Certified Organic Architecture
Work by BLDUS
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Certified organic Architecture
EXHIBITION
mon, sept 15 – Wed, oct 8
campbell corner gallery
GALLERY TALK & RECEPTION
fri, Oct 3, 12PM
CAMPBELL van lengen lobby
In the exhibition Certified Organic Architecture, the DC-based office BLDUS explores relationships between the spaces we inhabit and the foods we eat. Natural building material samples and architectural projects are organized within the framework of a dining room and dining table setting. Copies of BLDUS's first monograph Home on Earth: Recipes for Healthy Houses (ORO Editions, March 2025) are available to examine alongside sketchbooks featuring "building recipes" and diagrams of "wood salads." By bringing healthy materials into the home, we can question conventional narratives and assumptions about regional building cuisines.
Andrew Linn of BLDUS will discuss the work and sign copies of Home on Earth on Friday, October 3.
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ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Andrew Linn is a principal and founder of BLDUS and Visiting Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center. Prior to teaching at Virginia Tech, Andrew taught at the University of Maryland and the Catholic University of America. He received a Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University and a Masters of Arts in the History of Science and Medicine from Yale University, and worked for Arquitectonica, Fantastic Norway, OMA, and Tigerman McCurry. He has been honored with a 2025 Virginia Tech Professional Development Award, a 2023 AR Vanguard Award, and a 2019 Young Architect Award from The Architect's Newspaper.
BLDUS makes architecture that connects past with future, modernity with tradition, and humanity with the natural world. Their buildings contribute to the American vernacular through their use of natural materials, their character, and the economy of their construction. Guided by a “farm-to-shelter” ethos, these buildings honor their setting and places of origin while safeguarding the health of those who produce, construct and inhabit them. Founded in 2013 by Jack Becker and Andrew Linn, BLDUS is based in Washington, DC and practices design, development, and construction throughout the United States.
