Recent Culture Posts
AIA Honorable Mention – Crow Arbor and Round Hall
Skip to 1:02:15 for jury thoughts on Crow Arbor and Round Hall – 7 Directions’ project – Crow Arbor and Round Hall – received the AIA Honorable Mention Award in AIA Seattle’s 73rd annual Honor Awards for Washington Architecture to celebrate excellence in design. One of the juror’s stated that “this building is a central, […]
2023 NW Green Building Slam – Tom Balderston & Daniel Glenn: Muckleshoot Net Zero Community
The Muckleshoot Net Zero Community was featured in the 2023 NW Green Building Slam. Daniel Glenn, Principal of 7 Directions Architects and Planners, and Tom Balderston, Green Consultant, presented the project and explained the importance of culturally and environmentally responsive architecture and planning.
Little Big Horn College paves the path for a new Cultural Center and Museum
Little Big Horn College is all set to unravel its Cultural Center and Museum, designed by 7 Directions Architects and Planners. Celebrating the tradition and culture of the Crow Tribe, the structure aligns with a community oriented approach. As Kurl8 covers the project, watch how the design is rendered in native roots. https://www.kulr8.com/news/little-big-horn-college-working-to-open-new-cultural-center-and-museum/article_e99a04e2-480e-11ec-a5c1-0b1b578a628d.html
On the Ground: Indigenous Voices on Constructed Place
On the Ground Lecture Series: Indigenous Voices on Constructed Place. A University of Washington Department of Architecture series centering the voices, stories, and knowledge of Indigenous architects, designers, planners, researchers, and community organizers. Speakers – Bobbie Koch + Daniel Glenn Bobbie Koch Sicangu Lakota – Rosebud Sioux Tribe Master of Architecture + MS in Architectural […]
Exploring Indigenous Architects
Exploring Indigenous Architects is a WPBS Weekly Inside Story that previews a documentary centered around three indigenous architects who are using their cultural heritage as an inspiration for designs that revere indigenous ways while celebrating the Earth. Daniel Glenn is one of the three featured architects and speaks on his work which aims to help […]
Indigenous Architecture and Placekeeping | Roundtable Webinar
Inspired by the ‘Unceded: Voices of the Land’ exhibit showcased at the 2018 Venice Biennale and now housed at the Canadian Museum of History until Fall 2020, this Future Cities Roundtable dialogue focuses on the unique ways that Indigenous architects and designers are channeling their respective Indigenous identities, values, ecologies, relationships to land and place, […]
New Indigenous architecture of the Pacific Rim lecture
“Carroll Go-Sam, Albert L Refiti and Daniel Glenn, three influential Indigenous architects, were brought together by the University of Queensland’s Indigenous Design Place and School of Architecture to discuss their practice and research on the state of Indigenous architecture . The lecture, held at the State Library of Queensland, stimulated the audience’s thoughts and ideas on […]
Payne Family Native American Center
Article on Payne Family Native American Center published in Indian Country Today (2011) http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/gallery/photo/native-american-center-university-montana-connecting-people-35398
The cultural masks are being installed at Plaza Roberto Maestas!
29 relief masks at each column on the base of two buildings, 4 distinct masks symbolically representing Latino, Native American, Asian American and African American cultures.
Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow
So sad that I was not able to be there today. We are very honored that the esteemed Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow was laid to rest at the Apsaalooke Veterans Cemetery that we designed, designed to symbolically represent the Crow concept of the Camp on the Other Side where he has now gone. We were […]
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands takes readers on a virtual tour of recent Native building projects in Canada and the western and midwestern United States. With close attention to details of design, questions of tradition, and cultural issues, and through interviews with designers and their Native clients, it provides an in-depth introduction to the new […]
Tribal Green Summit 2016
Daniel Glenn (Apsaalooke – Crow) will discuss the impact of colonization on indigenous architecture in North America and recent efforts to develop a contemporary, tribally-specific architecture through examples from his own work with several tribes in the United States. North American tribes, like indigenous people around the world, developed a highly sustainable architecture that was […]
Indigenous Design Conference
Amazing conference, we feel so welcomed here among our Maori and international colleagues!
“Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing”
“Our challenge is to create modern homes that strive to come close to the extraordinary symbiosis of climate and culture that is inherent in indigenous dwellings” — Daniel Glenn The Nageezi house was designed to respond to the local high-desert climate (elevation 6,947 feet), in which temperatures can vary 40 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit in […]
“Nau Mai, Haere Mai, Welcome.”
I Te Timatanga is a multidisciplinary indigenous design conference, for any indigenous person who helps to shape the public realm. This four-day conference includes indigenous presentations, site visits and cultural exchange – hosted by Ngā Aho and Ngāti Hau at Whakapara Marae, Te Tai Tokerau (Northland). “Come and join us to discuss and share stories, […]
Student Jam Session inside Payne Native American Center
King Elephant performs ‘That Mean I Love You More Than 4 Ever’ in the Payne Family Native American Center in the eighth edition of Campus Sessions. Video by: Tim Goessman, Thom Bridge, Taylor Romack, Austin Smith, and Samuel Wilson
Round Dance at Payne Family Native American Center
This round dance was held at the Payne Family Native American Center on the University of Montana Campus to support the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act and to show solidarity with the Idle No More movement. The Idle No More movement was begun in response to a bill going through the Canadian parliament, […]
International SEED Award – Place of Hidden Waters
From the Jury: “The jury was struck by the elegant combination of the principles of sustainability with cultural relevance, while providing a contemporary aesthetic.” “The Puyallup Longhouse was designed with the goal of creating a community center and beautiful, relevant and affordable housing for members of the Puyallup Tribe struggling with the challenges of increased […]