1992
Bachelor of Architecture
Daniel Hisel
Daniel Hisel traveled to Egypt, France, Greece, and Italy.
Daniel Hisel
University of Kentucky
School of Architecture
Jury
Joseph Esherick
Craig Hartman
Laura Hartman
Brian Lee
Stanley Saitowitz
Peter Walker
Letters from Abroad
June 30, 1993
In an attempt to say something about the SOM Foundation traveling fellowship I found myself turning back to the travel journal made during my sojourns around the Mediterranean. I think this entry from Greece does the best job of conveying some semblance of my journey, and, at least partially, of what I brought home and continue to carry with me.
Acropolis, Athens. © Daniel Hisel.
Impact of the Award
June 10, 1996
When one travels to see our world—the art and architecture and landscapes—things get thrown up against other things and a surreal quality takes over and says, “Today you are in Greece (white, blue sea), yesterday you were with Gaudí in Barcelona.” Memories collide and argue with each other. The serene, quiet, yet powerful interior of the sanctuary at La Tourette does somersaults when the Postman Cheval goes inside, an event made possible through the wonders of travel and a little imagination. When disparate notions meet and combine, and fight and make love, life occurs. Life with a certain richness and depth of experience, with a certain joie de vivre.
Daniel Hisel
University of Kentucky
School of Architecture
Daniel Hisel
is a principal at Hisel Flynn Architects. He has over twenty years of experience as an architect, specializing in contemporary renovations to older homes. His work celebrates the creative potential of intersections between buildings and other worlds, such as architecture-furniture, architecture-art, and architecture-nature. His designs have won numerous awards, including the Progressive Architecture Award, and has been published in dwell, Architecture Magazine, and Design New England. He has also taught design studios at several universities, including Syracuse University, the California College of the Arts, Roger Williams University, and Wentworth Institute of Technology. Hisel has a BArch from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.