Road Map for the Future of the City: Jill Lerner and Lance Jay Brown in Conversation

Each chair at the 05.03.13 “Future of the City” exhibition preview at the Center for Architecture – presented as a part of the IDEAS CITY Festival – was loaded with publications. A jam-packed schedule for the festival lay in between copies of AIANY’s Post-Sandy Initiative Report, along with its A Platform for the Future of the City. Continue reading “Road Map for the Future of the City: Jill Lerner and Lance Jay Brown in Conversation”

On View at the Center for Architecture and About Town

At the Center for Architecture

FitNation
Opens June 13, 2013

The Edgeless School: Design for Learning
Last Chance – Through 05.25.13

Building Connections 2012
Through 06.15.13

2013 Design Awards
Through 05.31.13

Low Rise High Density
Through 06.29.13

Future of the City
Through June 29, 2013

Design(in) The New Heart of New York
Through June 30, 2013
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Back to the Future with Low-Rise, High-Density Housing

“I hope this exhibition gets people talking more about a housing type that’s built a lot but not discussed very much, so we can have better housing in the United States,” says Karen Kubey, executive director of the Institute for Public Architecture and curator of  “Low Rise High Density,” currently on view at the Center for Architecture.

The exhibition, which opened 04.25.13, spotlights its namesake housing model, which is defined as low enough to not require an elevator (about 4 stories) and dense enough to support public transportation (at least 20 units an acre). Continue reading “Back to the Future with Low-Rise, High-Density Housing”

On View: At the Center for Architecture and About Town

At the Center for Architecture

Design(in) The New Heart of New York
Opens May 1, 2013

Future of the City
Opens May 3, 2013

The Edgeless School: Design for Learning
Through 05.25.13

2013 Design Awards
Through 05.31.13

Building Connections 2012
Through 06.15.13

Low Rise High Density
Through 06.29.13

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AIANY Celebrates Design Excellence at the 2013 Honors and Awards Luncheon

Yesterday, on 04.17.13, a record 900 members of New York’s architecture and related professional communities gathered in one of New York’s most distinguished spaces for its annual Honors and Awards Luncheon. In addition to celebrating the winners of the 2013 AIANY Design Awards, AIANY’s three most prestigious awards were presented by Jill N. Lerner, FAIA, 2013 AIA New York President.

The Medal of Honor was given to William Pedersen, FAIA, FAAR, Founding Design Partner of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; the Award of Merit went to Hon. Robert B. Tierney, Chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; and the Stephen A. Kliment Oculus Award was given to Suzanne Stephens, Deputy Editor of Architectural Record. Continue reading “AIANY Celebrates Design Excellence at the 2013 Honors and Awards Luncheon”

On View: At the Center for Architecture

At the Center for Architecture

2013 Design Awards
Opens 04.18.13

Low Rise High Density
Opens 04.25.13

American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter Design Awards
Through 04.20.13

The Edgeless School: Design for Learning
Through 05.25.13

Building Connections 2012
Through 06.15.13

Additional Upcoming Exhibitions

On View: At the Center for Architecture & About Town

At the Center for Architecture

Broadway: 1000 Steps
Through 04.10.13

American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter Design Awards
Through 04.20.13 (opening reception 04.11.13)

The Edgeless School: Design for Learning
Through 05.25.13

Building Connections 2012
Through 06.15.13

Upcoming Exhibitions

About Town

Through 04.18.13: The Winter Garden in Brookfield Place (World Financial Center) is hosting an exhibition of two large-scale artworks for the Season of Cambodia Festival. Sopheap Pich’s “Compound” is an enormous installation comprised of eighty-three bamboo and rattan grids and cylindrical modules.

On View: At the Center for Architecture & About Town

At the Center for Architecture

BROADWAY: 1000 Steps
Through 04.10.13

The Edgeless School: Design for Learning
Through 05.25.13

Building Connections 2012
Through 06.15.13

Upcoming Exhibitions

About Town

Through 03.31.13: The William Holman Gallery presents a large solo exhibition of recent work by Tom Judd. The exhibition features drawings and paintings on canvas that explore the relationship between the modern architecture of Judd’s childhood, including the pink house he grew up in near Salt Late City, and other abandoned modern relics, such as 20th-century houses by Marcel Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, and Richard Neutra. View a catalogue of Judd’s work and a documentary video, titled “Tom Judd Remembers the Future.”
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