The Queens Museum of Art has launched the Adopt-A-Building program, where individuals may “purchase” real estate on the Panorama of the City of New York. For $50, you can purchase an apartment; $500 will “buy” a school, library, or firehouse; for $10,000, one may own a landmark building or fund a significant update to the model. All new buildings are built through the museum’s internship program with City College New York School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, and proceeds go to help provide for the ongoing care and maintenance of the model. For more information, click the link, or contact Debra Wimpfheimer at dw@queensmuseum.org, or call 718-592-9700 x141.
Author: Jessica Sheridan Assoc. AIA LEED AP
03.12.09: AIANY held a reception for the newest Fellows of the AIA.
From left to right: Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, LEED AP; Belmont Freeman, FAIA; Chris Grabé, FAIA, LEED AP; John Grady, FAIA; Robert Heintges, FAIA; Frank Lupo, FAIA; Joanna Pestka, FAIA; Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA; Sylvia Smith, FAIA.
Courtesy AIANY
(L-R): Rick Bell, FAIA, AIANY Executive Director; Sylvia Smith, FAIA; Sherida Paulsen, FAIA, 2009 AIANY President.
Sam Lahoz
Rick Bell, FAIA, with Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
(L-R): Susan Morris; James Russell, AIA; Belmont Freeman, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
The Dymaxion Study Center has moved from the Center for Architecture to Chicago. Curated by Beth Stryker, and organized by AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation in association with the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the center is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, joining the Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe exhibition.
Beth Stryker
05.13.09: The Lieb House, designed by Robert Venturi, FAIA, set sail to its new location in Long Island. Spectators were on-hand to celebrate.
The Lieb House headed up the East River to its new location. Here, it is passing Red Hook as it approaches the Brooklyn Bridge.
Kristen Richards
Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi look on.
Kristen Richards
03.12.09: AIANY held a reception for the newest Fellows of the AIA.
From left to right: Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, LEED AP; Belmont Freeman, FAIA; Chris Grabé, FAIA, LEED AP; John Grady, FAIA; Robert Heintges, FAIA; Frank Lupo, FAIA; Joanna Pestka, FAIA; Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA; Sylvia Smith, FAIA.
Courtesy AIANY
(L-R): Rick Bell, FAIA, AIANY Executive Director; Sylvia Smith, FAIA; Sherida Paulsen, FAIA, 2009 AIANY President.
Sam Lahoz
Rick Bell, FAIA, with Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
(L-R): Susan Morris; James Russell, AIA; Belmont Freeman, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
The Dymaxion Study Center has moved from the Center for Architecture to Chicago. Curated by Beth Stryker, and organized by AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation in association with the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the center is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, joining the Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe exhibition.
Beth Stryker
05.13.09: The Lieb House, designed by Robert Venturi, FAIA, set sail to its new location in Long Island. Spectators were on-hand to celebrate.
The Lieb House headed up the East River to its new location. Here, it is passing Red Hook as it approaches the Brooklyn Bridge.
Kristen Richards
Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi look on.
Kristen Richards
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
Join an Architalker for a Hosted Tour of Center for Architecture
Exhibitions
Join us for free Architalker-hosted tours of the Center for Architecture exhibitions Fridays at 4:00pm. To join one of these tours, meet in the Public Resource Area on the ground floor of the Center for Architecture.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
January 22 — April 25, 2009
MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities
Today’s engineers are working across disciplines and driving innovation. MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities looks at how engineers are envisioning and realizing the future of our built environment by transforming structures, improving environments, enhancing materials, re-inventing building technologies, and advancing forms. This exhibition highlights how inventive strategies for building are born from multidisciplinary research and integrated practice. Small engineering firms, large engineering firms, engineering schools, university labs, materials labs, artists, inventors, and architects are all part of the exchange of ideas — plotting trajectories of innovation.
Building on observations, analysis, and mathematical principles, engineers have developed the profession from empirical analysis into a field of expertise based on predictability and synthesis. With digital simulation and processing capabilities, engineers are utilizing comprehensive models to explore different options for optimizing structures and systems.
Twenty-first century engineers are tackling some of the most challenging concerns of our day. Exceeding LEED standards for sustainable building, engineers are conceiving of new ways for buildings to harvest and manage energy — floors that create electricity and facade systems that respond to the sun. Anticipating dwindling global resources, engineers are designing structures to new standards of efficiency and economy — stadiums that use 50% less steel and towers formed for optimal wind-loading.
These solutions are the product of creative and collaborative pursuit. This exhibition highlights how inventive strategies for building are born from multidisciplinary research and integrated practice. Small engineering firms, large engineering firms, engineering schools, university labs, materials labs, artists, inventors, and architects are all part of the exchange of ideas — plotting trajectories of innovation.
Exhibition Curatorial Team:
Rosamond Fletcher
Eli Gottlieb
Zak Kostura
Erik Madsen
Jonah Stern
Beth Stryker
Exhibition Designer:
Pure + Applied
Framing Space Installation by:
Phillip Anzalone and Stephanie Bayard, aa64
The Trusset Structural System, invented by Phillip Anzalone and Cory Clarke, is a project of the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in collaboration with the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Research Assistant:
Ginger Nolan, Columba GSAPP Ph.D Candidate
Research Intern:
Alicia Arroyo
Special Thanks to our Advisory Committee:
Julie Applebaum, Center for Architecture Foundation Board
Phil Bernstein, Autodesk
Vincent Chang, Grimshaw
John Hennessy, ACEC President
Marvin Mass, Cosentini
Dan Nall, Flack + Kurtz
Craig Schwitter, Buro Happold
David Scott, Arup
Susan Szenasy, Metropolis
Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti.
Underwriter:
Patron:
Lead Sponsors:
Supporters: American Council of Engineering Companies of New York, Josef Gartner USA, and Weidlinger Associates
Friend: Grimshaw Architects
Supporter: American Council of Engineering Companies of New York
The Framing Space Installation is generously provided by aa64 with additional support from:
Alusion, a product of Cymat Technologies Ltd.
Contrarian Metal Resources
General Plastics Manufacturing
Indalex Aluminum Solutions Group
Maloya Laser, Inc.
Panelite
Related Events
Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Multi-disciplinary Innovation
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 11:00am — 5:00pm
Symposium: Energy Engineering
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
100% BIM
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Tapered, Tilted, Twisted Towers: a lecture by David Scott, Arup
Friday, March 27, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Screening of Bird’s Nest, a film by Christoph Schaub & Michael Schindhelm
March 24 — April 11, 2009
Helfand Spotlight Series: Work in Progress: Green Walls
The success of green roofs has driven Landscape Architects and Architects to explore alternative exterior and interior applications of green planting technology, such as green walls, and green screens. Vertical planting presents challenges to proper irrigation and climate control, requiring innovative solutions.
Exhibition and related programs are made possible through the generous support of Alive Structures; Landscape Forms, Inc.; New York City Green Roof and Landscape; and Lieb’s Greenhouses Inc.
Organized by AIA New York and New York Chapter ASLA
WORK IN PROGRESS: GREEN WALLS is presented as part of the Margaret Helfand Spotlight Series.
Related Events
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 5:30 — 8:00pm
Reception and Panel Discussion
03.10.09
03.10.09
As part of the “Not Business as Usual” forums at the Center for Architecture, a new website, Exchange Point, has been launched. Be sure to visit to post your resume, look for job opportunities and collaboration prospects, post available office space, search for continuing education courses, and more!
– Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
CLICK ON BLOG CENTRAL: AIANY BLOG: The AIANY Chapter’s Blog Central features opinion pieces on architectural issues relevant to NY-based designers, firms, and projects, along with spotlights on debates and discussions at the Center for Architecture and AIANY. It is an informal discussion board. To become a regular contributor to Blog Central, please e-mail e-Oculus. Pen names are welcome.
2009 Building Type Awards Announced
The AIA New York/Boston Society of Architects Building Type Award Winners are:
Housing — Built Honor
Hacin + Associates, Inc.
FP3, Boston, MA
Hacin + Associates, Inc.
Project Place Gatehouse, Boston, MA
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects with Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman, Efron
The Visionaire, NY, NY
Housing — Built Merit
Studio Daniel Libeskind with Davis Partnership
Denver Art Museum Residences, Denver, CO
nARCHITECTS
Switch Building, NY, NY
Health Facilities — Built Merit
HOK
Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula Expansion (CHOMP), Monterey, CA
ikon.5 architects
The Center for Wellness at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Health Facilities — Unbuilt, Commissioned Merit
NBBJ with Chan Krieger Sieniewicz
Massachusetts General Hospital, Building for the Third Century, Boston, MA
Mayor, DOT Pave Way for Pedestrians
Off the heels of a recent survey claiming NYC is the second-worst congested city in the nation, the Office of the Mayor and the NYC Department of Transportation announced a move to ease congestion in Times Square and Herald Square: eliminate lanes of car traffic, and make way for foot traffic. As a pilot program called “Green Light for Midtown” that will run from May through the end of the year, Broadway from 47th to 42nd Streets and 35th to 33rd Streets (at the cross-over points with Sixth and Seventh Avenues) will be closed off to traffic and replaced with café tables and pedestrian lanes. If successful, the program will remain permanent. Finally, people may be able to move through Times Square with ease. And, perhaps, car congestion will be alleviated by 17%, as the DOT is claiming.
“This experiment is a thoughtful and creative approach to our persistent problems — gridlock, pedlock, and thousands of people walking dangerously in the street for lack of space,” said Tim Tomkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. According to the report, more than 356,000 people walk through Times Square daily. Also, although there are 4.5 times as many pedestrians as vehicles, only 11% of the space is currently allocated for them. With a high rate of accidents and congestion that prohibits emergency vehicles from passing, it is about time a pilot program was launched. It makes sense that redirecting traffic to maintain the gridded traffic flow, instead of permitting Broadway traffic to cross over other avenues, would ease congestion. I am looking forward to being able to walk from the Times Square subway station to hang out on the steps of the new TKTS booth without having to put myself in harm’s way.
AIA Presidents from the five boroughs gather for a monthly leadership meeting. Seated (l-r): AIA Queens President Laura Heim, AIA; AIA New York President Sherida Paulsen, FAIA; AIA Staten Island President Marcus Marino, AIA. Standing (l-r): AIA Queens Vice President Michael Cosentino, AIA; AIA Bronx Vice President Giuliano Penna; AIA New York Past President James McCullar, FAIA; AIA Queens Past President Alan Weinstein, AIA; AIA New York President Elect Tony Schirripa, AIA.
Rick Bell, FAIA
03.06.09: The Center for Architecture premiered its “Helfand Spotlight Series” in the newly renovated Margaret Helfand Gallery. Highlighting competitions, projects under construction, and projects recently completed that will have a far-reaching impact on New York City’s built environment, the first project in the series is 23 E 22nd Street, designed by OMA.
Visitors and passersby inside and out can view the exhibition.
Melina Gills
Exhibited projects are meant to generate public interest and present in-depth information to the Center’s professional audience.
Melina Gills
02.25.09: Many gathered at the Center for Architecture for its first Opportunities Fair, where organizations presented volunteer opportunities for those looking for work.
Jessica Sheridan
02.26.09: AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA (standing left) welcomed ACE Mentor Program students from Staten Island to the Center for Architecture, along with Annika Smith, assistant executive director, ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York, and group leader Michael Cetera, AIA.
Kristen Richards
The Governors Island Alliance call for support for “Keeping Governors Island Afloat.” On the steps of City Hall: Standing in the front row (l-r): Rob Pirani, Governors Island Alliance; Murray Fisher, New York Harbor School; Councilmember Alan Gerson; Rep. Jerry Nadler; Ken Fisher, Governors Island Alliance.
Rick Bell, FAIA
03.04.09: Opening reception for “Into the Open: Positioning Practice,” a new installation of the 11th Venice Biennale’s U.S. Pavilion last fall, now on view at the at Parson’s Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. Just as intriguing as the exhibits are the chalkboard-painted walls and surfaces being filled with visitors’ illustrations and comments.
Curator William Menking, editor-in-chief, The Architect’s Newspaper, and the International Center for Urban Ecology’s Kyong Park, designer of “The New Silk Road” installation.
Kristen Richards
Menking with Thomas Hanrahan, hanrahanMeyers architects.
Kristen Richards
Edible Schoolyard: Bright Lights Swish Chard: We are but dust and shadow.
Kristen Richards
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
Join an Architalker for a Hosted Tour of Center for Architecture
Exhibitions
Join us for free Architalker-hosted tours of the Center for Architecture exhibitions Fridays at 4:00pm. To join one of these tours, meet in the Public Resource Area on the ground floor of the Center for Architecture.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
January 22 — April 25, 2009
MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities
Today’s engineers are working across disciplines and driving innovation. MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities looks at how engineers are envisioning and realizing the future of our built environment by transforming structures, improving environments, enhancing materials, re-inventing building technologies, and advancing forms. This exhibition highlights how inventive strategies for building are born from multidisciplinary research and integrated practice. Small engineering firms, large engineering firms, engineering schools, university labs, materials labs, artists, inventors, and architects are all part of the exchange of ideas — plotting trajectories of innovation.
Building on observations, analysis, and mathematical principles, engineers have developed the profession from empirical analysis into a field of expertise based on predictability and synthesis. With digital simulation and processing capabilities, engineers are utilizing comprehensive models to explore different options for optimizing structures and systems.
Twenty-first century engineers are tackling some of the most challenging concerns of our day. Exceeding LEED standards for sustainable building, engineers are conceiving of new ways for buildings to harvest and manage energy — floors that create electricity and facade systems that respond to the sun. Anticipating dwindling global resources, engineers are designing structures to new standards of efficiency and economy — stadiums that use 50% less steel and towers formed for optimal wind-loading.
These solutions are the product of creative and collaborative pursuit. This exhibition highlights how inventive strategies for building are born from multidisciplinary research and integrated practice. Small engineering firms, large engineering firms, engineering schools, university labs, materials labs, artists, inventors, and architects are all part of the exchange of ideas — plotting trajectories of innovation.
Exhibition Curatorial Team:
Rosamond Fletcher
Eli Gottlieb
Zak Kostura
Erik Madsen
Jonah Stern
Beth Stryker
Exhibition Designer:
Pure + Applied
Framing Space Installation by:
Phillip Anzalone and Stephanie Bayard, aa64
The Trusset Structural System, invented by Phillip Anzalone and Cory Clarke, is a project of the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in collaboration with the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Research Assistant:
Ginger Nolan, Columba GSAPP Ph.D Candidate
Research Intern:
Alicia Arroyo
Special Thanks to our Advisory Committee:
Julie Applebaum, Center for Architecture Foundation Board
Phil Bernstein, Autodesk
Vincent Chang, Grimshaw
John Hennessy, ACEC President
Marvin Mass, Cosentini
Dan Nall, Flack + Kurtz
Craig Schwitter, Buro Happold
David Scott, Arup
Susan Szenasy, Metropolis
Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti.
Underwriter:
Patron:
Lead Sponsors:
Supporters: American Council of Engineering Companies of New York, Josef Gartner USA, and Weidlinger Associates
Friend: Grimshaw Architects
Supporter: American Council of Engineering Companies of New York
The Framing Space Installation is generously provided by aa64 with additional support from:
Alusion, a product of Cymat Technologies Ltd.
Contrarian Metal Resources
General Plastics Manufacturing
Indalex Aluminum Solutions Group
Maloya Laser, Inc.
Panelite
Related Events
Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Multi-disciplinary Innovation
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 11:00am — 5:00pm
Symposium: Energy Engineering
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
100% BIM
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Tapered, Tilted, Twisted Towers: a lecture by David Scott, Arup
Friday, March 27, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Screening of Bird’s Nest, a film by Christoph Schaub & Michael Schindhelm
February 26 — March 18, 2009
Helfand Spotlight Series: OMA NY’s 23 East 22nd Street Tower
The Center for Architecture is premiering its Helfand Spotlight Series in the newly renovated storefront Margaret Helfand Gallery. The first project selected for this honor is OMA’s tower at 23 East 22nd Street. The 22nd Street tower is significant both because it is OMA’s first large-scale building in New York City and because of its unique profile. Intended to literally turn the tradition of the stepped tower on its head, the 22nd Street tower will cant dramatically over its neighbors. The 23E22 exhibition includes an illuminated building model, a site model, 100 process models, details, and a comprehensive project description.
The Helfand Spotlight Series highlights competitions, projects under construction, and projects recently completed that will have a far-reaching impact on New York City’s built environment. Projects are exhibited as a means of generating public interest as well as presenting in-depth information to the Center’s professional audience.
Exhibition and related programs are made possible through the generous support of Slazer Enterprises.
Related Events
Friday, March 6, 2009, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Project presentation by Shohei Shigematsu (Partner and Director, OMA NY)
02.24.09
02.24.09
This Wednesday, 02.25.09, AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation are hosting an Opportunities Fair at the Center for Architecture as part of the Not Business as Usual forums. From 12:00-2:00pm representatives from Chapter committees, community organizations, non-profits, schools, and training programs will share information about volunteer opportunities, continuing education, and other opportunities. Be sure to stop by!
– Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
CLICK ON BLOG CENTRAL: AIANY BLOG: The AIANY Chapter’s Blog Central features opinion pieces on architectural issues relevant to NY-based designers, firms, and projects, along with spotlights on debates and discussions at the Center for Architecture and AIANY. It is an informal discussion board. To become a regular contributor to Blog Central, please e-mail e-Oculus. Pen names are welcome.