In late December 2016, the AIA National Board of Directors adopted the recommendations of the Equity in Architecture Commission, who identified root causes to the lack of diversity in the profession and offered suggestions on how to address these issues, as well as a timeline for implementation. The commission, which included architects, educators, and diversity experts, was launched in November 2015 with the goal of forging action plans for achieving equitable practices through measurable goals. Continue reading “AIA Board Adopts Equity Recommendations”
Author: Camila Schaulsohn - Editor
Names in the News
Steven Holl, FAIA, Steven Holl Architects, will be honored at the 2017 BOMB Magazine Gala… The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation will honor Gregory A. Kelly, PE, President and CEO, US and Latin America, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff (Foundation Award); Raymond P. Daddazio, President, Thornton Tomasetti (Keystone Award); Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA, Professor of Architecture & Urban Design and Former Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Design (Pillar Award); Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and American Studios, Yale University (Oculus Award); Cathleen McGuigan, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record (Scroll Award); and Rosa Sheng, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects, and President, AIA San Francisco (Tribune Award). Continue reading “Names in the News”
New Deadlines
01.15.17: Call for Entries: Aedes Berlin’s Zumbotel Group Award 2017 – Innovations for Sustainability and Humanity in the Build Environment
01.17.17: Call for Entries: New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESCNYC) 2017 Lumen Awards
01.17.17: Call for Session Proposals: Society of Architectural Historians 2017 Annual International Conference, St. Paul, MN, 04.18-22.17
01.20.17: Call for Entries: AIA San Fernando Valley AXP Design Competition
01.27.17: Call for Entries: AIANY 2017 Design Awards Continue reading “New Deadlines”
On View
At the Center for Architecture
“SAY IT LOUD: Distinguished Black Designers of NYCOBA | NOMA”
Opening 01.26.17
“Follies, Function & Form: Imagining Olana’s Summer House”
Opening 01.21.17
“Architecture of Independence – African Modernism”
Opening 02.16.17 Continue reading “On View”
Names in the News
The Grand Louvre – Phase I by I.M. Pei, FAIA, and his firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, has been selected for the 2017 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award, conferred on a building project that has stood the test of time by embodying architectural excellence for 25 to 35 years.
AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture named Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA, of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the winner of the 2017 AIA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architecture Education, the highest honor given to educators in architecture. Continue reading “Names in the News”
New Deadlines
12.18.16: Call for Entries: Bruner Foundation’s Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
12.19.16: Request for Proposals: Boston Society of Architects, The City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab, and the Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association’s Housing Innovation Competition
01.03.17: Call for Teaching Proposals: Architecture 2030 Curriculum Project Continue reading “New Deadlines”
On View
At the Center for Architecture
“Building Connections 2016”
Through 01.07.16
“Reading Room: A Catalog of New York City’s Branch Libraries”
Through 01.07.16
“Authenticity and Innovation”
Through 01.14.17 Continue reading “On View”
Share Your Thoughts On Architectural Education
The Spring 2017 issue of Oculus will explore contemporary architectural education. We are gathering feedback from AIANY members about their expectations and experiences in hiring recent graduates. We would also like to hear from recent graduates about how they feel their education prepared them for practice. This survey will be used to inform the issue. No one will be quoted without permission.
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Names in the News
The Public Design Commission honored 10 projects with Awards for Excellence in Design: the 40th Police Precinct by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and Starr Whitehouse; Waterfront Nature Walk by George Trakas and Quennell Rothschild & Partners; Van Name Van Pelt Plaza/Richmond Terrace Wetlands and Parks Without Borders by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation In-House Design Team; Luminescence by Nobuho Nagasawa, Thomas Balsley Associates, and WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism; Dock 72 by S9 Architecture and MPFP (M. Paul Friedberg & Partners); the High Line Park Passage and Spur by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf; Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall Addition by Studio Joseph and SCAPE/Landscape Architecture; Soho Square by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects; Anti-Idling Ambulance Pedestals by Ignacio Ciocchini and MOVE Systems; LinkNYC by CityBridge (Antenna Design, Intersection, Qualcomm, and CIVIQ Smartscapes); and the Community Parks Initiative, which includes work by dlandstudio architecture and landscape architecture, Hargreaves Associates, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, MKW Landscape Architecture, Nancy Owens Studio, Prospect Park Alliance, Quennell Rothschild & Partners, and Sage and Coombe Architects. Continue reading “Names in the News”
New Deadlines
12.12.16: Call for Entries: Architectural Review Pop-up: Celebrating the Best Temporary Structures
12.15.16: Call for Entries: Blueprint: A Design for Genoa Ideas Competition
12.15.16: Call for Applications: Houzz Women in Architecture Scholarship
12.15.16: Call for Applications: Houzz Residential Design Scholarship
12.15.16: Call for Applications: Houzz Sustainable Residential Design Scholarship Continue reading “New Deadlines”