PRESS COVERAGE
ADC 103rd Annual Awards Jury President
The ADC Annual Awards is celebrating 104 years of excellence in design and craft, honoring top creative talent and innovative work across various disciplines, including advertising, digital media, graphic design, packaging, product design, motion, gaming, experiential design, architecture, photography, and illustration.
Sean A. Gallagher has been invited to serve as the 2024 Jury President and Presenter of the Gold and Best of Discipline Awards in Apparel, Accessory, Footwear Design, Architecture, Interior, Environmental Design, and Artificial Intelligence at the 103rd International Art Directors Club Awards Ceremony.
New York Build Expo - Building Tall & Sustainably - Panel Moderator
New York Build is the largest construction and design show in the Tri-state region, attracting over 40,000 general contractors, architects, engineers, owners, government representatives, and developers from around the world. The 2024 Expo highlighted sustainability as a key topic in the AEC industry.
Sean A. Gallagher was invited to develop and moderate the "Build Tall and Sustainably" panel discussion, featuring design and industry leaders Tim Johnson (NBBJ Partner), Craig Copeland (Pelli Clarke Partner), Christopher Colasanti (JBB Partner), and Andrew Chintz (NYC Sustainability Accelerator Program).
Four Future Voices in Architecture
Apple and Morpholio recognize Sean A. Gallagher (DS+R) as an emerging global voice in architectural design. In this interview, Sean discusses the importance of sketching in the design process and demonstrates its potential using digital sketching apps.
The interview also features Gabrielle Brainard (SHoP Architects), Olin McKenzie (SOM), and Sam Dufaux (WORKac), who have embraced digital sketching with apps like Trace.
Rubenstein Forum Awarded 2022 Best Tall Tower Worldwide
Sean A. Gallagher accepts Best Tall Building Worldwide prize after presenting Rubenstein Forum’s design at the 2022 International Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Conference.
Rubenstein Forum was nominated in the Best Tall Building Category and based on the presentation by Sean A. Gallagher was awarded the top prize of Best Tall Building Worldwide by an international jury. Rubenstein forum also was awarded Best Tall Building Under 100 meters and Best Tall Building Americas. Rubenstein Forum edged out Best Tall Building Americas over One Vanderbilt (KPF Architects), 111 West 57th (Shop Architects), and St. Regis (Studio Gang Architects).
World Architecture Interview on Social Sustainability In Design
“Sean A. Gallagher will be in conversation with WAC's India Country Editor Pappal Suneja. In their discussion, titled Social Sustainability In Design, Gallagher will talk about the design philosophy of DS+R, and the multi-dimensional facets of health and sustainability in design.
Sean will discuss several of DS+R's projects, including the recently-completed projects US Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago.”
Sketching with Glass: A Return to the Hand-Driven Workflow
“Does digital design constitute a death-knell for drawing? On the contrary, argues Sean A Gallagher, Director of Sustainable Design at Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
This well known New York architecture practice retains a strong culture of sketching at all stages, due to its immediacy in recording ideas and its efficiency in communicating them. But the firm’s members embrace new technology at the same time. iPads, for instance, offer easy transportability and can capture smooth movements of the hand; while new interfaces can enhance fluidity and allow complex layering.”
Decades After the Rise of CAD, Architecture Is Going “Paperless”—For Real This Time
“Sean A. Gallagher, Director of Sustainable design at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is one of the architects leading this charge and testing its limits. Tools like Morpholio Trace, the iPad Pro, and Apple Pencil are literally changing the way Sean works on a daily basis, and he’s not alone.
According to Sean, the simple fact is that the touchscreen software available today offers better precision and greater range than in the past, making it possible, once and for all, to clear his desk.”
Apple WWDC17 Keynote
Apple featured Sean A. Gallagher's work when discussing iPad Pro and architecture in the live world broadcast of WWDC17.
"When we first introduced the Ipad Pro 18 months ago, it completely redefined what you could do with your iPad. Along with your increadable apps, it allowed our users to do really amazing things. From professional design and illustration, to fashion - to architecture, engineering and so much more.”