NINA COHEN AND FIONA GARSON have been in partnership for 15 years. The studio draws on skilled staff and collaborators as the need arises. This flexibility enables the partners to be intimately involved in all projects and to be discerning when deciding which projects to take on. As the partners say, ‘our open and respectful working relationship with each other and with our staff makes for good decision-making and a collegial working environment. We enjoy working in a team and collaborating with others.’ Many of the buildings Cohen and Garson have designed are ground-breaking. They have been published in prestigious magazines such as Domus (Italian), Detail (German), and Architecture Digest (South African) amongst others. They received the Visi Designer of the Year award in 2012 for the Wits Art Museum. They also received an award of excellence from GIfA and a National Award of Merit from SAIA for WAM.

In this open-to-the-public seminar and presentation, recent Princeton University graduate, IVÁN-NICHOLAS CISNEROS, will talk about his award-winning thesis, ‘140-Mile Third Space of Social and Economic Re-order In-betwixing the Mexico/US Geopolitical Order of Things: The Disruptive Betweenity of the Betwixt Cannabis Menagerie’. Cisneros’ advisors at Princeton University School of Architecture were Samia Henni (a recent ILS speaker), Mitch McEwen, and Liz Diller.

Three M2 Unit 11 students have been selected to present their projects at the Global Graduate Show in Dubai! Su-Nam Chen, Jaclyn Kapp and Daniele Cronje will be showing their work, Culverture, at this world-renowned show of the world's best graduate projects in Dubai. The annual Global Graduate Show is an exposition of life-changing inventions from the world’s largest design and technology schools. Taking place during Dubai Design Week, November 2018. The team's project, Culverture, can be seen on our Facebook page and on Instagram. Visit http://www.globalgradshow.com/ for more details on the show.