Canadian Architectural Illustrators Honored

Sept. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- September 01, 2011

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Canadian Architectural Illustrators Honored

CALGARY - Four Canadian architectural illustrators have had their artwork chosen to be part of Architecture in Perspective 26, the International Competition of Digital and Traditional Architectural Illustration. Marie Eldridge from Calgary, and three Toronto-area illustrators – Roberto Ou, Michael  Ouzikov (Forrec) and Michael McCann – will all have their work featured in the exhibition, which opens on September 26 at the Pola Gallery in Tokyo. Architecture in Perspective (AIP) is presented by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI), whose annual convention and exhibition will be held this year in conjunction with the UIA 2011 World Congress of Architecture, also taking place in Tokyo, from September 24 to October 2.

"Winning the ASAI Award of Excellence was extremely gratifying; there is nothing more professionally satisfying than the recognition of your peers," says Marie Eldridge. "Attending the conference in Japan will be the icing on the cake."

From among the 56 pieces selected for the exhibition, Michael McCann's illustration received two major awards: The Formal Category Award and The Members’ Choice Award..

The preeminent award, The Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, was awarded this year to Swiss illustrator Marcel Schaufelberger. All the winning entries can be viewed at www.asai.org.

With 10,000 people expected to attend the 2011 UIA Conference, ASAI President Masaaki Yamada states, "This year’s exhibition Includes the largest international exhibition of architectural illustration ever assembled, featuring AIP26 (ASAI) and exhibitions from Japan (JARA), Korea (KAPA), Australia (AAAI) and China."

About ASAI: The American Society of Architectural Illustrators was founded in 1986 as a professional organization to represent the business and artistic interests of architectural illustrators throughout North America and around the world. ASAI's principal goals are fostering communication among its members, raising the standards of architectural drawing, acquainting the broader public with the importance of such drawings as a conceptual and representational tool in architecture, and providing educational opportunities for aspiring illustrators and the design professions. Membership in the organization is not limited to professional illustrators, but is open to architects, designers, teachers, students, corporations, and anyone engaged in the serious pursuit of architectural drawing.
                                                                   

For more information contact:
Marie Eldridge
Eldridge Design Partnership Inc.
marie@architecturalillustrations.cc
403 247 5335
6932 Bow Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T3B 2B9

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Conceptual architectural visualization,
sketches and detailed architectural
rendering produced in watercolor,
opaque, digital and mixed media.