Author: Camila Schaulsohn - Editor

Chapter Mentions

Reusing their Past: New York Magazine’s Justin Davidson invites readers to check out “Authenticity and Innovation” in “To Honor Jane Jacob’s Vision, We Need More Planning, Not Less.”

Architecture Inspires: AIANY 2016 President Carol Loewenson, FAIA, weighs in on the NYC buildings that have inspired her in The Observer.

Focus on Infrastructure: Loewenson advocates for NYC infrastructure improvements in the New York Real Estate Journal

Gourdgeous Gourds: Inhabitat covers the Center for Architecture’s first annual Pumpkitecture! competition

Design Matters: 2016 Heritage Ball

On 10.27.16, 1,100 professionals from the architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate industries gathered at Chelsea Piers Pier 60 to celebrate AIANY and the Center for Architecture’s Heritage Ball. While all enjoyed the black-tie networking, the real focus of the evening was to honor leaders who champion design excellence in New York City: Thomas Phifer, FAIA, Founder, Thomas Phifer and Partners; The Rudin Family; Senator Charles E. Schumer; and Alice Tisch. Each of our honorees demonstrates the leadership, vision, and proven commitment to projects that contribute to New York City’s status as a dynamic and energetic global capital. Continue reading “Design Matters: 2016 Heritage Ball”

Canstruction NYC

On 11.14.16, New Yorkers gathered at Brookfield Place for the opening of the 2016 Canstruction exhibition of the annual food charity and design competition to benefit City Harvest. Twenty-five teams creatively stacked 100,000 unopened cans of food to create life-size sculptures that will be donated to City Harvest when the exhibition closes on 11.16.16. Continue reading “Canstruction NYC”

The Most Gourdgeous of the Gourds: Pumpkitecture!

The Center for Architecture kicked off Halloween weekend with its first annual Pumpkitecture! competition. Twenty New York City-based firms went gourd-to-gourd to compete for the Pritzkerpumpkin.

Awakening the spooky specters of architects past, the participating firms channeled their creative spirits to demonstrate their eeriest eye for design. Beyond the standard pumpkin-carving tool set, supplied by the Center, firms were encouraged to bring their own tools and materials, resulting in a range of additional supplies, from jagged saws to electric drills and even cement. The world was their pumpkin. Continue reading “The Most Gourdgeous of the Gourds: Pumpkitecture!”

Names in the News

VIA 57 West by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group won the 2016 International Highrise Award. Finalists included Four World Trade Center by Maki & Associates and 432 Park Avenue by Viñoly…The ICSC Asia Pacific Shopping Center Awards were conferred on AEON Mall Okinawa Rycom by LAGUARDA.LOW Architects; Lotte World Mall by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Benoy, and Leonard Design Architects; and the SM Mega Fashion Hall renovation by Arquitectonica. Continue reading “Names in the News”

Sighted

10.25.16: In conjunction with the Center for Architecture’s exhibition, “Authenticity and Innovation,” Architectural Record Editor-in-Chief Cathleen McGuigan moderated a discussion on the inherent value of older buildings with Claire Weisz, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge, WXY architecture + urban design; Constantine Kontakosa, Professor of Urban Informatics and Deputy Director of the Quantified Research Facility, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress and Tandon School of Engineering; and Charles Bendit, Co-chief Executive Officer, Taconic Investment Group. Continue reading “Sighted”

Announcing the Winners of the 2016 AIANY COTE Awards

AIANY is proud to announce the winners of the third annual AIANY COTE Awards. Four submissions were selected from projects located within a 200-mile radius of Central Park for achieving environmentally responsible and beautiful design. The jury included James Barnes, Partner, Foster + Partners; Fiona Cousins, Principal, Arup New York; Joann Gonchar, Senior Editor, Architectural Record; John H. Lee, Deputy Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability; and Timothy McDonald, RA, LEED AP, CPHC, Principal, Onion Flats. They carefully reviewed submissions and bestowed Honor Awards on Payette’s George Washington Milken Institute of Public Health, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground. The New York Police Academy by Michael Fieldman Architects and Perkins+Will, and the Washington Square Park House by BKSK Architects were recipients of Merit Awards. Continue reading “Announcing the Winners of the 2016 AIANY COTE Awards”