Synopsis:
As a follow up to the 06.28.10 Thought Leadership: Leveraging Ideas to Build Business panel, Marketing and PR Committee Member Tami Hausman caught up with Dr. Andrew Liang, Managing Director, DEGW North America, who moderated the conversation, and panelist Adam Yarinsky, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, ARO.
Interview: Andrew Liang
AIA podcast episode0019 Liang by Center for Architecture
Interview: Adam Yarinsky
AIA podcast episode0020 Yarinsky by Center for Architecture
Center for Architecture Foundation President Jean Parker Phifer, FAIA; AIANY President Anthony Schirripa, FAIA; and the four honorees: Arah Schuur (Clinton Climate Initiative); Vicki Match Suna, AIA; Harrry Cobb, FAIA, and Timur Galen (200 West Street).
Sam Lahoz
AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation also gave five scholarships on behalf of the honorees: Samuel Mikhail (City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, Institution chosen by the Clinton Climate Initiative: A Program of the William J. Clinton Foundation); Kai Reynolds (Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Institution chosen by Vicki Match Suna, AIA); Karli Molter (The University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Institution chosen by 200 West Street Project Team); Farah Ahmad (City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture); and Daphne Binder (The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Institution chosen by Henry N. Cobb, FAIA)
Sam Lahoz
Honoree Henry Cobb, FAIA, is joined by AIA National President and former AIANY president George Miller, FAIA, and NYC City Planning Chair Amanda Burden, Hon. AIA, FAICP.
Sam Lahoz
Many of the attendees travelled back to the Center for Party@theCenter, where they joined hundreds of other revelers for a late-night dance party.
Sam Lahoz
In this issue:
· New International AIA Chapter Opens in the Middle East
· DesignVote10 Puts Architect on the Political Map
· eCalendar
New International AIA Chapter Opens in the Middle East
The four international AIA chapters — the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan — can welcome a fifth chapter. The Middle East Chapter will cover architects working in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Architects from Gensler, FXFOWLE Architects, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and AECOM will be on the board.
DesignVote10 Puts Architect on the Political Map
By Jay Bond, AIANY Policy Director
DesignVote10 is a non-partisan effort to mobilize architects to vote while also providing opportunities to position AIA members front-and-center on public policy issues affecting the profession in the 2010 campaign. In an effort to inform members on the results of the Rebuild & Renew legislative campaign launched in 2008, the AIA has developed an online voter guide. This guide will provide pertinent information to voters on legislation that impacts architects and the built environment. Don’t forget to vote on November 2!
eCALENDAR
eCalendar includes an interactive listing of architectural events around NYC. Click the link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours and Location
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
536 LaGuardia Place, Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets in Greenwich Village, NYC, 212-683-0023
On view September 22 – October 30
On view July 15 — October 23
On view September 9 — October 16
Passerby on LaGuardia Place check out the Liquid Wall.
Sam Lahoz
NYC Department of Design + Construction Commissioner David Burney, FAIA, with AIANY President-elect Margaret Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, and AIANY President Anthony Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA.
Kristen Richards
AIANY President Anthony Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA, and Frank Sciame, CEO of FJ Sciame Construction Company. Sciame Construction donated construction services to install the Liquid Wall in the Center for Architecture.
Sam Lahoz
Thirteen deans participated in this year’s Deans’ Roundtable. (L-R) Moderator Ian Harris; George Ranalli, AIA, City College of New York; Mark Wigley, Columbia University; Anthony Vidler, Assoc. AIA, Cooper Union; Urs Gauchat, Hon. AIA, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Judith DiMaio, AIA, New York Institute of Technology; William Morrish, Parsons The New School for Design; Thomas Hanrahan, Pratt Institute; Stan Allen, AIA, Princeton University; Evan Douglis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Robbins, Syracuse University; Brian Carter, SUNY at Buffalo; Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA, University of Pennsylvania; and Mark Foster Gage, AIA, Yale University (Assistant Dean).
Emily Nemens
AIANY President-elect Margaret Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, speaks at “Better City / Better Life: Healthy and Sustainable Urbanization,” as David Bragdon the new director of the Mayor’s Office for Long Term Planning & Sustainability, listens. The conference was held at the UN on 10.04.10.
Rick Bell, FAIA
Heritage Ball Honoree Vicki Match Suna, AIA, leads a discussion with Joan Saba, AIA, NBBJ, and Duncan Hazard, AIA, Ennead Architects, who are working on projects at NYU’s Langone Medical Center.
Sam Lahoz
Architects with the 200 West Street Project Team discussed the $2 billion building on 10.05.10. (L-R) Timur Galen, Goldman Sachs; Jay Berman, AIA, Pei Cobb Freed; Scott Cohen, Preston Scott Cohen; Monica Ponce de Leon, Intl. Assoc. AIA, Office dA; Chris Sharples, AIA, SHoP; Maddy Burke-Vigeland, AIA, Gensler; Stephen Apking, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Moderator Dino Fusco, Goldman Sachs.
Sam Lahoz
Moorhead & Moorhead’s Robert and Granger brought their children, Jasper and Amelia, to see the show. The firm’s “Ice Heart,” which was built in Times Square last Valentine’s Day, is featured in the MADE IN NEW YORK exhibition.
Sam Lahoz
AIANY Vice President for Public Outreach Abby Suckle, FAIA, at the subway exhibition.
Sam Lahoz
Rumors, a design studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, designed the subway exhibition and a commemorative tote bag. MADE IN NEW YORK participants can buy a tote for $5; the bag is $10 for the public. Rumors also designed a related exhibition that will be on view at the Zodchestvo 2010 Architectural Festival of the Union of Architects of Russia. It opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday. (L-R): Renda Morton, Rumors; Center for Architecture Exhibition Director Rosamond Fletcher, and Andy Pressman, Rumors.
Sam Lahoz
(L-R): ENYA HB:BX competition organizers and OHNY tour guides Najahyia Chinchilla, Gabriela Benincasa, and Brynnemarie Lanciotti, Assoc. AIA.
Courtesy ENYA
2007-2010 Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellows (l-r): Carey Clouse, AIA, Providence Community Housing, New Orleans, LA; Jessy Olson, Farmworker Housing Development Corporation, Oregon; Esther Yang, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, Bronx, NY; and Ophelia Wilkins, Assoc. AIA, Colorado Housing Inc, Pagosa Springs, CO.
Harry Connolly
A decade of Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellows with Jonathan Rose.
Harry Connolly
The Clinton Climate Initiative’s Arah Schuur with Center for Architecture Foundation’s Jaime Endreny in the restored lobby of the Empire State Building. The Clinton Climate Initiative was the recipient of the 2010 Center for Architecture Foundation Award.
Emily Nemens
Frank Prial, AIA, of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, looked the world over for the perfect marble to restore the lobby. He found half the marble in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and the other pieces in Italy.
Emily Nemens
The team built an in-house windows workshop to glaze the 20-year-old windows in the building. Inserting a film between the two panes of the windows achieved a similar efficiency to creating triple-pane windows. After glazing thousands of windows, the workshop was being disassembled on the day of the tour.
Emily Nemens
Skanska uses their USA Flagship office as a model for clients to encourage more green building. They anticipate a payback on their retrofit after five years of their 15-year lease. All of their employees have views from their desks.
Emily Nemens
As tourists queue up to head to the observation deck, they pass a number of informational panels on energy conservation in buildings. The Empire State Building hopes to reduce their energy use by 38%.
Emily Nemens
Paul Rode, of Johnson Controls, took the tour to the chiller room, the water pump, and the steam room. The pump behind him sends water to the building’s highest floors.
Emily Nemens
In this issue:
· Key Terms Clarification Text Amendment
· Architecture Week 2010 Schedule
· Conference Round-up
· eCalendar
Key Terms Clarification Text Amendment
By Jay Bond, AIANY Policy Director
City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden, FAICP, Hon. AIA, announced the beginning of public review for the Key Terms Clarification Text Amendment, a set of technical changes to the NYC Zoning Resolution designed to preserve the original intent of the zoning regulations and to clarify the meaning and usage of key terms within the regulations.
The key terms include “development” and “building,” as they are defined in the Zoning Resolution. The use of the term “development” will be clarified to mean only a new building or a new use of open land. The definition of “building” will be revised to differentiate one building from another in a way that corresponds to the intent of the City Planning Commission, the Building Code, and to a layperson’s common understanding of what differentiates two buildings that touch. The Department has referred out the citywide Key Terms Clarification text amendment for public review to all Community Board, Borough Boards, and Borough Presidents for a 60-day review period.
The full text of the amendment can be found here.
The AIANY Chapter would appreciate your feedback on the proposed changes. Please forward them to us here.
Architecture Week 2010 Schedule
All events are at the Center for Architecture unless otherwise noted.
10.02.2010
11:30 AM – 4:30 PM: New Buildings New York: Usonian Houses
Tour of the Reisley House, Cooper House, Serlin House and Resnick House. Tickets: $150/person ($50 tax-deductible), proceeds benefit programs at the Center for Architecture Foundation.
Reservations: 212-358-6136 or www.cfafoundation.org/events.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Arch Schools 2010 Exhibition Reception and Deans’ Roundtable
The Center for Architecture’s sixth annual architecture schools exhibition showcases exemplary student work from 14 New York area schools. Deans will discuss current design trends. FREE.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM: FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY Living Pavilion Disassembly Party!
Location: Governors Island
Closing ceremony of the FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY City of Dreams Pavilion. Volunteers will disassemble the Living Pavilion on Governors Island and learn about the continuing life of the pavilion. FREE.
10.03.2010
2:15 PM – 5:00 PM; 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Around Manhattan Official New York City Architectural Boat Tour
Expert architects animate the ’round-Manhattan tour with historical detail and lesser-known anecdotes about the city and its structures.
Tickets: 3-hour tours are $75; 1.5-hour tours are $40.
Also sets sail at 2:15 on Thursday, 10.07.2010.
Reservations: www.aiany.org.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM: FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY Living Pavilion Disassembly Party!
See above.
10.04.2010
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Better City / Better Life: Healthy & Sustainable Urbanization
Speakers: Ernest W. Hutton, FAICP, Lance Jay Brown FAIA, James McCullar, FAIA, and Margaret Castillo, AIA
Location: United Nations
This symposium addresses the need to merge the objectives of sustainable development and a healthy population, with an eye to reducing chronic and infectious diseases through design intervention. FREE.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: A New Standard of Design Care
Speaker: Vicki Match Suna, AIA, Recipient of the Center for Architecture Award
Suna and representatives from NYU Langone Medical Center’s lead architects, Duncan Hazard, AIA, Ennead Partners and Joan Saba, AIA, NBBJ present the exciting projects the NYU Langone Medical Center will implement over the next eight years. FREE.
10.05.2010
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: A Conversation about Public Architecture
Speakers: Peter Magnani, AIA & David Resnick, AIA, Recipients of the AIANY Public Architect Awards 2010 & 2009
The Queens Borough Public Library system and the NYC Department of Design + Construction provide much-needed civic structures characterized by design quality and construction excellence. A conversation between the 2009 and 2010 tecipients of the AIA New York Chapter Public Architect Awards. FREE.
6:00 PM – 8:00PM: A Conversation with the Architects of 200 West Street
Speakers: 200 West Street Project Team, Recipient of the AIANY Chapter Award
The ambition for Goldman Sachs’ new headquarters was to create a high-performance workplace that reflects and supports the firm’s culture and embodies and expresses excellence in urban design. FREE.
10.06.2010
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Innovate : Integrate Exhibition Opening
Using contemporary case studies and three-dimensional mock-ups, the exhibition educates the public about how buildings are assembled and presents design professionals with information on the latest integrated construction methodologies. FREE.
10.07.2010
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Empire State Building Retrofit Tour
Speaker: Clinton Climate Initiative: A Program of the William J. Clinton Foundation, Recipient of the Center for Architecture Foundation Award
The Empire State Building is undergoing a $550 million upgrade program integrating deep energy efficiency using a proven program with bottom line results in energy savings with financial return. Ownership and members of the project team, including the Clinton Climate Initiative and project architects Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, discuss the details of the project. SOLD OUT.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: HERITAGE BALL
Location: Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty
Architects, designers, and industry professionals join together for the annual AIANY and Center for Architecture Foundation black-tie event, which celebrates the tradition of design excellence.
More information: www.aiany.org/heritageball
9:00 PM – 2:00 AM: Party@theCenter
Heritage Ball after-party, which features drinks, music, and dancing. Music by DJ Stylus and DJ Shakey and a special live performance by Mystery Roar.
Tickets: $25 advance / $40 door. Open bar, with drinks by Absolut and Brooklyn Brewery. Guests must be 21 years or older to attend.
More information: www.aiany.org/partyatthecenter
10.09.2010
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: MADE IN NEW YORK Subway Exhibition Opening
Location: West 4th subway station (south end); Concurrent reception at the Center for Architecture
Building on the success of last year’s New York Now! subway exhibition, MADE IN NEW YORK opens at the West 4th Street subway station presenting works of all scales and types completed by AIANY members across the globe. FREE w/subway admission.
10.09-10.2010
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (EACH DAY): 8th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend & Family Festival
The Center for Architecture serves as headquarters for openhousenewyork, America’s largest architecture and design event. Enjoy family friendly activities (recommended for ages 5-13) offered by the Center for Architecture Foundation, openhousenewyork, and other participating organizations. FREE.
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (EACH DAY)
2010 New Practices New York in openhousenewyork
Location: New Practices studios at various locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn
The AIANY 2010 New Practices New York firms open their studios. See how these emerging talents have set up their design practices and view their work in progress. FREE.
1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM (10.09.2010 only)
ENYA Tours Highbridge Park
AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) goes to the Bronx to tour the historic High Bridge. The tour will center on the history of the Highbridge neighborhood and preview the upcoming “High Bridge” exhibition at the Center, which will open November 11.
Meet at 167th St. and River Avenue, Bronx. FREE.
For full openhousenewyork schedule and locations for the New Practices studios, visit www.ohny.org. More information on the Family Festival is available at www.cfafoundation.org/events.
Conference Round-up
AIANY is a proud supporter of three upcoming conferences in New York and Philadelphia
Urban Green Expo, 09.29-30.10, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th St., NYC
Urban Green Expo features more than 35 top-tier educational sessions (www.urbangreenexpo.com/education) , dozens of internationally recognized panelists and speakers, and a vibrant trade show floor. This year’s theme, Pushing the Envelope, will explore building enclosures. Expo will address a range of topics, from geothermal energy in urban settings to case studies of sustainable buildings.
AIA NY Members can register for free exhibit hall tickets here.
New Aging Conference, 10.01-02.10, UPenn, Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA
A strategic conference complemented by hands-on workshops, matchmaking sessions, and open houses at collaborating institutions. New Aging will investigate recent advances in architecture and urbanism dealing with age-related challenges.
Registration is $285/ $35 for students. Register here.
Innovation Conference 2010 Big and Super-Green: From Buildings to Cityscapes, 10.06-07.2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies Corporate Headquarters, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, NYC
The 2010 Architectural Record/GreenSource Innovation Conference will focus on technical developments and strategies, from large-scale super-green buildings to the super-green cities that support them.
AIANY members get 25% off registration.
eCALENDAR
eCalendar includes an interactive listing of architectural events around NYC. Click the link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours and Location
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
536 LaGuardia Place, Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets in Greenwich Village, NYC, 212-683-0023
On view September 22 – October 30
On view July 15 — October 23
On view September 9 — October 16
In this issue:
· Architecture Week Preview
· Passing: Robert A. Olmsted
· eCalendar
Architecture Week Preview
There are only a couple weeks left until Architecture Week 2010, which will take place 10.02-10.10!
The main event is Heritage Ball and the Party@theCenter afterparty on 10.07.10. The evening starts at 6pm at Chelsea Piers, where AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation will celebrate the achievements of Vicki Match Suna, AIA, the senior vice president and vice dean for real estate development and facilities at New York University’s Langone Medical Center; the 200 West Street Project Team, Henry N. Cobb, FAIA, a founding partner of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects; and the Clinton Climate Initiative, a program of the William J. Clinton Foundation. After cocktails and networking, guests will enjoy a three-course meal and awards ceremony. The Center for Architecture is accepting reservations through 09.24.10. Visit aiany.org/heritageball for more details.
The second shift starts at 9pm at the Center for Architecture, with Party@theCenter. Dance the night away with two mainstays of New York nightlife, DJ Stylus and DJ Shaky, and a live performance by Boston-based Mystery Roar. Tickets can be purchased online for $25 in advance, $40 at the door.
From exhibition openings to tours of the Empire State Building, there are many other great programs during Architecture Week. The complete calendar of Architecture Week events is posted at aiany.org/architectureweek. Check in for updates and other announcements!
Passing: Robert A. Olmsted, PE, F.ASCE
Robert A. Olmsted, PE, F.ASCE, 85, passed away suddenly on 08.16.2010. A descendant of Frederic Law Olmsted, Robert was the former planning director of the MTA and one of New York’s leading transportation planners for more than 60 years.
To read “Robert A. Olmsted: An Appreciation,” by Jeffrey M. Zupan, senior fellow of transportation at the Regional Planning Association, published in the RPA Spotlight, Vol. 9, No. 16, 09.07.2010, click the link.
A memorial service for Olmsted will be held Saturday, 09.25.10, 4-7pm, at the home of Elizabeth Olmsted and Randall Kau, 131 Riverside Drive (between W. 85th & 86th Streets), Apt. 9A, NY, NY 10024. Friends, family, and admirers are invited. Please RSVP by 09.22.10 to BobOlmstedMemorial@gmail.com. For questions, call Alan Olmsted at (347) 418-1988.
eCALENDAR
eCalendar includes an interactive listing of architectural events around NYC. Click the link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours and Location
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
Please note the Center for Architecture will be closed at 2pm on Friday 09.03.10, and will not be open Monday 09.06.10 for Labor Day.
536 LaGuardia Place, Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets in Greenwich Village, NYC, 212-683-0023
On view June 24 — September 15
On view July 15 — October 23
On view August 3 — October 2
On view September 9 — October 16
