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The Center for Architecture is the premier cultural venue for architecture and the built environment in New York City, informed by the complexity of the City’s urban fabric and in dialogue with the global community. The Center shares a home with the American Institute of Architecture New York (AIANY) chapter and has the unique advantage of drawing upon the ideas and experiences of practicing archi
tects to produce thought-provoking exhibitions, informative public programs, and quality design education experiences for K-12 students. It also leads New York City’s annual month-long architecture and design festival, . The Center for Architecture’s aim is to further public knowledge about New York City architecture and architects, foster exchange and collaboration among members of the design, development, building, scholarly, and policy sectors, and inspire new ideas about the role of design in communities by presenting contemporary and practical issues in architecture and urbanism to a general audience.
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In collaboration with the Black Student Alliance at Columbia GSAPP and NOMAS, AIA New York is organizing a speed mentoring session for BIPOC students across the greater New York City area. Please join us for 20-minute small group conversations and flexible networking time: https://bit.ly/3ZJ7mKt
🗓️ Tue 3/28
⏱️ 6–8pm
📍Center for Architecture
Gregory Peterson took more than 400 photos in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens in 2020. Please join us for a book talk on New York Stilled Life: Portrait of a City in Lockdown (Goff Books), led by Peterson: https://bit.ly/3F08kdv
🗓️ Mon 3/20
⏱️ 6–8pm
📍Center for Architecture
Calling all architects and architecture students! Are you up to speed in NYC’s latest laws? Local Law 97 has major impacts on and . Join us for the launch of the March series, offered in partnership with CUNY Building Performance Lab: https://bit.ly/3SXgqJx
🗓️ March 21, 22, 28, 29
⏱️ 9am–12:30pm
📍Zoom
This multi-day training course provides AIA CES 14 LU | 14 HSW.
Recent hires and promotions in the NYC architecture community include: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners acquires LVCK, Morris Adjmi Architects welcomes P. Christian Bailey as a Director, and more:
Acquisitions Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners has acquired the NYC-based environmental graphics studio LVCK. Promotions and New Hires Morris Adjmi Architects has welcomed P. Christian Bailey, AIA, LEED AP, as a Director. Sando Thordarson has been promoted to Principal at DXA studio. ES...
We are saddened to learn of the death of the prolific architect Eugene Kohn, FAIA (1930–2023), co-founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF). Kohn's firm has designed more than 250 skyscrapers around the globe, including One Vanderbilt, and 30, 10, and 55 Hudson Yards:
His firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, became an international force, merging the commercial with the creative in designing some of the world’s tallest buildings.
The March 16 live podcast recording of Person Place Thing will be a conversation with Román Viñoly, Director of Rafael Viñoly Architects, on the life and achievements of his father, Rafael Viñoly, who passed away suddenly on March 2. Join us from 6-8pm at the Center for Architecture: https://bit.ly/3mHh95A
"When you encounter them, 'you are touched by something that makes you feel good.' In other words, his buildings don’t just exist; they perform." Architect David Rockwell wrote for The New York Times about working with the late Rafael Viñoly and their shared love of music:
There is something transcendent about the architect’s spaces: something unseeable that you experience when you enter. They are as fluid as music.
Join AIA New York's new alliance for LGBTQIA members to build community, engage in important conversations, and support diversity and inclusion in our profession. Join us for a collaborative planning meeting: https://bit.ly/3ZP5aBg
🗓️ Wed, 3/15
⏱️ 6-8pm
📍Center for Architecture
We're calling for Archtober Building of the Day tour sites! Archtober's architect-led Building of the Day tours are the centerpiece of the festival. To be considered, submit your NYC-based work by May 31: https://bit.ly/3ZtO3W2
is just a few days away on March 9! See 4 architects live sketch on stage: Michael Arad, Andrés Jaque, Stephen Slaughter, and Andrea Steele. Get tickets for a lively evening of cocktails, delicious bites, our famed tournament, and prizes: https://bit.ly/2DHqGBs
Kathryn Thiele, AIA, is Founder and CEO of Buildstock and former co-chair of the the AIANY Emerging New York Architect Committee, where she helped launch the AIANY TORCH Mentorship Program. Get to know her as Featured Member:
Kathryn Thiele, AIA, CSI, CDT, Founder and CEO of Buildstock, chairs the AIANY Emerging New York Architect Committee, where she helped to launch the AIANY TORCH Mentorship Program, a scholarship program, and hosts many events. Thiele is a licensed architect with over 10 years of experience in ground...
Catch up on recent NYC architecture news: Gensler to design New York Red Bulls training facility, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners renovates La MaMa, and more: https://bit.ly/3Ziqqz7
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named 16 projects as winners of its 2023 Architecture Awards, including 5 by our local AIA New York members! Congratulations to:
1. 633 Folsom in San Francisco, designed by Gensler (Photo: Jason O'Rear)
2. Minneapolis Public Service Building in Minneapolis, designed by Henning Larsen with MSR Design (Photo: Corey Gaffer)
3. The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl's School in Rajasthan, India, designed by Diana Kellogg Architects (Photo: Vinay Panjwani)
4. The Rockefeller University Stavros Niarchos Foundation - David Rockefeller River Campus in New York, designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects (Photo: Halkin Mason Photography)
5. University of Washington, Life Sciences Building in Seattle, designed by Perkins&Will (Photo: Kevin Scott)
The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls's School and the Minneapolis Public Service Building also won 2022 AIANY Architecture Honor Awards. See more winners in ARCHITECT magazine: https://bit.ly/3EUKboC
Photos from Spitzer School of Architecture's post
We're excited to celebrate on April 20 at the 2023 Honors and Awards Luncheon, which will recognize Andrew Bernheimer, Richard Yancey and Building Energy Exchange, New York Review of Architecture, WIP Collaborative, and the 2023 AIANY Design Awards winners! Meet them here: https://bit.ly/3YacSEU
AIA New York gathered a selection of tributes in memory of Robert Geddes, FAIA (1923 - 2023), who was the first Dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture and served as president of AIA New York in 1997:
https://bit.ly/3IR83fa
"We are fascinated by how architecture is practiced—by its standards, its relationship to capital, its cultures of excess and material economy—as a context for our work," says New Affiliates. Get to know them as one of the winners of AIANY's New Practices New York competition, which serves as a platform for recognizing and promoting young and innovative designs firms in the city:
The Center for Architecture’s exhibition, New Practices New York, showcased the six winners of the most recent cycle of AIA New York’s New Practices New York competition, which serves as a platform for recognizing and promoting young and innovative designs firms in the city. In conjunction with ...
To celebrate the theme on 3/8, we are honored to have Julia Gamolina, Assoc. AIA, share with us the evolution of Madame Architect and lessons learned from the platform's 400+ interviews and stories: https://bit.ly/3ZlySxD
Art by Architects has shown work from over 100+ architects, professors and students of architecture, and interior designers from all over the NYC area! Join us for a reception celebration the fifth annual showcase Friday, 3/3, 6–8:30pm: https://bit.ly/3IoD35W
The show has raised funds for Ukraine, NOMA, and AIANY Scholarships. This year all proceeds will be donated to the AIA New York 2030 Fund which provides student loan debt relief and licensure support for aspiring BIPOC architects pursuing licensure.
Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC, is the first Black woman to be elected President of The American Institute of Architects, a role she'll begin in December. She is well on her way to becoming an icon. Here Dowdell shares her daily routine in The Cut's "How I Get it Done" column: https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/how-kimberly-dowdell-gets-it-done.html
Now on view! Stop by the Center for Architecture to explore the adorable Building Connections exhibition, our annual showcase of K-12 student design work from our workshops and in-school residencies: https://bit.ly/3Yvt1W6
See 4 architects live sketch on stage: Michael Arad, Andrés Jaque, Stephen Slaughter, & Andrea Steele. We're counting down to on March 9! Get audience tickets for a lively evening featuring cocktails, delicious bites, & our famed tournament! https://bit.ly/2DHqGBs
AIA New York has issued a statement of support for Governor Hochul’s 2023 budget and applauds the spending initiatives that address the , , and . In certain areas, we call for a more urgent approach: https://bit.ly/2pAbmP1
Congratulations to the five AIA New York members who have just been elevated to The American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows!
Craig Copeland, FAIA, Pelli Clarke & Partners
Neil Katz, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Varun Kohli, FAIA, Battery Park City Parks
Gregg Pasquarelli, FAIA, SHoP Architects
Jeremy Shannon, FAIA, NYC School Construction Authority (SCA)
The fellowship program elevates AIA member architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Learn more: https://bit.ly/41gpSLS
Apply to serve on your Community Board! AIANY encourages architects to serve on community boards and provide neighborhood input to city agencies and elected officials:
Borough presidents and New York City Council members are now accepting applications for community board appointments. Community boards are volunteer advisory groups that provide neighborhood input to city agencies and elected officials. The primary responsibility of community board members is to ove...
Catch up on recent promotions and hires in the architecture community: Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC promotes Brian Loughlin to Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) founder Gene Kohn becomes first architect to be appointed as Urban Land Institute Life Trustee, and more:
New Hires and Promotions Gabellini Sheppard Associates has elevated Bobby Young, AIA; Colin Martin; and Silvia Maffei to Partners. Cooper Robertson has expanded their leadership with two new hires: Elizabeth Stoel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, who joins as Director of Architecture, and Brad Barnett, AICP, who...
Congrats to Dana Moore, AIA, who has won the AIANY Women in Architecture Recognition Award, which honors newly licensed women architects in NYC who demonstrate strong leadership skills and a commitment to the advancement of our profession:
On January 26, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee conferred the Women in Architecture (WIA) Recognition Award on Dana Moore, AIA, Architect, Dattner Architects. The WIA Recognition Award honors recently licensed women architects in New York City who demonstrate strong leadership skills and a....
On February 27, join Nycoba-NOMA - The National Organization of Minority Architects NY Chapter for an evening honoring the legacy of Black architects and celebrating Black History Month, supported by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and the AIA New York Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Register: https://bit.ly/3YGDldL
Are you an architect with another life as painter, sculptor, illustrator, photographer, or printmaker? Show your work at the Art by Architects exhibition on March 3–4. We're looking forward to hosting this year's show at the Center for Architecture! Submit your work by 2/24 and RSVP for the opening reception here: https://bit.ly/3IoD35W
Robert Geddes, FAIA, a President of AIA New York in the late '90s and a transformative architecture dean at Princeton, has died at the age of 99. The New York Times remembers this pivotal educator and architect:
As an educator, he worked to put architecture on an equal footing with other disciplines. As an architect, he was known for buildings at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
What Does it Take to Become FAIA? Join us Fri, Feb 17 for a workshop to answer questions about the Fellows nomination and application process, and why FAIA represents our highest honor. You can also ask questions to the amazing Fellows Committee! Register: https://bit.ly/40V3S92
On the Cover of : Designed by SmithGroup for San Francisco Public Works, AmeniPODS are a series of mottled, polished metal public bathrooms that look like urban follies. Explore the new Oculus issue on creating inclusive spaces: https://bit.ly/2JBWCLm
Join Alper Derinboğaz for the launch of his book Geospaces: Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth (Actar Publishers)! The book is a visual essay of ideas, images, drawings, and projects based on empathy with the earth. RSVP for Wednesday, 2/15, 6–8pm: https://bit.ly/3x8vBpi
To move towards an architecture more in tune with earth, the book suggests thinking in continuities and looking at the emergence of natural forms, the history of human habitation, and the future of fabrication technologies.
Calling all architects and architecture students! Are you up to speed in NYC’s latest laws? Local Law 97 has major impacts on and design. Join us on Feb 21 for the launch of the next workshop series, offered in partnership with CUNY Building Performance Lab: https://bit.ly/40EUIxC
Join us Thu, 2/16 for the opening of Building Connections, the Center for Architecture exhibition of K-12 student design work from our workshops & in-school residencies: https://bit.ly/3Yvt1W6
A pop-up cityscape mural design activity will be available for visitors of all ages!
We're officially one month away from Guess-A-Sketch! Audience tickets are now available for this unique networking evening, featuring great cocktails, delicious bites and, of course, our famed Pictionary-style competition: https://bit.ly/2DHqGBs
Join us March 9 to watch the honoree sketchers and guessing teams from Ennead Architects, Gensler, Lutron Electronics, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Silman, STUDIOS Architecture, and STV Incorporated!
The Architizer A+Awards, the world’s largest architectural awards program, is now in its Final Entry stage! With exciting categories and pioneering jurors, the 11th A+Awards season emphasizes sustainable design. Firms and projects of all sizes, locations and types are eligible, with an incredible 120 awards categories. Submit your best projects by Feb 24 for worldwide recognition and publication in print and online!
Take your place among the world's best architecture and design firms!
"The issues raised by a younger generation of architects remain relevant as an economic downturn looms, and the strong showing at the Center for Architecture panel shows that leaders in the field are listening." Architectural Record reports on last week's sold-out “Unionization in Architecture” event organized by AIA New York’s Emerging New York Architects and Future of Practice committees:
The AIANY-organized panel discussion comes months after workers at a Brooklyn firm established the profession's first private-sector union.
With the crucial 2023 NYC Council elections fast approaching, AIANY has created a Political Action Fund (PAF) to support candidates who believe in creating more housing, improving transportation, implementing sustainable design measures, and other priorities for architects. Join us Mon, 2/13, 6pm for the kickoff featuring Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and PAF chair Andrea Lamberti: https://bit.ly/3Y7Gt23
Join Frida Grahn, Mary McLeod, and Lynn Gilbert for a discussion on the work of Denise Scott Brown and their new book, Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect (Birkhauser). Friday, 2/10, 6–8pm: https://bit.ly/3WOUsbT
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For the next Cocktails & Conversation on Friday, 12/2, Sarah Williams, Director of the Civic Data Lab at MIT, will discuss data visualization and recent projects with Brad Samuels of SITU, over a custom-crafted cocktail created by Toby Cecchini and David Moo: https://bit.ly/3TmV7Qq
Tonight we’re honored to welcome 800+ leaders in architecture, design, engineering, and construction to the Common Bond gala at Pier 60, honoring Mark Chambers, Madelyn Wils, and FXCollaborative. The event is the Center for Architecture's single largest source of funding, helping to support our everyday operations, our scholarships, and family programs! Thank you to everyone who is supporting our mission: communicating the power of architecture. Congrats as well to tonight’s Common Bond student scholarship recipients! Husan Ahmed at CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture; Kelsey Jackson at Columbia GSAPP; and Cheriyah Wilmot at New York City College of Technology. Event details: https://bit.ly/3iDFIJh
The 12th edition of Archtober is live now at archtober.org! NYC's annual architecture and design festival kicks off October 1 with 100s of events from over 100 participating organizations across the five boroughs. Building of the Day tours are live too! Register before they sell out: https://bit.ly/3ScRZ9D
Become part of the solution to design a more humane future! On March 31, the first Design for Freedom Summit will bring together industry leaders to explore corporate ethical responsibility, the government policies that impact forced labor in the global building materials supply chain, and innovative approaches to addressing this issue. Design for Freedom by Grace Farms Summit will take place at Grace Farms, CT in New Canaan. Register: https://bit.ly/3pzkoe5 #DesignforFreedom #architecture #design #ethicaldesign #forcedlabor #supplychains In partnership with: Architectural Record, The Architect's Newspaper, Archtober, Brick and Wonder, Grace Farms Foods, Madame Architect, Mindful Matters, NOMAct, Connecticut Green Building Council
Congratulations to the honorees of this year's Honors and Awards Luncheon, taking place at Cipriani on April 28! Please join us to celebrate Tsao & McKown Architects, Maxine Griffith, Urban Omnibus, and Deem Journal: https://bit.ly/2sxoAjt
Join us Mon, Jan 10 for the live announcement of this year’s AIANY Design Awards winners in Architecture, Interiors, Urban Design, and Projects. A moderated discussion with this year’s jurors will follow. Free via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3oFuVV7
As we close out another unprecedented year, we'd like to thank our community for your unwavering friendship and support this year. We wish you all a happy, healthy, and successful 2022!
Closing Soon: AIANY’s annual Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural design in New York and around the world. Apply by December 17: https://bit.ly/2QGufvz
Looking for a gift for your favorite architect? We've got Archtober-branded shirts, hats, tote bags, socks, and even a limited-edition fanny pack: https://bit.ly/3rS4MUG
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