Prospect: New Practices New York 2016

“It was not a given that the New Practices New York (NPNY) competition would even continue past its first year,” said Philipp von Dalwig, Assoc. AIA, co-chair of the AIANY New Practices Committee, in announcing the 2016 competition winners on the program’s 10th anniversary on 01.28.16. NPNY provides a platform for new and diverse models for the practice of architecture, an endeavor as important and relevant to AIANY now as it was 2006.

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Preservation through Transformation

The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is responsible for protecting architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites. It grants them landmark or historic district status, and regulates them once they’re designated. Since the Landmarks Law was enacted in 1965, LPC has designated almost 1,400 individual landmarks, 115 interior landmarks, 10 scenic landmarks, 109 historic districts, and 10 historic district extensions located throughout all five boroughs of New York City. Continue reading “Preservation through Transformation”