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Honors and Awards Luncheon 2020
7/7/20, 11:30am - 2pm
Virtual
In order to ensure the safety and health of our guests and staff, we have rescheduled the 2020 Honors and Awards Luncheon from April 17 to July 7. The Luncheon will...
Virtual Guess-A-Sketch 2020
6/17/20, 2:43pm
Center for Architecture
*Please note: Free audience registration is closing at 2pm ET on Thu 6/18. If you haven’t registered by that time, join us on Facebook Live! Guess-A-Sketch is a lively evening...
The Story and History of Modern Design (Part 2, 1850-2020)
5/8/20, 5pm - Friday, 6/5, 6pm
Webinar
Design educator and historian Daniella Ohad presents a unique online course exploring the foundation of modern design history. This intensive 5-session course provides an introduction to the major historical styles,...
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POSTPONED – Cocktails & Conversation: Peter Eisenman and Robert A.M. Stern
3/20/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or...
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POSTPONED – The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Harlem River
3/19/20, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* Equity + Ecology The Harlem River is a tidal strait that flows 8 miles between the Hudson – and East...
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RESCHEDULED – Guess-A-Sketch 2020
3/12/20, 6:30pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
*AIA New York and the Center for Architecture are currently monitoring responses and recommendations to COVID-19. We have decided that in order to ensure the safety and health of our staff,...
Cocktails & Conversation: Rafael Pelli, FAIA & Nico Kienzl
2/21/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. Each program...
Collecting Design with Dr. Daniella Ohad: Spring 2020 (Session 1)
2/18/20, 10:30am - Monday, 5/11, 12:30pm
Center for Architecture
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace, standing at the forefront of style and taste. While initially...
Winners’ Announcement – New Practices New York: Pause
2/14/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Updated 2/14: See the winners here. – Members of the New Practices New York: Pause jury and the AIANY New Practices Committee will announce the firms recognized as 2020 winners of the...
New Fellow Salon with Melissa DelVecchio, FAIA
1/22/20, 6pm - 8pm
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows and has founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about their...
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2020 AIANY Design Awards Announcement
1/13/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Updated 1/14/20: Please see the complete list of winners here. See details regarding the 2020 Honors and Awards Luncheon here. Join us for the announcement of this year’s AIA New York Design...
Bunshaft’s Impact and Legacy: Then and Now
1/7/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the publication of Gordon Bunshaft and SOM: Building Corporate Modernism (Yale University Press), author Nicholas Adams will discuss Bunshaft, his work, and his legacy with Mary McLeod (Columbia...
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Oculus Book Talk: Millennials in Architecture
12/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Almost five years ago, Darius Sollohub collaborated with AIA New York on a seemingly small research project about young architectural professionals. That work has grown into a new book, Millennials in Architecture:...
AGENCY: The Architect’s Tools of Civic Engagement
12/3/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join AIANY’s Civic Leadership Program (CLP) at the Center for Architecture for the second of two public CLP events in 2019. An information session and happy hour will take place at 5pm preceding the talk,...
James Polshek: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen
11/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something...
Heritage Ball 2019
10/24/19, 6pm - 9pm
Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty
Download guest lists PDFs: By Last Name | By Firm Name Each year, architects and industry professionals come together for the Heritage Ball, an annual benefit to support the Center...
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HB 19 After Party
10/24/19, 9pm - 11:59pm
Chelsea Piers, Pier 60
HB After Party is the official after party of our annual gala, Heritage Ball, bringing together 400+ design professionals for a night of networking, dancing, sweet treats, interactive experiences and libations. Join...
Collecting Design with Dr. Daniella Ohad: Fall 2019 (Session 1)
10/15/19, 10:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace, standing at the forefront of style and taste. While initially...
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Featuring Signe Nielsen
9/5/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something...
Big Ideas Small Lots Opening
8/1/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of Big Ideas Small Lots. An exhibition of the results of the Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC competition organized by the NYC Department of Housing, Preservation, and...
Open House Party and Tour in Dutchess County
7/5/19, 10am - 1pm
Summer House in Dutchess County
Please join the AIANY Custom Residential Architects Network Committee (CRAN) in bucolic Dutchess County for its inaugural Open House Summer Party, featuring the home of Dennis Wedlick, FAIA, of BarlisWedlick Architects!...
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AIA Conference on Architecture 2019
6/6/19, 8am - Saturday, 6/8, 8pm
Las Vegas, NV
Every year the Conference on Architecture travels to an iconic city for three immersive days of what’s new and now in architecture and design. In 2019, we’re heading to Las...
Day of Service
5/18/19, 8am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Get ready to roll up your sleeves for a good cause! Following the success of last year’s A’18 Day of Service, this year AIA New York is once again partnering...
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Featuring Michael Kimmelman
5/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something...
AIANY Earth Day Urban Ecology Boat Tour
4/22/19, 1:45pm - 4:30pm
Chelsea Piers, Pier 62
Don’t miss the first-annual Earth Day boat tour, a collaboration between AIANY and Classic Harbor Line focusing on issues of urban ecology! Join us on this special full circumnavigation of Manhattan...
TORCH Mentorship Program – Laying out a Career Plan
4/22/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
There are numerous career advancement options within the architecture profession; finding the right strategy for professional development and advancement can be challenging. In this 2019 TORCH Mentorship Program discussion, a...
2019 AIANY Design Awards Exhibition Opening
4/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of the 2019 AIANY Design Awards Exhibition. The 2019 AIANY Design Awards exhibition features winning projects in the categories of Best in Competition, Architecture, Interiors,...
Honors and Awards Luncheon 2019
4/15/19, 11:30am - 2pm
Cipriani Wall Street
SOLD OUT: Contact vpittl@aiany.org with any questions. – Download the 2019 Honors and Awards Luncheon Firm and Guest List > Celebrate design excellence at AIA New York’s Honors and Awards Luncheon,...
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Civic Leadership Program Info Session and Breakfast
4/4/19, 8:30am - 9:30am
Center for Architecture
Are you an emerging architect working towards positive change? Do you want to help lead the architecture profession towards a more publicly engaged future? Learn more at one of the...
Syria Before the Deluge Opening
3/28/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of Syria Before the Deluge. Syria Before the Deluge presents photos of Syrian architectural monuments taken by acclaimed architectural photographer Peter Aaron in 2009. Nearly...
2019 New Fellows Reception
3/12/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Each year, the American Institute of Architects elevates selected candidates to its prestigious AIA College of Fellows. Advancement is granted for significant achievement in design, preservation, education, literature, and service. The 2019 Jury of...
Guess-A-Sketch 2019
3/7/19, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
*PLEASE NOTE ADVANCE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ($150 each) WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR PURCHASE VIA CREDIT CARD ONLY. The Center for Architecture is excited to host...
Patchwork: The Architecture of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak Opening
2/28/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of Patchwork: The Architecture of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak. The opening will include a discussion with curators Michał Duda and Małgorzata Devosges-Cuber. Schedule:6:00-6:30 – Exhibition Viewing6:30-7:15 –...
TORCH Mentorship Program Launch + Happy Hour
1/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join ENYA and members of the College of Fellows for happy hour as we kick off the new year and launch the TORCH Mentorship program. The TORCH Mentorship program will...
Design and the Just City in NYC Opening
1/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an event celebrating the opening of Design and the Just City in NYC and marking the closing of Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture. Design and...
Paul Rudolph: Influences and Opportunities
12/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a program for Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey. Paul Rudolph considered an allowance for growth in his architecture and once said his buildings “took on a...
Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Maurice Cox
12/18/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by the AIANY Housing Committee in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910-1972), an architect and NYC housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in...
Cocktails and Conversations: Book Launch at Porcelanosa
11/7/18, 6pm - 9pm
Porcelanosa Showroom
Over the last six years, the AIANY Architecture Dialogue Committee’s Cocktails and Conversation series has hosted some of architecture’s most interesting and provocative practitioners to discuss what informs their designs....
Pumpkitecture! Architectural Pumpkin Carving Competition
10/26/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
The Center for Architecture
Start off your Halloween weekend at the Center for Architecture’s third annual Pumpkitecture! competition! 20 New York City-based firms will go gourd to gourd to once again compete for the Pritzkerpumpkin....
Heritage Ball 2018
10/25/18, 6pm - 9pm
Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty
Each year, architects and industry professionals come together for the Heritage Ball, an annual benefit to support the Center for Architecture. Heritage Ball began in the 1980s and has grown...
HB 18 After Party
10/25/18, 9:30pm - Friday, 10/26, 12am
Chelsea Piers, Pier 60
HB 18 After Party is the official after party of our annual gala, Heritage Ball, bringing together 400+ design professionals for a night of networking, dj’s and dancing, and cocktails. Thursday, October...
2018 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards Winner Event
10/8/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as they announce the winners of the pilot award program the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards. The AIANY +...
Design Connext 3rd Annual Student Mixer
9/12/18, 6pm - 9pm
Steelcase WorkLife New York City
Did you know that there are nearly 15 distinct university design programs in NYC? At Design Connext, an annual student social hour, students of these programs can connect, collaborate, and...
A Call to Act(ivism): Echoing Whitney Young, 50 Years Later Opening
7/10/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of A Call to Act(ivism): Echoing Whitney Young, 50 Years Later. The exhibition revisits Whitney M. Young Jr.’s keynote address at the 1968 AIA Conference, which...
A’18 Community Service Day
6/23/18, 7:30am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Volunteers will be escorted to various sites from this meeting place. Get ready to roll up your sleeves for a good cause! This year AIA New York is partnering with...
City of Dreams Pavilion Opening
6/23/18, 10am - 6pm
Governor's Island
The winning design of the seventh annual City of Dream Pavilion Competition, Oculi, will be assembled on Governors Island and open to the public for the summer 2018 season. The Pavilion...
A’18 Conference on Architecture
6/20/18, 8am - Saturday, 6/23, 10pm
New York City
In 1857, thirteen architects met in New York to form an organization to promote architects and architecture. The AIA was born. Ten years later, the AIA held its first annual...
James Stewart Polshek Exhibition Opening
6/15/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Ennead Architects for the opening of James Stewart Polshek, on view at the Center for Architecture during the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018. James Stewart Polshek explores the life...
Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City Opening
6/14/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City. The exhibition explores how we manage waste in our buildings and neighborhoods, and how design can help...
Quality Affordable Housing in NYC
5/9/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
NOTE: A digital copy of Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing is available for download here. Since Mayor de Blasio launched the Housing New York plan in 2014, New York City has greatly...
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