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AIANY 2016 Design Awards Winners’ Announcement

Join us Monday, 02.29.16, for the announcement of 2016 AIANY Design Awards winners. A panel of this year’s esteemed jurors will select projects in the categories of Architecture, Interiors, Urban Design, and Projects from the total 366 submissions.

AIA New York’s annual Design Awards Program recognizes outstanding architectural design by AIANY Chapter members, New York City-based architects in any location, and work in New York City by architects around the globe. The purpose of the awards program is to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence.

A discussion with this year’s jurors, moderated by Sean Anderson, Assistant Curator at the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, will follow.

The 2016 Design Awards Jury:
Elzabeth Chu Richter, FAIA, CEO, Richter Architects
Shane Coen, Founder and Principal, Coen+Partners
Julien De Smedt, Founder, JDS Architects
Mark Johnson, Co-founder, Civitas Inc.
Lorcan O’Herilhy, FAIA, Founder, Lorcan O’Herilhy Architects (LOHA)
Shih-Fu Peng, Co-founder, Henerghan Peng Architects
Michel Rojkind, Founder, Rojkind Arquitectos
Michael Speaks, Dean, Syracuse University School of Architecture

Names in the News

AIANY has announced the founding of two new committees: the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee, co-chaired by Melissa Marsh, Assoc. AIA, and Evie Klein, Assoc. AIA; and the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee, co-chaired by Hank Abernathy, AIA, Paul Drago, AIA, and James Berge, AIA … Jenna Ciano, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, has been named the new co-chair of the AIANY Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Committee, co-chaired by Miles Paloympis, Assoc. AIA. Continue reading “Names in the News”

New Deadlines

2016 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2016 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect in practice or by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! You may submit projects/topics from anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas/projects by the deadlines indicated below to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com

Fall: Tech in the City
Why cutting-edge industry loves older buildings. How technology businesses transform neighborhoods and the city at large. Adaptive Reuse & Interiors.
Deadline for story ideas: 05.16.16

Winter: Preservation & Reinvention / Rethinking Preservation / Preservation & Urbanism / Preservation Today
Projects with a unique take on history and how to reconcile it with contemporary needs. Focus on daylight and natural ventilation as city becomes more dense; historic preservation as zoning tool; quality vs. scale. Is city preserving too much in historic districts?
Deadline for story ideas: 08.19.16 Continue reading “New Deadlines”

On View

At the Center for Architecture

“Heart of Hearts” by Collective-LOK in Father Duffy Square
Through 03.06.16

“Arch Schools 2015”
Through 03.19.16

“Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change”
Through 04.02.16

“Annual Rings: A New Generation of Wood Architecture in Finland”
Through 04.30.16

“New York New Design”
Through 05.28.16 Continue reading “On View”

New Deadlines

2016 Oculus Editorial Calendar
If you are an architect in practice or by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! You may submit projects/topics from anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas/projects by the deadlines indicated below to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com

Fall: Tech in the City
Why cutting-edge industry loves older buildings. How technology businesses transform neighborhoods and the city at large. Adaptive Reuse & Interiors.
Deadline for story ideas: 05.16.16

Winter: Preservation & Reinvention / Rethinking Preservation / Preservation & Urbanism / Preservation Today
Projects with a unique take on history and how to reconcile it with contemporary needs. Focus on daylight and natural ventilation as city becomes more dense; historic preservation as zoning tool; quality vs. scale. Is city preserving too much in historic districts?
Deadline for story ideas: 08.19.16 Continue reading “New Deadlines”

On View

At the Center for Architecture

“Annual Rings: A New Generation of Wood Architecture in Finland”
Opening 02.16.16

“Heart of Hearts” by Collective-LOK in Father Duffy Square
Through 03.06.16

“Arch Schools 2015”
Through 03.19.16

“Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change”
Through 04.02.16

“New York New Design”
Through 05.28.16 Continue reading “On View”

Sighted

02.09.16: Collective-LOK’s Heart of Hearts, the winner of this year’s Times Square Heart competition organized by the Times Square Alliance in collaboration with the Center for Architecture, invites passerby to reflect on romance. (l-r) Ben Prosky, Executive Director, AIANY and Center for Architecture; Michael Kubo, Co-founder, Collective-LOK; Tim Tompkins, President, Times Square Alliance; William O’Brien, Jr. and Jon Lott, AIA, Co-founders, Collective-LOK; and Sherry Dobbin, Director, Public Art, Times Square Alliance. Continue reading “Sighted”

AIA Convention 2016 Registration Is Now Open!

Registration for AIA Convention 2016, the architecture and design event of the year, is now open! Join us in Philadelphia from 05.19-21.16 for more than 500 workshops, seminars, tours, and events led by industry leaders and rising stars. Don’t miss Neri Oxman, head of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, as the keynote speaker for Day 2.

Claim your early bird rates through 03.23.16

Names in the News

Projects by NYC-based firms recognized with AIA 2016 Institute Honor Awards include: the Smithsonian Master Plan for the South Campus Mall by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group; the Asia Society Hong Kong Center by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects; PivotApartment by Architecture Workshop; St. Patrick’s Cathedral Conservation, Renovation & Systems Upgrade by Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects; and Henderson-Hopkins School by Rogers Partners. Continue reading “Names in the News”