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Names in the News

The AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture have named David Burney, FAIA, Interim Executive Director.

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) 2015 MASterworks Honorees include: Fulton Center by Grimshaw Architects (Best New Building); 1000 Dean Street and Berg’n by Selldorf Architects (Best Neighborhood Catalyst); NYC Emergency Housing Prototype by Garrison Architects (Best New Infrastructure); Hudson Square Standard by Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architects (Best New Urban Amenity); Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners in collaboration with Gluckman Mayner Architects (Best Restoration); and the Engineering Quadrangle by Bruce Newman & the Pratt Design Team (Best Urban Landscape). Continue reading “Names in the News”

New Deadlines

2015 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2015 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect in practice or by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! You may submit projects/topics from anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas/projects by the deadlines indicated below to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.

Fall 2015: “Home” (In conjunction with the Housing Exhibition + Archtober)
Housing progress report/report card: whether market rate or affordable, is it living up to our expectations for design, community integration, environmental responsiveness? For affordable and low-income housing, is innovation helping us hit the number of units New York City needs? Continuing controversy about “inclusionary” housing (80/20 and such). Off-site/modular construction. BSA Housing Awards. (To include input from social scientists, urban anthropologists, psychologists, etc.)
Deadline for story ideas, projects: 05.08.15

Winter 2015: “Makers in a Digital World” or “Architecture & the Digital World”
How we present and build what we do: 21st-century visual representation, mapping, big data. Life-cycle of a building: an idea, draw it, digitize for CNC milling machines, construct, share via Instagram, etc. Cooper-Hewitt tech “pencils”; etc.
Deadline story for ideas, projects: 08.07.15 Continue reading “New Deadlines”

New Deadlines

2015 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2015 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect in practice or by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! You may submit projects/topics from anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas/projects by the deadlines indicated below to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.

Fall 2015: “Home” (In conjunction with the Housing Exhibition + Archtober)
Housing progress report/report card: whether market rate or affordable, is it living up to our expectations for design, community integration, environmental responsiveness? For affordable and low-income housing, is innovation helping us hit the number of units New York City needs? Continuing controversy about “inclusionary” housing (80/20 and such). Off-site/modular construction. BSA Housing Awards. (To include input from social scientists, urban anthropologists, psychologists, etc.)
Deadline for story ideas, projects: 05.08.15

Winter 2015: “Makers in a Digital World” or “Architecture & the Digital World”
How we present and build what we do: 21st-century visual representation, mapping, big data. Life-cycle of a building: an idea, draw it, digitize for CNC milling machines, construct, share via Instagram, etc. Cooper-Hewitt tech “pencils”; etc.
Deadline story for ideas, projects: 08.07.15 Continue reading “New Deadlines”

Call for Entries: Archtober 2015 Building of the Day

While everyone else is looking forward to springtime, we at the Center for Architecture are already looking to the fall and gearing up for Archtober 2015. This will be the fifth year of New York City’s month-long architecture and design festival, and we hope to make it the best yet.

As in past years, we’re sure that many of the recently-announced 2015 AIANY Design Awards Winners will be featured in Archtober 2015’s Building of the Day series, but we’d like to invite you to submit your NYC-based projects as well! Each year, Archtober features 31 buildings, parks, and structures, old and new and in all five boroughs, that demonstrate the city’s architectural richness. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to lead tours of your recent projects! The deadline for submissions is 04.10.15. Submit one photo with credits and a brief (225 word) description of your built project(s) to archtober@aiany.org.

Names in the News

The winners of the 2015 AIANY Design Awards are: ARCHITECTURE HONORS: National September 11 Museum by Davis Brody Bond; Melbourne School of Design by NADAAA; Vakko Fashion Center by REX; Henderson-Hopkins School by ROGERS PARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers; Songpa Micro Housing by SsD; Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center and Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology by WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism. ARCHITECTURE MERITS: NYC Emergency Housing Prototype by Garrison Architects; Theatre for a New Audience Polonsky Shakespeare Center by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture; Toroishiku by Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects; Village Health Works Staff Housing by Louise Braverman Architect; Pier Two at Brooklyn Bridge Park by Maryann Thompson Architects; Garden School by OPEN Architecture; Haffenden House by PARA-Project; University Center – The New School by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; United States Courthouse, Salt Lake City, by Thomas Phifer and Partners; Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. INTERIORS HONORS: St. Mark’s Bookshop by Clouds Architecture Office; Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia Architecture. INTERIORS MERITS: Chilewich by de-spec; Restoration of the Nave of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University by Helpern Architects; Cornell Sibley Hall by LEVENBETTS; David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation by LTL Architects; David Yurman Headquarters and The Guidance Center by Lynch / Eisinger / Design. PROJECTS HONORS: Rethinking Refugee Communities by Ennead Architects; Hy-Fi by The Living. PROJECT MERITS: Smithsonian Institution South Mall Campus Master Plan by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group; Governor’s Cup Pavilion by CDR Studio; Church in the Arctic by OBRA Architects; The Lowline by raad. URBAN DESIGN HONORS: Beijing Horticultural Exposition Master Plan and Pavilions by WORK Architecture Company/WOKac, SCAPE / Landscape Architecture, SLAB, and Studio Zhu Pei. URBAN DESIGN MERITS: The Dryline by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group; Nine by Eighteen by Sagi Golan and Peterson Rich Office; The QueensWay by WXY architecture + urban design and dlandstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture. Continue reading “Names in the News”