Book Talk
Past Events
CONNECT: A Lecture by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, OPEN Architecture
9/27/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Li Hu and Huang Wenjing will present recent public and cultural projects by the New York City- and Beijing-based design practice OPEN Architecture, including those included in the new book Reinventing...
Exactitude: On Precision and Play in Contemporary Architecture
9/7/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a book talk for Exactitude: On Precision and Play in Contemporary Architecture (University of Massachusetts Press, 2022). Precision is necessary in the field of architecture. New technologies have increased...
China Dialogues
5/10/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
China Dialogues (ORO Editions & Tongji University Press, 2022) is an anthology of 21 insightful conversations selected by Vladimir Belogolovsky from his archive of interviews conducted with leading Chinese architects...
Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller
5/9/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation about the newly published book, Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller (Park Books, 2021), by co-authors Napoleone Ferrari and Michelangelo Sabatino. Italian architect and designer Carlo...
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Robert A.M. Stern’s Journey in Architecture: A Conversation with Barry Bergdoll
4/22/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Robert A.M. Stern’s newly published autobiography, Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture (Monacelli, 2022), surveys his life and seismic role in the field of architecture from the 1960s to the...
Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb
3/31/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Sunnyside Gardens was one of the early 20th century’s most acclaimed experiments in affordable housing in New York. Based on their recent book, Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a...
Book Launch: Formulations by Andrew Witt
3/26/22, 12pm - 2pm
Center for Architecture
Join author Andrew Witt to launch his new Writing Architecture Series book, Formulations, an examination of the intersections between architecture and mathematics and of architecture’s encounters with calculational systems. In...
Launch Event – New York: An Illustrated History
11/29/21, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a launch event for the newly expanded edition of New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns and James Sanders, with a brief remarks featuring a selection of...
Book Talk: Sandfuture with Justin Beal and Dung Ngo
11/9/21, 6pm - 7pm
Center for Architecture
Artist and writer Justin Beal will discuss his new book, Sandfuture, with design writer and editor Dung Ngo. Sandfuture (MIT Press, 2021) is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki, who remains on...
Book Talk: The Future of Modular Architecture
11/3/21, 6pm - 7pm
Center for Architecture
David Wallance, FAIA, will present a lecture on his recently published book, The Future of Modular Architecture (Routledge, 2021). The Future of Modular Architecture presents an unprecedented proposal for mass-customized mid-and high-rise...
Book Talk – Strange Objects, New Solids and Massive Things
10/7/21, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an event with Winka Dubbeldam, founding partner of Archi-Tectonics NYC and Chair and Miller Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design,...
Who Cares About Energy Codes? Architect’s Guide to NYC’s Carbon Reduction Code
7/22/21, 5pm - 7pm
Online and In-Person
Join AIA New York and the Building Energy Exchange for the launch of the BE-Ex Architect Advisory Council’s (AAC) 2020 vision document, Who Cares About Energy Codes? The Architect’s Guide to...