“Measure” at Storefront for Art and Architecture
Opening 08.14.15
“COSMO” by Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation at MoMA PS1
Through 09.07.15
“Young Architects Program (YAP) 2015” at the Museum of Modern Art
Through 09.07.15
“Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today” at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Through 09.27.15
The Center for Architecture’s renovation project is on its way! Last week, 07.13-17.15, the Center’s offices were closed as we replaced the floors. Construction will continue through 09.01.15. We would like to remind you that, during this time, no exhibitions will be on view, but the space will remain open for programming and events.
Since opening its doors in October 2003, the Center for Architecture has hosted more than 2,000 events, 3,500 meetings, and 300 exhibitions. You have been a part of many of these achievements. Without your involvement, the Center for Architecture would not be the fast-growing institution that it is today. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and patience as we work to make the Center better than ever.
For more information on our renovation and how you can contribute, visit our Support page or contact Jesse Lazar, Director of Development, at 212-358-6108 or jlazar@aiany.org.
The Building Research Information Knowledgebase (BRIK), sponsored by AIA and the National Institute of Building Sciences, offers a members-only subscription feature that increases access to relevant research databases. In addition to the “BRIK Boutique” – selected, professionally-reviewed research highlighted by NAIA, NIBS, and BRIK partners – the knowledgebase now includes Art and Architecture Complete, the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and the Sustainability Reference Center.
AIA and NIBS are offering members a free trial through September, after which members will be asked to sign up for the annual BRIK subscription for $40 per user.
The NYC Public Design Commission’s 33rd Annual Awards for Excellence in Design recognized Rescue Company 2 by Studio Gang Architects and SCAPE/ Landscape Architecture; Rockefeller University Expansion by Rafael Viñoly Architects and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects; The Obelisk by Building Conservation Associates and Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio; Issue Project Room by WORK Architecture Company (WORKac); Montefiore Square Park and Plaza by Thomas Balsley Associates and URS Corporation; Calvert Vaux Park Facility by 1100 Architect and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects; Westchester Square Branch Library by Snøhetta; Idlewild Park Nature Center by Handel Architects and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects; Kings Theatre by Martinez + Johnson Architects, EverGreene Architectural Arts, Building Conservation Associates, and EHT Traceries; and Lighthouse Point by Garrison Architects, Cooper Carry Architects, and MPFP… Continue reading “Names in the News”
2015 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2015 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.
Winter 2015: “Makers in a Digital World” or “Architecture & the Digital World”
How we present and build what we do: 21st-century visual representation, mapping, big data. Life-cycle of a building: an idea, draw it, digitize for CNC milling machines, construct, share via Instagram, etc. Cooper-Hewitt tech “pencils”; etc.
Deadline for story ideas: 08.07.15 Continue reading “New Deadlines”
“Highbridge: Rebirth of the Harlem River” at Poe Park Visitor Center
Through 07.25.15
“19th Century Architectural Views from the Collection of Jay McDonald” at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs
Through 07.31.15
“Facing East: Chinese Urbanism in Africa” at the Storefront for Art and Architecture
Through 08.01.15
“Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today” at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Through 09.27.15
07.20.15: AIANY Marketing and Communications Committee and AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee invited a diverse panel to examine how firms build and communicate resiliency practices. (l-r) James Way and Delphine Daniels, co-chairs, AIANY Marketing and Communications Committee; Olivia Stinson, Assoc. Director, City Relationships at 100 Resilient Cities, The Rockefeller Foundation; Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, Co-Chair, AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee; Roland Lewis, President and CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance; Janice Barnes, PhD, LEED AP, Planning + Strategies Global Leader, Perkins + Will; John Boulé, PE, Senior Vice President, Dewberry. Continue reading “Sighted”
A reminder to our members, visitors, and friends that the Center for Architecture will be undergoing an ambitious renovation project this summer, starting today through 09.01.15. During this time, no exhibitions will be on view, but the space will mainly remain open for programing and events. The Center will be completely closed for the week of 07.13.15-07.19.15 while we replace the floors.
The Center will also be closed for the Fourth of July weekend, Friday, 07.03.15 through Sunday 07.05.15. We hope everyone has a happy Independence Day!
Our first exhibition following the renovations will be Un/fair Use, opening 09.10.15, which will explore issues of copying and copyright in architecture.
“The whole world is looking at Medellin,” notes NJIT College of Architecture and Design Dean Urs Gauchat. Given the laudatory articles hyping the “Medellin Miracle,” the numerous awards given to many of its public buildings, and the city’s hosting of last year’s World Urban Forum, his bold statement is pretty spot on. At the 06.08.15 event organized by the AIANY Housing Committee, Medellin Mayor Anibal Gaviria and Planning Commissioner Jorge Perez discussed how the city has used architecture and design as a tool for social inclusion. Continue reading “All Eyes on Medellin”
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC) 2015 Lumen Awards honor The Pavilion at Brookfield Place by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects with lighting design by Kugler Ning Lighting Design; Carnegie Hall’s Façade by Iu + Bibliowicz Architects with lighting design by Kugler Ning Lighting Design; 303 Hudson Street Lobby by HOK with lighting design by Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design and ESI Design; the September 11 Memorial Museum by Davis Brody Bond with lighting design by Fisher Marantz Stone; Tavern on the Green Courtyard by Richard Lewis Architects with lighting design by Focus Lighting and KB Associates; McKim, Mead & White Library Restoration by Peter Gisolfi Associates with lighting design by Kugler Ning Lighting Design; the Restoration of the Nave of the Yale Sterling Memorial Library by Helpern Architects with lighting design by Kugler Ning Lighting Design; Fulton Street Transit Hub and the Sky-Net Reflector by Grimshaw with lighting design by ARUP; Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University by LTL Architects with lighting design by Buro Happold; One World Trade Center Spire by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with lighting design by Claude R. Engle, Lighting Consultant; the Dulles Corridor Metrorail System by Dulles Transit Partners with lighting design by Domingo Gonzalez Associates; Starlight by Cooper Joseph Studio (now Studio Joseph) with lighting design by Studio 1 Thousand; Michael Kors Shanghai by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with lighting design by Tillotson Design Associates; and Falling Sticks by Pavarini Design with lighting design by zeroLUX lighting design. Continue reading “Names in the News”
