 4 Mar 2013 |title= Design Ideas: The Drift Bench |url= http://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/160892285.html |journal= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= UWM students take their seat (to Discovery World) |url= https://uwm.edu/news/uwm-students-take-their-seat-to-discovery-world/ |date= 10 Oct 2012|journal= UWM report |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= Rob Zdanowski |date= 17 December 2011 |title= Drift Public Seating |medium= video |language= English |url= https://vimeo.com/33838778}}</ref> This work was featured in the Design Innovations Panel of the [[Metropolis (architecture magazine)|Metropolis]] Conference at [[International Contemporary Furniture Fair|ICFF]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Metropolis Conference @ ICFF: Design Entrepreneurs: What’s Next |url= https://www.metropolismag.com/uncategorized/the-metropolis-conference-icff-design-entrepreneurs-whats-next/ |date= 17 May 2010|journal= Metropolis |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> As Director of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|GSD]]'s [[Master of Architecture|M.Arch]] Programs, La was responsible for both the M.Arch I and M.Arch II [[architecture]] [[degree programs]], the largest [[academic department|department]] constituency at the GSD. During this period, she re-tooled the [[architecture]] [[academic department|department]]'s [[college admissions|admissions]] process, resulting in the highest admissions yield in the history of the school.<ref>{{cite web |title= GSD Factbook |url= https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GSD-Factbook.pdf |date= Mar 2017| publisher= Harvard GSD |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> As Chair of the Practice Platform, La oversees [[curriculum]] development and programs in the area of design practice and is the host of [[Talking Practice]], [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard GSD]]'s inaugural [[podcast series]] launched in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title= Graduate School of Design launches ‘Talking Practice’ podcast |url= https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/graduate-school-of-design-launches-new-podcast-talking-practice/ |date= 5 Oct 2018| publisher= Harvard Gazette |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Exploring matters and methods of practice, La has engaged podcast interviews with renowned designers such as Shohei Shigematsu, [[Jeanne Gang]], [[Reinier de Graaf (architect)|Reinier de Graaf]], [[Anna Heringer]], Paul Nakazawa, Gary Hilderbrand, [[Preston Scott Cohen]], and others. In September 2019- January 2020, La co-curated with Jeremy Ficca and Amy Kulper, an exhibition entitled, "Drawing Attention," at the Roca London Gallery. The exhibition, gathering more than seventy five exemplary contemporary architectural drawings, opened during the London Design Festival. The exhibit was reviewed by the Royal Institute of British Architects among others, and was noted as a top exhibit to see in November 2019 by London's Guardian. ==Honors and awards== La received four Faculty Design Awards from [[American Institute of Architecture Students|Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture]], honoring her for her projects that have "advance[d] the reflective nature of practice and teaching".<ref>{{cite web |title= ACSA Faculty Design Award |url= http://www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/awards/FD |date= 2018| publisher= ACSA |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= ACSA Faculty Design Award Recipients |url= http://www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/awards/archives/FD |date= 2018| publisher= ACSA |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> La received a university-wide honor from [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee|UWM]] for her exemplary teaching and research with the UWM Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title= UWM 2004-05 Annual Report Awards and Recognition Committee |url= https://www4.uwm.edu/secu/docs/faculty/2486.pdf |date= 14 Sep 2005| publisher= UWM |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> La's award-winning practice, LA DALLMAN, has eight Design Awards from the [[American Institute of Architects]] [[Wisconsin]], two [[Boston Society of Architects]] Unbuilt Design Awards, and multiple international design competition awards. LA DALLMAN was named a 2010 [[Architectural League Emerging Voices|Emerging Voice]] by the [[Architectural League of New York]] and received the [[Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence|Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Silver Medal]].<ref>{{cite book |last= The Architectural League of New York |date= 2015 |title= 30 Years of Emerging Voices, Idea, Form, Resonance |location= New York |publisher= Princeton Architectural Press |page= 254}}</ref> The firm received the international Spotlight: The Rice Design Alliance Prize in 2011, honoring "exceptionally gifted architects in the early phase of their career." <ref>{{cite web |title= Spotlight Award Winners: LA DALLMAN |url= https://www.swiss-architects.com/de/veranstaltungen/spotlight-award-winners-la-dallman |date= 7 Sep 2011| publisher= Swiss-Architects |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Grace La and James Dallman are the first [[North American]] practitioners to receive the prize, which was previously awarded to architects Antón García-Abril of [[Spain]] and [[Sou Fujimoto]] of [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |title= 2017 Rice Design Alliance Spotlight Prize goes to OOPEAA |url= https://bustler.net/news/tags/rice-design-alliance/3838/5696/2017-rice-design-alliance-spotlight-prize-goes-to-oopeaa |date= 31 May 2017| publisher= Bustler |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> LA DALLMAN's work is featured in publications by Spain's a+t, [[Architect Magazine]],<ref>{{cite journal |last= Capps |first=Kriston |date= June 2012 |title= Studio Visit with La Dallman |url= https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/firm-profile/studio-visit-with-la-dallman_o |journal= [[Architect: The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects]] |pages= 82–85 |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> [[Architectural Record]],<ref>{{cite journal |last= Czarnecki |first=J. |date= December 2002 |title= Taking a Leap of Faith |url= https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12619-la-dallman?v=preview |journal= [[Architectural Record]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> [[Azure (design magazine)|Azure]], Praxis,<ref>{{cite journal |last= Tejchman |first=Filip |date= October 2008 |title= Out of Bonds |url= https://www.praxisjournal.net/issues/10.htm |journal= PRAXIS Journal of Writing and Building |issue= 10: Urban Matters |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> [[Princeton Architectural Press]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Killory |first1=C. |last2=Davids |first2=R. |date= May 2008 |title= Detail in Process, AsBuilt Series II |url=http://www.papress.com/html/product.details.dna?isbn=9781568987187 |location=New York |publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]] |isbn=9781568987187 }}</ref> [[Routledge]], and Topos. They had exhibitions at the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]] Heinz Architectural Center and the [[Danish Architecture Centre]] in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. LA DALLMAN has given [[lectures]] in numerous [[symposia]] and esteemed institutions such as the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Houston]], the [[National Building Museum]] in [[Washington D.C.]], and the [[New Museum]] in [[New York City]]. ==Notable projects== LA DALLMAN is renowned for the [[design]] and execution of the Crossroads Project: Marsupial Bridge and Media Garden, and urban transformation project begun in 1999 and lasting more than a decade.<ref>{{cite web |title= Crossroads Project and Marsupial Bridge |url= http://www.rudybruneraward.org/winners/crossroads-project-and-marsupial-bridge/ |publisher= [[Rudy Bruner Award]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> This four-phased [[infrastructure|infrastructural]] transformation for public use includes a pedestrian bridge of 700 feet length named Marsupial Bridge, a [[bus shelter]], a media garden, and a [[observation deck|viewing deck]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Gould |first=W |date= 26 Apr 2004 |title= Pockets of Orphaned Land are Opportunities for Lively Design |url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/apr04/225012.asp |journal= [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |access-date= 22 May 2019}}</ref> The project has been [[published]] and [[exhibition|exhibited]] broadly, including a full-scale [[mock-up]] of the media garden "lightslabs", in the Reprogramming the City exhibit at the [[Danish Architecture Centre]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Reprogramming the City |url= https://dac.dk/en/exhibitions/reprogramming-the-city/ |publisher= [[Danish Architecture Centre]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1= Hauck |first1= Thomas |last2= Keller |first2= Regine |date=2011 |title=Infrastructural Urbanism: Addressing the In-between |location= Berlin |publisher= DOM Publishers |pages=181–185 |isbn=3869221313 }}</ref> Among others, La's completed projects co-authored with partner, James Dallman, include the [[Miller Brewing Company]] Meeting Center (headquarters originally designed by mid-century architect, [[Ulrich Franzen]]), permanent science [[exhibition|exhibits]] for [[Discovery World]], the Marsupial Bridge and Media Garden, the [[Kilbourn Tower]], the [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee|UWM]] Hillel Student Center, and several prominent residences including the Levy House in [[Wisconsin]]. At the time of its completion in 2005, [[Kilbourn Tower]] was the tallest residential building in [[Wisconsin]] and ranks as the 14th [[List of tallest buildings designed by women|tallest building designed by a woman]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Bamberger |first=Tom |date= 29 Feb 2008 |title= Accidental Beauty |url= https://www.milwaukeemag.com/AccidentalBeauty/ |journal= [[Milwaukee Magazine]] |access-date= 22 May 2019 }}</ref> Known for expertise of mid-century modern buildings, LA DALLMAN was [[shortlisted]] in 2018 for the [[renovation]] of the [[American Repertory Theater]], originally designed by Hugh Stubbins. LA DALLMAN completed the renovation of [[Marcus Center|Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall]] and a new river entrance at the [[Marcus Center for the Performing Arts]], originally designed by [[Harry Weese]]. ==Further reading== ''Fabricated Landscapes: LA DALLMAN'' (UWM School of Architecture, 2009). Essays by Raymund Ryan, Filip Tejchman, Grace La, and James Dallman. Foreword by Robert Greenstreet. ==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}} ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{DEFAULTSORT:La, Grace}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Harvard College alumni]] [[Category:Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]'