Two years ago, architect and author Lance Hosey, FAIA, died unexpectedly, leaving a gap in the design community. But his legacy -- a rich dialogue created through his public voice and books (especially The Shape of Green, publshed by Island Press in 2012) and his work in the AEC industry -- is still growing.
Lance was also a COTE community member and COTE leader. He led the creation of two important COTE reports, The Habits of High Performing Firms and Lessons from the Leading Edge, he helped bring clarity and coherence to the Top Ten measures at a critical juncture, and he co-authored (with me) a report called Ecological Literacy in Architecture Education. He was passionate how the COTE Top Ten tried to unify beauty and performance.
Thanks to the support of Lance’s family (and especially brother, Terry Hosey), we announce the endowed Lance Hosey Scholarship Fund to Make Things Better at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (GSAPP). GSAPP fosters robust interdisciplinary collaboration, making this a great fit for the Make Things Better fund.
Better still, GSAPP is offering a 1:1 match. I hope that this will inspire you to chip in to help us keep the #ShapeofGreen and #MakeThingsBetter conversations going ... and share this with others who might also want to do the same.
You can learn more (or contribute directly) at this link:
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/news/lance-hosey-scholarship-fund.
In the future, we anticipate using the Lance Hosey Make Things Better scholarship as a platform to advance the dialogue about which he was so passionate -- focused on The Shape of Green and the power of design to create a positive future for all. We look forward to sharing more about those developments.
Please consider a personal donation of any scale, and if your firm or organization has been influenced by Lance’s ideas and leadership, please consider asking them to do the same (and/or to match yours, too).
Questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask me (or reach out to Columbia GSAPP via the link).
kiragould@kiragould.com