Author: Camila Schaulsohn - Editor

Names in the News

The National Academy elected Peter Bohlin, FAIA, Principal, Bohlin Cywinski, Jackson; Preston Scott Cohen; Michael Manfredi, FAIA, and Marion Weiss, FAIA, Principle Partners, WEISS/MANFREDI; Eric Owen Moss; Antoine Predock, FAIA, Principal, Antoine Predock Architect; and Charles Renfro, AIA, Partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, as National Academicians…Architect’s 2014 R+D Awards honored New York City-based architects FXFOWLE (NYC Loop); Thomas Phifer and Partners, Office for Visual Interaction, and Werner Sobek (New York City Streetlight); and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Timber Tower Research Project)…The recipients of the AIA Annual Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship include David Flecha, Assoc. AIA, and Daniel Horn, Assoc. AIA, both from the New York Institute of Technology…The Olana Partnership’s 2014 Frederic E. Church Award Gala honored Peter Pennoyer, FAIA,[new Fellow this year] Founder of Peter Pennoyer Architects…Tod Williams, FAIA, and Billie Tsien, AIA, of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects were presented with the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2013 National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama on 07.28.14… Continue reading “Names in the News”

On View: At the Center for Architecture + About Town

On View

“Affording Resilience: Housing Retrofits for Climate Threats”
Through 08.07.14

“The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture”
Through 08.23.14

“Open to the Public: Civic Space Now”
Through 09.06.14

“Designing for Free Speech: A Call to Design New York City Public Spaces for First Amendment Rights”
Through 09.06.14

“QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm”
Through 10.31.14

About Town

Through 08.30.14: The ISE Cultural Foundation’s “ISE NY Art Search 2013 Art Winners Exhibition” features the work of Isa Ho, Yutaka Kamiyama, Tomoo Nitta, Shu Ohno, Manju Shandler, and Mayu Shiomi, the selected artists of the Foundation’s 2013 Art Search, a program that looks for artists who are willing to show new and innovative work in New York City. The ISE Cultural Art Foundation is located on 555 Broadway.

Sighted

07.15.14: A public conversation about public spaces between NYC Department of Design + Construction Commissioner Feniosky Peña-Mora; Joe Michael, AIA, Associate Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Maria Sisternas, Project Director at Urban Habitat Barcelona; and Antoni Vives i Tomàs, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, closed the exhibition “Barcelona Glòries: Dialogue & Transformation.” Continue reading “Sighted”

Editor’s Note

Please join us Thursday, 07.16.14, for the opening of “QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm,” an exhibition featuring the winners of the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee’s 6th biennial ideas competition. ENYA challenged entrants to design a vertical gateway for the elevated viaduct portion of a 3.5-mile stretch of abandoned railway. The reception is kindly sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery and Rita’s Water Ice.

Names in the News

The AIA New York State 2014 Design Awards honored NYC-based WASA/Studio, IBI Group – Gruzen Samton, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, Grimshaw Architects, Ammann and Whitney, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, LLT Architects, WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, Caples Jefferson Architects, Steven Holl Architects, WORK Architecture Company (WORKac), Perkins Eastman, Ryan Porter Sheridan Architects, Davis Brody Bond, Gabellini Sheppard Associates, ABA Studio/Andrew Bartle Architects, Voorsanger Architects, Louise Braverman, Architect, Bernard Tschumi Architects, Handel Architects, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, SLCE Architects, Marvel Architects, William Reue Architect, Nicole Migeon Architect, Gans Studio Architecture, Rice+Lipka Architects, Bade Stageberg Cox, Thomas Balsley Associates, and FXFOWLE Architects… Continue reading “Names in the News”

New Deadlines

Open Until Position is Filled: Curator of the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

07.23.14: Call for Entries: AIANY | Center for Architecture’s New York New Design 2014 Subway Show

07.25.14: Call for Entries: FX Magazine’s 2014 International Interior Design Awards for projects and products

07.25.14: Request for Qualifications: International Architecture Design Competition for Guangzhou Science Museum Continue reading “New Deadlines”

2014 AIA Convention Special: From Ed Kemper to Ed Mazria, Rick Bell Recognizes Colleagues, Past and Present

It’s no surprise to those who know him that AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, received the Edward C. Kemper Award for his significant contribution to the profession through service to the AIA during the keynote presentation titled “Powerhouse Panel: Sustainability & Resiliency.” He was an instrumental player in the creation of the Center for Architecture, AIANY’s home and a model for architecture centers nationwide. He is also an advocate of sustainability and Active Design, leading AIANY’s annual FitCity conferences and promoting our “FitNation” traveling exhibition worldwide (currently in London). For those who may not know Bell, a video set to “Burning Down the House” by the Talking Heads introduced the 2014 Kemper Award recipient and is available here. Continue reading “2014 AIA Convention Special: From Ed Kemper to Ed Mazria, Rick Bell Recognizes Colleagues, Past and Present”