LA DALLMAN

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[L-R] Grace La, James Dallman

[L-R] Grace La, James Dallman – © LA DALLMAN

Brief description

The work of LA DALLMAN explores architecture as transformed site, reshaping the raw materials of found and abstracted landscape in projects of diverse scale and type. Among the broad range of their work, notable projects include urban infrastructure, public space, artistic installations, houses, and civic buildings. LA DALLMAN deploys material and detailing investigations as cultural artifacts which grow from the context.

Led by James Dallman and Grace La, the design studio has been awarded over thirty-five professional honors since its inception in 1999. LA DALLMAN’s past projects include the Hillel Student Center and Sukkah, City of Freshwater and Great Lakes Future exhibits at Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, Levy House, Miller Brewing Company’s Employee Meeting Center, Montessori School Open Air Classroom, and the Kilbourn Tower. Recently, LA DALLMAN was named a 2010 Emerging Voice by the Architectural League of New York. LA DALLMAN’s Marsupial Bridge and Urban Spaces received the Silver Medal of the national 2007 Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. The practice was featured as Architectural Record’s emerging architectural firm (April 2001), and was recognized as one of four small firms nationally working on large scale, complex projects (Dec. 2002). LA DALLMAN has won six Design Awards for Excellence from the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin, and several prizes in prestigious international design competitions, including Pittsburgh’s 2006 International West End Pedestrian Bridge, Atlanta’s 2005 International Andrew Young Park, Milwaukee’s Kilbourn Tower, and Pittsburgh’s 2007 Allegheny Square.

LA DALLMAN is published in Detail in Process (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008), Fabricated Landscapes (UWM School of Architecture, 2009), 1000x Architecture of the Americas (Verlaghaus Braun, 2008), The Public Chance (a + t, 2008), The Green Braid (Routledge, 2007), Architectural Record, Praxis Journal of Building + Writing, Germany’s Topos, Spain’s a + t: In Common Series, and Canada’s Azure. They have delivered over twenty-five invited lectures, symposia, and conference presentations, and exhibited their design and research in various cities and universities, including at the Carnegie Museum of Art Heinz Architectural Center.

Principals

James Dallman
Grace La

Key projects

Levy House
Hillel Student Center, Joseph + Vera Zilber Building
Levatich Residence
Marsupial Bridge
Brady Street Bus Shelter
Open Air Classroom
Urban Plaza
Kilbourn Tower

Industry affiliations

American Institute of Architects

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