Finnish Pavilion Opening
May 20, 2021
To mark the opening of the Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Paul joins fellow curators Philip Tidwell (Finland), Siv Helene Stangeland (Norway), and moderator Phineas Harper in a discussion about wood, authorship, nationalism, and other topics.
Video on New Standards site
May 20, 2021
To mark the opening of the Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Paul joins fellow curators Philip Tidwell (Finland), Siv Helene Stangeland (Norway), and moderator Phineas Harper in a discussion about wood, authorship, nationalism, and other topics.
Video on New Standards site
Harvard Design Magazine 48
March 23, 2021
Paul is on a panel of architects and writers to discuss the magazine's theme, America.
HDM 48 Panel
March 23, 2021
Paul is on a panel of architects and writers to discuss the magazine's theme, America.
HDM 48 Panel
La Casa del Vecino
November 18, 2020
A talk with Wonne Ickx of Productora about a recently completed house.
Our Neighbor's House 05
November 18, 2020
A talk with Wonne Ickx of Productora about a recently completed house.
Our Neighbor's House 05
US Pavilion
November 24, 2019
Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner have been selected to design and curate the US Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale. Their proposal, titled American Framing, presents the culture and design possibilities of wood frame construction.
American Framing
November 24, 2019
Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner have been selected to design and curate the US Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale. Their proposal, titled American Framing, presents the culture and design possibilities of wood frame construction.
American Framing
P/A Award
February 12, 2018
Motherhouse wins a Progressive Architecture Award from Architect. Independent is the first Colorado office to win the award.
2018 P/A Awards
February 12, 2018
Motherhouse wins a Progressive Architecture Award from Architect. Independent is the first Colorado office to win the award.
2018 P/A Awards
Making New Art and Architecture
November 16, 2017 Paul presents Five Rooms, a renovation of a former hallway in the Chicago Cultural Center that he and Paul Preissner designed for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The talk is in the Golden Rondelle on the SC Johnson campus in Racine, WI and is part of the company's Making New Art and Architecture lecture series. Thomas Kelley also presents his biennial projects.
Lecture details
November 16, 2017 Paul presents Five Rooms, a renovation of a former hallway in the Chicago Cultural Center that he and Paul Preissner designed for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The talk is in the Golden Rondelle on the SC Johnson campus in Racine, WI and is part of the company's Making New Art and Architecture lecture series. Thomas Kelley also presents his biennial projects.
Lecture details
Young Architect of the Year
December 9, 2015
Paul Andersen is the AIA Denver Young Architect of the Year.
AIA ColoradoDecember 9, 2015
Paul Andersen is the AIA Denver Young Architect of the Year.
AIA Award for Guggenheim Helsinki
October 17, 2015
Independent's proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki wins a Colorado AIA Award for Unbuilt Architecture.
AIA Colorado 2015 Design AwardsOctober 17, 2015
Independent's proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki wins a Colorado AIA Award for Unbuilt Architecture.
Science on Tap Talk
February 9, 2015
Paul Andersen gives a public talk on cultural energy and how to get Congress to fund a particle accelerator for the CSSC’s Science on Tap conversation series.
Colorado Springs Science Center
February 9, 2015
Paul Andersen gives a public talk on cultural energy and how to get Congress to fund a particle accelerator for the CSSC’s Science on Tap conversation series.
Colorado Springs Science Center
Guggenheim Helsinki
October 14, 2014
Independent’s proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki is anonymously selected by Curbed as one of the weirdest of the 1,715 entries.
Curbed Article
October 14, 2014
Independent’s proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki is anonymously selected by Curbed as one of the weirdest of the 1,715 entries.
Curbed Article
Signature Geometries Lecture
November 10, 2014
Paul Andersen lectures at the Universidad Di Tella about roles that geometry plays in Independent’s work.
UTDT News
November 10, 2014
Paul Andersen lectures at the Universidad Di Tella about roles that geometry plays in Independent’s work.
UTDT News
AIA Denver Award
October 9, 2014
City Loop, a 14 acre playground and urban plaza designed for City Park, is presented with an AIA Denver Merit Award.
AIA Colorado Awards
October 9, 2014
City Loop, a 14 acre playground and urban plaza designed for City Park, is presented with an AIA Denver Merit Award.
AIA Colorado Awards
AIA Chicago Award
May 13, 2014
Two Barns, an installation by Independent Architecture and Paul Preissner Architects at the 2013 Biennial of the Americas, receives an AIA Chicago Small Projects Honor Award.
AIA Chicago Awards
Architect Magazine
May 13, 2014
Two Barns, an installation by Independent Architecture and Paul Preissner Architects at the 2013 Biennial of the Americas, receives an AIA Chicago Small Projects Honor Award.
AIA Chicago Awards
Architect Magazine
AIA Colorado Award
May 10, 2014
The Bubble Garden, an installation at the MCA Denver, receives an AIA Colorado Young Architects Award.
AIA Colorado YAAG Awards
May 10, 2014
The Bubble Garden, an installation at the MCA Denver, receives an AIA Colorado Young Architects Award.
AIA Colorado YAAG Awards
Critical Pitch
March 5, 2014
Paul presents Bump Houses at the Graham Foundation as part of the Chicago Design Exchange’s Critical Pitch program.
Chicago Design Exchange
March 5, 2014
Paul presents Bump Houses at the Graham Foundation as part of the Chicago Design Exchange’s Critical Pitch program.
Chicago Design Exchange
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
August 9, 2013
Paul gives a lecture titled “Practica Promiscua” at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. The lecture is part of the school’s Modos de Practica lecture series.
Di Tella Lecture
August 9, 2013
Paul gives a lecture titled “Practica Promiscua” at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. The lecture is part of the school’s Modos de Practica lecture series.
Di Tella Lecture
Fulbright Specialist Program
July 21, 2013
Paul Andersen is appointed a Fulbright Scholar in Architecture. He will teach a two week workshop on miniature landscape plazas and a school wide lab at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
Di Tella Arquitectura
July 21, 2013
Paul Andersen is appointed a Fulbright Scholar in Architecture. He will teach a two week workshop on miniature landscape plazas and a school wide lab at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
Di Tella Arquitectura
Biennial of the Americas Architecture Panel
July 20, 2013
Paul moderates a panel discussion with Mark Lee (Johnston Marklee) and Michael Webb (Archigram) at the Clyfford Still Museum.
Event Details
July 20, 2013
Paul moderates a panel discussion with Mark Lee (Johnston Marklee) and Michael Webb (Archigram) at the Clyfford Still Museum.
Event Details