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Upcoming Events
POSTPONED – Build Better NYC: Capital Process Reform
Monday, 10/7, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date to be announced shortly! The process of designing and building public works in New York City impacts New...
Out in Architecture: Elevating LGBTQIA+ Stories to Build Equitable Futures
Wednesday, 10/9, 6pm - 8pm
Please join the AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance in welcoming the authors of Out in Architecture as they share their paths to authentic expression and equity-building within the architecture profession. Published in...
Interiors Residential Review Opening Reception
Wednesday, 10/9, 6pm - 8pm
Poggenpohl (138 Green St.), Salvatori (102 Wooster St.), and Scavolini (429 West Broadway)
Join us for the opening of the 7th annual AIANY Interiors Residential Review, organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee to showcase the best work in residential interiors by New York...
Architecture Matters: From Vision to Reality
Thursday, 10/10, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with Archtober, the Consulate General of Sweden, Architects Sweden, STHLMNYC, and the Swedish Institute are partnering with the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY), along with other...
Designing Waste Containerization into Streetscapes
Wednesday, 10/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Since the release of the Zero Waste Design Guidelines in 2017, the AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE) has advocated for and collaborated with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) on...
Rising Currents at 15: Coastline Resiliency Post Sandy
Tuesday, 10/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation on Rising Currents on the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Rising Currents, an workshop held at MoMA PS1 in 2009, leading to an exhibition at...
18th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Weiss/Manfredi
Monday, 10/28, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is an AIANY signature event organized each year by the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. The series was established in 2006 to...
Book Talk: Days without Number, New York
Tuesday, 10/29, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Head Hi is excited to announce the publication of their second book, co-published by Mousse, featuring the work of Milan-based architectural photographer Giovanna Silva. Titled Days without Number, New York,...
Cocktails & Conversation: SO–IL
Friday, 11/8, 6:30pm - 8pm
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 design issues. For this program,...
J. Max Bond, Jr. Lecture | Architects’ Renewal Committee in Harlem (ARCH) at 60
Friday, 11/15, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA), the J. Max Bond Center of City University of New York, and the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion...
The Future of Public Space and Art: Trends, Crafts, Technology
Tuesday, 11/19, 6pm - 7pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the fourth program in a four-part series on The Future of Public Space and Art. The series challenges us to discover better design strategies for the public realm...
Live Case Study: The Historic House of the Seven Gables Campus
Wednesday, 11/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Existing Conditions at the Center for Architecture as they examine a National Historic Landmark District as a case study. Participants will explore how 3D laser scanning, point clouds, and...
Book Launch for Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York
Wednesday, 11/20, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a lively discussion on New York’s underground art world as featured in the recently published Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York (Monacelli, 2024). The...
Past Events
Cocktails & Conversation: Kimberly Dowdell
10/4/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
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 design issues. For this program,...
The Future of Public Space and Art: Social Agency
10/2/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the third program in a four-part series on The Future of Public Space and Art. The series challenges us to discover better design strategies for the public realm...
WIA Outing to US Premiere of ADA: My Mother the Architect
9/28/24, 8:15pm - 10:15pm
Village East by Angelika
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee on the closing night of NYC’s Architecture & Design Film Festival for a special outing to see the US Premiere of ADA...
The Nature-Based Industrial Revolution: Redefining Future-Forward Architecture
9/26/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
There has never been a more important time to elevate the role of the built environment in addressing the climate crises and acting as a catalyst for change. Since the...
Adapt Together: Urban Neighborhoods Against Climate Change
9/25/24, 8:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
As climate change continues to accelerate, its effects are increasingly felt across both urban and rural landscapes, making it essential to adapt our living conditions to this new reality. Recognizing...
NYC Mass Timber Studio Final Review: From Design to Delivery
9/24/24, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
In-Person Tickets are sold out; additional registration is for Zoom attendance only. Join New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and partners for the NYC Mass Timber Studio final review event,...
AMFP Conversations: How Healthcare Systems Use Real Estate to Advance Their Business
9/24/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
CannonDesign NYC Office
Join the Association of Medical Facility Professionals (AMFP) Greater NY Chapter for an interactive session focused on innovation in institutional policy. Panelists will describe the factors that affect healthcare system...
The Future of Public Space and Art: New Perspectives
9/19/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the second program in a four-part series on The Future of Public Space and Art. The series challenges us to discover better design strategies for the public realm...
Resilience to Extreme Weather Events: Floods and Hurricanes
9/17/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an in-depth discussion and presentation by two building envelope consultants, a structural engineer, and an architect, all actively working on a variety of flood and hurricane mitigation...
2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival: Experiences, Spaces, Brands, Stories
9/17/24, 9am - 10am
CannonDesign New York Office
As part of the 2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival, CannonDesign will host an inspiring discussion on how we can better unleash design. Experiences. Brands. Stories. Spaces. All elevated by the...
Book Talk: Multiplicity in Contemporary Architecture
9/12/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of Multiplicity: On Constraint and Agency in Contemporary Architecture (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024). Today, the field of architecture faces a reckoning. While there is no longer...
Cocktails & Conversation: LEVENBETTS
9/6/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
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 design issues. For this program,...
Recipe for a Room: Places for the Displaced
9/5/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Recipe for a Room is a model-making contest about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms while fostering fun, creativity, and professional mentorship. For the 2024 edition, two-person teams, each comprised of...
Constructing Housing During Crisis: Ukraine
7/25/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of the role of temporary housing as a place of care and healing during the ongoing crisis. This event is hosted in collaboration with the exhibition...
Natasha Jen: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen
7/17/24, 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...
Legacies of Redlining: Preservation and Development in Staten Island
7/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Staten Island—NYC’s least populous borough and the only one not connected by subway—has long stood apart from the rest of New York City. The island’s geography and history shaped its...
Designing Tomorrow: Advocacy in Action
7/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us to review and discuss AIA New York's extensive advocacy efforts focusing on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. Bringing together representatives from National Associates Committee (NAC) and Young...
Spatializing Reproductive Justice: Architecture, Activism, and Advocacy
7/11/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation on the intersection of creative process and legal rights to abortion access in the United States. This program is presented as part of the Spatializing Reproductive...
Constructing Architectural Networks: Ukraine
7/10/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion with architects working on material logistics and mutual aid networks, hosted in collaboration with the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine which is currently on view at...
Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Taking Action
7/8/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The three-part series “Forced Labor in Supply Chains” explores the often-invisible affliction of human exploitation embedded within the extensive supply-chain networks that create the very materials for our construction endeavors....
Two Years After Dobbs: Spatial Practice + Reproductive Health
6/27/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of architectural practice in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This program is organized in conjunction with Spatializing Reproductive Justice, on view...
NYC Greenways: Paths to an Equitable City-Wide Network
6/24/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
New York City is home to over 300 miles of greenways consisting of a patchwork of bikeways, pedestrian paths, and trails. Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to discuss...
Book Talk – The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture
6/20/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion on The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture (Monacelli, 2024). One of the most famous residences in modern history, a glass and steel marvel that seems...
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AGENCY: The Power of Architects Inside, Beside, and Beyond Practice
6/15/24, 10am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
AGENCY (noun) is defined as: 1a: the office or function of an agent 1b: the relationship between a principal and that person’s agent 2: the capacity, condition, or state of...
Healing Light: The Biological and Sociological Effects of Lighting
6/3/24, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Beyond just illumination, light can create mood, enhance color, and focus on design features. But light is so much more than that. It is an active participant in a space...
Constructing Memory: Ukraine
5/30/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an in-depth discussion of select projects featured in the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine, as well as related work. Each project illustrates the importance of the role of story-telling, model-making, and...
The Intersection of Fashion and Architecture: Celebrating Yeohlee Teng
5/29/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
FXCollaborative
"Clothes have magic. Their geometry forms shapes that can lend a wearer power." – Yeohlee Teng To celebrate Yeohlee's incredible design talent, her contribution to fashion, and her illustrious career,...
Reimagining Justice Film Festival (4 of 5): TED Talk by JR, Unguarded, and More
5/23/24, 6pm - 8pm
Grimshaw Architects New York
How can architects be better advocates for a better world? The Reimagining Justice Film Festival will create the opportunity to encounter revolutionary ideas through investigating the history and lived experiences...
Solutions & Strategies for Section 174 Uncertainty: 179D New Legislation
5/23/24, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
As architecture firms are deepening and expanding the time they spend on innovative solutions to design challenges—from energy efficiency to historic restoration with new materials, long term resilience, and health...
Inclusive Campus: Architecture, Intellectual Disability, and Human Values
5/22/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As transcendent institutions dedicated to the integral formation of human beings, universities must equip themselves with an urban-architectural corpus that matches their purpose. The planning of a university campus is...
Cocktails & Conversation: Jonathan Marvel, FAIA, with Fred Bernstein
5/17/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. For this...
Breakfast Meet and Greet with Senator Brian Kavanagh
5/17/24, 9am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
Please join AIANY Political Action Fund (AIANY PAF) on Friday, May 17 at 9:00am at the Center for Architecture for a breakfast meet and greet with Senator Brian Kavanagh. AIANY...
Reimagining Justice Film Festival (3 of 5): Navigating a Volatile Tide
5/16/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How can architects be better advocates for a better world? The Reimagining Justice Film Festival will create the opportunity to encounter revolutionary ideas through investigating the history and lived experiences...
2024 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: WORKac
5/15/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee. The lecture brings to the podium speakers...
Got License?
5/14/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join representatives from the New York State Board for Architecture and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for “Got License?” The program will cover NCARB and NYS updates, including...
Minerva Parker Nichols: America’s First Female Solo Architect
5/14/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In her long and notable architectural career, Minerva Parker Nichols (1862–1949) designed dozens of small and large private residences throughout the United States, several public buildings such as the New...
Book Talk: Pedagogical Experiments in Architecture for a Changing Climate
5/13/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Center for Architecture is pleased to host a round-table discussion celebrating the book launch of Pedagogical Experiments in Architecture for a Changing Climate (Routledge, 2024) edited by Tülay Atak, Luis...
Pratt Institute School of Design’s Design for Aging and Beyond
5/9/24, 5pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Design for Aging Committee for a presentation of design proposals by students in Pratt Institute School of Design's Spring 2024 class "Design for Aging and Beyond." The...
Reimagining Justice Film Festival (2 of 5): 16 Bars
5/9/24, 6pm - 8pm
Häfele New York City Showroom
How can architects be better advocates for a better world? The Reimagining Justice Film Festival will create the opportunity to encounter revolutionary ideas through investigating the history and lived experiences...
The Future of Public Space and Art: History and Memory
5/6/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the first program in a four-part series expanding on the theme Belonging and Beyond, established earlier this year by 2024 AIANY President Gregory Switzer, AIA, NOMA. Belonging and Beyond...
Reimagining Justice Film Festival (1 of 5): Mothers of Bedford
5/2/24, 6pm - 8pm
Gensler New York
How can architects be better advocates for a better world? The Reimagining Justice Film Festival will create the opportunity to encounter revolutionary ideas through investigating the history and lived experiences...
NYC Mass Timber Studio Presents Inaugural Cohort
4/29/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture & Webinar
In-Person Tickets are sold out; additional registration is for Zoom attendance only. Join New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and its partners for the New York City Mass Timber...
Can New York City Learn to Live with Water?
4/26/24, 9:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
As the city works to manage the worst impacts of flooding from sea and sky, an important awareness is beginning to settle in: we will not be able to floodproof...
Designing the Historic Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center
4/25/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Designated by President Barack Obama, the Stonewall National Monument marks the historic site of the Stonewall riots, a pivotal moment for the Gay Rights Movement (which grew into the modern LGBTQIA+...
Innovations in Housing: Laboratorio de Vivienda
4/24/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Housing Committee is pleased to present a discussion of Laboratorio de Vivienda as the next installment of its Innovations in Housing Lecture Series. The experimental project Laboratorio de Vivienda...
Portico: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission’s New Permit Portal
4/17/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
Join the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for a webinar on Portico, LPC’s new web-based permit portal. Portico is designed to make it easier to file a permit...
The Flexible City: Solutions for a Circular and Climate Adaptive Europe
4/12/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of Tom Bergevoet’s and Maarten van Tuijl’s The Flexible City: Solutions for a Circular and Climate Adaptive Europe (Nai010 Publishers, 2024), in conversation with Yasemin...
Toward a Hybrid City: “Inter-building” with Mass Timber
4/11/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The climate crisis is an invitation to imagine more meaningful ways of living in a resilient environment. The necessary optimization of resources is a chance to rediscover the benefits of...
AIANY Interiors Committee Speed Presentations
4/9/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
De Padova
AIANY Interiors Speed Presentations is an annual competition that showcases outstanding interior spaces designed by architects based in New York. The format of the event—a selection of architects presenting their...
Cocktails & Conversation: A.I. and the Arts with James Wines and Phillip Denny
4/5/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. For this...
Designing for An Aging Population: The Female Perspective
4/2/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The number of women in the professions of AEC and real-estate development has been growing. What strengths can women’s perspectives bring to these fields? If we look more specifically at...
Legacies of Redlining: Preservation and Development in Manhattan
3/27/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This is the first in a series of borough-based roundtable discussions intended to build capacity, share narratives, and develop a collective understanding of both historical parallels and preservation paradigm shifts...
Making the Triangle Fire Memorial
3/25/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
March 25, 2024 will mark the 113th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the first commemoration ceremony with the permanent memorial installed on the site of the fire....
AIANY Design Awards: Interiors Showcase
3/25/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this program dives into the recipients of the 2024 AIANY Design Awards in the Interiors category and projects in other categories with a significant...
Cocktails & Conversation: Making Home with Matthew Bremer and Fred Bernstein
3/22/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
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 and design issues. This...
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AIANY International Women’s Day Celebration: Inspire Inclusion
3/21/24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
AKDO NYC Showroom
To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) and its 2024 theme, #InspireInclusion, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee is combining our monthly March meeting with a networking event featuring a...
Book Talk – Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook
3/18/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the book launch and discussion of Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook (Lars Müller Publishers, 2024). This intimate conversation will celebrate the publication of Louis I. Kahn:...
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New York City Coastal Resilience: A Dialogue
3/12/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) is pleased to introduce Laurian Farrell, the Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau of Coastal Resilience, a new office within New York...
Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Examples of a Humanely Built Environment
3/11/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The three-part series on “Forced Labor in Supply Chains,” stemming from the Design for Freedom initiative, aims to shed light on the social inequalities caused by forced labor in our...
Democratizing Design: NYC’s Principles of Good Urban Design
3/4/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*In-person tickets are sold out. Guests who did not register in advance can watch the livestream here.* The NYC Department of City Planning’s Principles of Good Urban Design offer New...
Turkey & Syria after the Earthquakes: Hatay Planning Center Report
2/22/24, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
The 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, officially took an estimated 60,000 lives. Entire neighborhoods across 11 provinces were destroyed in...
Dress to Impress: The Intersection of Fashion and the Built Environment
2/21/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation between Andi Soos, independent curator, and Avery Trufelman, podcast host and radio producer, about the intersection of fashion and the built environment. Architecture is often...
Pitching to Print Media: A Primer for Small Firms and Young Practitioners
2/20/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
For architecture and design firms, publishing work can boost professional credibility and lead to new opportunities—but the print media landscape can also be daunting. What are the typical terms of...
Book Talk – Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture
2/15/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In-person tickets for this event are sold out. Only Zoom tickets are available. Join us for a discussion of Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture (Rizzoli, 2022) with Laura Britton and Vittorio...
An Ode to Oodi: Stories Of A Radical Public Library
2/12/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As civic institutions, libraries are tangible records of how cities flourish when they are able to meet the evolving needs of their citizens. This is evident in Finland, where the...
Transportation + Infrastructure Awards Spotlight: Salesforce Transit Center
2/8/24, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
As the second in a series of spotlight events celebrating winners of AIANY’s Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards, this program will focus on Salesforce Transit Center, an Honor Award...
Explore and Discover Creative Leather Applications in Architectural Interiors
2/1/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...
Explore and Discover Creative Leather Applications in Architectural Interiors
1/31/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...
Leaning Out X | Women in Circularity
1/31/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The cause and effect of our impact on environments—and the impact these environments have on us—has highlighted the importance of understanding ecosystems and circularity in built, cultural, and natural contexts....
Book Talk – Sea Pools: 66 Saltwater Sanctuaries from Around the World
1/18/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of Chris Romer-Lee’s Sea Pools: 66 Saltwater Sanctuaries from Around the World (Batsford 2023), in conversation with Robert Hammond and Kara Meyer. Designed to provide...
Humanist Modernity: Stanisława and Maciej Nowicki – Polish Architects in the US
1/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Stanisława Sandecka-Nowicka and Maciej (Matthew) Nowicki are two significant figures in the history of American and Polish architecture. She was a talented graphic artist and designer and the first female...
2024 AIANY Design Awards Announcement
1/8/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Announcement: Please see all 2024 AIANY Design Awards winners here. Congratulations to all project teams! Join us for the announcement of this year’s AIA New York Design Awards winners in Architecture,...
Artificial Intelligence in Architecture (AI+A): Future of Architectural Practice
12/16/23, 10am - 6pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
5.5 LU/HSW credits are currently pending for all-day attendance, including 2.5 LU/HSW for Keynote and Practice Session and 3 LU/HSW for the Software and Research Sessions. “In terms of strategic thinking...
AIA New York 2024 Board Inaugural and Holiday Gathering
12/13/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York invites you to celebrate at the 2024 Board Inaugural! The event will feature the passing of the gavel from 2023 AIANY President Matt Bremer, AIA, to 2024...
The Importance of Incorporating Wellness into Interior Design
12/12/23, 2pm - 3:30pm
Center for Architecture
During this course attendees will learn from Technogym’s Architects & Interior Design Director to better understand how Design meets Wellness in commercial and private projects. The course will highlight how...
Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Its Prevalence & the Design for Freedom Movement
12/12/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Please join guest speaker Brigid Abraham, a Design for Freedom Project Manager at Grace Farms, for the first event in a three-part series on “Forced Labor in Our Supply Chain.”...
New York and the Public Realm: A Conversation with Dan Doctoroff
12/11/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Planning and Urban Design and AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committees for a conversation between Dan Doctoroff and Justin Davidson. Over the course of the evening, Doctoroff...
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Fields of Light: A Journey with Bruce Munro
12/11/23, 6pm - 8pm
The Municipal Arts Society
Please join us for a presentation and discussion with British artist Bruce Munro, whose six-acre light-based project, “Field of Light at Freedom Plaza,” will open on Manhattan’s East Side on...
Eran Chen: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen
12/8/23, 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...
The Form Givers: A Viñoly Tribute and Biopic Film Forum
12/7/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the footsteps of their mentor, the late Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int. FRIBA, the work of Scott Glass, AIA, LEED AP, Brendan Guerin, AIA, LEED AP, Cary Paik,...
Who Are the Architects of Grand Central Madison?
12/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In recognition of Grand Central Madison (GCM)’s public debut, join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for a panel to celebrate the project’s architectural accomplishments and the many architects who...
Housing Opportunity: Office to Residential Conversion in New York City
12/5/23, 8:45am - 5:15pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic radically transformed daily life, and many office buildings in our business districts still find themselves underused in 2023. This cultural shift towards remote work has left many...
Retail Design Institute’s 52nd International Design Competition
12/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and the Retail Design Institute NY Chapter as they present New York projects and the Store of the Year, recognized in the Retail Design Institute’s...
POSTPONED – (Re)group: Collective Practices of Architecture
11/30/23, 6pm - 8pm
This event has been postponed and will be updated when the new date is confirmed. This event, hosted by the AIANY Civic Leadership Program, offers a platform for architects committed to...
Book Talk: Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons
11/29/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join two AIANY Medal of Honor Awardees, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, and Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, for a discussion of Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons: Pursuing Democracy’s Promise through Placed-Based...
Small Firms, Big City: A Network Resource and Exchange
11/20/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architecture is fundamentally practiced in collaboration. Architecture also operates on principles of small business, even within the largest A&E firms. Often we get siloed and we feel we’re operating in...
The Importance of Incorporating Wellness into Interior Design
11/14/23, 2pm - 3:30pm
Center for Architecture
During this course attendees will learn from Technogym’s Architects & Interior Design Director to better understand how Design meets Wellness in commercial and private projects. The course will highlight how...
Mental Health and School Design
11/14/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join us for a panel discussion to explore the critical role school environments play in supporting student wellbeing and mental health. At a time when many students are struggling with...
The Howl 2: Advice to a Younger Version of Myself
11/13/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Howl, a multimedia forum to explore storytelling and filmmaking as powerful tools for architects to create a more compelling, equitable, and sustainable built environment, returns to the Center for...
AIANY Women in Architecture Forum: Practice and Motherhood
11/9/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The practice of architecture and motherhood have been difficult to reconcile in our profession. In this encouraging forum, women architects from different levels and stages in their professional paths will...
Storytelling in Architecture: Stories & Places
11/9/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event, hosted by the AIANY Civic Leadership Program, offers a platform for everyday New Yorkers to share untold stories about how their lives are impacted by the built environment. The...
AustraliaNOW: Coming Up From Down Under
11/2/23, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Brickworks Design Studio New York and Brickworks Sydney Design Studio
In Person Locations: Brickworks Design Studio, 445 Fifth Avenue, New York City and Brickworks Design Studio, 2 Barrack St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia To celebrate the 100th birthday of Austrian/Australian architect...
Tall Buildings in Historic Districts: Heritage, Conservation and New Structures
11/1/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee for an exploration of recent projects in historic districts that include both a restorative component and a new building. The discussion will highlight...
Indigenous Architecture Days: To Leave and Return
10/25/23, 7pm - 8pm
Davies Toews Architecture
This program is part of the Alignments in the Indigenous Design Process series, developed in collaboration with the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning and Design. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples...
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Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Tatiana Bilbao
10/24/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New School Tishman Auditorium
The annual Samuel Ratensky Memorial 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...
Finnish-American Modern: 150 Years of Saarinen & Helsinki-Detroit-Columbus Axis
10/24/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of a Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950). Saarinen’s early career in Finland essentially shaped the country’s national architectural identity and the...
Guidance for Emerging Sustainable Design Warriors 2: Passive House Case Studies
10/23/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Guidance for Emerging Sustainable Design Warriors: Passive House Case Studies and a Net Zero Green Economy offers a deep dive through three case studies based on Passive House Principles. The...
Turkey & Syria after the Earthquakes: Long-Term Recovery 2: Building Back Better
10/21/23, 10am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will start at 10am ET/ 17:00 GMT + 3. Doors will open for in-person attendance at 9:30am ET/ 16:30 GMT+3. The 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit...
Morning Leadership Talk: Katie Swenson of MASS Design Group on Seeking Abundance
10/20/23, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
To celebrate Archtober, NYC's architecture and design month featuring over 100 collaborating partners across the five boroughs, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) is excited to bring back it's...
J. Max Bond, Jr. Lecture | A Dialogue on Education and Architectural Futures
10/19/23, 6pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA), the J. Max Bond Center of City University of New York, and the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion...
Through the Lens: Honoring the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams
10/18/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a talk about Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams in Nevada featuring photographer Janna Ireland and curator Carmen Beals in conversation with Daonne Huff. Paul...
An Otomí Leader and an Architecture of Indigenous Reclamation
10/17/23, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
This program is part of the Alignments in the Indigenous Design Process series, developed in collaboration with the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning and Design. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples...
ENYA Beyond The Boards: NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Renovation
10/14/23, 11am - 1pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
ENYA members will be led on a building tour of New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Renovation, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, as presented at the previous Beyond...
ENYA Beyond The Boards: Reenvisioning The Met’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
10/13/23, 3pm - 6pm
Metropolitan Museum of Art Rockefeller Wing
ENYA members will be led on a building tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Renovation, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and WHY Architects, as presented...
Cocktails & Conversation: Michael Sørensen
10/13/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
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...
Interiors Residential Review Opening Reception
10/12/23, 6pm - 8pm
Artemide, Boffi, and Foscarini Showrooms on Greene St.
Join us for the opening of the 6th-annual AIANY Interiors Residential Review, organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee. Each year, the Residential Review showcases the best work in residential interiors...
ENYA Beyond the Boards: Beyer Blinder Belle
10/12/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Beyer Blinder Belle
The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) is proud to announce the first fall presentation in their Beyond the Boards series. Leadership at Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB) will profile...
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Coming Out, Staying In, and Moving Beyond: Home, Housing, Identity, Community
10/11/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 is National Coming Out Day! This is a day of pride, visibility, and self-actualization for many. But not for all. Cultural acceptance for the LGBTQIA+ community,...
Travel To: Sir John Soane’s Museum
10/10/23, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Join us as we travel back to Georgian London for a live tour of Sir John Soane’s Museum, the extraordinary house of the British architect Sir John Soane (1753-1837). The...
The Importance of Incorporating Wellness into Interior Design
10/10/23, 10am - 11:30am
Center for Architecture
During this course attendees will learn from Technogym’s Architects & Interior Design Director to better understand how Design meets Wellness in commercial and private projects. The course will highlight how...
The Dreams of Others: 60 Years of Spanish Architecture
10/6/23, 12pm - 2pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a screening of The Dreams of Others, the documentary film produced by ArquinFAD and Nihao Films, directed by Xavi Campreciós and Pep Martin. The film presents a...
Wast[ED] Working with Trash
10/6/23, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
WAST[ED]: Working with trash is a co-hosted event with the Center for Architecture, AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE), and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill examining issues of how to deal...
17th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Tom Kundig
10/3/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please note that in-person tickets are now sold out, but Zoom tickets are still available. The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is an AIANY signature event organized...
Nonhuman Futures
10/3/23, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
This program is part of the Alignments in the Indigenous Design Process series, developed in collaboration with the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning and Design. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples...
Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes: Long-Term Recovery: Building Back Better
9/30/23, 10am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
The 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, officially took an estimated 60,000 lives. Entire neighborhoods were destroyed in cities such as...
Championing a Sustainable Framework for Integrated Design Excellence
9/18/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Climate change is everyone’s crisis, and architects are uniquely positioned to help solve it. AIA ratified the Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Climate Action and has adopted the Framework for...
Toward an Architectural Education with an Awareness of Advocacy
9/14/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In this third and final panel of the three-part Advocacy and Agency in Architecture series organized by the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee, we will explore a range of learning...
Understanding Equity in Sustainable Architecture
9/7/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Are we just fulfilling checkboxes when we claim to design for equity? In 2023, our design focus and impact assessment warrant scrutiny. Architecture both mirrors and molds society. It nurtures...
Recipe for a Room: Places of Respite
9/6/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Recipe for a Room is a model-making contest about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms while fostering fun, creativity and professional mentorship. For the 2023 edition, two-person teams, each comprised of...
Book Talk – Why Public Space Matters to New York
9/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion to mark the occasion of Setha Low's new publication, Why Public Space Matters (Oxford University Press, 2022), in conversation with Ya-Ting Liu, Matthew Clarke, and Quilian Riano....
Chile Day: Emerging Chilean Architecture
8/17/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a program that discusses innovation and sustainability in Chilean architecture. The event will feature an overview of Chile's emerging generation of architects, presented by Jeannette Plaut and...
Women in Architecture Roundtable: Reinforcing Safe & Equitable Practice
8/16/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Pier 57 | Daffodil & Seahorse Community Classrooms
Recent news has again brought to light the persistent challenges women continue to face in our industry. AIA New York acknowledges that these incidents serve as painful and traumatic reminders...
Circular Economy and Design Part 2 – Disassembly and Reuse
8/9/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
This course is the second in a two-part series on the principles and practices of circular design in architecture. In this panel discussion, professionals from deconstruction research, supply chain management,...
Start Accurate Stay Accurate: Laser Scanning and BIM
8/8/23, 12pm - 1pm
Zoom
In this course, subject matter experts from the team at Existing Conditions will illustrate how 3D laser scanning, point clouds, and BIM can be used to reduce risk and add...
Turkey and Syria after the Earthquakes: Mid-Term Relief & Transitional Programs
7/29/23, 9:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This presentation will start at 10am EST/5pm GMT. Doors will open for in-person attendance at 9:30am EST/4:30PM GMT. The 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Syria on February...
Beyond ADA: Social Connections in Aging Communities
7/26/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How does the need for community change as we age? What does it mean to be socially connected and physically cared for in your home? How can design facilitate better...
Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes: Emergency Responses
7/22/23, 9:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
The 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 officially took an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 lives. Entire neighborhoods were destroyed in cities such...
Creative Inspirations and Multiple Applications of Natural Leather
7/20/23, 12pm - 2:30pm
New York Metropolitan Pavilion
Sustainable leather can be used to create a variety of building products, including flooring, wall coverings, and furniture. Architects, designers, and builders—particularly ones interested in sustainability and creative experimentation in...
Creative Inspirations and Multiple Applications of Natural Leather
7/19/23, 12pm - 2:30pm
Metropolitan Pavilion
Sustainable leather can be used to create a variety of building products, including flooring, wall coverings, and furniture. Architects, designers, and builders—particularly ones interested in sustainability and creative experimentation in...
Moisture Management and Protection Strategies for Mass Timber Buildings
7/12/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Interest in mass timber and awareness of its advantages have exploded in recent years. But with any new construction technique comes new challenges. For mass timber, a particular concern is...
Decarbonizing NYC Labs: New FDNY Compliance Pathway for Optimized Ventilation
7/6/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee for a program exploring ventilation strategies at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Belfer Research Building, designed by Ennead Architects with Jaros, Baum & Bolles...
Françoise Raynaud: On Botanical Buildings
6/29/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Françoise Raynaud for "Botanical Buildings," a talk on the connection between the built and natural environments. How do we live better in the city tomorrow? Today, more than ever, buildings must...
In Conversation with the Land: Two Indigenous Practices
6/28/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Elisapeta Heta (Ngātiwai, Waikato Tainui, Sāmoa from Aotearoa New Zealand) and Chris Cornelius (citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, North America) will discuss their experiences as Indigenous designers, comparing...
LATITUDES: Latin American Architecture NOW
6/22/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This program brings together over a dozen architects practicing across Latin America, from Mexico to Chile. Conceived as a complement to CAMPUS AULA: Educational Architecture in Latin America, currently on view at...
Anti-Racist Hot Dog: Creating Inclusive Workspaces
6/20/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As architects, we must push ourselves to create socially-responsible and ethical designs. However, before we can achieve this, we must first address the biases and patterns of discrimination that exist...
Designing for Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan: Why, What, How?
6/12/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Several projects responding to sea level rise and future storms are being designed and constructed in and around New York, and especially in lower Manhattan. These projects are large, complex...
Reimagining Justice: A Conversation with Formerly Incarcerated Artists
6/6/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Ideas and proposals that once existed at the margins are now central to conversations on criminal justice. Today, we must ask ourselves, “Over the past years of cultural and political...
Book Talk – Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations with Höweler + Yoon
5/31/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a talk by Eric Höweler, J. Meejin Yoon, and Thomas de Monchaux for a discussion on Höweler + Yoon's latest book, Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations with Höweler +...
2023 Gil Oberfield Lecture: Desai Chia Architecture
5/22/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Gil Oberfield Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee. The lecture brings to the podium speakers whose...
The Mycelium House: From Sculpture to Tiny Home
5/19/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
The Mycelium House is a series of design workshops exploring the use of mycelium, the thread-like structures (hyphae) in fungi, as a residential building material in combination with other zero-carbon...
Advocacy and Agency in Architecture: Organizational Models
5/16/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The series “Advocacy and Agency in Architecture” will explore how current modalities of architectural education and practice have the potential for architects to act as advocates and agents for change...
Scandinavian Schoolhouse Design
5/15/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
What do schools look like in Sweden and Scandinavia today? What will they look like tomorrow? What expectations and pressures are placed on these important buildings? And how do we...
Visualizing Building Science with Infrared Thermography
5/11/23, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
An infrared (IR) camera is a critical investigative tool for building diagnostics, used to detect a wide range of thermal anomalies ranging from air leaks and missing insulation to HVAC...
Women in Design and Development: The Value of an Integrated Approach
5/10/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As more architects foray into the realm of real-estate development and urban planning, the interdisciplinary thinking that is required for navigating work at this intersection becomes increasingly important. Please join...
Art Omi: Open Works and Architectural Installations
5/9/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Art Omi for a panel about “open works.” The panel will explore architectural works and installations that are dynamic and not static. Rather than a single integration, open works...
Material Worlds: Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures
5/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Carson Chan and Lindsey Wikstrom for the culmination of the Material Worlds lecture series. The inaugural episode of Materials Worlds was focused on Mass Timber, and brought together the President...
Women in Fabrication Conference and Workshop
4/29/23, 9am - 5:30pm
Eventscape
As the industry explores more sustainable construction methods and technologies to iterate the design process, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) hosts five pioneering women design and construction leaders...
Experimental: Recent Work by Studio Zhu Pei
4/28/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
During this evening event, Zhu Pei will present recent work by Beijing-based Studio Zhu Pei, including the Imperial Kiln Museum, the Majiayao Ruins Museum Observatory, and the Zibo Art Center....
Build Out Alliance: An Evening with Matthew Bremer
4/27/23, 5:30pm - 7pm
Gensler, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY, 10019
Matthew Bremer, AIA, became President of AIA New York in January 2023 and, in doing so, became the first openly gay person to hold this position since the organization's founding...
Circular Economy and Design Part 1: Applying Arup’s Circular Buildings Toolkit
4/26/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
This course is the first in a two-part series on the principles and practices of circular design in architecture. The course will briefly introduce the concept of the circular economy...
Transportation and Infrastructure Spotlight: LaGuardia Airport (Terminal B)
4/25/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Brickworks
As the first in a series of spotlight events celebrating winners of AIANY's Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards, this program will focus on LaGuardia Airport's new Terminal B, a...
Cocktails & Conversation: Farshid Moussavi with Joann Gonchar
4/14/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. This program...
The Mycelium House: Material Exploration for a Zero-Carbon Tiny Home (Session C)
4/12/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Zoom
“The Mycelium House” is a series of design workshops exploring the use of mycelium, the thread-like structures (hyphae) in fungi, as a residential building material in combination with other zero-carbon...
Guidance for Emerging Sustainable Design Warriors: Opportunities in a New Era
4/11/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Are you passionate about sustainable design yet perplexed by how to get started? Would you like to learn how to support sustainability efforts as a firm principal, a firm specialist,...
Book Talk – E 1027: Restoring a House By the Sea
4/4/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Published following the completion the long-awaited restoration of a legendary house, this book explores an exemplary conservation project. A modern house par excellence, Villa E 1027, located in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, was...
Cocktails & Conversation: Nader Tehrani with Nima Javidi
3/31/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. This program...
Back to the Office: 50 Revolutionary Office Buildings and How They Sustained
3/30/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation with Ashley Schafer, Ruth Baumeister, and Stephan Petermann about their latest publication, Back to the Office: 50 Revolutionary Office Buildings and How They Sustained (NAi010 publishing, 2022). ...
AIANY Design Awards: Interiors Showcase
3/29/23, 6pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this program dives into the recipients of the 2023 AIANY Design Awards in the Interiors category. Project presentations will be led by the architectural...
Centering the Role of Design in Design-Build
3/22/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
As New York City moves to increase the use of design-build for critical project delivery, and amidst the pressures of cost and time savings, how can we work together to...
Buildings of Excellence Round Three Awards
3/21/23, 10am - 11am
Zoom
Please join us to celebrate the winning projects for Round Three of the Buildings of Excellence Competition, New York State Energy and Research Development Authority's (NYSERDA) exciting $48+ million initiative...
Book Talk: New York Stilled Life
3/20/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a book talk on New York Stilled Life: Portrait of a City in Lockdown (Goff Books, 2021), led by author Gregory Peterson. Mid-March 2020: native New Yorker Gregory...
Remembering Rafael Viñoly: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen
3/16/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
We are deeply saddened to learn that Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, passed away on March 2 in New York City at the age of 78. Our thoughts are with his family,...
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The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at 75: A Crisis in Context
3/14/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
In-Person Tickets are now sold out! We are still accepting registrations to join the event on Zoom. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is in need of an integrated approach that incorporates both...
Embrace Equity: Madame Architect on Stories and Lessons for a Way Forward
3/8/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
AKDO Showroom
For the past five years, the digital magazine and media start-up Madame Architect has celebrated the extraordinary women that shaped our world. Its founder and Editor-in-Chief, Julia Gamolina, Assoc. AIA,...
Book Talk: Creating Dynamic Places for Learning
3/1/23, 9am - 11am
Center for Architecture
Peter Lippman and Elizabeth Matthews will present their latest book, Creating Dynamic Places for Learning: An Evidence Based Design Approach (Springer, 2023), which provides an evidence-based design approach to the planning...
Cloudbursts and NYC: Strategies for Design, Mitigation, and Implementation
2/28/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In August and September 2021, Hurricanes Henri and Ida showed us the havoc intense rainfall can create across New York City’s five boroughs. More than 40 deaths occurred, caused by...
Book Talk: The Architecture of Disability
2/23/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
By re-contextualizing the history of architecture through the discourse of disability, David Gissen's recent book The Architecture of Disability Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access (University of Minnesota Press, 2022) presents...
Book Talk: Geospaces – Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth
2/15/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join Salon Alper Derinboğaz founder and principal Alper Derinboğaz for the launch of his book Geospaces: Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth (Actar Publishers, 2022). Geospaces is an extended visual essay of...
Book Talk: Occupation: Boundary – Art, Architecture, and Culture at the Water
2/13/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Cathy Simon and Laurie Olin will discuss the book Occupation: Boundary Art, Architecture, and Culture at the Water (ORO Editions, 2022) in a conversation moderated by Ashley Simone. The book...
Book Talk: Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect
2/10/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Center for Architecture for a discussion on the book Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect (Birkhäuser, 2022), edited by Frida Grahn. From the bustle...
The Howl: An Open Mic and Film Forum
2/9/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Howl will serve as a multimedia forum to explore storytelling and filmmaking as powerful tools for architects to create a more compelling, equitable, and sustainable built environment. Stories shape...
Design for a Connected Society and Home
2/2/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Advances in communications technology have created a connected society and living environments. Today's network speed, accessibility, and the expansion of online connectivity and content allow us to access and manage...
New Practices in Conversation: ANY
2/1/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition’s last cycle. New...
Kenneth Frampton: Modernization & the Presence of Architecture
2/1/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In this event, Kenneth Frampton will explore the impact on architecture of a society undergoing constant technological modernization, which renders the realization of social theorist Jürgen Habermas’s "unfinished modern project" (the idea...
Unionization in Architecture
1/30/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Though New York’s architects have long been unionized in the public sector and academia, it was not until 2022 that an architecture firm unionized. In this panel discussion, you will...
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Cocktails & Conversation: Thom Mayne and Winka Dubbeldam
1/27/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. This program...
12th Annual Women in Architecture Recognition Award and Holiday Party
1/26/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Come celebrate the New Year at the AIANY Women in Architecture (WIA) Holiday Party in the Brickworks Design Studio as we toast to the women licensed in 2022 and to...
The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy
1/24/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
What is the innovation economy, and how does it shape the city? Join us for a conversation with Sharon Zukin and Alby Bocanegra on The Innovation Complex, a book exploring the forces...
Brunner Recipient Roundtable: Post-World War II Architecture in Europe
1/23/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York and the Center for Architecture host a panel discussion with recipients of the Arnold W. Brunner Grant, which supports advanced studies in any area of architectural investigation that...
Redlines and Green Zones: Reassessing the Redline Maps
1/18/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Between 1935 and 1940, the federal government through the U.S. Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) drew and issued maps of cities and towns all over the U.S. The purpose of...
New Practices in Conversation: BRANDT : HAFERD
1/12/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition's last cycle. New...
2023 AIANY Design Awards Announcement
1/9/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the announcement of this year's AIA New York Design Awards winners in Architecture, Interiors, Urban Design, and Projects. A moderated discussion with this year's jurors will follow....
Designing for Post-Incarceration
12/16/22, 8:30am - 1pm
Center for Architecture
Incarceration is at the heart of major debates in both architecture and government. Even as New York City and State change decades-long policies around criminal justice, major questions remain about...
AIA New York 2023 Board Inaugural
12/14/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York invites you to celebrate the 2023 Board Inaugural. The event will feature the passing of the gavel from 2022 President Andrea Lamberti, AIA, to 2023 President Matt...
RESCHEDULED – Redlines and Green Zones: Reassessing the Redline Maps
12/13/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Please note this event has been rescheduled for Between 1935 and 1940, the federal government through the U.S. Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) drew and issued maps of cities and...
Manfredo Tafuri’s Modern Architecture in Japan
12/12/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Jean-Louis Cohen, Catherine Ingraham, Yukie Kamiya, and Mohsen Mostafavi for a discussion of the celebrated Italian architectural historian Manfredo Tafuri's book Modern Architecture in Japan (Mack Books, 2022). Originally...
Giuliana Bruno: Atmospheres of Projection
12/7/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Giuliana Bruno presents her new book, Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media (University of Chicago Press, 2022), which considers the interrelations of projection, atmosphere, and environment. "What...
New Practices in Conversation: Bryony Roberts Studio with Alexandra Lange
12/6/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition's last cycle. New...
Retail Design Institute’s 51st International Design Competition
12/6/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and the Retail Design Institute NY Chapter as they host presentations by New York firms for projects recognized in the Retail Design Institute’s 51st International...
New Practices in Conversation: Citygroup
12/2/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition's last cycle. New...
Cocktails & Conversation: Sarah Williams with Brad Samuels
12/2/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
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. For this...
Design for Deconstruction: The Circular Economy and NYC’s Building Industry
12/1/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event, hosted by the AIANY Civic Leadership Program, will explore the environmental, financial, and social impacts of construction and demolition waste disposal in NYC, as well as options for...
New Practices in Conversation: GRT Architects with Marc Tsurumaki
11/30/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition's last cycle. New...
Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Angela Brooks & Lawrence Scarpa
11/28/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Samuel Ratensky Memorial 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...
Piero Lissoni on Unintentionally Perfect: The Philosophy of the Error
11/21/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Every project has an incredible capacity to create, to generate, to produce errors, sometimes in a way that is totally unintentional, either because some things—a proportion, a depth, a height—are...
Today’s Global Harvard Design Magazine 50: Sarah Whiting and Nicolai Ouroussoff
11/18/22, 9am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
Join us for an hour-long discussion between educator and design critic Nicolai Ouroussoff and Sarah Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of...
Agricultural Modernization and Collective Memory: 50 Species-Towns
11/17/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architect and urbanist Charles Waldheim, John E. Irving Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, invites you to a reception for his recent book, Agricultural Modernization and Collective Memory: 50 Species-Towns (Harvard...
Advocacy, Agency and Architecture: Evolving Beyond Participatory Design
11/16/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The series “Advocacy and Agency in Architecture” will explore how current modalities of architectural education and practice have the potential for architects to act as advocates and agents for change...
New Practices in Conversation: New Affiliates with Paul Lewis
11/16/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In conjunction with the New Practices New York exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is hosting a series of salon-style programs featuring the six winners of the competition's last cycle. New...
Biking in NYC Now: Opportunities and Limitations Within Urban Infrastructure
11/15/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As we take stock after the pandemic, it’s clear that more people are competing for New York City's limited biking infrastructure. The increased demand has come from residents and tourists...
BDNY
11/14/22, 9am - 5pm
Javits Center
Set in the cultural capital of New York City, BDNY, the leading trade fair and conference for boutique hospitality and lifestyle interiors, returns to the Javits Center to connect hospitality...
BDNY
11/13/22, 9am - Monday, 11/14, 5pm
Javits Center
Set in the cultural capital of New York City, BDNY, the leading trade fair and conference for boutique hospitality and lifestyle interiors, returns to the Javits Center to connect hospitality...
Wast(ED): Living with Trash
11/8/22, 4pm - 8pm
SOM's office at 7 World Trade on the 27th floor and Zoom
Please join the AIANY Committee on the Environment, Pratt's Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program, NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for...
The Mycelium House: Material Exploration for a Zero-Carbon Tiny Home (Session A)
11/3/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
The Mycelium House is a series of design workshops exploring the possibility of using mycelium, the thread-like structures (hyphae) in fungi, as a residential building material in combination with other...