What if the constraints and limitations of architecture became the catalyst for design invention? The award-winning young architecture firm Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis calls their answers to this question "opportunistic architecture." It is a design philosophy that transforms the typically restrictive conditions of architectural practice'small budgets, awkward spaces, strict zoning'into generators of architectural innovation. Often building portions of projects themselves, these architects seek to maximize their project's impact through material fabrication and construction.
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis presents a diverse selection of built and speculative projects ranging from small installations to larger institutional buildings. Their celebrated restaurant projects'including a café with a wall made by the architects from 479 cast-plaster coffee cup lids'present innovative solutions to the challenges of working with existing space. Their large institutional buildings such as Bornhuetter Hall for Wooster College imaginatively engage the particulars of program, budget, client needs, and code. Their designs for a residence in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, morph from a standard suburban elevation on the street front to a modern pavilion at the back. Also included are a selection of the firm's speculative projects addressing issues of urbanism and suburbanism. Built projects are accompanied by thought-provoking texts, beautiful drawings, and photographs. An appendix distills their design philosophy into five tactics, a readymade code for students and practitioners looking for design ideas for the real world. Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis>/I> will enlighten and inspire architects to create more useful, attractive, and interesting forms.
LTL was recently selected as one of six American architectural firms whose work was exhibited in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2002, LTL was chosen by the Architectural League of New York as part of the "Emerging Voices" lecture series that recognizes architects achieving prominence. In addition, LTL was included in the 2000 National Design Triennial at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, and was selected in December 2000 by Architectural Record as one of ten firms representing a vanguard in contemporary Architecture. Their work is represented in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Heinz Architectural Center. LTL has received a series of awards including seven International Design Magazine Awards, three AIA NY Chapter Design Awards, two Interior Awards for the best casual restaurant of the year in 2005 and 2006, and the New Wave award from Hospitality Design Magazine
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