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2024. 3.20.

Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood are selected as the finalist for the 5/14 Memorial Design Competition


https://www.wivb.com/video/514-memorial-finalists-announced/9533782/
https://www.buffalony.gov/1609/514-Memorial-Commission




2023. 11.1.

Just Throw It!!!: An Alternative Part-To-Whole System of Non-Contact Construction Based on Novel Interlocking Method received 2023 NYSCA / The Architectural League of NY
2023 Architecture + Design Independent Projects Grant 


https://archleague.org/competition/2023-architecture-design-independent-projects-grant-recipients/

  




2023. 10. 13.
Song is presenting a reserach paper at SEWC 2023 8th International Congress on Crossover Between Structure & Design, Seoul Oct 18-20, 2023.

J. Song, B. Kim, D. Vrana and J. Shim, “A preliminary study of reversible interlocking joinery system based on a compression dowel,” In proceedings of SEWC 2023 8th International Congress on Crossover Between Structure & Design, Seoul Oct 18-20, 2023.

The study is supported by the Formworks Fund by SUNY Buffalo Architecture Department. Fabrication support: Wade Georgi, Caterina Gnecco, and John Archilla.




2023. 9. 30.
Two projects led by Jin Young Song are finalists in the 2023 Plan Award.

RECONFIGURABLE CERAMIC STACK INTERLOCK SYSTEM, INSPIRED BY A UNIQUE TRADITIONAL WOOD JOINERY by TEAM UB+ALFRED
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2023-special-projects/reconfigurable-ceramic-stack-interlock-system-inspired-by-a-unique-traditional-wood-joinery-team-ubalfred

STICK SNAP STACK, A JOINERY SYSTEM WITHOUT BONDING AGENTS
by JIN YOUNG SONG
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2023-special-projects/stick-snap-stack-a-joinery-system-without-bonding-agents-jin-young-song
 



2023. 8. 8.
GS Medical cener is shortlisted in the 2023 PLAN AWARD.
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2023-renovation/gs-medical-center-renovation-a-socio-cultural-mission-with-unique-pattern-designs-dioinno-architecture-pllc-jhka



2023. 7. 3.
Song participated in 2023 Busan International Architectural Design Workshop (BIADW) as a tutor hosted by Busan Metropolitan City, Korea.
http://biadw.biacf.org/?d=sub01&f=sub04



2023. 5. 13.
GS Medical center received the 2023 Design Educates Awards Selected.
https://gallery.designeducates.com/projects/1420


2023. 4. 21.

Jin Young Song presented his research in the Inaugural Conference of the University at Buffalo Asia Research Institute Program


“From Joinery to Facade: Learning from Asia in Pursuit of a Carbon-Neutral Built Environment”

https://www.buffalo.edu/internationaleducation/asiaresearchinstitute.html




2023. 1. 15.

Song JY, Vrana D, Heo S, He X, Shim J. Snap-interlock module system: Exploring an alternative architectural construction method. International Journal of Space Structures. 2023; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09560599221147468


2022. 11. 24.
Stick Snap Stack featured in Architizer.
https://architizer.com/blog/practice/details/stick-snap-stack/


2022. 10. 12.
Song presented a paper at 2022 Facade Tectonics:
Reconfigurable Terracotta Façade by Jin Young Son, Dan Vrana, Johnathan Hopp, Shawn Murrey, Jiatao Wu, Jongmin Shim



2022. 10. 1.
Song’s competition proposal for NIHC Korea (National Intangible Heritage Center) has won 5th place.
https://dioinno.com/Korea-NIHC-proposal







2022. 7. 20.
Guro Hospital Facade renovation construction photo:
Dark gray BIPV panel (Left) and Sain gray BIPV panel (Right)
 

2022. 7. 19.
UB Interdiciplinary team: Jin Young Song (UB Architecture), Shenqiang Ren (PI, UB Mechanical and Aerospace engineering), Jason Armstrong (UB Mechanical and Aerospace engineering ), Nicholas Yardy (CleanFiber), Chi Zhou (UB Industrial and Systems engineering ) and Jongmin Shim (UB Civil, Structural and Environmental engineering ) have secured $2.2 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ARPA-E to develop eco-friendly insulation:  Modular Design and Additive Manufacturing of Interlocking Superinsulation Panel from Bio-based Feedstock for Autonomous Construction.

https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2022/07/ren-carbon-storage.html




2022. 7. 7.
Guro Hospital Facade renovation construction photo :
50mm square tube section for the BIPV facade panels are installed.


2022. 6. 7.

Stick Snap Stack receives Special Mention from 2022 Architizer Award
https://winners.architizerawards.com/2022/Typology/commercial-11/pop-ups-temporary-3/



2022. 3. 28.
Song presented ‘Instability Design Applications’ at Y.A.R.D Conference, Yonsei University, Korea.




2021. 12. 15.
SBAU Data book is published.
 


2021. 12.1.
Song and JHKA (Ko and Song Associates)’s proposal to renovate Guro Hospital’s facade is accepted and the construction will start next year. The new façade will generate 101,330kWh/year, which is saving 43 tons of CO2 emission per year. We submitted the design to Seoul Metropolitan Government for the renewable energy program. Through multiple internal and external peer reviews, they decided to support 0.8 million dollar for the construction cost.



2021. 11. 1- 11.30.
Stick Snap Stack is installed at Yonsei University, Korea.
 

2021. 10. 10.
Song and JHKA (Ko and Song Associates) are commissioned to design a house in Sokcho, Korea.


2021. 9. 26.
The presentation of SBAU project: recording link.


2021. 9. 16.

The Stick Snap Stack installation is completed in the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 at DDP, Seoul. The event is open to public until Oct 31st.

STICK SNAP STACK : https://seoulbiennale.org/exhibition/t20
https://dioinno.com/Stick-Snap-Stack





2021. 07. 29.
Jin Young Song and Team UB+Alfred presents a reconfigurable ceramic stack interlock system in the ACAW 2021.

https://archceramicworkshop.com/





2021. 06.10. 
Dioinno Architecture PLLC and JHK Architects(Korea) won the Hongdo Information center competition organized by Korea National Park Service.


2021. 05.30.
Honorable Mention for the Dobong Library competition.
Design by JHK Architects + Dioinno Architecture PLLC



2021.05.01.
Song serves on Jury for 2021 Steel Design Competition organized by ACSA.
https://www.acsa-arch.org/competitions/2021-steel-competition/winners/


2020. 12.02.
Stick Snap Stack is selected for the 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Thematic exhibition (Director: Dominique Perrault)




2020. 9.30.


SARCS (Swarm Activated Reconfigurable Construction System) has won Director’s Choice Award in 2020 Warming competition.
https://www.thewarmingcompetition.com/past-results.html


2020. 5.30.
An article Creating a Nation’s Memory is published in Bracket [Take Action] edited by Neeraj Bhatia and Mason White.
https://www.appliedresearchanddesign.com/product/bracket/



2019. 4.1.
Alternative Housing Delivery for Slum Upgrades: Perspectives from Architecture, Engineering, and Non-governmental Organizations by Sheela Patel, Young Seop Lee, Jin Young Song, Greg Sloditskie is published in a book Transforming Global Health Interdisciplinary Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies edited by Korydon Smith and Pavani Ram.
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030321116#reviews



2019. 11.16.
Sphere House has won Innovation Award from 2019 Home competition.

https://archinect.com/news/bustler/7573/architects-reimagine-domestic-space-in-the-2019-home-competition

https://bustler.net/news/search/homecompetition/7573/architects-reimagine-domestic-space-in-the-2019-home-competition

https://www.thehomecompetition.com/2019-results.html





2019. 7.31. 
 SIMS news articles:

https://stories.worldsteel.org/construction-building/snap-interlock-modular-system-transform-construction/

https://newsroom.posco.com/en/bend-it-like-steel-2019-forge-prize/

https://www.aisc.org/pressreleases/press-releases/aisc-awards-inaugural-forge-prize-to-innovative-architect/#.XUJIBOhKg0A

http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2019/07/song-forge-prize.html


2019. 6. 24. - 7.1.
Jin Young Song participated in Kookmin Univ. International Digital Architecture Workshop.
 




2019. 6. 7.
SIMS won 2019 Forge Prize Grand Prize supported by by The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
https://forgeprize.com/winners2/




2019. 4.1.
Laka Perspective Vol.2 is published:  https://lakareacts.com/competition-2018/






2019. 3.28.

Jin Young Song wins 2019 Forge Prize Phase 1
https://forgeprize.com/winners/




2019. 3.28-29.
Jin Young Song has won Design that Educate Award and will present the facade research at Architecture in Foyer conference, Solarlux Campus, Melle, Germany.
https://designeducates.com/winners-2019-sims/
 


supported by Solarlux and Laka Foundation
  



2019. 3.1.

Roundtable Discussion:
The Past and Future of North and South Korean Relations

The role of art and architecture in testing the new citizenship of a united Korea.



2018. 11.1. - 11.26
Exhibition, Connected Living : Housing Research for the Self-Evolving City, organized by Sylvester Mallardi, Arisha Shahid, and Jin Young Song



2018. 10.1. - 10.2.
Jin Young Song’s facade research is accepted to Advanced Building Skins Conference, Bern, SwitzerlaFluSma[[nd.


2018. 7. 10.
Unduk Naru Ferry Terminal has been selected as a Finalist in the Architizer A+Awards for theUnbuilt Transportation category.
https://vote.architizer.com/PublicVoting#/2018/architecture/transportation/unbuilt-transportation



2018. 6. 4.
An newspaper article is published at the Hankyoreh.
새로운 남북화해 시대, 다른 기억과 문화의 힘
원문보기:
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/because/847651.html#csidx00dc67ad13cc5b5976645f882beeba9



2018. 4. 24.
Emboss tower research paper is published.
International Journal of High-Rise Building
http://ctbuh-korea.org/ijhrb/05ijhrb01.php?id=214

2018. 4. 9.
 Connected Living is selected to be a finalist to THE PLAN Award 2018
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2018-specialprojects/connected-living-1




2018. 4. 1.
A research paper is published (Technology|Architecture + Design).
Volume 2 Issue 1 Spring 2018

Snapping Facades: Exploring Elastic Instability for the Building Envelope
Jin Young Song, Seoyoung Heo, and Jongmin Shim
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24751448.2018.1420964
PDF DOWNLOAD


2018.3.14
 Snapping Light Surface is exhibited at Light + Building 2018, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany, March 18-23.
https://light-building.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html




http://www.lgoledlight.com/introducing-the-design-prototypes-showcase-at-light-building-2018/

Song will be at the exhibition site during 22nd-23d, 3-6pm, at Agora A30.
2018.2.05
Emboss Tower and Snapping Facade have won 2018 iF Award.
https://ifworlddesignguide.com/search?search=emboss%20tower#/page/entry/230327-emboss-tower/
https://ifworlddesignguide.com/search?search=snapping#/page/entry/230325-snapping-facade/


2018. 1.25.
The Emboss Tower is accepted to  106th ACSA Annual Meeting  |  The Ethical Imperative, March 15-17, 2018  |  Denver, Colorado. Presentation PPT


2018. 1.13.
An exhibition, ‘In’ the Facade, opens at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Gallery Mun from Jan 19th to Feb 10th.




2018. 1.16
Jin Young Song presented ‘Morphing: Parametric Design Workshop’ at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.


 
2017.12.20
Snapping Light Surface has won 3rd prize at LG OLED Design Competition 2017.

More than 650 people around the world submitted their designs.  The juries include the founder and CEO of Red Dot, Peter Zec and other renowned experts in each field of design and technology. The proejct will be exhibited at the ‘Light + Building 2018’ at Frankfurt, Germany, with LG Display’s support.
 
http://www.lgoledlight.com/design-competition-2017-result/#divSpace


2017.12.1.
Jin Young Song with Jongmin Shim has won The 2017 AN Best of Design Awards Research category
https://archpaper.com/2017/12/2017-best-design-awards-research/#gallery-0-slide-0



2017.10.9.
 Jin Young Song’s project, HOTEL SOLITAIRE, received Honorable Mention in Architectural Design / Hospitality Architecture category from 2017 the American Architecture Prize. https://architectureprize.com/winners/winner.php?id=60304&mode=hm

2017.9.11.
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/because/810541.html

2017.9.8.
Compact Renaissance :the Case of Yangpyeong and Seoul in S. Korea has been selected one of the Outstanding Papers & Design Works by UIA 2017 Seoul Scientific Committee.


2017.9.6.
Jin Young presented 'Alternative Actuation Techniques for Kinetic Surface' at UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress. Discussion session with presenters: Jürgen Steffens(JSWD Architekten), Ernst Giselbrecht (Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner), Byungkoo Lee (Heerim Architects)

2017.9.5.

Jin Young Song presented “Making of Architecture that Reacts,” (Symposium, Architectural Research on Making, Younsei University, Seoul, September 5, 2017), Organized by Prof. Sanghoon Youm (Yonsei Univ.)


2017.8.28.
Connected Living Exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art (9/3 - 11/2)




2017.5.15.
Jin Young Song's Metabolic Evolution has won Open Idea Competition for Self Evolving City of the Future
http://selfevolving.org/?c=45/46
http://dioinno.com/Connected-Living-Metabolic-Evolution-through-Prefabrication-and


2017.3.31.
Jin Young Song's Facade Research is accepted to UIA Seoul conference in Kinetic Surface session

2017.3.30.
Jin Young Song will present 'Facade for Green Buildings' at the Korean-American Research Symposium on Urban Environments.

2017.3.14.
Hotel Solitaire has been selected as a Finalist in the Architizer A+Awards for the Unbuilt Hospitality category.

Help us become a winner here! https://vote.architizer.com/PublicVoting#/winners/2017/typology/hospitality/unbuilt-hospitality

2017.3.10.
Jin Young Song's aged apartments research, The Face of “A Parte” received honorable mention from 2016 Steedman Fellowship competition.
https://steedmanfellowship.wustl.edu/pedro-pitarch-named-the-2016-17-steedman-fellow/


2017.2.24.
Emboss Tower is featured at Meeting the Architecture 2030 Challenge: Reimagine Structure Conference as one of six finalists
https://metalsinconstruction.org/meet-the-winner-finalists-of-the-2017-design-challenge/

Jury members:
Lise Anne Couture, AIA, Asymptote Architecture
Michael D. Flynn, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Hauke Jungjohann Thornton Tomasetti
Ahmad Rahimian, PhD, PE, SE FASCE, WSP | PB USA
Craig Schwitter, PE, BuroHappold Engineering; and
Marc Simmons, BArch, BES, Front Inc.


2017.2.20.
Jin Young Song led the Emboss team and the entry has been selected as a finalist in Metals in Construction Magazine 2017 Design Challenge.
The grand prize-winning entry will be announced at our Feb. 24 awards conference at The Times Center, 242 W 41st St, New York, NY 10036, 8am-12pm.


2017.1.30.
A facade research project is accepted to ACSA 2017 105th Annual Meeting, March 23-25, 2017 in Detroit, MI


2016.12.2.
Jin Young Song's Facade Research has won 1st Prize from 2016 Laka Competition.
More than 250 Participants from 40 countries submitted 127 designs to this year’s “Architecture that Reacts”
https://lakareacts.com/competition/winners/1st-prize-snapping-facade/

http://bustler.net/news/5363/investigating-architecture-that-reacts-in-the-2016-laka-competition-the-winning-entries Project Team: Jin Young Song (Architect and Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo, State University of New York) Jongmin Shim (Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York)

2016.11.18. PAMO wins Honorable Mention at Tomorrow's Workplace Design Competition, presented by Metropolis and Staples Business Advantage. http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/November-2016/tomorrows-workplace-announcement-2016/

2016.10.1. Jin Young Song is the recipient of 2016 AIA New York State Design Awards Unbuilt Young Category https://issuu.com/aianys/docs/2016_awards_book_web/18

2016.9.12.


Hotel Ascension received 2016 AZ Award of Merit

2016.9.22. Jin Young Song has received Honorable Mention from Tri An Monument International Competition.http://www.tri-ancompetition.com/finalists-and-honorable-mentions/ 128 entries from 29 countries were carefully evaluated by an internationally influential jury panel composed of Susan Rademacher, HON. ASLA (Landscape Lecturer, Writer, Curator, Consultant & Designer) Parks Curator, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; Yung Nguyen (Immigrant & Successful Entrepreneur) Founder and Chairman of the Tri Ân Foundation; P.Q. Phan (Composer, Musician, & Educator) Professor of Music at Indiana University; and David M. Biagi (Architect), Director of the University of Kentucky School of Architecture. Design Team: Jin Youn Song Collaborator: Euychan Jeong (Photo from Tri An Monument Competition website)

2016.9.2.
Archello published some of Dioinno works. http://us.archello.com/en/project/slanted-memorial http://us.archello.com/en/project/prefabricating-void

2016.7.1.


Two research papers are accepted to Facade Tectonics 2016 World Congress (October 10 - 11, 2016). The conference is about facades for both professionals and academics featuring blind peer reviewed papers with both new research and case studies. Title: Glass House for Music Authors: Jin Young Song, Arthur van der Harten , Paul Battaglia Title: LEAF (Low Energy Adaptive Facade) Authors: Jin Young Song, Haiqing Lin, Jongmin Shim

GLASS HOUSE PDF DOWNLOAD

LEAF PDF DOWNLOAD

2016.6.17.
Hotel Ascension is presented at the 2016 AZ Award Gala at Toronto

2016.5.12.
Jin Young Song, Bonghwan Kim(Structure engineer for High Living) and Georgios Rafailidis at A+ Award Gala

2016.4. 26.

Jin Young Song will present High Living and discuss Slum improvement using prefabrication in arhictecture.

2016.4. 12.

High Living won 2016 Architizer Jury Award

2016.4. 6.
Hotel Ascension is an AZ Award Finalist. http://www.azuremagazine.com/article/2016-az-awards-meet-the-finalists/ https://azure.awardsplatform.com/entry/vote/rbvLKQeE?category=885

2016.3. 21.
We’re an A+Awards finalist - and you can help us become a winner! Vote for our project [High Living by DIOINNO Architecture PLLC] in the Unbuilt Residential Category http://awards.architizer.com/public/voting/?cid=95


2016.3. 1. ZEAF(Zero Energy Adaptive Facade) wins the SMART Exploratory Grant Team: Jin Young Song (Department of Architecture) Haiqing Lin (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering) Jongmin Shim (Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering)

2016. 2.11.
Hotel Ascension is selected as Special Mention for the d3 Unbuilt Visions 2015 international architectural design competition

2016. 1.15.
Glass House has been accepted to the ACSA 104th Annual Meeting Conference. The project will be presented in Project Session during the Annual Meeting in Seattle and published in a Proceedings book.

2015.11. 12.
DIOINNO wins 2015 Design Awards Merit Award from AIA Buffalo/WNY

2015.11. 11.
Jin Young Song and his project High Living is featured at Space Magazine

2015.10. 24. Jin Young Song at AIA NYS 2015 Design Award Gala

2015. 9. 29. Jin Young Song and Bonghwan Kim(SOM) will present Re-imagining Aged Housing: Prefabricated Apartment Remodeling Type at AIA New York State Saratoga Design Conference

2015. 8. 4. High-Living received 2nd Place Award at Steel City: Container Skyscrapers - MUMBAI organized by SuperSkyScrapers™ http://www.superskyscrapers.com/viewResultslist.asp?sid=50289
2015. 7. 27. Glass House received Honorable Mention by [AC-CA]™ , an international architectural competition organizer. http://www.ac-ca.org/en/tokyo13mentions

2015. 7. 14. P-A-R-T received “Citation” by the 2015 AIA NYS Design Awards Jury Category: Unbuilt Young (Less than 10 years) http://www.aianys.org/awards/2015_design_award_recepients.shtml#unbuilt

2015. 5.15. Jin Young Song's project, DMZ Cultural Complex, is selected for the International Symposium: Architecture and urbanism for peace and reconciliation

2015. 4.15. Jin Young Song, assistant professor, and his partner firm MINIMAX in South Korea was awarded a $200,000 research grant from the Korean government to deliver sustainable urban planning solutions to the city of Yangpyeong, S. Korea under the theme of Reshaping the pattern of sprawl. Prof. Song and his combined studio of graduate and undergraduate students from both architecture and planning recently traveled to Korea for a presentation to the city mayor and site analysis. The team also participated in workshops with Yonsei University (Professor Yeonsook Lee), local engineers, and architects. http://ap.buffalo.edu/news/korea_spring2015.html

2015. 3.11. Facade As Exhibition at Crosby Hall ARC 490/590, Research Senimar, Fall 2014 University at Buffalo Professor Jin Young Song Students Chung,Gary Dai,Wei Damania,Stuti Shitanshu Donmez,Cansu Goo,Hyeongmo Jin,Hongxun Jin,Meiyan Kang,Taewoo Koudlai,Andrew Lamm,Daniel Robert Masurkar,Unnati Vinod Munagala,Bhargav Thunuguntla,Sivakrishna Koushik Walimbe,Rohit You,Jian Feng Zhang,Yuzhu


2015. 3.4. Façade: Phenomenon, Identity, Memory will examine the building facade as a cultural object with public and pervasive presence, and explore the facade as an embodiment of culture and collective identity in the digital age. The presentations and examinations of selected projects from Morphosis, SHoP, SOM and Sauerbruch Hutton will explore how ‘hard’ technologies are being deployed to enhance the ‘soft’ cultural attributes of the building envelope. This event is organized by Jin Young Song with with Nick Bruscia, Brian Carter, Annette LeCuyer and Chris Romano. Sponsors include the UB Humanities Institute, the Buffalo chapter of the AIA, Rigidized Metals and Boston Valley Terra Cotta.

2015. 1.29. DIOINNO wins 2014 Design Awards Merit Award from AIA Buffalo/WNY


2015. 1.23. Architizer interview: http://architizer.com/blog/aaward-winner-qa-dioinno-architecture/

2014. 12.15. ZEAF is selected by NYSCA to be one of Independent Projects funded in the State of New York with the Architectural League as non-profit sponsor. http://archleague.org/2014/12/2015-new-york-state-council-on-the-arts-league-sponsored-independent-projects-grantees/


2014. 11.21. DIOINNO wins Second Awards in Residental Concept Section at RTF Sustainability Award 2014. http://www.re-thinkingthefuture.org/portfolio/p-a-r-t-dioinno-architecture-pllc/ http://www.re-thinkingthefuture.org/rtf-sustainability-awards-2014-results-2/

2014. 11.07 . Jin Young Song will give a public lecture this Friday sponsored by UB Asian Studies. The lecture is open to the public, including those without an architecture or design background. Prof. Song will discuss what art and architecture can do for society. Please feel free to join the lecture. Asia @ Noon Presentation Slanted Memorial: Creating a Nation’s Memory Memorial and Housing at the DMZ for Families Separated by the Korean War Jin Young Song, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, UB

2014. 9.30 . Jin Young Song is selected as a speaker for the Design Like You Give a Damn : LIVE! , as a part of 5th Annual Humanitarian Conference by Architecture for Humanity at Dwell office in NY City. Design Open Mic features emerging and established designers and architects presenting their humanitarian projects. http://architectureforhumanity.org/content/dlygad-design-open-mic-2014

2014. 6.27 . Jin Young Song's project Slanted Memorial is selected for Bracket 4 https://www.brkt.org/issue/contents/all/169/slanted-memorial/13/bracket-takes-action

2014. 5.15 . DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE IN 2014 A+ AWARD GALA Jae Jang, Design Partner of DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE 2014. 4. 8. Urban Ornament - Wheels in the Sky won Best Selection WT SmartCity 2014, International Award for the Architecture. Also, the project is invited to WT Smart City Exhibition at Milan Design Week Exhibition, April 8-16, 2014. http://www.well-tech.it/WTSmartcityaward/architecture/Arch2014_%20DioinnoArchitecture_WheelsInTheSky.html

2014. 4.5 Jin Young Song has received Nila T. Gnamm Junior Faculty Research Fund from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center at the University at Buffalo. Research titled “Prefabricating the Vernacular”, exploring the vernacular architecture focusing on Façade in order to find an alternative way of designing urban housing in the Southeast Asia region under the critique of the modernization of developed Asian cities. This research will be done together with Brian Ravinsky (March/MUP) and Yan Duan (MUP) 2014. 4.1 QUBE is the Architizer A+ Award Jury Winner in the Products +Living: category. http://architizer.com/products/qube-1/

2014. 3.6 Exhibition Opening: Today March 6, 2014 6-9 pm WUHO Gallery Los Angeles, March 6-23 2014 (Image from http://www.cityvisionweb.com/project/worldsofcityvision_la/) This exhibition will feature Jin Young Song's Tensile City and Venice, the City of Bridges!!!

2014. 3.4 Public Voting is Open from March 4-21. Vote Now! http://awards.architizer.com/public/voting/?cid=62 http://dioinno.com/Qube-1

2014. 1.7 - 21 EXHIBITION Unbuilt Visions exhibition showcasing Jin Young Song's Slanted Memorial at the TSMD Turkish Architectural Center in Ankara from Jan. 7-21, 2014 http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/unbuilt_visions_exhibition_in_ankara/ http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/winners_of_the_d3_unbuilt_visions_2013_competition http://archinect.com/news/article/91464562/winners-of-the-d3-unbuilt-visions-2013-competition http://www.archdaily.com/469561/winners-of-d3-unbuilt-visions-2013-competition-announced/ 2013. 12.10. EXHIBITION (image from http://www.cityvisionweb.com/project/worldsofcityvision_la/) Tensile City is invited to another exhibition from Los Angeles Woodbury University, titled "Worlds of Cityvision" and will take place from March 6-23, 2014 at the Wuho Gallery, right in front of Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock and Count Base’s stars on the "Walk of Fame".

2013. 11.30. AWARD & EXHIBITION Jin Young Song's housing and memorial project, Slanted Memorial is selected as a Special Mention for the Unbuilt Visions 2013 international architectural design competition. Also this submission is selected by the curators for a forthcoming exhibition to be shown in Ankara, Turkey at the Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture Gallery during January 2013 http://www.d3space.org/unbuiltvisions/

2013. 11. 22. EXHIBITION Jin Young Song's winning entry, Tensile City, in international competition 2013 CITYVISION Rio de Janeiro, will be exhibited at Cityvision CompetitionsThe exhibition Opening November 22, 2013 7pm Studio-X Rio de Janeiro LOCATION: Praça Tiradentes, 48 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20060-070 Brazil http://www.cityvisionweb.com/mag/cityvision-competitions-the-exhibition/ http://dioinno.com/Tensile-City

2013. 11. 22. PUBLICATION (image from http://www.cityvisionweb.com/mag/issue-9/#) http://issuu.com/cityvisionmag/docs/cityvision_09_72dpi/106?e=1910222/5133728 http://cityvision.bigcartel.com/product/sick-wonder-packaging

2013. 11. 1 AWARD DIOINNO (Jin Young Song and Bonghwan Kim) has received the grand prize from Hyundai E&C regarding urban housing redevelopment project using P-A-R-T::Prefabricated Apartment Remodeling Type. Newspaper: 한국일보http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/economy/201310/h2013103010200321540.htm Interview 인터뷰 https://www.hyundai.co.kr/hmg/web/kor/gbc/GroupBroadcastView.do?listID=34860&listType=0&page=1

2013. 10.30. Tensile City, winning entry at 2013 CITYVISION Rio de Janeiro international competition, is exhibited at Deajeon Architectural Culture Festival 2013 October 18~21, 2013 Daejeon City Hall Gallery, 1-3F Daejeon, Korea 2013. 9.30. DIOINNO (Jin Young Song and Bonghwan Kim) has presented P-A-R-T::Prefabricated Apartment Remodeling Type proposal to Hyundai E&C Technology Competition Comittee

2013. 9.10. Jin Young Song's article about his Slanted Memorial project is published at one of the major Korean newspaper http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/because/602710.html English: http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/605122.html

2013. 8.15. Jin Young Song has been appointed an assistant professor in architecture at University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.

2013. 8.15. Jin Young Song and his team has received Honorable mention from 2013 Rio Competition. Rio Cityvision Competition had 125 registered groups and received 68 proposals from all five continents. The Rio de Janeiro ideas have been judged by an international jury which had as president Alejandro Zaera-Polo and again Jeffrey Inaba, Jeroen Koolhaas, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Pedro Rivera and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia. Published at http://www.cityvisionweb.com/competitions/riodejaneiro/ http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article_image/rio_de_janeiro_cityvision_competition_winners_announced/image/12584