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Upcoming Events

Urban Design Symposium: Regional Extractions And Dependencies In The Hudson Valley

Saturday, 12/8, 2pm - Thursday, 1/1, 12:00am
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
Co-hosted by the Fall Urban Design Studio, the Hudson Valley Initiative at Columbia GSAPP, the APA Urban Design Committee, and the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee Free and open...
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The Larsen Salon Series: Calvin Tsao in conversation with Sherri Donghia

Wednesday, 3/20, 6pm - 8pm
New York Academy of Art
The Larsen Salon Series, offered by LongHouse Reserve in honor of its founder Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), carries on a tradition of conversations, presentations, and lectures by designers, architects, and...
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This Is How We Built This! Alternative Pathways in Architecture

Thursday, 3/21, 6pm - 8pm
Safavieh Home Furnishings
This event will be a roundtable discussion with professionals working in spaces outside of traditional architecture: Amanda L. Miller Amankona, AIA, Michael Caton, AIA, Walter Cruz, and moderated by Bradly...
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James Wines | SITE “Cohabitation – Trying to Do More With Less”

Thursday, 3/21, 6:15pm - 8pm
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Higgins Hall
James Wines, founder of the architecture and environmental design studio SITE, has spent much of his career challenging the notion that architecture is an act of formal invention. His lecture...

AIANY International Women’s Day Celebration: Inspire Inclusion

Headshot of Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, Visiting Professor, Parsons School of Design
Thursday, 3/21, 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...
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Extreme Heat, Flooding, and Fires: Designing for Resiliency and Social Equity

Thursday, 3/21, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
Devastating fires, flooding, and extreme heat are increasingly impacting communities locally, nationally, and globally. Longstanding economic, planning and design practices have placed the burden of these resiliency events disproportionately on...
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Cocktails & Conversation: Making Home with Matthew Bremer and Wendy Goodman

Animated gif moving between images of The Hillside and A Caribbean Dispatch
Friday, 3/22, 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 and design issues. This...
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Reimagining Urban Futures: Lessons from Ukraine’s Resilience

Saturday, 3/23, 2pm - 4pm
Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Auditorium
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cities and communities have faced unprecedented challenges, leading to a profound re-evaluation of urban priorities. This crucial moment in history not only...
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AIANY Design Awards: Interiors Showcase

Interior of Gallery56
Monday, 3/25, 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...
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Making the Triangle Fire Memorial

Close up of a rendering of names etched into a shiny black surface.
Monday, 3/25, 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....
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2024 Design for Freedom Summit

Tuesday, 3/26, 10am - 6pm
Grace Farms
Attend the 3rd annual Design for Freedom Summit—a momentous day of action and awareness—at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. During this one-day program, hear from leading experts across sectors...
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Parking Structures: The Parallels of Code and Inspection

Wednesday, 3/27, 5:30pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will discuss key measures needed to ensure the structural stability of existing parking structures. We will cover data that is relevant to parking structures in NYC that led...
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Legacies of Redlining: Preservation and Development in Manhattan

Closeup photo of the UnDesign the Redline exhibit at Barnard College
Wednesday, 3/27, 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...
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The 2024 Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture

Wednesday, 3/27, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Event Oval, LL1, The Diana Center, Barnard College
The Barnard Architecture Department is delighted to announce that Felecia Davis will give the 2024 Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College on Wednesday, March 27. The Norma Merrick Sklarek...
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The 2024 Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture

Wednesday, 3/27, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Event Oval, LL1, The Diana Center, Barnard College
The Barnard Architecture Department is delighted to announce that Felecia Davis will give the 2024 Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College on Wednesday, March 27. The Norma Merrick Sklarek...
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Architectural Record on the Road: Adaptive Reuse

Wednesday, 3/27, 6pm - 9pm
Brickworks Design Studio, 445 5th Ave., New York, NY 10016
Join Architectural Record for three CE sessions followed by a cocktail reception. Earn credits for each session attended. This program earns a total of 2.25 AIA LU/HSW. While it’s often the case...
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Huggins Wood Floor Specialist Presents: It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood

Thursday, 3/28, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist virtually for their 1 CEU credit course It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned...
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Designing for An Aging Population: The Female Perspective

Senior women giving each other a high five
Tuesday, 4/2, 6pm - 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...
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Cocktails & Conversation: A.I. and the Arts with James Wines and Philip Denny

Friday, 4/5, 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...
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AIANY Interiors Committee Speed Presentations

Tuesday, 4/9, 6pm - 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...
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2024 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards Winners’ Event

Wednesday, 4/10, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as they announce the 2024 winners of the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards, which celebrate exceptional design in transportation and...
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Plaster & Wallpaper Conservation at The Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Tuesday, 4/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is in a five-story brick tenement located at 97 Orchard Street in New York City. Between its construction in 1863 and closure in 1935,...
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Designing the Historic Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center

Exterior facade and sidewalk in front of the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center
Thursday, 4/25, 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+...
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Future View: Vernacular Technologies Symposium

Friday, 5/31, 10am - Saturday, 6/1, 6pm
Weston Hall
A symposium considering the impact of vernacular construction materials and methods on the future of architecture, this two day event includes one day of lectures and conversations and one day...
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ACSF Symposium 2024

Wednesday, 6/5, 12pm
Kaylon Hotel
The upcoming 2024, 14th Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Symposium is set to unfold in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey on June 5. This venture marks the first time the symposium...
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Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism

Monday, 8/12, 9am - 4pm
German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan
RRAU will explore a wide range of topics related to resilience and responsibility in architecture and urbanism, sustainable building design, construction technologies, and urban planning strategies that promote social equity...
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Future Smart Cities (FSC) – 7th Edition

Monday, 10/14, 9am - Wednesday, 10/16, 6pm
Online
Future Smart Cities delves into the challenges and opportunities associated with shaping urban environments, considering factors such as sustainability, infrastructure development, land use, transportation systems, environmental considerations, and community engagement.
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Sustainable Economic Development and Green Initiatives

Tuesday, 11/19, 8am - Wednesday, 11/20, 5pm
Online
Join us in this intellectual voyage, where together we strive to shape a future that harmonizes economic progress with environmental stewardship.
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Past Events

Book Talk – Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook

Sketches on a page with notes around them.
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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Fulton, Elliott, and Chelsea Houses: Re-Design for An Aging Population

3/13/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and resident leaders have the selected Essence Development and The Related Companies to provide approximately $366 million in comprehensive repairs and investments for...

For the Emerging Professional: Leading Sustainability Efforts at Architecture Firms

3/12/24, 2pm - 3:30pm
Online
Have you ever wondered what a sustainability director does? On March 12, join RECORD and three sustainability directors—all from highly regarded architecture firms—to find out. The panelists will discuss how...

Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York

3/12/24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
The National Arts Club
Returning lecturers H. Arthur Bankoff, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Brooklyn College; and Amanda Sutphin, Director of Archaeology at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, share highlights from...

New York City Coastal Resilience: A Dialogue

Rendering of Page Ave
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

Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, NJ
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...

2024 Preservation Conference: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Government’s Impact on Historic Neighborhoods

3/9/24, 9am - 3pm
The City College of New York
How do communities within New York City navigate significant government initiatives directly affecting them? From designating historic districts to altering zoning regulations and executing major infrastructure projects, each neighborhood in...

Fostering Neighborhoods: Hospitals and the Development of Affordable Housing

3/7/24, 3pm - 5:30pm
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Auditorium)
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the NYU Furman Center, will host a hybrid event encouraging cross-sector collaboration to build more...

AnA New York | Toshiko Mori + Bjarke Ingels

3/5/24, 6:30pm - 9pm
Brickworks Design Studio
The renowned architecture event series “Architects, not Architecture” is set to debut in America with an event in New York City. After hosting successful events in 15 cities in Europe...

Democratizing Design: NYC’s Principles of Good Urban Design

Green illustration of a NYC City Park and Buildings
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...

LongHouse Presents – The Larsen Salon Series: Michael Arad and Paul Goldberger

2/29/24, 6pm - 8pm
Offices of Robert A.M. Stern Architects
The Larsen Salon Series, offered by Longhouse Reserve in honor of its founder Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), carries on a tradition of conversations, presentations, and lectures by designers, architects, and...

High-Rise Construction with Complex Below-Grade Conditions in NYC

2/28/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will discuss the structural design challenge (impact to existing utilities, operation of MNR and LIRR etc.) for the new corporate headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan Located at...

Branches of Architecture: Alternate Career Paths

2/23/24, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an insightful evening as we host a panel discussion featuring four esteemed female architects, each specializing in different branches of the architectural field. From sustainable design to...

Turkey & Syria after the Earthquakes: Hatay Planning Center Report

Image of an aerial view shows collapsed and damaged buildings in Hatay, Turkey almost a year after the February 6, 2023 earthquakes.
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...

2024 nycoba|NOMA Black History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion

2/22/24, 5:45pm - 8:30pm
Join nycobaNOMA in our 2nd Annual Black History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion. The theme this year is Black in Architecture: Conversations, History and Reflections from NYCOBA: The New York...

Dress to Impress: The Intersection of Fashion and the Built Environment

Inside of clothing store with curvilinear silver architectural adornments surrounding mannequins.
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

Image of Architecture magazines on a display shelf.
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

Haesley Hamlet Grand Hall
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...

Fifth Avenue—Architecture and Society: History of America’s Street of Dreams

2/13/24, 6pm - 7:15pm
Online
Esteemed architectural historian Prof. Mosette Broderick offers an extraordinary evening on one of the most remarkable thoroughfares in the world: NYC’s Fifth Avenue in the 19th and early 20th century...

Fifth Avenue: History of America’s Street of Dreams with Mosette Broderick

2/13/24, 6pm - 7:15pm
Zoom
New York’s Fifth Avenue is one of the most remarkable thoroughfares in the world. By the end of the 19th century it had become synonymous with the most fashionable lifestyles...

An Ode to Oodi: Stories Of A Radical Public Library

Oodi Helsinki Central 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...

Rearview into Mirror in the Mirror with Kengo Kuma and Erieta Attali

2/9/24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Japan Society
Mirror in the Mirror, the most recent collaborative book between architect Kengo Kuma and photographer Erieta Attali, was born from the authors’ shared desire to transcend the limits of architecture...

Building Energy Exchange Presents: Take the Heat! Part 2: Building Core & Perimeter

2/8/24, 9:30am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, Surrogate's Courthouse
In this new 2-part series focused on building decarbonization, NYSERDA and BE-Ex have gathered industry experts that will feature projects deploying breakthrough heating & cooling recovery solutions across the commercial...

Transportation + Infrastructure Awards Spotlight: Salesforce Transit Center

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

Lineapelle promotional image showing a woman wrapped in white leather and converging with a sculptural structure wrapped in the same material
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

Lineapelle promotional image showing a woman wrapped in white leather and converging with a sculptural structure wrapped in the same material
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

Headshot of Paola Antonelli
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....

Climate Mobilization Act: Affordable Housing Training

1/30/24, 9:30am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, Surrogate's Courthouse
The Climate Mobilization Act: Affordable Housing Training educates affordable housing stakeholders—including building developers, owners, architects, engineers, and contractors—on what the Climate Mobilization Act (CMA) means for the affordable housing sector....

Building Energy Exchange Presents: Climate Mobilization Act Series: Keeping Pace with PACE — Financial Resources

1/25/24, 9:30am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, Surrogate's Courthouse
Financing and incentives are critical to help building owners implement upgrades and get the long-term benefits of energy efficiency and electrification and meet Local Law 97’s carbon targets. Join the...

Replacement of Vermont’s North Hero Grand Isle Drawbridge

1/24/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will cover the design challenges, staging requirements, and construction overview of the North Hero Grand Isle Drawbridge replacement, a project designed by HDR, Vermont Agency of Transportation, and...

Building Energy Exchange Presents: Climate Ready Buildings Training

1/23/24, 9am - 12pm
Building Energy Exchange
The Climate Ready Buildings Training educates affordable housing project teams—including building owners, architects, and contractors—on how to design and construct high-performance buildings that are resilient against the increasing pressure of...

Book Talk – Sea Pools: 66 Saltwater Sanctuaries from Around the World

Seapoolscover
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...

NY Landmarks with Michael Goldblum

1/18/24, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission plays an important role in shaping some of the city’s most beloved places. Michael Goldblum, AIA LEED AP architect and LPC Commissioner will present his...

Monthly Forum – Green Catwalk: New Innovations, Technologies, and Policies in Sustainability

1/17/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Fujitsu AirStage
Join GreenHomeNYC at this month’s Forums event for an in-person panel discussion and Q&A with professionals who work in building sustainability. GreenHomeNYC is kicking off 2024 with our annual Green...

Humanist Modernity: Stanisława and Maciej Nowicki – Polish Architects in the US

humanistmodernity
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...

Residential High-Rises in NYC: Past, Present, and Future

1/10/24, 6pm - 7pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Continuing our series on The Modern Concrete Skyscraper and the role of concrete as the material of choice in high-rise residential construction, David West of the architectural firm Hill West...

2024 AIANY Design Awards Announcement

AIANY Design Awards 2024
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

AI image generated by Firefly. Prompt: “asymmetrical, abstract image, based on the phrase: ‘the report of the death of architecture has been an exaggeration.'
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

A crowd of seated people clapping at the Center for Architecture
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

Photography of a TechnoGym wellness center.
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

Image of the Black Chapel by Theaster Gates
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

Headshot of 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

Field of Light Uluru, Yulara, Australia
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

Eran Chen standing over a work desk
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

A black and white image of a brick house
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,...

Rising Seas and Storm Surges: Climate Change and the Future of Coastal Heritage

12/7/23, 11am - 12pm
Online
Coastal zones are among the most dynamic and volatile environments on the planet. They also include some of our most treasured heritage sites. As the rate of climate change accelerates,...

The Future of Flooding: How to Revise the Army Corps of Engineers’ Study

12/6/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the past decade, increasingly severe coastal storms have affected the North Atlantic Coast, including the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region. In 2015, the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) completed...

Who Are the Architects of Grand Central Madison?

Illustration of a sectioned floorpan 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

Rendering of a typical Midtown office building turned into a mixed use building
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

James Beam Distilling Co. American Outpost in Kentucky.
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...

Frida Escobedo: The Book of Hours

12/4/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a book talk and book signing with architect Frida Escobedo. Isabel Zumtobel, head of Arts & Culture for Zumtobel Group, and Escobedo will present the Zumtobel Group’s 2022/2023 Artistic Annual...

POSTPONED – (Re)group: Collective Practices of Architecture

re(group): collective practices of architecture promotional graphic
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

Book cover of "Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons" with an image of three people leaning against a wall on the street.
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...

Concrete Solutions: Residential High-Rises in Chicago

11/21/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
The most famous residential structures of postwar Chicago are still Mies van der Rohe’s 860-880 Lake Shore Drive with the modernist expression of their steel skeleton. But Mies also designed...

Small Firms, Big City: A Network Resource and Exchange

Small Firms, Big City graphic
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...

USC Graduate Architecture Virtual Information Session

11/15/23, 8pm - 10pm
Online
Join us at our upcoming USC Graduate Architecture Virtual Information Session at 5 pm on November 15th, 2023  to learn more about our programs and the exciting possibilities they offer....

The Importance of Incorporating Wellness into Interior Design

Photography of a TechnoGym wellness center.
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

Image go Students seated at desks in a classroom
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

Closeup photo of a man speaking at a mic, zoomed in on the bottom half his face and the mic
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...

2023 Deans’ Roundtable

11/10/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for the Center for Architecture’s Deans’ Roundtable. Representatives from over a dozen schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education. Moderator Quilian Riano, Dean, Pratt...
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AIANY Women in Architecture Forum: Practice and Motherhood

Image of woman holding a child at a construction site.
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

AIANY CLP Mad Lib graphic
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...

All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House

11/9/23, 4pm - 5:30pm
Online
Want to Try a Career Shaping Cities? Attend the All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House! New York City can become your classroom! Join us for the first-ever open house...

Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair

11/8/23, 6pm - 8pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Please join the Institute of Fine Arts in conversation with alumna Rosa Lowinger (’82), art and architectural conservator; Angel Ayón, architect and preservationist; and Pamela Hatchfield, Head of Objects Conservation...

Lunch+Learn: Thin Brick for Precast Applications

11/7/23, 12pm - 1pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Brick and concrete are two of the oldest building materials known to man, with each being used since ancient times to create structures that are both magnificent and enduring. Brick...

Steel Structures to Withstand the Elements: What Structural Engineers Need to Know About Corrosion

11/6/23, 12pm - 1pm
Online
The worldwide economic impact of corrosion has been estimated to be 3% of the global domestic product, yet there is little emphasis on designing structures to resist corrosion. In a...

AustraliaNOW: Coming Up From Down Under

In Absence by Edition
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

Image of 67Greenwich by FXCollaborative
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...

Beginning the Journey: Representation and Identity-Based Perspectives

10/31/23, 12pm - 1:30pm
Online
Join us for the first of a SEAoNY series on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging sharing the self-identification campaign results that will shape future identity-based efforts. Learn the role of...

Interior Design: Paths to Professionalism

10/26/23, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design
A engaging New York Eleven Plus, Inc. (NY11+) discussion that will focus on the personal and professional journeys of influential industry leaders. Hosted by the New York School of Interior...

Perspective USA Forum

10/26/23, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Convene, 101 Greenwich Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
How can the circular economy guide architecture, in its evolutionary trajectory in the era of globalization? What responses and solutions can design provide to climate change and function hybridization? How are ESG criteria and...

Indigenous Architecture Days: To Leave and Return

Headshot of Christian Hart Nakarado
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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Construction Waste Recycling and Reuse

10/25/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This lecture will focus on the benefits of recycling and reusing construction materials, including how to identify new opportunities to reuse construction waste. They'll also discuss strategies for tracking construction...

Sustainable and Functional Design – Building For Today and Tomorrow

10/25/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
The panel will define the various certifications parameters of LEED, Fitwel, ILFI Zero, and BREEAM. Participants will be able to evaluate sustainable best practices of reaching Net-0 reviewing existing projects....

Website Design, Development, and Maintenance for Design Firms

10/25/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP and Zoom
This is a hybrid presentation, both in person at BBB and via Zoom. Zoom link will be emailed one day prior to the presentation. This seminar will focus on the...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Tatiana Bilbao

Rendering of a housing complex in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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...

2023 World Monuments Summit

10/24/23, 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Studio Gather at Rockefeller Center
The World Monuments Summit brings together World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) global team of experts, supporters, partners, thought leaders, and guests for a series of discussions on heritage preservation at Rockefeller...

Finnish-American Modern: 150 Years of Saarinen & Helsinki-Detroit-Columbus Axis

Columbus IN 21 10 7120
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...

Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change

10/24/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? In her new book, Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change, Lynne Sagalyn...

Guidance for Emerging Sustainable Design Warriors 2: Passive House Case Studies

People standing around and describing the Geothermal System in a retrofit house
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

A landscape photo of a semi-destroyed building standing amongst rubble, located in Antakya, Turkiye. The building is located in a residential area, has exposed 3 floors, and is missing a roof. There are people passing in front of the rubble.
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

Headshot image of Katie Swenson, Senior Principal, MASS DESIGN Group
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

A group of Architects having discussion at the Center for Architecture
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...

Curzio Malaparte and The Visual Arts

10/19/23, 9:30am - Friday, 10/20, 8:30pm
Italian Cultural Institute; Center for Italian Modern Art; Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - NYU
Join a roster of international architects and scholars as they present and discuss Curzio Malaparte’s unique interpretation of arts, architecture, and landscape in his visionary writing and beyond—from Casa Malaparte,...

Through the Lens: Honoring the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams

Black and white photo of a one-story house.
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...

Rock ‘n’ House A Talk with Christian Wassmann on Sustainable Building and Living

10/17/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an insightful conversation with Swiss architect Christian Wassmann and leading climate journalist David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times on sustainable building. As featured in Architectural Digest, Wassmann’s extraordinary home stands as...

An Otomí Leader and an Architecture of Indigenous Reclamation

Headshot of Tania Gutiérrez-Monroy
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...

Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial Envelope

10/17/23, 12pm - 2pm
Online
The building envelope will outlive all other building systems, so it’s critical that it is designed and built to code. Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial Envelope prepares building and design...

Architecture at the Forefront: 2023 Design Vanguard Winners Part 2

10/17/23, 2pm - 3:30pm
Online
Since 2000, Architectural Record has annually honored 10 leading young firms with the Design Vanguard Award. Join managing editor Linda Lentz for a conversation with the founding partners of recent...

ENYA Beyond The Boards: NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Renovation

Rendering of the main branch of the New York Public Library exterior with a protected plaza
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

Rendering of the Met's 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

Photo of Minneapolis Service Building. A large steel structured building taken at around golden hour across a plaza
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...

The Architecture & Design Film Festival: NY 23

10/12/23, 6:30pm - Saturday, 10/14, 8:30pm
Village East by Angelika
The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) is America’s largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit of architecture and design. Our curated films and panel discussions provide unique perspectives...

Interiors Residential Review Opening Reception

Image courtesy of GD Arredamenti
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

Interior photo of Beyer Blinder Belle office space
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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Crushing the Code NYS: Residential Building Systems

10/11/23, 12pm - 2pm
Online
Right-sized mechanical systems are crucial for complying with the energy code. Crushing the Code NYS: Residential Building Systems prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with...

Zak World of Facades Conference

10/11/23, 7:30am - 6:30pm
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers at 20th street and West side highway
Zak World of Façades, the global conference series, returns to New York City with an all-new and highly relevant program, The Nimble City: Renewal & Reinvention, in its biggest North...

Coming Out, Staying In, and Moving Beyond: Home, Housing, Identity, Community

Rendering of 1806 37 Hillside Ave Courtyard
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

Interior view of 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

Photography of a TechnoGym wellness center.
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...

AIANY Design for Aging: New York School of Interior Design Studio Presentations

10/10/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York School of Interior Design professional-level Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design (MFA1) students will present their research and design projects from last year's Interior Design Studio II focusing...

The Dreams of Others: 60 Years of Spanish Architecture

Movie poster for the Dreams of Others film showing a sunset photo looking out over a body of water
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

Image of a machine dumping 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

Tacoma Art Museum Haub Galleries
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...

Exchanging Collaborative Practices: Towards a Sustainable Future (Day 2)

10/3/23, 11am - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Colectivo Warehouse will occupy the Center for Architecture’s main lecture hall for two days to celebrate the opening of Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture. The collective will...

Nonhuman Futures

Headshot of Dr. Suzanne Kite.
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...

Exchanging Collaborative Practices: Towards a Sustainable Future (Day 1)

10/2/23, 11am - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Colectivo Warehouse will occupy the Center for Architecture’s main lecture hall for two days to celebrate the opening of Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture. The collective will...

Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes: Long-Term Recovery: Building Back Better

A landscape photo of a semi-destroyed building standing amongst rubble, located in Antakya, Turkiye. The building is located in a residential area, has exposed 3 floors, and is missing a roof. There are people passing in front of the rubble.
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...

FIT’s Lawerance Israel Prize Talk: Joel Sanders

9/28/23, 6pm - 8pm
Katie Murphy Auditorium at FIT
The Interior Design Department honors interior designer Joel Sanders with its 2023 Lawrence Israel Prize. From his pioneering “House for a Bachelor” included in MoMA’s Un-Private House exhibition to “Your...

Panel Discussion: Brick in Today’s Built Environment

9/28/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Brickworks has teamed up with Dezeen to host one epic panel discussion! We hope you can join us live as we discuss the importance of materials like brick in today’s...

New York City Housing Authority’s Capital Program

9/27/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join The Municipal Engineers of the City of New York for their annual Wimmer Memorial Lecture featuring Shaan Mavani. As the Chief Asset and Capital Management Officer, Mavani leads...

Live Webinar – Architecture at the Forefront: 2023 Design Vanguard Winners

9/26/23, 2pm - 3:30pm
Online
Since 2000, RECORD has annually honored 10 leading young firms with the Design Vanguard Award. Join senior editor Leopoldo Villardi for a conversation with three of this year’s winners: Future...

The AT&T Building: Philip Johnson and The Postmodern Skyscraper

9/26/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
The unveiling of the design for the new headquarters for AT&T, then the largest company in the world, appeared on the front page of The New York Times on March...

Peterson Rich Office: NYCHA

9/23/23, 2pm - 4pm
The Block House, 9 Barry Road, Governer's Island, New York
On September 23, please join the Institute for Public Architecture at the Block House from 2–4pm for a conversation with Peterson Rich Office (PRO), a Brooklyn-based architecture and design practice...

Designing Space at Columbia University

9/20/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Havemeyer Hall (Room 309)
How do we experience space? And what does this mean for the spaces we design? We explore these questions by bringing together speakers from Architecture, Neuroscience, and Virtual Reality, with...

Policy to Construction: How Carbon Reduction Impacts NYC Agencies & AEC Industry

9/19/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
New York City’s energy use and carbon reduction objectives are increasingly ambitious in the face of climate change. The Building, Energy and Zoning Codes are changing accordingly, introducing specific building...

Championing a Sustainable Framework for Integrated Design Excellence

Image of hands holding a tree and a globe with a backdrop of a city skyline
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...

The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway

9/18/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Is transportation destiny? In “The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway”, historian Kenneth M. Gold argues that the borough’s lack of a subway connection is at the heart of...

The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway

9/18/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Is transportation destiny? In The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway, historian Kenneth M. Gold argues that the borough’s lack of a subway connection is at the heart of its...

Toward an Architectural Education with an Awareness of Advocacy

Toward an Architectural Education with an Awareness of Advocacy event Image
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...

Buildings for People and Plants

9/14/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Higgins Hall
WORKac co-founders and principals Amale Andraos and Dan Wood will present their practice’s recent work in a lecture entitled ‘Buildings, People, Plants.’ Their lecture will focus on a series of...

The Importance of Incorporating Wellness into Interior Design

9/12/23, 2pm - 3pm
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...

WE Connect Event: Mobilizing Women-Led Green Entrepreneurship

9/8/23, 3pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
As New York City strives to transition to clean energy, it is essential to ensure that economic exclusion does not hinder progress. Building a diverse and inclusive green economy is...

Understanding Equity in Sustainable Architecture

students gathered in a school lobby.
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

The Pneuma by Ying Qi Chen and Ryan Somerville.
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

Why Public Space Matters book cover
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

Glass-walled house with dome roof.
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

Several women seated around a conference table
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

Circular Economy promotional graphic
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

Existing Conditions webinar promotional image.
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...

Climate Ready Buildings Training

8/1/23, 9am - 12pm
Surrogate's Courthouse
This training is a prerequisite to the certification process for the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria for projects financed by NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The Climate Ready Buildings Training...

Turkey and Syria after the Earthquakes: Mid-Term Relief & Transitional Programs

A landscape photo of a semi-destroyed building standing amongst rubble, located in Antakya, Turkiye. The building is located in a residential area, has exposed 3 floors, and is missing a roof. There are people passing in front of the rubble.
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...

Climate Mobilization Act Series: If, How, When—NYC Building Envelopes

7/27/23, 9:30am - 11am
Surrogate's Courthouse
Building envelopes are a crucial component of a building system, impacting energy efficiency, safety, and aesthetics. With NYC legislation in place, including Local Law 11 and Local Law 97, many...

Beyond ADA: Social Connections in Aging Communities

Interior of the Betances Residence
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...

Grattacielo Pirelli: Scraping the Skies of Italy

7/26/23, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Join us on July 26 at 4pm ET (2 hours earlier than our usual start time) for a talk by Marko Pogacnik, a professor at the University Iuav Venezia, on...

Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes: Emergency Responses

A landscape photo of a semi-destroyed building standing amongst rubble, located in Antakya, Turkiye. The building is located in a residential area, has exposed 3 floors, and is missing a roof. There are people passing in front of the rubble.
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

Lineapelle promotional image showing a woman wrapped in white leather and converging with a sculptural structure wrapped in the same material
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

Lineapelle promotional image showing a woman wrapped in white leather and converging with a sculptural structure wrapped in the same material
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

Headshot of Graham Finch wearing a hard hat
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...

FDNY Fire Protection and Safety Plans: What Architects Need to Know

7/11/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When the NYC Building Code triggers the need for fire protection plans or fire safety plans, do you know the requirements? This presentation will discuss these filings at the FDNY...

City of Yes for Economic Opportunity Remote Public Info Session

7/11/23, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
Learn about NYC Planning’s initiative to modernize NYC’s zoning rules to promote small businesses, thriving commercial corridors and retail streets, and an equitable, resilient economy for all New Yorkers. There...

What is the Value of Architects?

7/10/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
“I have never been eager to make money by my art, but have gone on the principle that slender means and a good reputation are preferable to wealth and disrepute.”...

WISE x BPP: Capitalizing on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

7/10/23, 1pm - 2:30pm
Surrogate's Courthouse
BE-Ex’s Women in Sustainability & Energy (WISE) and the Building Performance Partnership present Capitalizing on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a panel event discussing the federal grant competition, program strategy...

Decarbonizing NYC Labs: New FDNY Compliance Pathway for Optimized Ventilation

Belfer Facade
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

Rendering of modular glass building surrounded by pedestrian paths.
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

Otaeciah (Crane) public outdoor sculpture
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...

On the Move: A Conversation About Climate Migration

6/27/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Building on the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee's award-winning series on managed retreat, this program will focus on climate migration, examining the extreme complexity of its economic, social, and...

Concrete in a Steel City: Structural Innovation in Postwar Chicago

6/27/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Chicago’s extensive history of steel skyscrapers conceals the city’s important innovations in concrete. Since the early 1900s, architects, engineers, and builders in Chicago explored concrete’s formal and structural versatility, leading...

Certificates of Insurance: An Underappreciated Protection for Your Firm

6/27/23, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Online
Certificates of Insurance are part of every AEC contract, with insurance levels generally established by the owner or contractor.  This program will show you how to make sure you protect...

Mass Timber: A Multidisciplinary View

6/26/23, 5:30pm - 7pm
Arup NYC Office
As the popularity of mass timber construction continues to rise, it is essential that architects grasp the design parameters and challenges associated with the technology. Designing a building with mass...

Biodesign Challenge Summit 2023

6/22/23, 8:30am - Friday, 6/23, 4pm
Parsons School of Design and MoMA
Since its founding in 2015, Biodesign Challenge (BDC) has worked with over 100 high schools and colleges in 29 countries. Each June, finalist teams gather at the Museum of Modern...

LATITUDES: Latin American Architecture NOW

The interior of UHP Synagogue in Asuncion, Paraguay
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

From left: Stephen Erich, Christine Mapondera, Wandile Mthiyane, and Josh Sanabria at a previous Anti-Racist Hot Dog event.
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...

Marina City: A Virtual Lecture by Geoffrey Goldberg

6/13/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Skyscraper histories often focus on the development of the skeletal iron frame as a key development, but this was paralleled by the equally important evolution of reinforced concrete as a...

Designing for Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan: Why, What, How?

Image of Wagner Park
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

Image of Eye to Eye performance by Shaun Leonardo
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...

Changes in Campus Residential Life: Designing for a New Student Generation

6/1/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Moving into a dormitory is one of a student’s first experiences at college. How does student wellness impact the design of campus housing today and how are institutions using housing...

Book Talk – Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations with Höweler + Yoon

Front cover of "Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations | 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 +...

The Architecture of Art and Performance

5/31/23, 5:30pm - 7pm
7 World Trade Center
When it comes to culture and the performing arts, New York City’s institutions are estimable. The stages, museums, galleries and concert venues that are the homes to much of our...

Tackling Water Insecurity in South Asia: The Case for Reviving Historic Water Management Systems

5/31/23, 10am - 11am
Zoom Webinar
Join World Monuments Fund (WMF) for a panel discussion exploring ongoing efforts to tackle water insecurity in South Asia by reviving historic water management systems in India and Nepal. Moderated...

The Shape of the Sacred

5/31/23, 5:30pm - 7pm
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine will host a public conversation on contemporary sacred buildings with Justin Davidson, the architecture critic for New York Magazine. This event honors...

Forum on Architecture, Spirituality, and Culture Symposium 2023

5/31/23, 9am - Sunday, 6/4, 5pm
Thomas Berry Place
“New Patterns of Communion” Symposium 2023 May 31 – June 4, 2023, New York, New York From May 31 to June 4, 2023, The Forum on Architecture, Spirituality, and Culture...

2023 Gil Oberfield Lecture: Desai Chia Architecture

Interior of an open plan kitchen
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...

BQE 2053

5/20/23, 9:30am - 5:30pm
New York Harbor School on Governors Island
Join us on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the New York Harbor School on Governors Island in New York City. The symposium includes two sessions: morning (9:30 AM–12:30 PM) and...

Looking Beyond Landmarks: Celebrating That Which is Difficult to Preserve

5/20/23, 9am - 1pm
New York Law School
Join the Historic Districts Council at the Annual Preservation Conference, which will examine sites that are difficult to preserve, including sites of cultural significance, non-buildings, places of commemoration and trauma,...

The Mycelium House: From Sculpture to Tiny Home

The Phoenix installation
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...

Immigration – A Survival Guide for the A&E Comunity

5/18/23, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Langan (or Virtual)
The pandemic disrupted business in numerous ways, not least our ability to hire qualified candidates from other countries to sponsor for work visas and green cards. Jeff Margolis, Founder, The...

Advocacy and Agency in Architecture: Organizational Models

Illustration of Rubik's Cubes
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...

The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight

5/16/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In The Great American Transit Disaster, urban and planning historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom offers a potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit. Countering the standard histories...

City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality: Implications for NYC

5/16/23, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Achieving New York City's target of carbon neutrality by 2050 will require significant changes to energy production, storage, and transmission; building performance and management; transportation; and waste streams. The NYC...

Scandinavian Schoolhouse Design

interior of a Scandinavian Schoolhouse
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

Infrared image of the exterior of a building
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...

Building HueSpaces: The Legacy of Black Communities Built and Sustained

5/11/23, 9am - 5pm
Weeksville Heritage Center
As we move forward through designing your new brick and mortar space, let’s also consider how you can make the most out of your investment in our organization. How can...

Women in Design and Development: The Value of an Integrated Approach

A woman looking at a 2-D model skyline
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

View of Art Omi grounds with 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

Material Worlds lecture series posts and "Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures" book cover against yellow and green background.
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...

Limitations of Liability in the AEC Industry

5/2/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architects and engineers tend to focus intensely on the essence of their craft: delivering thoughtful, profound solutions to specific clients, the public, and society writ large through design. However, responsibly...

Building the Empire State

5/1/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Constructed in eleven months, the 1,250-foot Empire State Building, the world’s tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story...

Women in Fabrication Conference and Workshop

Closeup on the sculptural surface of 3D-printed concrete
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

Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum by 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

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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

Image of a 2D red circle
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)

Image of the interior of The LaGuardia Airport New 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...

Building HueSpaces Session 4: Designing with Care

4/20/23, 5pm - 8pm
Kamau Studios
This session, we are taking our discussion of accessibility into the virtual realm! In these unprecedented times, we have seen more organizations turn to technology to bridge the gap between...

Screening of And The Worlds That Surround with Live Score

4/18/23, 7pm - 8:30pm
Tishman Auditorium at The New School
For American architect and filmmaker Eric Franklin Romeo, better understanding the nuances of the environments that surround us has always served as a primer to designing within it. Over the...

Cocktails & Conversation: Farshid Moussavi with Joann Gonchar

Rendering of the exterior of Ismaili Center Houston a white brick building with crisp angles showing pedestrians walking and sitting in the public spaces
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)

AI generated image of a Mycelium House using Midjourney, by Omid Oliyan
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...

Re-landscaping Notre-Dame

4/12/23, 7pm - 8pm
French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
Four years following the tragic Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire, the extensive renovations have progressed to the surrounding neighborhood. The landscape architect of the LUMA park in Arles, Bas Smets,...

Q&A with “My Architect” Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn with architects Brinda Somaya & Gina Pollara

4/11/23, 7:30pm - 10pm
Film Forum
A new restoration of the Academy Award-nominated My Architect, which received rapturous reviews when it first opened at Film Forum nearly 20 years ago. Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died...

Guidance for Emerging Sustainable Design Warriors: Opportunities in a New Era

Pexels image of a building
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,...

Q&A with “My Architect” Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn

4/9/23, 7:10pm - 10pm
Film Forum
A new restoration of the Academy Award-nominated My Architect, which received rapturous reviews when it first opened at Film Forum nearly 20 years ago. Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died...

Q&A with “My Architect” Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn with author and architecture critic Paul Goldberger

4/7/23, 7:30pm - 10pm
Film Forum
A new restoration of the Academy Award-nominated My Architect, which received rapturous reviews when it first opened at Film Forum nearly 20 years ago. Louis Kahn, who in 1974 died...

Coffee With Fellows: Featuring Kim Yao and Josh Gonsalves

4/6/23, 12pm - 1pm
Online
Coffee with Fellows is an ongoing series centered around a conversation between one Fellow and one emerging professional, interviewing each other. The podcast-like format allows for the inviting conversation to...

Book Talk – E 1027: Restoring a House By the Sea

Book cover of E 1027, showing the villa on the waterfront.
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...

South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City

4/4/23, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history—originally titled We’re Still Here in a 1986 first edition—Jill Jonnes continues to chronicle the rise, fall, rebirth, and ongoing revival of the...

Cocktails & Conversation: Nader Tehrani with Nima Javidi

The entryway to MIT site 4 showcasing a large, long canopy on stilts connecting the entrance to the sidewalk
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

Book cover for Back to the Office
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). ...

2023 Design for Freedom Summit

3/30/23, 9am - 6pm
Grace Farms
Join us to design a more humane future at the Design for Freedom 2023 Summit at Grace Farms on March 30, 2023, as we come together for a day of...

Broadway Linear Park Design Workshop

3/30/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Transportation Alternatives Offices
Join Transportation Alternatives’ Broadway Linear Park (BLiP) campaign for the first night of design workshopping! We’re seeking input for how to build upon the preliminary design work we’ve done to...

AIANY Design Awards: Interiors Showcase

Adams Street Library interior by WORKac
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...

Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture

3/29/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Event Oval, Lower Level 1, The Diana Center, Barnard College
Sara Zewde of Harlem-based Studio Zewde will give the inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College on Wednesday, March 29. The Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture honors Barnard alumna Norma...

Reconstruction of the Henry Hudson Bridge South Approach

3/29/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will cover a brief history of the Henry Hudson Bridge and the recent reconstruction of a major section of the original bridge: Project HH-88B/13A. From a design and...

New Perspectives on Refining CEQR: A Look Back at Citywide Development

3/27/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As part of a collaborative effort to examine ways to refine City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), the Municipal Art Society and Regional Plan Association will present new research into the...

MadaMind

3/25/23, 10am - 3pm
COOKFOX Architects
MadaMind is a “mastermind” mini-conference focused on development for a diverse group of women during Women’s History Month.  Personal and professional development will be covered by experienced and dynamic speakers....

Back to Basics – Wood Flooring 101

3/23/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Back to the Basics-Wood Flooring 101. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists &...

Climate Resiliency in NYC

3/23/23, 5:30pm - 7pm
Building Energy Exchange - Surrogate's Courthouse
ASHRAE NY and BE-Ex host a panel event on climate resiliency, diving into the dual challenges of efficient and GHG-free building design that responds to increasing flooding, precipitation, and heat...

Building HueSpaces Session 3: Designing with Care

3/23/23, 6pm - 8pm
El Barrio's Artspace P.S. 109
You have your dream team, you have your timeline, and you are ready to embark on some capital campaigning, but wait, there’s more! Let’s discuss accessibility and processes to make...

The United Nations of Rivers, Deltas and Estuaries

3/23/23, 8am - 10am
Strategies and methodologies aimed at the sustainable management of water and water ecosystems need to go beyond technical and economic-driven approaches. In the run-up to the UN Water Conference and...

Building HUE Spaces Session 3: Designing with Care

3/23/23, 6pm - 8pm
El Barrio's Artspace P.S.109
You have your dream team, you have your timeline, and you are ready to embark on some capital campaigning, but wait, there’s more! Let’s discuss accessibility and processes to make...

Mentorship for Women in Architecture Seminar

3/22/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hosted Virtually
We will hear from Karin Payson, AIA, LEED AP and Principal at Karin Payson Architecture + Design, about Ensuring a Creatively Fulfilling Career. We will also hear from Suchi Reddy,...

Centering the Role of Design in Design-Build

Exterior photo of Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch
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...

Using Historic Preservation to Develop and Maintain Affordable Housing in NYC

3/22/23, 9am - 12pm
Online
Everyone agrees that New York City is facing an affordable housing crisis. Adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of historic buildings has in many cases proven to be an effective way to preserve...

Buildings of Excellence Round Three Awards

NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence event graphic
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

Book cover for New York Stilled Life. Photograph taken of an empty field in New York's Central Park
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

Rafael Vinoly Carrasco Intl Airport
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

Promotional graphic for 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...

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City

3/14/23, 6pm - 7pm
The Skyscraper Museum
An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City, written by Phillip James Dodd with photography by Jonathan Wallen, is a sumptuous book on an era–roughly from the 1870s to...

Brick Design: Incorporating Unique Detailing in Architecture

3/9/23, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Brick, known for its durability, has been used for millennia to help shape architecture throughout history. More recently other key attributes of brick have come to the forefront. Sustainability and...

NYLON: Innovation in New York and London

3/9/23, 9am - 10:30am
What is the impact of increasing innovation districts on the urban fabric of cities? Join a discussion between New York and London. For decades, innovation districts were campuses outside the...

Embrace Equity: Madame Architect on Stories and Lessons for a Way Forward

Headshot image of Julia Gamolina
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,...

G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography

3/4/23, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State presents a virtual program coinciding with the recent publication of G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography (ORO Editions) written by Angelo Maggi with...

The Met’s Skylights and Mechanical System Replacement

3/2/23, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
The skylights of the A, B, and C wings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art provide natural daylighting for the European Paintings Galleries, which house some of the museum’s most...

Svetlana Kana Radević: Aggregate Assemblies, 2023 Womxn in Design and Architecture Conference

3/2/23, 6pm - Friday, 3/3, 4pm
Princeton School of Architecture
Svetlana Kana Radević’s architecture is a radical act of mediation. Rising to prominence in post-war Yugoslavia, her buildings speak on all scales, engaging geo-political and social complexities. Drawing from knowledge...

Book Talk: Creating Dynamic Places for Learning

Children at work in a classroom
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

Image of vehicles submerged on a waterlogged road in New York, the United States, Sept. 2, 2021
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...

From the Forest to the Floor

2/23/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom Webinar
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, From the Forest to the Floor. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists &...

Book Talk: The Architecture of Disability

The Architecture of Disability book cover
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...

Waste Heat Energy Recovery Technologies

2/22/23, 10am - 11:30am
Online
In the effort to reduce emissions, one innovative approach that is often overlooked is waste heat energy recovery. Waste heat is a by-product of other HVAC  systems and processes, such...

‘Healthy Furniture’: Interior Design and Hygiene in Victorian Britain

2/21/23, 2pm - 3pm
Online
Learn how Victorian Britain dealt with pandemics and how sanitary reform influenced interior design Hand sanitizer, social distancing, face masks, and plexiglass dividers are today’s responses to a global health...

Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining and Refinishing Wood Floors

2/19/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors. Joe Avila, one of the world’s...

Designing with Wood Floors

2/16/23, 1pm - 2:30pm
Zoom
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Designing with Wood Floors. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists & wood flooring...

Building HueSpaces Session 2

2/16/23, 6pm - 8pm
The Clemente
Now that you have considered how to start a capital project and figuring out what you need, it’s time to assemble your dream team. In this session, co-hosted by The...

Who Shapes the Campus Round Table at the Rutgers Club

2/16/23, 5pm - 8:30pm
The Rutgers Club
HLW, Syska and Rutgers invite you to a round table event entitled Who Shapes the Campus, at the Rutgers Club. This discussion explores the variant perspectives among the many decisionmakers...

Book Talk: Geospaces – Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth

Geospaces book covers
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...

Vitra Salon Series: Public Works and Design Excellence

2/15/23, 6pm - 8pm
Vitra, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Overseeing more than 375 million square feet of federal workspace, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is the government’s landlord and the nation’s largest real estate holder. Through its decades-long...

Book Talk: Occupation: Boundary – Art, Architecture, and Culture at the Water

Painting by Johann Heirich Remberg, The Tempest circa 1800
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...

Political Action Fund Kickoff: Featuring Mark Levine

2/13/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
The crucial 2023 New York City Council elections are fast approaching. The outcomes of these races will significantly impact the practice of architecture throughout the city. Therefore, AIA New York...

Book Talk: Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect

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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...

Engineered Wood Flooring

2/9/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom Webinar
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Engineered Wood Flooring. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists & wood flooring inspectors,...

The Howl: An Open Mic and Film Forum

Image of an interview at a film studio
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...

“Building Faith” – Divine New York: Inside the Historic Churches and Synagogues of Manhattan

2/8/23, 7pm - 8pm
92nd Street Y
Manhattan is home to a remarkably diverse range of houses of worship, many of them several hundred years old, yet few see beyond the often-unassuming façades except the local faithful....

It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood

2/2/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood...

Design for a Connected Society and Home

Photo of a modern home, in the hills.
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

Hudson Restaurant concept rendering by 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

Headshot of Kenneth Frampton
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...

Special Inspections: What You Need to Know

1/31/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Special inspections were developed and codified to minimize improper construction and ensure that the design-professional-in-responsible-charge remains engaged in the construction process in an effort to reduce project defects and failures....

Airports of Tomorrow – Today

1/31/23, 9am - 11:45am
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Auditorium
Join us for a two-part panel on the Port Authority’s role in shaping and growing the metropolitan region’s three major airports from the 1940s to today, using the RPA’s 1947...

Unionization in Architecture

Promotional graphic for Unionization in Architecture event
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

Exterior photo of Morphosis' addition to Cooper Union.
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...

Cork, Bamboo and Hardwood as Flooring Material

1/26/23, 1pm - 2pm
Zoom Webinar
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Cork, Bamboo and Hardwood as a Flooring Material. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring...

12th Annual Women in Architecture Recognition Award and Holiday Party

Four women posing for a photo and holding award certificates at the 11th Annual WIA Recognition Award
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...

Rethink Penn Station NYC: Bold Visions for a New Penn Station

1/26/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Great Hall at Cooper Union Foundation Building
Come see designs for the new Penn Station NYC deserves. ReThink Penn Station NYC, will be hosting a design forum at Cooper Union to showcase Penn Station proposals-along with Alex...

Passive House Construction Primer

1/26/23, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
Learn the basic principles and best practices of Passive House construction in this one-hour introductory course. The Passive House Construction Primer is a slightly more technical version of our original...

Managing Management: Post-COVID Workplace Advice for Architects

1/25/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
With the unwinding of the COVID-19 pandemic, architecture offices are in the process of debating next steps, such as the tradeoffs between remote-only work, office-only work, and hybrid work, and...

Grounding for Railroads and Transit

1/25/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will explore the role of grounding in relation to NFPA-70 (NEC) and the regulations of the local utility (Con Edison), as well as minimizing shock and accident risk....

The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy

Book Cover of The Innovation Complex by Sharon Zukin
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...

Navigating Diversity & Inclusion at Your Firm: A DEI Knowledge Exchange

1/24/23, 6pm - 8pm
Primary
Over the last few years, the structural engineering community has increasingly recognized the importance of advocacy for the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups. Individual engineering firms have pursued an...

Brunner Recipient Roundtable: Post-World War II Architecture in Europe

The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, researched by Hayes. Image courtesy of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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...

50 Years after Roe v. Wade: Our Current Situation

1/23/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) and ArchiteXX present the first in a series of joint panel discussions on how reproductive rights legislation impacts the design realm. It has been 50...

Wood Flooring Trends – Wide and Long Planks

1/19/23, 1pm - 2:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Wood Flooring Trends-Wide & Long Planks. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists &...

Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining and Refinishing Wood Floors

1/19/23, 1pm - 2:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors. Joe Avila, one of the world’s...

POSTPONED – Redlines and Green Zones: Manhattan

1/19/23, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date to be announced shortly! "Redlines and Green Zones" is a series of virtual workshops dedicated to exploring and...

Building Hue Spaces Session 1: Visioning

1/19/23, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
So you want to build an arts space for your non-profit? Great—now how do you even begin? In this initial session of "Building Hue Spaces," we will explore how to...

Acoustics Matters: Sound Design in Learning Spaces

1/19/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Players Club
This panel discussion features industry thought leaders on acoustics and architecture with expertise in educational environments.  The panelists will explore the impact of acoustics in learning spaces, while connecting the...

Mentorship for Women in Architecture Seminar

1/18/23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Online
We will hear from Nina Kinoti-Metz, Founder of Studio Parallel, about Creating Your Own Opportunities and Path to Success. We will also hear from Julie Nelson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C...

Redlines and Green Zones: Reassessing the Redline Maps

Illustration of Brooklyn, New York Redlining Map
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...

Future of Practice Committee Kickoff Meeting

1/18/23, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
AIA New York would like to invite you to the Future of Practice Committee Kickoff Meeting on January 18 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The committee serves as a platform...

NYC Decarbonization: Fundamentals

1/18/23, 8am - 12pm
Webinar
As COVID-19 appears to be under control, decarbonization has swept through the HVAC & buildings industry like wildfire. In the rush to electrify our buildings, what should be the major...

Climate Mobilization Act Primer

1/18/23, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the...

New Practices in Conversation: BRANDT : HAFERD

architectural model against a black background
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...

Retaining Walls and Parking Structures

1/10/23, 12pm - 1:15pm
Zoom
With recent code changes, property owners are required by law to file compliance reports on these two unique structures. This presentation will review different types of retaining walls and parking...

The Fulton Fish Market: A History

Online
Today, the once bustling, fragrant fish market in lower Manhattan’s South Street Seaport is a rebuilt retail destination with a new kind of marketing –  but from its founding in...

2023 AIANY Design Awards Announcement

2023 AIANY Design Awards graphic
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....

Formgiving: Giving Form to the Future

1/4/23, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
Formgiving, the Danish word for design, means to give form to that which has not yet been given form: create a world to the world we would like to find...

Designing for Post-Incarceration

Designing for Post-Incarceration Logo
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...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

12/15/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: From the Forest to the Floor + Specifying the Right Wood Floors for the Job on December 15, 2022...

AIA New York 2023 Board Inaugural

Closeup of the AIA Presidential medal and gavel
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

Illustration of Brooklyn, New York Redlining Map
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

Fig. 1 Kenzō Tange, Nichinan Cultural Center. Photograph: Yukio Futagawa.
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...

Meet and Mingle: The Lost Art of Pre-Construction

12/9/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
How can the A/E/C industry broadly improve the quality of its projects and customer satisfaction? Looking to the past, the Ancient Greek "master builder" (arkhitekton) anticipated every phase of the...

Introduction to the Passive House Standard

12/8/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

12/8/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Specifying Commercial Wood Floors + Designing with Wood Floors on December 8, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe Avila, one...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

12/7/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: How Cut Affects Appearances of Wood Flooring + Engineered Wood Flooring on December 7, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe...

Giuliana Bruno: Atmospheres of Projection

Book cover for Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media
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

High Museum of Art, Atlanta
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

Image of Treat Store Front in JFK International Airport
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...

Engineering in the Emergency Response Cycle

12/6/22, 12pm - 1pm
Zoom
We continue the SEAoNY Resilience Panel Series with a panel on engineering in the emergency response cycle. This panel is presented in collaboration with the SEAoNY Structural Engineering Emergency Response (SEER)...

Passive House Retrofits: Part 1

12/6/22, 1pm - 5pm
Online
Passive House standards are not just for new construction. Existing structures can benefit from upgrading airtightness, insulation, reducing thermal bridging, upgrading to high performance doors and windows, and adding energy...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

12/6/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
lease join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit courses: Wood Flooring Species + Cork, Bamboo and Hardwood as a Flooring Material on December 6, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online....

New Practices in Conversation: Citygroup

Talk in Circle, New York, NY, 2020.
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

Establishing shot of the Distance Unknown Exhibition at MIT
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

Design for Deconstruction promotional event graphic
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...

BQE: Community Mosaic

12/1/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Block House, Governors Island
Join the IPA 2022 Fellows and their Community Partners for a conversation on the issues and opportunities facing communities along the BQE. This is the final of three public panels...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

12/1/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors on December 1, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online....

New Practices in Conversation: GRT Architects with Marc Tsurumaki

Image of Millerton Studio by GRT Architects
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...

Turnout NYC: Building New Public Spaces for New York Artists

11/30/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Prior to the pandemic, people living in vulnerable areas already had limited access to cultural opportunities. Today, those scarce opportunities are at a higher risk of disappearing. Turnout NYC is...

Unequal Cities: Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States

11/29/22, 6pm - 7pm
Skyscraper Museum
Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. Yet the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality. In his new book...

The Church in Sag Harbor: A Repurposed 1836 Sanctuary, Now an Arts Center

11/28/22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
Award-winning architect Lee Skolnick discusses his recent work on The Church, an artist residency, exhibition space, and creativity center in Sag Harbor, NY. The Church is an adaptive reuse and...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Angela Brooks & Lawrence Scarpa

Rendering of Xantho Workhouse a live work space in Los Angeles
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

Portrait of Piero Lissoni in a suit and pushing his glasses up on his nose
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

Harvard Design magazine spring/summer 2022 cover
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

Image from Agricultural Modernization and Collective Memory: 50 Species-Towns, Charles Waldheim (Cambridge, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2022)
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...

AIANY Building Science Committee Kickoff

11/17/22, 12:30pm - 2pm
Zoom
AIA New York is thrilled to introduce you to the newly established AIANY Building Science Committee. We invite you to register and attend the committee’s monthly meetings, which are meant to...

Sustainable Affordable Housing: Financing Strategies for an Equitable Energy Transition

11/17/22, 10am - 11:15am
Virtual
With nearly half of New York State’s residents earning a low or moderate income, it is essential to identify paths to finance upgrades to affordable housing in support of meeting...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

11/17/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit courses: Wood Flooring 101 on November 17, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned flooring...

Advocacy, Agency and Architecture: Evolving Beyond Participatory Design

Image of AIANY Engagement session with PLASTARC
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...

Is the Grass Really Greener?

11/16/22, 6pm - 8pm
STV
A discussion on what it is like to make the switch from working on the structural Engineer of Record side of projects to working on the construction management or owner’s...

New Practices in Conversation: New Affiliates with Paul Lewis

Image of Rashaad Newsome Assembly Theater by New Affiliates
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...

ESG in AEC: Environment – Shifting to a Carbon-Neutral Industry

11/15/22, 8:30am - 10:30am
TBD
Building construction and operation accounts for 37% of global carbon dioxide emissions. This jarring statistic, reported in 2021 by the United Nations Environment Programme’s global status report, and those reported...

Biking in NYC Now: Opportunities and Limitations Within Urban Infrastructure

Biking in NYC Now event poster
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

Interior hotel lobby
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

Interior hotel lobby
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...

Women Pioneering Architecture: The first Italian Architects Plautilla Bricci and Elena Luzzatto. A Talk by Prof. Consuelo Lollobrigida

11/12/22, 10:30am - 12:15pm
THE ATHENÆUM OF PHILADELPHIA
Join us for a presentation about the history of women artists in modern times and their importance in architecture.

BQE: Why Can’t We: Case Studies of Highway Removal Projects in US and South Korea

11/10/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Block House, Governors Island
The IPA’s second Public Panel of our Fall Fellowship, “BQE: Why Can’t We”, examines case studies of highways that have been or will be removed, deck-over, or transformed into community...

BQE: Why Can’t We?

11/10/22, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
The Block House
Come out to Governors Island on Thursday, November 10, 6:30-8:30PM for the second of three public panels held at the Block House, part of the Institute for Public Architecture (IPA)’s...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

11/10/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Wood Flooring Grades on November 10, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned flooring...

Wast(ED): Living with Trash

Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility by Selldorf Architects.
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...

2022 T.R. Higgins Lecture-Dr. Amit Kanvinde Presents Column Base Connections

11/7/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
Column base connections are arguably the most important connections in steel buildings, transferring loads from the entire structure into the foundation. At the interface of steel and concrete, these connections...

Sustainable and Functional Design – Building For Today and Tomorrow

11/7/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Brickworks NYC Design Studio
Brickworks events are open to architectural, design, and building industry professionals only. Brick Beyond Style The panel will define the various certifications parameters of LEED, Fitwel, ILFI Zero, and BREEAM....

2022 Deans’ Roundtable: Historically Black Colleges and Universities

11/4/22, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
As the largest chapter of the AIA, with a broad base of members from small, medium and large firms, AIA New York is committed to creating meaningful relationships with architecture...

Investing in Health: A New Frontier of Health and Housing Partnerships

11/3/22, 9am - 10:45am
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Auditorium
On Thursday, November 3, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host an in-person event centered on investments in affordable housing by healthcare systems and health insurers. Speakers...

Celebrate My Architect with Acuity Brands

11/3/22, 6:30pm - 10pm
The Experience Center by Acuity Academy
6:30pm: Doors open—get ready with hors-d’oeuvres and drinks! 7:15pm: Pre-screening remarks with Nathaniel Kahn, film director 7:30pm: Exclusive screening of My Architect: A Son’s Journey. This documentary film about the...

The Mycelium House: Material Exploration for a Zero-Carbon Tiny Home (Session A)

Mycelium House
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...

Lecture with Architect Bryan Young, YOUNG PROJECTS

DOM Interiors
The lecture presentation will be an inside look into the cutting-edge research and work of Young Projects, founded by Bryan Young, where materiality, structure, and form intersect to generate new...

Mentoring Seminar with Speakers Talisha Sainvil and Kerry Nolan

11/3/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Talisha Sainvil, Principal of 40 Six Four Architecture, will speak about Defining Professional Behavior and making space in architecture for all. Kerry Nolan, Senior Associate at Beyer Blinder Belle Architects...

CEU Night & Designer Discussion

11/3/22, 5pm - 7pm
AFNY
Please join us at New York’s architectural showroom for a catered event including gourmet Italian food & fine wine while experiencing the journey of finding comfort in the home through...

Reflections on the Limits of Architecture: Critical Regionalism Revisited

11/3/22, 6:30pm - 12:00am
The New School, Parsons School of Design, Tishman Environment and Design Center
Kenneth Frampton is an architect, critic, historian, and previously Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University (1972-2021). His most important works...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

11/3/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Wood Flooring Trends-Wide & Long Planks on November 3, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s...

AIANY Women in Architecture Professional Practice Series: Path to Principal

Drawing of a woman professional entering a staircase to join a meeting of men.
11/2/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The percentage of women in top jobs at the biggest architecture firms has doubled over the past five years, but women still only occupy one out of five key roles....

Hiring and Quality of Life: The Best Techniques of Successful Practices

11/2/22, 8am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
Join the Society for Design Administration New York Chapter (SDA New York) for an in-person panel discussion about how four forward-thinking firms have handled the evolving recruiting and employee engagement landscape....

Sandy+10: Resilient Future

ROW Rendering
11/1/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy, New York City and the greater region are slowly increasing their resliency to coastal storms and their impacts. However, as we’ve learned in the years...

Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York

11/1/22, 6pm - 7pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Indigenous tools...

Emerging Practices: Hong Kong and New York

Illustration of JUST-ARCH Landscape Mono
10/28/22, 8am - 9:30am
Center for Architecture and Zoom
A select group of emerging professionals from New York City and Hong Kong will discuss their architectural practices. The practices all share in common that they actively seek to redefine...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

10/27/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Specifying the Right Wood Floors for the Job on October 27, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

Book Talk: The Women Who Changed Architecture

Book cover for The Women Who Changed Architecture
10/26/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with three accomplished architects featured in The Women Who Changed Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2022). This publication is a visual...

Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Program – Design and Preservation

10/26/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Brooklyn Bridge is a National Historic Landmark and a New York City Landmark that has been in use for almost 140 years. This presentation discusses the engineering challenges and...

Affordable Housing for Seniors: Challenges and Opportunities for Service-Enriched Properties in the Second District

10/26/22, 2:30pm - 5pm
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Benjamin Strong Conference Room (10th floor)
On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host an in-person event centered on the need for affordable housing that includes services for low- and...

Michael Boyd: Millennium Modern

The exterior of Shed House in Malibu showing the modernist structure and its swimming pool at dusk
10/25/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Michael Boyd lives by Le Corbusier's mantra: “To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows...

Defining the Evolving Professional Standard of Care

10/25/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The professional standard of care is not static but fluid. This course will explain what the standard of care is at a base level and how it is legally determined;...

Mass Timber Construction: Sara Cultural Center

6 DJI 0893 2 Edit Visit Skellefteå
10/24/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Mass timber has emerged as one of the most sustainable solutions for building structures and research on engineered timber has unleashed a world of previously unimagined design possibilities. The newly...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | Answering a Call to Action

10/20/22, 6pm - 8pm
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...

Vision Zero Cities: Safe Streets Save Lives

Logo for Vision Zero Cities: Safe Streets Save Lives
10/20/22, 8am - 4:30pm
Center for Architecture
Vision Zero is not just a policy goal—it’s an imperative. From October 19–21, Vision Zero Cities will bring together leading industry and policy experts, advocates, and elected officials. Explore the...

Introduction to Passive House Trades

10/20/22, 1pm - 5pm
Online
The Introduction to Passive House Trades will broadly cover the following topics: Passive House basics, review typical construction types, windows and installation, air barriers and insulation and new, innovative PH...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

10/20/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit courses: Designing with Wood Floors + From the Forest to the Floor on October 20, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe...

Transforming Tragedy: From Pulse Nightclub to onePULSE Foundation

10/19/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Build Out Alliance and onePULSE Foundation, hosted by the Center for Architecture, to hear the compelling story of Pulse Nightclub and the creation of onePULSE Foundation, aiming to honor...

Philip Johnson & the Glass House

10/19/22, 6pm - 12:00am
The National Arts Club
Join the National Arts Club for a lecture examining one of the nation’s most innovative architectural environments, The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. This former home of architect Philip...

New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts & Blooms

10/18/22, 6pm - 7pm
The Skyscraper Museum
New York City, arguably the world’s Art Deco capital, is well known for its iconic towers. In a new book, New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts & Blooms, photographer Andrew...

Women in the Allied Professions Panel | NYU 181 Mercer: Facade Design Technology

The facade for 181 Mercer showcasing its dynamic windows popping in and out of the building
10/17/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How does an innovative, state-of-the-art university complex get executed? Join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for an engaging panel discussion on NYU’s 181 Mercer Street. Learn from the women-led...

The Landscapes of Dieter Kienast by Anette Freytag

10/17/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
On the occasion of Archtober, New York City's Architecture and Design Month, the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University, the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and the...

Community Schools Workshop

Image of a class in the Community Garden at Watkins Elementary School
10/14/22, 9am - 11am
Center for Architecture
How can a school’s design and programming enhance learning, resiliency, and wellness not only for students and teachers but the community as a whole? Join the AIANY Education Committee for...

Book Talk: Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens

Book cover with title overlaid on an image of the densely packed grid of Athens
10/13/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To celebrate the third edition of Ioanna Theocharopoulou’s book Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens (Onassis, 2022), the Onassis Foundation is hosting a wide-ranging discussion about the relevance of...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

10/13/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on October 13, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned...

Introduction to the Passive House Standard

10/13/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

History of Existing Party Walls and New Construction

Image of Brownstones depicting Paty Walls
10/12/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
For over 2,000 years party walls have offered common solutions for residential construction in cities. In New York City, these empirically designed walls multiplied in the 1800s especially as a...

Book Club – Supertall: How The World’s Tallest Buildings are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

10/8/22, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
The Concrete Jungle
Join us for a book club discussion of “Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Buildings are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives” by architect Stefan Al which was published earlier this...

16th Annual Arthur M. Rosenblatt Lecture: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Moritzburg Museum Halle exterior from a slightly aerial perspective
10/6/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is a signature event organized each year by the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. This year, the committee is honored to host...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

10/6/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring on October 6, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned flooring...

Designing Schools in the Post-COVID World

Image of A class at the Spence School
10/4/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruption to schools and education, not only in New York City but around the world. Join the AIANY Architecture for Education Committee for a...

Designing Camelot

9/29/22, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design
Join the New York School of Interior Design on September 29th at 6pm for a richly illustrated talk “Designing Camelot: Jacqueline Kennedy and the Restoration and Redefinition of America’s White...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

9/29/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned flooring inspectors, covering how you and your firm can avoid wood flooring failures and costly lawsuits when specifying wood flooring systems. Stay...

Architecture and Design Film Festival

9/28/22, 6pm - Sunday, 10/2, 9pm
Cinepolis Chelsea
The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to New York for its 14th edition this fall. From September 28 to October 2, ADFF:NY will showcase a diverse range of...

LEED Convene and Connect: NYC

9/28/22, 11am - 2pm
Center for Architecture
Join U.S. Green Building Council President and CEO, Peter Templeton, USGBC organizational and community leaders and LEED technical staff including Melissa Baker, senior vice president of LEED, for the next...

MENY Wimmer Memorial Lecture

9/28/22, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
No registration required. The Municipal Engineers of the City of New York (MENY) is proud to announce its prestigious annual Wimmer Memorial Lecture featuring distinguished speaker Jamie Torres-Springer, President MTA...

CONNECT: A Lecture by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, OPEN Architecture

Image of Dune Art Museum
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...

A Rising Tide: Learning from Leading Asian and Pacific Islander Designers

9/23/22, 6pm - 8pm
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Please join us for our first event, A Rising Tide: Learning from Leading Asian and Pacific Islander Designers, at 6pm EST/3pm PST on Friday, September 23. The event begins with...

World Premiere Screening of ‘And The Worlds That Surround’ with Live Score

9/23/22, 7pm - 9pm
Fotografiska
For American architect and filmmaker Eric Franklin Romeo, better understanding the nuances of the environments that surround us has always served as a primer to designing within it. Over the...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

9/22/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: How Cut Affects Appearances of Wood Flooring on September 29, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the...

Segregation by Design

9/21/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual
Using colorized and remastered historic photography, Segregation By Design documents the intentional destruction of communities of color due to the federal policies of redlining, “urban renewal,” and freeway construction. Through...

Electric Vehicles Race to Market – Will Building Codes Catch Up

9/21/22, 9am - 10am
Virtual
As electric vehicles (EV) are racing to the market there is a parallel race to build the necessary battery charging infrastructure.  Through this paradigm shift away from the internal combustion...

Stories from Arquitina: Elevating Latinas in Architecture

Image of book cover Latinas in Architecture
9/20/22, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As we strive for a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive architecture profession, we seek to elevate those that have been largely left out conversations on racial equity. Arquitina, an organization...

MWA Seminar: Work in Progress | Women in Practice: Community & Collaborative

9/20/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Online
Founding members of feminist design collective, WIP Collaborative, will share their personal paths, how they work together on research and design projects, and speak about bringing a community of women...

James Wines: Re-Thinking it All

Pietro Rossini: Fondazione Pietro Rossini Pavilion
9/15/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Center for Architecture for a lecture by James Wines, President of SITE NY, as he explores the messages communicated, impact on the natural environment, and cost implications of buildings...
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Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

9/15/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two-credit course: Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors + Wood Flooring Species on September 15, 2022...

Passive House Retrofits: Part 1

9/13/22, 1pm - 5pm
Online
Passive House standards are not just for new construction. Existing structures can benefit from upgrading airtightness, insulation, reducing thermal bridging, upgrading to high performance doors and windows, and adding energy...

How ESG is Driving Green Building

9/13/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values are increasingly shaping the building industry. Investors are eager to bet on companies and products that integrate them, and they want to see a...

Delivering the Goods: NYC Urban Freight in the Age of E-Commerce

Promotional event graphic for Transportation and Infrstructure event
9/12/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
When do you want your delivery? The next day? The same day? In a few hours? In recent years shifts in expectations and consumption have led to a surge in...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

9/8/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood on September 8, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one...

Exactitude: On Precision and Play in Contemporary Architecture

Mizuta Museum of Art, ramped engawa. Courtesy studioSUMO. Photo: Daici Ano.
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...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

9/1/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Back to Basics – Wood Flooring 101 on September 1, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the...

Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (CCES)

9/1/22, 9am - Saturday, 9/3, 5pm
Climate change is any change in the temperature or water levels that affects Earth for a long period of time. Humans today are experiencing rapid and unexpected changes in temperature...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

8/25/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Wood Flooring in Commercial Spaces on August 25, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most...

Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial

8/24/22, 9am - 5pm
Virtual
Crushing the Code New York State: Commercial is an online course that prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with the many requirements in the 2020...

Huggins Wood Flooring Specalist: CEU Webinar Series

8/18/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit courses: Wood Flooring Trends-Wide & Long Planks + Wood Flooring Grades  on August 18, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe Avila,...

Crushing the Code NYC: Commercial

8/17/22, 9am - 5pm
Virtual
Crushing the Code New York City: Commercial is an online course that prepares design and building professionals to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 NYCECC and create more...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

8/11/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Specifying the Right Wood Floors for the Job on August 11, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

The Mycelium Project: Building House Parts with Fungi

8/10/22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
In 2021, the AIANY Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) hosted a three-part workshop to explore the potential of mycelium, the thread-like structures (hyphae) in fungi, as an innovative and sustainable...

Decolonizing Suburbia

Installation view with five people standing and reading exhibition content behind an orange seat with an orange trellis installed above them
8/4/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Decolonizing Suburbia team as they present on their project for the Center for Architecture's exhibition, Reset: Towards a New Commons. Decolonizing Suburbia is informed by an interest in the...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

8/4/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: From the Forest to the Floor on August 4, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

7/28/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Designing with Wood Floors on July 28, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned...

Re:Play: Reclaiming the Commons Through Play

Installation view with two screens on the left wall and 3D printed models on white square bases on the right
7/28/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Re:Play team as they present on their project for the Reset: Towards a New Commons exhibition. In Re:Play, young residents of three New York City Housing Authority campuses...

Sensory Space: Design for Neurodiversity

Rendering of a cross section of a building
7/21/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The design of interiors affects everything we do. This interactive, in-person program asks: How do we feel in an interior and why do we feel that way? What elements make...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

7/21/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on July 21, 2022 between 1PM-2:30PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

The Infrastructure Bill: In Conversation with Polly Trottenberg

The Infrastructure Bill: In Conversation with Polly Trottenberg
7/19/22, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Zoom
In November 2021, the US Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), creating the most ambitious federal transportation and infrastructure program in a decade, with major funding streams directed to...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

7/14/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on July 14, 2022 between 1PM-2:00PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

Building for the Youngest New Yorkers: NYC SCA’s Pre-K/3-K Programs

The interior of a classroom
7/13/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Architecture for Education Committee for a lively roundtable discussing the design, programming, construction, and management of New York City’s Universal 3-K and Pre-K programs, spaces that needed...

Aging Against the Machine

Long angled shelf with architectural models and images installed on it
7/11/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To mark the current Center for Architecture exhibition, Reset: Towards a New Commons, members of the interdisciplinary design team for the project Aging Against the Machine will present diverse interventions...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

7/7/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on July 7, 2022 between 1PM-2:00PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

The City Is [Not] A Tree: The Urban Ecologies of Divided Cities

7/2/22, 9am - 5pm
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
The City Is [Not] A Tree: The Urban Ecologies of Divided Cities is an international collaboration, with associates principally from Europe and Africa, and open to collaboration with contributors from...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

6/30/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on June 30, 2022 between 1PM-2:00PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

IndiaNOW: Architecture in the Contemporary Landscape

Aerial photo of Balaji Temple AKA Temple of Steps showing two black stone stepped structures located on a pond
6/28/22, 9am - 12:30pm
Webinar
This program will run from 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT and in India from 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM IST. See the full program PDF here. The post-Independence project...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

6/23/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on June 23, 2022 between 1PM-2:00PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

Equity in Electrification: Electrification of Affordable Housing

Dattner project rendering
6/22/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
The passage of Local Law 154 means that design professionals in New York City will be tasked with providing effective solutions for electrifying buildings. With this push towards a more...

Studio Tour and Presentation: Brickworks Design Studio

Interior photo of white stone gallery space
6/22/22, 6pm - 8pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and the Retail Design Institute New York Chapter as they host presentations on the brand, design, and construction of the recently opened Brickworks Design Studio....

Outward Looking: Cornell Tech and the Moon Village

6/21/22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
Cornell Tech is a new applied sciences university on Roosevelt Island that inverts the traditional, insular campus into an outward-looking and inviting place. In collaboration with James Corner Field Operations,...

Learning Series: How to Build the Impossible [New York]

6/21/22, 12pm - 1pm
Brickworks Design Studio
Lunch will be provided. Our events are open to architectural, design, and building industry professionals only. How to Build the Impossible: A case study on the Dr. Chau Chak Wing...

Public Housing, Practice, and Design: New York + London

Logo for Public Housing Practice + Design program
6/17/22, 9am - 1pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Amid the current housing and affordability crisis, there is a clear need for city governments to take an expanded role in promoting the practice of good design in the provision...

2022 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards Winners’ Event

Logo for AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards
6/16/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as they announce the 2022 winners of the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards.  The AIANY + ASLANY Transportation +...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

6/16/22, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit courses: Back to Basics – Wood Flooring 101 + It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood on June...

Book Talk: Climate Change and the Built Environment

Image of offshore windmill park with stormy clouds and a blue sky, windmill park in the Netherlands
6/14/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Climate change can have enormous impacts on our nation’s public infrastructure. Insurance companies, government agencies, and regulatory entities are continuously reevaluating the risks inherent in the range of situations that...

Fellows Workshop 2022

A closeup photo of the AIA College of Fellows medals
6/10/22, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture & Webinar
The Fellows Workshop provides section-by-section guidance about the schedule, contents, and formatting requirements for an FAIA submission to the AIA National Jury. Members of the AIANY Fellows Committee will lead...

Interiors Speed Presentations: Edition 13

Northeast Bronx YMCA
6/9/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the 13th edition of the AIANY Interiors Committee’s Speed Presentations. In alignment with 2022 AIANY President Andrea Lamberti’s theme, Just Practice, the theme of this year’s edition is...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

6/9/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our two credit course: Engineered Wood Flooring + Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on June 9, 2022 between 1PM-2:00PM online. Joe Avila, one of...

Building Socially Sustainable Communities: Bridging the Divide at Essex Crossing

Essex Crossing at Broom Street
6/8/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Every community should have an opportunity to develop a collective vision to shape its future. Often, the process of urban redevelopment can be polarizing, with community stakeholders and private developers entrenched...

Design, Incorporated – Reinventing Contemporary Practice and Workplace Culture

6/8/22, 8pm - 10pm
Zoom
Don’t miss this important and timely panel discussion about managing a profitable, purposeful, and diverse architecture and design firm. Speakers (pictured below) will highlight successful approaches to ensure a healthy,...
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Oculus at Large: Inside Urban Housing

6/7/22, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Glen-Gery Brickworks Design Studio
As cities grow, we hear a lot about urban-scale plans for developing greener, healthier neighborhoods. But how do we think about healthy housing at the scale of individual dwellings, and...

Independent Aging in Asian Cities

Seniors on a Basketball Court.
6/7/22, 7pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Often in the American imagination, Asian societies are better places to grow old. This event investigates that premise with panelists who specialize in issues of the elderly in three major...

The Ford Foundation – Gensler

6/6/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual Event
Completed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in 1968, the Ford Foundation building was hailed as an architectural icon. A non-profit organization established in 1936, it partnered with Gensler...

Introduction to Passive House Trades

6/6/22, 1pm - 5pm
Online
The Introduction to Passive House Trades will broadly cover the following topics: Passive House basics, review typical construction types, windows and installation, air barriers and insulation and new, innovative PH...

Morning Leadership Talk: Elaine Molinar, AIA

Headshot of Elaine Molinar
6/3/22, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
The work from Snøhetta strives to enhance our sense of surroundings, identity, and relationship to others and the physical spaces we inhabit. Museums, products, reindeer observatories, graphics, landscapes, and dollhouses...

Designing Energy Efficient Buildings with cove.tool

Headshot of Nilesh Bansal
6/2/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
Designing day-lit, glare free, energy-efficient buildings under budget-shifting energy codes is challenging architects with a wide array of parameters to balance like energy, cost, daylight, views, and embodied carbon. Meanwhile,...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

6/2/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Wood Flooring Grades on June 2, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned flooring...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

5/26/22, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Wood Flooring Trends-Wide & Long Planks on May 26, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s...

Planning for Waste Management: DSNY’s New Rule for Residential Buildings

A waste management facility
5/20/22, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
Watch the CEU accredited course here. How much space will your building’s trash and recycling take up on the sidewalk? New residential buildings over 150 units now need to submit...

Open Restaurants Innovation: 3 Teams Share Findings

Pro Thai's outdoor dining structure designed by Soluri Architecture.
5/20/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
This public event, which marks the official end of the Open Restaurants Innovation program, will feature presentations by three teams who have been working directly with multiple stakeholders, including restaurateurs,...

2022 Gil Oberfield Lecture: LTL Architects

Interior office of LTL Architects.
5/19/22, 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...

The Infrastructure Bill: What Are the Regional Priorities?

The Infrastructure Bill: What Are the Regional Priorities?
5/18/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is poised to unlock an historic level of funding for a vast array of infrastructure projects. This program will feature discussions with representatives from the...

The Destruction of Memory: Film Showing & Discussion

Image of a scene in Film Distruction of Memory
5/18/22, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
Join the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee for a screening of The Destruction of Memory: The War Against Culture and the Battle to Save It. “Over the past...

Insider Tour: Weeksville Heritage Center (Late Tour)

The exterior of the Weeksville houses with a green lawn in foreground
5/17/22, 3pm - 5pm
Weeksville Heritage Center
Join the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee for a special in-depth tour of the Weeksville Heritage Center. In addition to learning about the important history of the site and touring the historic...
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Insider Tour: Weeksville Heritage Center (Early Tour)

The exterior of the Weeksville houses with a green lawn in foreground
5/17/22, 2pm - 4pm
Weeksville Heritage Center
Join the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee for a special in-depth tour of the Weeksville Heritage Center. In addition to learning about the important history of the site and touring the historic...

NYC’s Housing Crisis

NYC's Housing Crisis conference logo
5/13/22, 8am - 1pm
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
Lost in the shadow of competing issues of economics, climate, racial equity, and the pandemic affecting New York City is a new chapter in the housing crisis, evidenced by multiple...
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China Dialogues

Several people walking through a passageway with a roof made of a complex web of wood beam
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

A dramatic multi-level interior with a sculptural ceiling, wood paneling, and suspended walkways and staircases criss crossing the image
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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NYLON #20: Activating Streets

5/5/22, 9am - 10:30am
Webinar
Over the past two years, the COVID crisis has revealed new usages of the public realm and more particularly streets. With the closure of restaurants, stores, cultural venues, the streets...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist: CEU Webinar Series

Online
Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist for our one credit course: Specifying Commercial Wood Floors on May 5, 2022 between 1PM-2PM online. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned...

Mentorship for Women in Architecture: Mentoring Seminar Series for Women Entering the Profession of Architecture

5/5/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hosted Virtually
Join us for a discussion led by Arthi Krishnamoorthy, AIA, LEED AP, Partner at Deborah Berke Partners and Suzanne Musho, AIA, NCARB, Chief Architect & Vice President of Real Estate...

The Impact of NFTs on Architecture & Design

5/4/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
By now you’ve likely heard about NFTs: the $23+ billion cryptographic industry that has exploded in recent years. Christies sold an NFT of digital artwork for $69 million. An NFT...

The Project of Independence: A Conversation with Raj Rewal

a large scale grid structure with two figures standing in the foreground.
5/4/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Following the end of British rule in 1947/48, architects in the territories of today’s India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka embraced the language of modernism as a means of proclaiming...

Black Neighborhoods Matter

5/4/22, 7:30pm - 9pm
“Black Neighborhoods Matter” is a collaboration between the graduate level Right to Shelter housing seminar at Parsons and four national experts in grassroots community renewal. The experts span four generations...

The Architecture of Mental Health

5/3/22, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
This educational session will provide an overview of the history and current state of mental health facilities design, aloong with an exploration of future challenges to creating safety and security in...

The City is [Not] a Tree: the Urban Ecologies of Divided Cities

5/2/22, 9am - 5pm
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
THE CITY IS [NOT] A TREE: THE URBAN ECOLOGIES OF DIVIDED CITIES is an international collaboration, with associates principally from Europe and Africa, and open to collaboration with contributors from...

Circular City Week

5/2/22, 9am - Tuesday, 3/8, 9pm
Various locations
Circular City Week, the biggest circular economy festival in the US, is an open and collaborative festival for circular economy related events. For the fourth time, Circular City Week will...

Brickworks Speaker Series: Brick – Beyond Style with Grant F. Marani

4/28/22, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Brickworks Design Studio
On Thursday, April 28, at 6:00 PM ET, join RAMSA Partner Grant F. Marani for a lecture hosted by Brickworks, where he will discuss brickwork traditions that have influenced his...

An Architectural Look at the Famed Waldorf Astoria

4/25/22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
When the Waldorf Astoria opened its doors on Park Avenue in 1931, the new building became an instant New York City icon. The world’s first skyscraper hotel has been home...

Brickworks New York Design Studio

4/23/22, 12pm - 1pm
Brickworks New York Design Studio
One important reason for brick’s popularity is its ability to adapt to design criteria. It can be shaped and used in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary detailing: Such...

Robert A.M. Stern’s Journey in Architecture: A Conversation with Barry Bergdoll

Robert Stern's autobiography sits on a table with a martini glass.
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...

Designing Urban Agriculture Part III: Emerging Models and New Directions

A girl learning about Urban Farming in a community garden.
4/20/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
The third in a three-part lecture series on urban agriculture, this program explores best practices, emerging models, and new directions for urban agriculture. Our first panel asked, “Why now?” Our...

Deborah Berke: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Portrait of Deborah Berke
4/19/22, 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 they...

Introduction to the Passive House Standard

4/14/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

Introduction to the Passive House Standard

4/14/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

Innovation Briefing: What LEED V4.1 Commissioning Means to You

4/13/22, 9am - 10am
Virtual
With facilities becoming more technically advanced, the pressure put on a building’s mechanical, electrical, life safety and networked systems to perform at high levels has increased demand for advanced commissioning...

Women in Architecture Career Day: Building the Future Pipeline

4/7/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee, in collaboration with the ACE Greater New York and the NYC Department of Education’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs, is offering a virtual...

Buildings of Excellence Round 3 Announcement

NYSERDA Buildings Of Excellence Round 3 Announcement
4/7/22, 11am - 12pm
Zoom
Please join NYSERDA and Passive House Accelerator virtually for an exciting announcement on Buildings of Excellence, NYSERDA’s $40 million program to advance resilient, profitable, beautiful and affordable buildings for all...

A Better Place to Live: Walkable Communities, Sustainable Urban Planning, Historic Preservation, Social Equity, and Battery Park City

4/5/22, 6pm - 7:15pm
The National Arts Club
New Urbanism is the cutting-edge urban design canon that is creating better places to live that reduce sprawl and respond to climate change.  A panel of experts will present an...

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City

4/5/22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
The Gilded Age, also referred to as the American Renaissance, is an era associated with unparalleled growth, technological advancement, prosperity, and cultural change. Taking a close look at 20 of...

Public Space Research and Design: Tracing Gender and Sexuality Inequalities

A rainbow colored street crossing by Tayla Kohler.
4/5/22, 5pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
Societal attitudes toward public spaces have long been plagued by binary thinking: is this space good or bad, safe or seedy, masculine or feminine? These reductionist framings often create inequalities,...

Architecture Unbound: Alternative History of Alternative Architecture

4/4/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Anthony Vidler, Gwendolyn Wright, and Thomas Leeser will join author Joseph Giovannini for a discussion of his recent volume on contemporary architectural history, Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive...

Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb

This is an image on the cover of the Sunnyside Gardens: Preservation & Planning in a Historic Garden Suburb book.
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...

Architects, Born Jewish in the 19th Century

3/30/22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
The National Arts Club presents a closer look at the Jewish architects who have contributed to buildings in the U.S. From Ely Jacques Kahn and Joseph Urban to Rudolph Schindler,...

The Infrastructure Bill: What Are Some of the Key Components?

Decorative graphic for The Infrastructure Bill event 1
3/30/22, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Biden on November 15th, 2021, contains $1.2 trillion in total spending on a vast array of different infrastructure projects,...

Film Screening – Another Kind of Knowledge: A Portrait of Dorte Mandrup

3/29/22, 7:30pm - 10pm
SVA Theatre
AIANY Women in Architecture is pleased to co-sponsor the Architecture and Design Film Festival’s screening of Another Kind of Knowledge, which focuses on the renowned Danish architect Dorte Mandrup, a...

Book Launch: Formulations by Andrew Witt

The cover of Andrew Witt's book Formulations
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...

Cocktails & Conversation: Moshe Safdie, FAIA, with Donald Albrecht

Interior photo of Jewel Changi Airport showcasing an indoor rainforest with a large waterfall in the center
3/25/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*Ticket price includes the evening’s custom-crafted cocktail. Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss...
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2022 New Fellows Celebration

This is an image of Happy Hour: Honoring the 2021 Women Fellows medals
3/24/22, 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 achievements in design, preservation, education, literature, and service....

An Evening with Jane Greenwood: Life & Career as an Out, Gay Woman

3/24/22, 6pm - 8pm
Thornton Tomasetti or via Google Meet
Join Build Out Alliance for an evening with with Jane Greenwood as she speaks about her career, experiences, and what it means to be an out, gay woman in the...

Ennead Architects: How Civic Architecture Can Inspire Change (With Molly McGowan and Thomas Wong)

3/24/22, 4pm - 5pm
Go to Webinar
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture...

Re-Generation: Design and New Technologies for a Sustainable Future

Promotional graphic for Italian Design Day 2022 with the logo and text "Regeneration" and date "Webnesday March 23, 10AM EST (3pm Italian Time)
3/23/22, 10am - 12pm
Zoom
Italian Design is a distinctive element of the “Italy Brand” and contributor of innovative technologies for a sustainable future. Join Italian Design Day to learn about the trends and determinants...

Learning Series: Adding Interest with Brick Shapes

3/23/22, 12pm - 1pm
Brickworks Design Studio NYC
One important reason for brick’s popularity is its ability to adapt to design criteria. It can be shaped and used in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary detailing: Such...

The Great Reawakening: Is It a Launch Point or a Need for Change

3/23/22, 5pm - 6:30pm
Virtual
Where has the talent gone? Our upcoming panel discussion will explore the motivations of employees who are changing jobs, career paths, and even industries—what some are calling a reawakening—and what...

Exploring Community Engagement with Hester Street: Building Community Control

This is an image of a group of people having a discussion
3/17/22, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
Community control is a development strategy used by residents and nonprofit organizations to retain and grow community wealth, increase resilience, preserve community space and culture, build local power, and uplift...

One Vanderbilt by James von Klemperer of KPF

3/17/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual
One Vanderbilt, Midtown’s newest and tallest office tower, is linked at grade and underground to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The facade of this 93-story tower is intended...

Yung Ho Chang: Building Issues

China Academy of Art Liangzhu Campus in Hangzhou by FCJZ
3/15/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a lecture by Yung Ho Chang, where the architect will discuss building issues in architecture, such as form, space, and tectonics, as well as issues beyond the...

afikra Pop-up: Live Conversation with Mohamed Elshahed and Rami Abou-Khalil

Cairo Modern installed at the Center for Architecture
3/11/22, 5:30pm - 7pm
Center for Architecture
Join this special live conversation to celebrate the close of Cairo Modern. Cairo Modern showcases works by Egyptian modernists from the 1920s to the 1970s, half a century of rich architectural production that...

Carbon 360, A Guide to Recent Codes and Best Practices for Operational and Embodied Carbon

3/9/22, 9am - 10am
Virtual
New York, Boston, Washington are all enacting legislation to reduce carbon emissions in new and proposed building stock with the goal to slow or halt climate change.  Decarbonization policies and...

New York: An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)

3/8/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual
Twenty-two years after the original New York: An Illustrated History—first published in 1999 as a companion volume to the acclaimed 17 ½-hour PBS series New York: A Documentary Film, directed...

Mentorship for Women in Architecture: Mentoring Seminar Series for Women Entering the Profession of Architecture

3/3/22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hosted Virtually
Join us for a discussion led by Alexandra Cuber, AIA LEED AP, Director at Fogarty Finger and Angelique Pierre, RA, NOMA.  Alexandra will speak on The Benefits of Having A...

Nishan Kazazian, (F)acts of Bonding: Art, Architecture, Culture and History

3/3/22, 1:30pm
Zoom
Nishan Kazazian is an Artist, licensed Architect and Educator. In this presentation of his artworks and architectural explorations and visions, he traces aspects of his childhood, personal and professional growth...

AIAS Pratt Lecture Series x Thomas Hanrahan “Rewinding”

3/3/22, 3pm - 4pm
AIAS Pratt Chapter
Tom Hanrahan, founding partner of HMA will present ‘Rewinding’, focusing on the firm’s projects that weave nature into architectural and urban design at the scale of buildings and cities. The...

Thomas Hanrahan “Rewinding” x AIAS Pratt Lecture Series

3/3/22, 3pm - 4:30pm
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Higgins hall
Tom Hanrahan, founding partner of HMA will present ‘Rewinding’, focusing on the firm’s projects that weave nature into architectural and urban design at the scale of buildings and cities. The lecture will...

Founders Forum 2022: Women Who Break the Bias

A group of people having a roundtable discussion.
3/2/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
Meet the women who are helping to #BreakTheBias in the profession while building their own practices, and learn how you can be inspired to do the same! In honor of...

Cocktails & Conversation: Brooks + Scarpa with Joseph Giovannini

An early evening photo of a 60-unit apartment building by Brooks + Scarpa taken at a flat angle to highlight the open courtyard visible from the street.
2/25/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*Ticket price includes the evening’s custom-crafted cocktail. Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss...

Community Documentary Night Featuring Hollywood’s Architect – Paul R. Williams

2/24/22, 7pm - 9pm
Virtual
NOMAtlanta is teaming up with Community Documentary Night for a virtual documentary night on February 24, featuring the film Hollywood’s Architect and showcasing African American architect Paul R. Williams. Watch...

Hurricane Ida: Impacts and Exposures

People surrounding the flooded Bathesda Terrace and Fountain in 2021 after Hurricane Ida.
2/24/22, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
During the summer of 2021, the Northeast experienced unprecedented hurricanes and intense rainfall, causing extreme flooding and more than 40 deaths. Many of the deaths in New York City occurred...

BUILT UP: An Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Principles and Practices of Real Estate Development

2/23/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual
The history of speculative real estate development is an essential aspect of the histories of most cities, yet is a subject often ignored by academia. In her long awaited book...

Founders Showcase: Black Firms in the Spotlight

The hands of a Black architect drawing plans.
2/23/22, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
Join the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) and the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee as we celebrate Black firm founders who have united their love of architecture and design with...

Design Presentation: African Burial Ground National Monument

Aerial view of the African Burial Ground in New York City
2/16/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
To celebrate Black History Month, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee will have an abbreviated committee meeting from 6:30-7:00 pm, which will then transition to a virtual design presentation by...

Reimagining Black Communal Care: A Pratt Futures Conversation with Justin Garrett Moore, Deanna Van Buren, and Chandra Christmas-Rouse

2/15/22, 6pm - 8pm
It has long been time to address care in our communities. Not radical, for it is practical and an element of each step towards liberation. Not as a red pill...

Introduction to the Passive House Standard

2/10/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

Global Modernism Today

Cairo Modern installed at the Center for Architecture
2/10/22, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
This panel will focus on the current state of histories of global modernism, a term often used to expand the scope of previously Euro-centric narratives around the architectural production of...

Women in Architecture Speed Mentoring

This is an image of at the WIA speed mentoring event.
2/9/22, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) for our 13th annual Speed Mentoring event, which is going virtual for the second year in a row!  One of WIA’s...
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Passive House Retrofits: Part 1

2/8/22, 1pm - 5pm
Live-Online
Passive House standards are not just for new construction. Existing structures can benefit from upgrading airtightness, insulation, reducing thermal bridging, upgrading to high performance doors and windows, and adding energy...

Paul Rudolph First Friday Open House

2/4/22, 6pm - 9pm
Modulightor
Experience the ONLY Paul Rudolph-designed interior open to the public in New York City.  The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation hosts our monthly open house at the Rudolph-designed Duplex within the...

High Rise, Low Carbon Series Launch

2/3/22, 9am - 11am
Be-Ex: Building Energy Exchange and Webinar
Join NYSERDA and the Building Energy Exchange for this launch of the Empire Building Challenge educational series High Rise, Low Carbon, promoting the market for low-carbon retrofits of tall buildings across...

Introduction to Passive House Trades

2/2/22, 1pm - 5pm
Online
The Introduction to Passive House Trades will broadly cover the following topics: Passive House basics, review typical construction types, windows and installation, air barriers and insulation and new, innovative PH...

Child of Apartheid Film Screening

This is an image of an Architect holding Architecture models.
1/31/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
Zoom
Join the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) for an evening of filmmaking, architecture, and activism as we host an exclusive virtual screening of Child of Apartheid. This short,...

Designing Green Inside-Out – Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Architecture

1/26/22, 9am - 11am
Center for Architecture
To accelerate deep energy efficiency retrofits, cities need better collaboration and international knowledge exchange. Strict building codes, energy labeling, and an innovative approach to decarbonization of the building industry have...

Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde

1/25/22, 6pm - 7pm
Virtual
In Architecture Unbound noted architecture critic JOSEPH GIOVANNINI traces our current architecture landscape to the disruptive scientific advances and transgressive and progressive art movements that roiled Europe before and after...

On My Watch: Bears Ears Cultural Landscape

1/20/22, 12pm - 1pm
Zoom
In an act of spatial and social justice, the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah were restored on October 8, 2021. This decision reversed a 2017 decision to...

Paul Rudolph First Friday Open House

1/7/22, 6pm - 9pm
Modulightor
Experience the ONLY Paul Rudolph-designed interior open to the public in New York City.  The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation hosts our monthly open house at the Rudolph-designed Duplex within the...

AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction: 10th Anniversary Event

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
12/16/21, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Webinar
This special event will celebrate the first ten years of the AIANY Design for Risk & Reconstruction Committee (DfRR). Recognizing the need to address the increasing threats and vulnerabilities faced...

Mentorship for Women in Architecture Holiday Event: Premiering an Interview with Debora Reiser of RUR Architecture

12/16/21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Hosted Virtually on Zoom
‘Tis the season for celebration and what better way to celebrate the holidays with MWA than by celebrating an exemplary woman in architecture? We’ll be premiering our interview with Debora...

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

12/13/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
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 they...

AIA New York 2022 Board Inaugural

Closeup of the AIA Presidential medal and gavel
12/9/21, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York invites you to celebrate the 2022 Board Inaugural. The event will feature the passing of the gavel from 2021 President Kenneth Lewis, AIA, to 2022 President Andrea...

Innovation Briefing: Net Zero – What is it? And how do we get there?

12/8/21, 9am - 10am
Virtual
Man-made climate change due to carbon emissions is an existential threat to global health, safety, and welfare. Carbon emissions cause environmental warming that impacts polar ice melt, rising seas, and...

Teresa Fankhänel Book Talk: The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad

12/7/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Skyscraper Museum
In her new book The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad, historian and curator Teresa Fankhänel offers an alternative history of American modern architecture, highlighting the often-overlooked influence of architectural models...

Towards Comprehensive Planning: Preserving Historic and Cultural Resources

12/7/21, 5pm - 6pm
Virtual - Zoom
Many New Yorkers are seeking a more coordinated and collaborative approach to land use planning in the city, while others are comfortable with the status quo or feel New York...

Retail Design Institute’s 50th International Design Competition

Photo of Tempur-Pedic showroom showing fours mattresses located in semi-private spaces on wooden floors with window-sized screens of a forest.
12/6/21, 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 50th International...

Future Smart Cities (FSC) – 4th Edition

12/3/21, 8am - Sunday, 12/5, 6pm
Online
A Smart City is a city well-performing in a forward-looking way in these six characteristics (smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment, smart living), built on the...

POSTPONED – AIA New York Member Happy Hour

A photograph of opening night event at the Center for Architecture with people mingling in the main gallery space
12/3/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York is welcoming members and friends back to the Center for Architecture! After an 18-month hiatus, New York City’s leading venue for architecture and the built environment has...

Ground Zero Master Plans: Part 2 of the Commercial Imperative

12/1/21, 6pm - 7:15pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Two design competitions determined the direction of the master plan at Ground Zero and the concept and position of the 9/11 memorial and museum. Ultimately the memorial, museum, and landscaped...

Refrigeration Cycle 101: The Key to Electrification

11/30/21, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Center for Architecture
Created and presented by ASHRAE New York Chapter, this course explains the basic refrigeration principles to help architects and non-engineers better understand the basics of heat pumps, refrigerants, environmental legislation...

Activists Make Space

11/30/21, 6pm - 7:40pm
Zoom
ACTIVISTS MAKE SPACE: A community conversation with artist / activist Christopher Paul Jordan ONLINE | ZOOM In 2015 as a member of the Tacoma Action Collective, Christopher Paul Jordan was...

Launch Event – New York: An Illustrated History

Cover of New York: An Illustrated History. Cover shows skyline view of Manhattan at dusk.
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...

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights (Session 5)

George Nakashima chair, lounge style with wood frame and white woven surface
11/23/21, 11am - 1pm
Lost City Arts
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace. While initially fueled by the fine arts market, design has...

Public Space Research Design Part I: Gauging Climate Inequities

This is an image of the Uptown Grand Central weekly GrowNYC Fresh Food Box
11/18/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
Webinar
As we all witness the effects of climate change on our cities, it is impossible to ignore how environmental issues perpetuate long-standing social injustice and inequality. Disproportionate tree canopies, long-neglected infrastructural repairs,...

Urban Green Live: Tackling Food Waste

11/18/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Join us for the next episode of Urban Green Live hosted by Urban Green Council CEO John Mandyck. This live interview series features industry experts who share their insights and...

Building the Circular Society: Brick by Brick

Building the Circular Society: Brick by Brick
11/17/21, 8:30am - 9:30am
Zoom
According to the circular pioneers at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the circular economy is based on three fundamental questions: What if waste and pollution were never created in the first place?...

Shakers Architecture: Did Diversity Drive Innovation?

This an image of The Mount Lebanon Shaker Village.
11/16/21, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Near the end of the 18th Century, the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, New York formed an intentional, faith-based society that thrived well into the 19th Century. The Shakers are celebrated...

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights (Session 4)

George Nakashima chair, lounge style with wood frame and white woven surface
11/15/21, 11am - 1pm
Park Avenue Armory
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace. While initially fueled by the fine arts market, design has...

A Better Choice: Healthy Materials for Affordable Housing

This is a black and white image of the New York skyline
11/11/21, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
Why should we care about material choices when designing affordable housing? During this presentation, Catherine Murphy, Senior Research Associate at Parsons Healthy Materials Lab, and Shelby O’Neil, Senior Program Officer...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Lacaton & Vassal and Frédéric Druot

Exterior photograph of GRP - Bordeaux Cite du Grand Parc after its transformation which provides more space for residents and access to the community
11/10/21, 7pm - 9pm
The Great Hall at Cooper Union and Zoom
Link to simulcast available here. The annual Ratensky Lecture was founded by the AIANY Housing Committee in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910-1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major...
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COP26 Network Workshop | Built Environment Coalition

11/10/21, 4pm - 5:30pm
Online
Welcome to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network Workshop: COP26 Edition. Our Network Workshops are bi-annual events run exclusively for the Foundation’s Network—providing a forum for insight and inspiration that enables...

Travel To: Louis Kahn and the Castle in Kuressaare

11/9/21, 11am - 12pm
Zoom
Join us as we travel to Kuressaare in Saaremaa, Estonia for a virtual tour of the castle that impacted the work of the architect Louis Kahn. Louis Kahn’s interest in...

TORCH Mentorship Program: Social Responsibility & Community Engagement

11/9/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Zoom
Participatory design directly engages users in a design process. Also known as “co-creation”, “co-design”, or “cooperative design,” it encompasses techniques useful to both initial discovery and subsequent design phases of a...

2021 Deans’ Roundtable

Photo of Columbia GSAPP students at an architecture studio in Avery Hall.
11/5/21, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
Please join us for the Center for Architecture’s 17th-annual Deans’ Roundtable. Representatives from over a dozen northeastern schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education.  Speakers:Marta Gutman, Interim Dean, Bernard...

What’s Next for Basement Apartments After Hurricane Ida?

11/4/21, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
According to Mayor de Blasio, roughly 100,000 New Yorkers live in 50,000 or more illegal basement apartments. While vital housing stock, basement apartments are often not up to building code,...

Introduction to the Passive House Standar

11/3/21, 10am - 4pm
Online
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a...

Climate Mobilization Act Series: What About Affordable Housing?

11/3/21, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange / Online
Join us for a discussion of new policy guidance from New York City on the application of Local Law 97 to affordable housing, and how meeting these requirements can act...

Book Talk: The Future of Modular Architecture

A page from 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...

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights (Session 3)

George Nakashima chair, lounge style with wood frame and white woven surface
11/2/21, 11am - 1pm
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace. While initially fueled by the fine arts market, design has...

In Conversation with Sean Ahlquist and Mimi Lien

10/30/21, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Lincoln Center
Join us for a conversation between two celebrated artists whose works explore fundamental questions about design and interaction. Noted architecture professor and designer Sean Ahlquist builds interactive works for neurodiverse...

Selldorf Architects: How to Build Collaborative Practices

10/28/21, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture...

Book Talk by David Freeland: “American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century”

10/28/21, 6pm - 7:15pm
The Skyscraper Museum
In American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century, historian David Freeland recounts the history of not just an American hotel, but, arguably, the American hotel. From the...

Ground Zero, Part 2: The Commercial Imperative

10/27/21, 6pm - 7:15pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Two design competitions determined the direction of the master plan at Ground Zero and the concept and position of the 9/11 memorial and museum. Ultimately the memorial, museum, and landscaped...

Write & Shoot to Win: Lighting Awards 101

10/27/21, 9:15am - 10:15am
Javits Center
Hear from the professionals behind award-winning lighting projects—the copy writers, marketeers, designers, architects, and photographers. Learn how to prepare, coordinate, and execute a rock-solid submission for your firm to be well-positioned...

The World Trade Center – Case Study Live

10/27/21, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online
Managing Principal at Thornton Tomasetti, Najib Abboud PHD PE, will deliver a presentation to the NYC Chapter of New York State Society of Professional Engineers about the performance of the...

POSTPONED – Travel To: Khushnu Panthaki Hoof on Balkrishna Doshi

A photograph of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, India, 1977-1992 by Balkrishna Doshi.
10/26/21, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Zoom
*This event has been postponed! A new date will be released as soon as possible.* Architect, designer, and curator Khushnu Panthaki Hoof joins us from India to discuss her work...

Wast(ED): Living with Trash

Piles of landfill trash, mostly plastic, with worker in yellow coat sweeping up debris
10/26/21, 3pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture 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...

Designing Urban Agriculture Part II: Digging in to Farming in the City

This is an areal view of the Red Hood NYCHA Farm
10/25/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The second in a three-part lecture series on urban agriculture, this program will focus on the on-the-ground logistics of urban farming, including issues of land use, design, format, scale, community...

Morning Leadership Talk: Francine Houben

This is a headshot image of Francine Houben
10/22/21, 8am - 9am
Zoom
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for the Archtober installment of their Morning Leadership Talk series. Featured speaker Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director of Mecanoo, will discuss...

Climate Mobilization Act Primer

10/21/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the...

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: How to Run Projects and Lead Teams

10/21/21, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture...

NYLPF Forum 2021 – International Cities: Past/Future

10/19/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
Topic — “International Cities : Past/Future” Guest Speakers: James von Klemperer, KPFGregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects Moderated by Amale Andraos, Dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture Location — The University Club...

The New Art Depot

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, a new archive building designed by MVRDV for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
10/19/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
The new art depot is an unprecedented building typology that responds to the desire of museums around the world to expand public access to their collections. At any given time, major...

Designing, Training and Building in Four African Nations

Exterior birds-eye view of Mt Sinai Surgical Facility in Uganda (photo by Bob Ditty)
10/19/21, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The AIANY Architecture Dialogue Committee is collaborating with the AIANY Future of Practice and AIANY Global Dialogue Committees to feature discussions on global design issues by emerging and mid-career global...

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights (Session 2)

George Nakashima chair, lounge style with wood frame and white woven surface
10/19/21, 11am - 1pm
Heller Gallery
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace. While initially fueled by the fine arts market, design has...

TORCH Mentorship Program: Advancing Your Career

Logo for the AIANY TORCH Mentorship Program
10/18/21, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
Our careers are a series of choices we make over a lifetime. They shape—and are shaped by—our life experiences and the opportunities we are exposed to. Join us for the...

Courageous by Design: Landscape Architects Confronting the Climate Crisis in New York City

10/15/21, 9am - 5pm
440 West 15th St New York, NY 10011
Register now for Courageous by Design: Landscape Architects Confronting the Climate Crisis in New York City on October 15. How is a world-class city dealing with a worldwide threat? This...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | The Man, The Legacy

A portrait of J. Max Bond Jr.
10/14/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Zoom
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...

Dattner Architects: How to Build Firm Health and Vitality

10/14/21, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture...

T.J. Gottesdiener — SOM in New York: The Complex Role of the Architect in the Transformation of the City

10/14/21, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cooper Union--The Great Hall / Online
SOM Managing Partner T.J. Gottesdiener, FAIA AR’79 has played a pivotal role in realizing some of the firm’s most significant projects in New York City,  where he has navigated the...

Modeling the Future: Integrating Energy Performance for Carbon Reduction

10/13/21, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join Building Energy Exchange, AIA New York, and ASHRAE New York for a BE-Ex Architect Advisory Council (AAC) discussion on energy modeling and performance design, where leading experts will discuss...

Women at the Helm

10/13/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Studies show that firms with greater gender diversity among senior leaders are significantly more successful. Why is women leadership so important? How can we forge new leadership paths for the...

Travel To: Young & Ayata in Mexico City

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10/12/21, 12pm - 1pm
Zoom
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Winner of a 2021 AIA New York Honor Award, Young & Ayata...

Design for Us, By Us: Activating Community Agency

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10/9/21, 10:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join the Community Design Collaborative (Philadelphia) and the Center for Architecture (New York City) for a cross-festival event featuring some of the top voices in community-led design. Bridging Design Philadelphia and...

Remembering Kristen Richards: Connecting Through Architecture

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10/8/21, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
In July 2021, Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, passed away. Join us for an evening featuring some things she loved: lively stories, deep conversation, and connecting with friends. At...

Book Talk – Strange Objects, New Solids and Massive Things

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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,...

Woods Bagot: How to Increase the Impact of Digital Culture

10/7/21, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture...

Beyond Zero Series: Big Buildings, Big Impacts

10/6/21, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange / Online
Building Energy Exchange and NYSERDA are pleased to announce the launch of the new Beyond Zero Series; “Big Buildings, Big Impacts,” a panel discussion about high-impact, high-profile new construction projects:...

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights (In Person)

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10/5/21, 11am - Tuesday, 12/14, 1pm
Center for Architecture
Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic, influential, and intriguing territories in the international marketplace. While initially fueled by the fine arts market, design has...

TORCH University: A Conversation with AIANY Emerging New York Architects & Pratt

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10/4/21, 4pm - 5:30pm
Webinar
The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) encourages membership, participation, and leadership in AIANY among emerging architects (licensed 10 years or fewer) and professionals in the fields of design and...

Little Island: New York’s Floating Garden

10/4/21, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
Little Island is a dramatic 2.4 acre park built in the Hudson River that marries nature and art in an immersive experience. Punctuated by lush gardens and sinuous pathways, it...

Traditional Houses of Bukhara’s Old Jewish Mahallah

Traditional Houses of Bukhara's Old Jewish Mahallah
9/30/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Home to an isolated part of the Jewish Diaspora for over two millennia, the Uzbek city of Bukhara is characterized by its traditional houses–exceptional representations of the woodworking craft developed by Bukharian...

Modernism as Branding: Selling Thrift, Soap and Plexiglas

9/29/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State’s Modern Conversations series is back for Fall. In this virtual talk, architectural historian Grace Ong Yan will investigate the intersection of branding, corporate design, and business...

Education of the Architect: Radical vs. Incremental Change

9/27/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
Webinar
This roundtable conversation brings together diverse voices—the student, the educator, the firm partner, and the emerging professional—to discuss the education of the architect. Participants will discuss how the traditional educational model...

2021 ASLA-NY, AIANY, APA-NY Annual Conference

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9/24/21, 12:30pm - 5pm
Virtual
The COVID-19 Pandemic has fundamentally affected global society. In New York City, we’ve seen existing inequities exacerbated, further impacting the health and economic wellbeing of marginalized individuals and communities, making...

Posh Portals

9/23/21, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
The National Arts Club
“First impressions count” has been the watchword since the first luxury apartment house opened in 1884. Entrance doors and their embellishment set the mood of an apartment building and form...

2021 ASLA-NY, AIA-NY, APA-NY Annual Conference

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9/23/21, 9am - 1:15pm
Virtual
The COVID-19 Pandemic has fundamentally affected global society. In New York City, we’ve seen existing inequities exacerbated, further impacting the health and economic wellbeing of marginalized individuals and communities, making...

Climate Mobilization Act Series: Integrative Environmental Justice

9/22/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
New York City is taking an integrative approach to environmental justice (EJ) to address disproportionate environmental, climate, and health impacts on low-income communities and communities of color. Join us for...

How Low Can We Go – Historic Preservation and Carbon Reduction: Applied Trades

9/21/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
The third annual “How Low Can We Go” event will focus on applied trades and will feature a panel discussion with architects, uniquely positioned tradespeople, and educators. Retrofitting existing buildings...

15th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Álvaro Siza

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9/14/21, 2pm - 3:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in...

Support NYC’s Fossil Fuel Ban in Buildings

9/13/21, 10:30am - 11:30am
100 Flatbush Avenue
Please join the #GasFreeNYC coalition, Alloy Development, AIA New York, and New York Passive House in support of Int. 2317, a city council bill banning fossil fuel hookups in new and retrofitted buildings. Limiting new fossil fuel...

20 Years Later: Remembering September 11th & the Leaders Who Rebuilt NYC

9/9/21, 11am - 12pm
Virtual
Commercial Observer Co Power Briefing Many experts have drawn comparisons between the fear felt following 9/11 with the city’s struggles in midst of an out of control pandemic. But true...

Post-COVID Cities: Framework for Opportunity

9/8/21, 12pm - 2pm
Webinar
This program is the third in the “Post-COVID Cities” series, hosted by the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee and the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “Framework for Opportunity” will...

The Creation of Innolabs: A Purpose-Built Commercial Laboratory Facility

9/8/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Creation of Innolabs: How Three Buildings from the 1930s Create a...

CSU Green Cities 2021: Ljubljanas

9/2/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Green Cities 2021 is a monthly virtual lecture program organized by the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization on the first Thursday of each month at 12:00 PM ET. The series focuses on innovations...

Recipe for a Room: Places of Learning

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8/19/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Recipe for a Room is a model-making contest about building spatial, sculptural,...

ResArch Now: Lunch/Learn with the 2020 Award Winners, Part 3

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8/12/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
* This is a three-part series. Registrants will be sent a link to access all three sessions. * ResArch Now: Lunch/Learn with the 2020 Residential Design Award Winners Six Unique...

CSU Green Cities 2021: Los Angeles

8/5/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Green Cities 2021 is a monthly virtual lecture program organized by the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization on the first Thursday of each month at 12:00 PM ET. The series focuses on innovations...

Greetings from Big Sky Country!: Career Stories from Four Montana-Based Women Architects

8/4/21, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Online
Join us for Greetings from Big Sky Country! with Lindsey Love and Lindsay Schack, Founding Principals of Love Schack Architecture, as well as Sophia Sparklin, Founding Principal of Spark Architecture,...

Lessons from the Pandemic: Learning from Neighborhoods Now

7/29/21, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Online
In the early days of the pandemic in New York City, the Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute launched a platform for pro bono design support to communities in...

Design for All: Accessibility, Technology, and Agency

7/26/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* How does technology make our interior environments more accessible? From smart homes...

Town Hall | Climate Mobilization – ACT NOW

7/22/21, 12pm - 2:30pm
Online
NYPH invites you to reimagine the future of New York City buildings at a Passive House Town Hall. The event will include presentations and panel discussions featuring key policy-makers, designers,...

2021 New Gravity: Accelerated Edition

7/21/21, 7pm - Thursday, 7/22, 9pm
Online
New Gravity is focused on discussing and promoting policies and practices that support high-performance affordable housing. This year will feature four virtual interactive sessions ranging from technical insight on projects...

Center for Architecture Lab: AR/VR Tools for Storytelling

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7/21/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Join the Indigenous Scholars of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD) as they...

The Seagram Building Construction Ecology

7/20/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In his new book Unless, Kiel Moe, professor of Architecture at McGill University and author of Empire State & Building, dissects the construction ecology, material geographies, and world-systems of the...

The Architecture of Trees

7/17/21, 11am - 12pm
39 Battery Place
Architects can spend years designing their buildings, but trees have been perfecting their own architecture in response to their environment for eons. On a walk through Wagner Park, in Battery...

Founders’ Showcase: Women-Owned Firms In the Spotlight

7/13/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
Calling all entrepreneurs! Join the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) and Women in Architecture (WIA) committees for a joint event focusing on female founders and their stories. The panel will...

Moscow Monumental: Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalin’s Capital

7/6/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Historian Katherine Zubovich will discuss her new book Moscow Monumental: Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalin’s Capital, an in-depth history of the Stalinist skyscraper. In the early years of...

Supporting Emerging Architects, Part 2: CV/Portfolio Workshop and Review

7/6/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) presents a portfolio workshop...
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CSU Green Cities Session 5: Tshwane, South Africa

7/1/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
THE SPEAKERS Lutske Newton works for the City of Tshwane in the City Sustainability Unit in the Office of the Executive Mayor. She is responsible for Climate Change Adaptation and...

POSTPONED – TORCH Mentorship Program: Equity Redux – Changemakers

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6/30/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event has been postponed to September 2021. More information coming soon.* Join the TORCH Mentorship Program as we spotlight the changemakers reshaping the profession and its conversations around diversity,...

Symbiosis, Part 2: Interlinking Practice and Education for Equity

6/29/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As conversations surrounding diversity and inclusion have increased, the architecture community has...

Designing Urban Agriculture, Part 1: Why Now?

A lone eggplant waits to be picked at the North Brooklyn Farm (NBF) in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge is a site for agritourism where crops are grown. USDA Photo by Preston Keres
6/28/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
This is the first in a three-part series that will explore the intersection of agriculture and the urban environment at this moment and at a range of scales. This session...

Symbiosis, Part 1: Interlinking Practice and Education for Equity

6/24/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As conversations surrounding diversity and inclusion have increased, the architecture community has...

The Floating Pool Lady: A Quest to Bring a Public Pool to New York City’s Waterfront

6/21/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Historian, waterfront planner, and activist Ann L. Buttenwieser is the “Floating Pool Lady.” As parks protector Adrian Benepe writes in the description of Buttenwieser’s new book of the same name:...

Thom Mayne: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

6/17/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

ResArch Now: Lunch/Learn with the 2020 Award Winners, Part 1

Villa Varoise in France by NADAAA with Bidard & Raissi. Photo: John Horner.
6/17/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
* This is a three-part series. Registrants will be sent a link to access all three sessions. * ResArch Now: Lunch/Learn with the 2020 Residential Design Award Winners Six Unique...

The Science of Storm Surge Risk Reduction

6/16/21, 1am - 2:30pm
Online
USGBC’s Middle Atlantic and New England regions have collaborated with the NYC Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to bring you a variety of monthly webinars in...

The Potential of the Public Realm

6/16/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
City life doesn’t stop at the door of a building. Our waterfronts, parks, plazas, streets, and sidewalks are some of New York’s largest public assets. Over the last 16 months,...

ENYA Beyond the Boards: Peterson Rich Office (PRO)

Peterson Rich Office (PRO) Studio Workspace
6/14/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) is proud to announce the next presentation in our Beyond the Boards series. Join us as the award-winning firm Peterson Rich Office (PRO) profile...

Fight or Flight? Climate Justice and Equity

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
6/11/21, 9am - 12pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a six-part series that will address...

Post-COVID Cities: Reinventing World Cities

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6/10/21, 12pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Reinventing Global Cities” is the second in a series of three high-profile...

Safe and Equitable Streets: Age, Ability, and Inclusion

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6/10/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* In 2020, pivotal national and global events brought about increased awareness of...

NYLON #19: Workplace Futures

6/8/21, 9am - 10:30am
Webinar
Live webinar taking place simultaneously in both New York and London. Organized in association with New London Architecture, Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute. New London Architecture have just...

Book Talk – Drama with David Rockwell and Bruce Mau

OMNIA, nightclub, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 2015. Photo: Al Powers, Powers Imagery LLC.
6/7/21, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* David Rockwell’s fascination with theater has long informed his built work, which...

The Venice Biennale: Louise Braverman, FAIA, and Martha Thorne

Centro de Artes Nadir Alfonso, photo courtesy of Louise Braverman Architect
6/4/21, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar on June 4, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT / 18:00 BST / 19:00 CET. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the...

Fight or Flight? Stemming the Tide

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
6/4/21, 9am - 12pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a six-part series that will address...

In Dialogue With: Stacy Smedley and Betty Rexrode on Their Paths to Net Zero

6/3/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* How do you build an architectural career in sustainability while navigating the...

Antiquity in Gotham: The Ancient Architecture of New York City

6/1/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In her new book, Prof. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis applies an archeological lens to the study of the New York buildings. Antiquity in Gotham explores how the language of ancient architecture communicated...

Meet Brad Lander: AIANY’s Highly Rated Candidate for Comptroller

5/27/21, 9am - 10am
Webinar
New York City faces a pivotal election in this June’s Democratic Primary, which will determine the outcomes of most races in our very Democratic city. Term limits are forcing most...

Saarinen’s Flight Center for TWA

5/27/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Eero Saarinen’s iconic Flight Center for Trans World Airlines (TWA) 20-year revitalization process charted changing attitudes to mid-century modern architecture and the sustainable regeneration of obsolete transportation buildings. The design...

Meet Kathryn Garcia: An AIANY Highly Rated Candidate for Mayor

5/27/21, 10am - 11am
Webinar
New York City faces a pivotal election in this June’s Democratic Primary, which will determine the outcomes of most races in our very Democratic city. Term limits are forcing most elected...

Speed Presentations Edition 12

5/26/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As we continue to navigate through a global pandemic, seek action on...

Book Talk – Hip-Hop Architecture with Sekou Cooke

Appropriated Tekniques by Mauricio D. Zamora. Photo: Mauricio D. Zamora.
5/24/21, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Join Sekou Cooke and Mabel O. Wilson in conversation as they explore...

Black Reconstructions: Prosperity and Innovation

5/24/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
How have Black innovation and prosperity persisted in the face of economic exclusion and racial violence? How does innovation relate to self-determination for Black Americans? And what if safety and...

Towards Comprehensive Planning: Global Cities in Conversation

5/21/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Many New Yorkers are seeking a more coordinated and collaborative approach to land use planning in the city, while others are comfortable with the status quo or feel New York...

2021 Gil Oberfield Lecture: Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects

Marc Jacobs Showroom & Offices. Photo: Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects.
5/20/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The annual Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield,...

Radio BE-Ex: Building Retrofits as Climate Action with Carl Elefante

5/20/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Join us for our next episode of Radio BE-Ex, where Architect Carl Elefante, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP, highlights AIA’s commitment to climate action and the central importance of retrofitting existing...

“Person Place Thing” With LPC Chair and Commissioner Sarah Carroll

5/19/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
This installment of Person Place Thing will be a conversation with Sarah Carroll, who is both the Chair and a commissioner on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)....

The Future of Cultural Centers: Kristina Newman-Scott, BRIC

Kristina Newman-Scott, President of BRIC. Photo courtesy of BRIC
5/18/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

WISE Media Club: Inclusive Climate Action

5/18/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Grab your beverage and snack of choice and meet us online for the next WISE Media Club, on May 18th from 6:00-7:00pm. (*Note: Space is limited to preserve a participation-based...

Clean Curbs: Design Solutions for Waste Storage in the Street

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5/18/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Recent events have led many New Yorkers to realize the value of...

Real Estate 101 for Communities of Faith

5/17/21, 10am - 12pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This educational workshop for faith-based organizations will cover the fundamentals of real-estate...

Design Fuels Recovery: Furniture in a More Sustainable, Equitable, and Healthy NYC

5/17/21, 10am - 11:15am
Online
As NYC begins to re-emerge, what is the role of design in a new future? How do we fully incorporate sustainability, health and equity? Highlighting furniture design, this session will...

Black Reconstructions: Speculative Timelines Workshop

5/15/21, 11am - 1pm
Online
What if Tulsa, Oklahoma, had become a thriving hub for Black and Indigenous communities? What if the Freedmen’s Bureau had succeeded? Join architect and design justice advocate Bryan Lee with...

Meet Shaun Donovan: An AIANY Highly Rated Candidate for Mayor

5/14/21, 10:30am - 11:15am
Webinar
New York City faces a pivotal election in this June’s Democratic Primary, which will determine the outcomes of most races in our very Democratic city. Term limits are forcing most elected...

Cities Matter: Resilient Cities after COVID-19

5/12/21, 10am - 1pm
Webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic has left in its wake a worldwide wave of despair and death. But despite the pandemic, worldwide urbanization will continue, particularly in the developing world. The promise...

ResArch Interiors: Sustainably Sourcing Natural Fibers

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5/12/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
The AIANY Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) is focusing its efforts on the future of materials sourced in residential interior furnishings. The embodied carbon of materials is the new metric...

Future of Military Engineering Innovation for Resilience

5/12/21, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
The USACE North Atlantic Division (NAD) Commander and the New York District Commander will provide on over view of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The discussion will include specific...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Pieternel Thijssen, LocHal Library

Pieternel Thijssen, Manager of Social Programming for LocHal. Photo courtesy of LocHal.
5/11/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

Book Talk – Gas and Glamour: Roadside Architecture in Los Angeles

The Donut Hole 15300 Amar Rd. La Puente, CA 91744. Photo: Ashok Sinha
5/10/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Car Culture and Architectural Advertising in Los Angeles During America’s Golden Age...

Housing for Veterans

5/10/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
The AIANY Housing Committee is launching a new discussion series, “Housing For…” that focuses on housing for often-underserved populations that are often described as vulnerable or as having special needs. Housing...

CSU Green Cities Session 3: Josep Bohigas, Barcelona Regional

5/6/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
THE SPEAKERJosep Bohigas holds a degree in Architecture from the ETSAB (UPC). He studied the AAD Master’s program from Columbia University and the Official Master’s program in Communication and Design...

Book Talk – Jane Jacobs’s First City

5/4/21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online
Hear author Glenna Lang at an in-person lecture and slide presentation celebrating the release of her new book—Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania (New Village Press). Learn how...

Decolonizing Design Research: Measuring Justice

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5/3/21, 6pm - 7:15pm
Webinar
“Decolonizing Design Research” is a workshop series that explores how research can create spaces and places that reflect values of anti-racism and justice. The dominance of western design aesthetics and...

The Story of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 2)

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4/30/21, 10am - 11am
Design educator and historian Daniella Ohad presents a unique online course exploring the foundation of modern design history. This intensive five-session course provides an overview of Mid-Century Modern design in...

Black Reconstructions: In the Kitchen

4/30/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
How is the kitchen a space of community and conflict, joy and survival? Join architect Germane Barnes, culinary historian Michael Twitty, and food scholar Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson for a conversation...

McKim Mead and White: The Early Years

4/29/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
Everyone starts somewhere. Even lauded Starchitects like the trio of McKim, Mead & White had to make their way up from someplace. C.F. McKim was raised in a notable Abolitionist...

Closing the Gap in NYC: Sendero Verde Under Construction in an Evolving Industry

4/29/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
Presenters: Ryan Lobello (Handel Architects) Dylan Martello (Steven Winter Associates) Louis Koehl (Handel Architects) Program Overview: In the four years since the start of the Sendero Verde development, the gap...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Gabriel Kogan on SESC Pompéia

Gabriel Kogan, Architect, critic, and professor. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Kogan
4/27/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

Nature’s Patterns + Design

4/27/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
Nikos Salingaros and Ann Sussman will discuss the importance of patterns and ornament in architecture, both inside and out. The presentation will reveal why modern architecture, in the 20th-century, lost...

HerStory in Place

4/26/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
From civil rights and women’s suffrage to environmentalism, the names and memories of women are intertwined with the urban fabric and history of our city. Join MAS for a program...

Sciame Lecture Series: Balkrishna Doshi and Barry Bergdoll

4/22/21, 5:30pm - 7pm
Online
Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Architecture and Geographies of Difference” will feature Balkrishna Doshi and Barry Bergdoll for a discussion of art and architecture....

Black Reconstructions: Environmental Justice

4/22/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
Online
How do climate change and racism intersect in American cities and towns to produce risk and harm, as well as possibilities for transformation in Black spaces? What visions for environmental...

Bennerley Viaduct: Building Community Wellbeing Through Restoration

Bennerley Viaduct, England. Photo by: Paul Atherley
4/22/21, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Built in 1877 to carry an important railway line...

Interior Marble Design, Installation, and Restoration

4/21/21, 12pm - 1pm
Online
Get an understanding of the various types of interior marble and stone, setting methods, system components, polishing and restoration options, and quality assurance methods as outlined in various building codes...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Melanie Keen, Wellcome Collection

Melanie Keen, Director of Wellcome Collection. Photo courtesy of Wellcome Collection.
4/20/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

POSTPONED – Book Talk – 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright

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4/19/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is has been postponed. We apologize for the inconvenience! A new date will be announced shortly.* 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright (Rizzoli, 2021) begins with a simple...

Versatility of Epoxy Terrazzo

4/14/21, 12pm - 1pm
Online
New technologies and materials have allowed terrazzo to respond to the needs of new construction projects and to be used in a wide variety of ways in cutting-edge building design....

Putting People First: Integrated Design of HVAC and Enclosure Systems for Maximum Comfort and Sustainability

4/14/21, 9am - 10am
Online
“Spec” buildings, almost by definition, are core and shell structures with the interior fit-out designed later. Interior programs are often not defined beyond horizontal/vertical access and egress.  A wealth of...

A Conversation on Housing with Candidates for Manhattan Borough President

4/14/21, 4pm - 5:30pm
Webinar
New York City faces a pivotal election in this June’s Democratic Primary, which will determine the outcomes of most races in our very Democratic city. Term limits are forcing most elected...

Race, Gender, and Power in Modernist Design with Kristina Wilson

4/13/21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online
In this virtual talk hosted by DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State, Art History Professor Kristina Wilson will investigate how race and gender influenced—and were influenced by—the development and marketing of midcentury...

Pivot to China: How Jin Mao Portended Future Supertalls

4/13/21, 6pm - 8pm
Online
This program will feature Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, LEED AP, Structural and Seismic Engineering Partner, SOM. Mark Sarkisian is the structural and seismic engineering partner in SOM’s San Francisco office....

Building an Unforgettable Personal Brand in 2021

Joann Lui, AIA, Founder, Women Architects Collective. Photo courtesy of Joann Lui
4/8/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Want to be taken seriously at work? Thinking about...

Large Format Tile Design and Installation Best Practices

4/7/21, 12pm - 1pm
Online
Learn about the various types of tile, setting methods, system components, and quality assurance methods outlined in ANSI A108 and the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Handbook. We’ll address...

Book Talk: Antonin Raymond and Friends

4/7/21, 7pm - 8:30pm
Online
Helena Capkova, PhD, will join us from Japan to present her new book Antonin Raymond in Japan, 1948-1976, a Czech-American architect who helped rebuild Japan after WWII. Antonin Raymond (Reimann) was...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Alex Sarian, Arts Commons

Alex Sarian, President and CEO of Arts Commons. Photo by: Will Young
4/6/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

#BlackOwnedUrbanFarms

4/6/21, 7pm - 8pm
Online
A new wave of Black urban farms are inviting city dwellers to get back to their roots, literally, this spring, and teach all of us why vibrant green space is...

Book Talk – Radical Architecture of the Future with Beatrice Galilee

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4/5/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Radical Architecture of the Future (Phaidon, 2020) is an important and fascinating...

WISE Ask Me Anything with Laurie Schoeman

4/1/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Please join us for a Women in Sustainability & Energy (WISE) Ask Me Anything with Laurie Schoeman, National Director of Resilience and Disaster Recovery at Enterprise Community Partners. Laurie will...

Fight or Flight? Navigating Roadmaps to Success

4/1/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a four-part series that will address...

Tokyo – NYC Design Share: Reflections on School Design Beyond COVID-19

Image: Azusa Morikawa
3/31/21, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar on March 31 6:00PM-8:00PM EST / April 1, 2021 7:00AM-9:00AM JST. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Case...

Book Talk – “Making Houston Modern: Howard Barnstone’s Life and Architecture”

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3/30/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Making Houston Modern: A Conversation with Barrie Scardino Bradley, Stephen Fox, Michelangelo...

Robert Sinn – Pure Bearing Wall

3/30/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Structural engineer Robert Sinn is a Principal in the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti. Before joining TT in 2007, Bob spent more than two decades at SOM, where he was...

The Future Impact of Covid-19 on the Commercial Development Market

3/30/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Online
The Global Activities Division (GAD) of SEI will be hosting a panel discussion, The Future Impact of Covid-19 on the Commercial Development Market. The event will focus on the current...

How Do We Go Ultratall? Lecture at The Skyscraper Museum

3/30/21, 6pm - 8pm
Online
A program featuring Robert Sinn, PE, SE, FACI, FASCE, FIABSE; Principal, Thornton Tomasetti. Structural engineer Robert Sinn is a Principal in the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti. Before joining TT...

Leadership Breakfast with Dr. Harriet Harriss

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3/26/21, 8am - 9am
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Whilst the professional prejudices facing women architects are...

Ninety Minutes with Michael Sorkin

3/26/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Online
Join us to celebrate Michael Sorkin’s enduring contributions as a brilliant urbanist, fierce critic, and beloved mentor. Leading the eponymous Michael Sorkin Studio, Michael championed sustainable design as well as...

Gaining Urban Space: Solving NYC Affordable Housing

3/26/21, 12pm - 1pm
Metals in Construction magazine will announce the winner of its 2021 Design Challenge (metalsinconstruction.org) that envisions the best solution for overbuilding NYC’s Sunnyside Yard to create an environment for affordable...

Jeanne Gang: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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3/25/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

Book Talk – Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life with Piet Oudolf

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3/25/21, 10am - 11am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Piet Oudolf has long been at the forefront of the Dutch Wave...

UnHealthcare: A Virtual Lecture and Book Signing by Dr. Stephen Klasko

3/25/21, 5pm - 6:30pm
Online
JB&B University is proud to host a virtual lecture and book signing by Dr. Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, President of Thomas Jefferson University, CEO of Jefferson Health, and co-author of...

Sciame Lecture Series: Maram Masarwi, Ahlam Shibli, and Sean Anderson

3/25/21, 5:30pm - 7pm
Online
Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Geographies of Absence and Loss” will feature Maram Masarwi and Ahlam Shibli, hosted by Sean Anderson, for a discussion...

Motivate, Design and Measure Zero Waste Operations in Buildings through ESG

3/24/21, 1pm - 2pm
Live Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* How Can ESG Goals Help Motivate, Design, and...

The Tidal Basin in Context: Memorials and Controversy

3/24/21, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online
Conceived of and moderated by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins, curators of the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab exhibition, this evening program is the third in a series of conversations about...

Points of Action

3/23/21, 7pm - 8pm
Online
Points of Action features “espresso” presentations and a conversation about two recent projects that explore how public and domestic placemaking can help support connected, resilient, healthy communities.

Peter Weismantle – Core Value

3/23/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Peter Weismantle spent 31 years in the Chicago office of SOM before moving in 2008 to AS+GG as Director of Supertall Building Technology where he has been responsible for overseeing...

Activating Building Material Reuse

Images courtesy of: Gensler
3/22/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Live Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Join us to explore firsthand how reuse can...

Frick Madison – Serendipity and Possibility

Rendering of Frick Madison Temporary Signage, Pentagram. Courtesy of: Selldorf Architects.
3/22/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* The venerable Frick Collection is moving to a...

Immigrant Architect: Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream

3/20/21, 11am - 11:45am
Online
Hosted by the New York City Transit Museum, join us for a live, remote book reading by authors Berta de Miguel and Kent Diebolt, accompanied by author/illustrator, Virginia Lorente, who...

Cocktails & Conversation: Trey Trahan, FAIA, and Lila Allen

Alliance Theatre
3/19/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, or architectural historian to discuss current architectural topics and process. This program...

Adapting Historic Districts for an Equitable Future: SoHo/NoHo Case Study

3/19/21, 11am - 12:30pm
Webinar
The NYC Department of City Planning’s (DCP) current SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan seeks to rezone these two historic neighborhoods to promote equity and allow for the addition of thousands of new...

Thermal Bridges and Code Compliance: What You Need to Know

3/18/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Thermal bridging in building assemblies can reduce the effectiveness of insulation,...

Where are all the [Queer] Womxn?

3/18/21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online
Where are all the [Queer] Womxn? In conversation with Ila Berman and Lok Chan. Womxn make up over half of the enrolled students in architectural degree programs. However, once they...

Sciame Lecture Series: Camille Norment, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Onome Ekeh

3/18/21, 5:30pm - 7pm
Online
Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Visceral Disruptions” will feature Camille Norment and Okwui Okpokwasili, hosted by Onome Ekeh, for a discussion of art and...

TORCH Mentorship Program: Disruption Redux

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3/17/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* COVID-19 has drastically shifted how we interact with our urban environments and...

Climate Mobilization Act Primer

3/16/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the Climate...

Fight or Flight? Pathways from Around the World

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
3/16/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a four-part series that will address...

Book Talk – Designing Lightness: Structures for Saving Energy

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3/16/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This program features the author and designer of the recently released book Designing...

Integration Series: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

3/16/21, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Continuing our Fireside Chat series, the program will examine how...

Bill Baker- Burj Khalifa: What We Learned

3/16/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Bill Baker is now a structural engineering consulting partner at SOM, where he led the firm’s practice for over twenty years. Since joining SOM in 1981, he has dedicated himself...

Design Highlights: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island

LMCCs Arts Center at Governors Island. Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Executive Architect: Adamson and AAI. Location: New York, NY. Photo: Brian J. Green.
3/15/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations explores the honorees...

“Person Place Thing” with Yeohlee Teng

3/15/21, 5pm - 6pm
Online
This installment of Person Place Thing will be a conversation with Yeohlee Teng, fashion designer and founder of YEOHLEE. Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea...

IPPO x 365 x 10 :10 Years From the Triple Disaster

3/13/21, 6pm - 8pm
Online
It has been 10 years since the great earthquake caused tsunami and Fukushima’s nuclear crisis. This event will be a response to the “Global PechaKucha Night- Inspire Japan” event in...

International Women’s Day 2021: #ChooseToChallenge

3/11/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* “A challenged world is an alert world and...

Frank Lloyd Wright and New York with Anthony Alofsin, FAIA

3/10/21, 7pm - 8:15pm
Online
Frank Lloyd Wright denounced New York as an “unlivable prison,” but in the 1920s the city gave him a refuge from personal and creative troubles, provided key clients and commissions,...

Resilience, Sustainability & the Future of Codes

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Since their inception, building codes have been a valuable tool for communities to address risks. With the impacts of climate change being felt in many communities and a greater focus...

Design Highlights: Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum

Ylngliang-Stone-Natural-History-Museum. Architect: Atelier Alter Architects. Location: Xiamen, China. Photo: Atelier Alter Architects
3/9/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations explores the honorees of the 2021...

Adrian Smith: Supertall/Megatall: How High Can We Go?

3/9/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Adrian Smith’s talk, Supertall/Megatall: How High Can We Go?, will explore how the skyscraper captured the imagination of the public while becoming widely popular to the profession of Architecture. He...

From Netherlandic to Dutch Colonial: The Story of an Evolving House Style in America

3/9/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
Architectural-style labels can be both confusing and misleading. What is the difference between a house now commonly labeled Dutch Colonial and a house built by the settlers of New Netherland...

Mentoring Seminar Series for Women Entering the Profession of Architecture

3/4/21, 6:30pm - Thursday, 2/4, 8:30pm
Online
Anik Pearson, Principal at Anik Pearson Architect P.C., Nancy Kleppel, Principal at Nancy Kleppel Consulting, and Angelique Pierre, RA, invite young women in the profession of architecture to engage in...

Green Cities 2021: New York City

3/4/21, 12pm - 1pm
Online
To connect global thought leaders, architects, urban designers and activists, the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanism has initiated a monthly lecture series on Green Cities, which will take place on the...

Green Cities 2021: New York City

3/4/21, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
The Consortium for Sustainable Urbanism is a New York-based not-for profit organization formed to promote a better understanding of the role of sustainable urbanization and resilient design in the planning...

Green Design Advocacy in NYC

The BIG Team/Rebuild by Design
3/3/21, 5:30pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Join AIA New York and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) –...

Jonathan Marvel: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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3/3/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

Karl Fender – Kuala Lumpur: Merdeka 118

3/2/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Melbourne-based architect Karl Fender is the designer of the two tallest buildings in his skyscraper-friendly native city, the 297-meter Eureka Tower, completed in 2006, and Australia 108, completed in 2020...

Radio BE-Ex: Financing Deep Retrofits with Sadie McKeown

2/28/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Join us for the first 2021 episode of Radio BE-Ex, as Sadie McKeown of CPC joins Yetsuh Frank to discuss financing high-performance retrofits at scale. New York’s climate objectives cannot...

Design Impact Vol. 3: South Asia – Design Agency & Climate Change

2/25/21, 9am - 12pm
Online
Design Impact is a global design leadership speaker series sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Council. These virtual events bring together outstanding rosters of global leaders to...

The 15-Minute City with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s Special Envoy for Smart Cities

2/25/21, 12pm - 1pm
Online
Keynote presentation from Professor Carlos Moreno, Special Envoy for Smart Cities for Mayor Anne Hidalgo in Paris, followed by a conversation with Jarrett Murphy, Executive Editor, City Limits. Where you...

Designing While Black: Race, Gender, and Identities in Architecture

2/25/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
While the industry is making progress towards inclusion, we must continue to address the racial disparities that exist. Speaking with our panel of six architects and designers, at various stages...

Protecting African American Landmarks: Discussion with Preservationist Brent Leggs

2/25/21, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Online
The U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic would like to invite you to a discussion with preservationist Brent Leggs. Brent Leggs presents sites connected to significant events of Black history...

The Ger for the 21st Century: Air Pollution and Coal in the Ger-Districts of Mongolia

2/25/21, 6pm - 8pm
Online
Join Mark Gardner, William Braham, and Achilles Kallergis for a conversation about the Ger for the 21st century that will focus on William’s work with the Center for Environmental Building...

ResArch Practice: Decarbonization is Now!

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2/24/21, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Reducing embodied carbon in residential building Making up about 11% of...

Retaining Walls – Designing for Slopes

2/24/21, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Retaining walls and soil slopes are often an integral aspect of...

2021 City Council Candidates on Sustainability

2/23/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Join us for a virtual discussion at the intersection of local government, policy, and the built environment with candidates running for NYC City Council in 2021. Sustainable design will be...
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Juan Herreros on the New Munch Museum in Oslo

Photo: Adrià Goula
2/23/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Juan Herreros, founder of Madrid-based estudioHerreros, will present...

Beijing: CITIC/China Zun

2/23/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
World View Series Robert C. Whitlock, FAIA Principal, KPF With three decades experience at the firm, Robert Whitlock is one of KPF’s foremost designers of high-rise towers, mixed-use developments, and...

New York City’s Waterfront: Reflecting + Projecting

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2/22/21, 4pm - 6pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Over the last year and a half, the AIANY’s Waterfront Initiative...

Guiyang WTC Landmark Tower: “Precious Sun,” A Story of Trade Routes and Supertalls

2/21/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
World View Series Scott Duncan, AIA, LEED® AP Design Partner, SOM Scott Duncan is a partner in SOM’s Chicago office, where he leads the design of high-rise and mixed-use projects...

Cocktails & Conversation: Francine Houben and Harriet Harriss, RIBA

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2/19/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
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...

What’s My Penalty? LL97 Calculator Demo

2/19/21, 9am - 9:30am
Online
Join BE-Ex for a live demonstration of the recently refreshed LL97 Carbon Emissions Calculator, an online tool developed in partnership with AKF Group and the NYC Accelerator to help building...

Black Lives Matter Means Black Contracts Matter

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2/18/21, 12pm - 1pm
In this program hosted by nycoba|NOMA, panelists will discuss thoughts on what types of policy changes, for public design, should now be implemented considering the socio-political shifts inspired by the murder of...

Climate Mobilization Act Primer

2/17/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the...

GreenHomeNYC February Forum: Climate Action Movements

2/17/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
Please join GreenHomeNYC at this month’s Forums event for a panel discussion + Q&A to learn more about these climate action movements guiding the climate change agenda forward. Just two...

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

2/16/21, 6pm - 7pm
Online
World View Series Brian Lee, FAIA, LEED® AP Consulting Partner, SOM Brian Lee, now a consulting partner, practiced in the SOM’s San Francisco office for 28 years before joining the...

Storefront Revitalization

Photo: Laura Heim Architect PLLC
2/16/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* A well-designed storefront offers transparency from the street into the business...

Constructing Conservation Narratives: The Patel Stadium & Other Modern Buildings

Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Photo: Ram Rahman
2/12/21, 9am - 10:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Designed by renowned architect Charles Correa and structural...

Building Science Fight Club: Christine Williamson Leading the Charge

Christine Williamson, Assoc. AIA, Building Science Consultant, BSFC. Photo by: Colin Lentron
2/11/21, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Do you want to design smarter, be a...

EQUITY MATTERS II Leadership Summit

2/10/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
The EQUITY MATTERS II Leadership Summit, a panel on reimagining campuses to ensure inclusive resiliency after the pandemic, will tackle these significant challenges facing university and college campuses. The open...

ResArch Lab: The Mycelium Project (Part 1)

Photo by: Jonathan Dessi-Olive
2/10/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* ResArch Lab: The Mycelium Project – Exploring the potential of fungi...

POSTPONED: Radical Architecture of the Future: Book Talk with Beatrice Galilee

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2/10/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* An important and fascinating collection of original projects by unique thinkers in...

Economic Impact of Sea Level Rise in the Tri-state Region and Consequences of “Non-action”

2/10/21, 1pm - 2:30pm
Online
USGBC’s Middle Atlantic and New England regions have collaborated with the NYC Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to bring you a variety of monthly webinars in...

Design Highlights: New York Public Library Macomb’s Bridge Branch

The New York Public Library Macomb's Bridge Branch. Architect Michielli + Wyetzner Architects. Location: New York, NY. Photo: Alexander Severin.
2/9/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations recognizes honorees...

Decolonizing Design Research: Collective Voice

Graphic by Fauzia Khanani
2/4/21, 5pm - 6:15pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* “Decolonizing Design Research” is a workshop series that...
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Centering the “Community” in Community Engagement

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2/1/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Perspectives from Around the Country What constitutes community engagement and why should...

Pandemic Resilience: Learning from Past Health Challenges in New York

1/28/21, 4pm - 5:30pm
Online
To promote exciting visions for New York State post-COVID-19, the conversation will discuss how New York has experienced past health crises, including health justice and community experiences, and resulting innovations....

Mobility + Cultural Agency: Moving People by Creative Practice

Graphics by: AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1/27/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* How can creative practitioners enable critical engagement and...

Transcending the Woke Wave: Creating Long-Term Change at Architectural Firms

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1/27/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Following the protests across the country and the world ignited by the...

ResArch Practice: High-Performance Homebuilders

Photo by: Haris Kenjar
1/26/21, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Aiming for Near-Zero Carbon Homes ResArch Practice, presented by the AIANY...

Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency

1/25/21, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The City of New York has developed new Zoning for Coastal Flood...

Open Forum: Architecture for Justice

1/25/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In September 2020, AIA New York’s Board of...

Fight or Flight? Overcoming the Crisis of Climate Grief

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
1/21/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a four-part series that will address...

West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District

1/20/21, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Online
Share in an exquisite architectural journey along one of the most significant concentrations of artists’ studio apartment buildings in Manhattan–the eight buildings of the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic...

Building Resiliency and Support Among Peers During the Pandemic

1/20/21, 7pm - 8pm
Online
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In an May 2020 opinion piece on Architect...

Moshe Safdie: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Moshe Safdie. Photo: Michael Ronnen Safdie.
1/19/21, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Senior Housing

SAGE and HELP USA; Rendering by Nightnurse Images. Courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning.
1/14/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* This panel will offer insights into the role race plays in...

Cold-Formed Steel: Emerging Technologies

Photo courtesy of Super Stud Building Products
1/13/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This program provides architects with the tools necessary to design with...

Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP): Overview and 9th Cycle Updates

1/12/21, 12pm - 1:15pm
Online
The 9th Cycle of New York City’s Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), which mandates the inspection of facades of buildings six stories and taller every five years, began last February...

Exterior Interiors: Rethinking City Streets

Tropical Rotisserie, Sedgwick Ave, The Bronx, NY. Photo by Cameron Blaylock
1/12/21, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* What happens when exteriors become interiors? Please join the AIANY Interiors Committee...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist CEU Webinar

1/7/21, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Please join us for Back to Basics-Wood Flooring 101  for the Job on 01/7/21 between 1PM-2PM. We will be covering the latest trends to hit the American market in flooring....

Ontario Place: Towards an Inclusive Preservation Dialogue

Ontario Place, Toronto. Image courtesy of World Monuments Fund
1/7/21, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Once a shining example of government support for...

Visualize NYC 2021: Behind the Data – Building Emissions and Accessibility

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12/18/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Some of the content in this program was originally scheduled for 12/11...

Strong Leaders in Tumultuous Times

12/18/20, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
AIA Long Island Women in Architecture, in collaboration with AIA New York State, present a panel discussion between the women Chapter presidents in the New York region. The presidents will...

Street Design Manual 360°: The Next Edition for Designing NYC Streets

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12/17/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Street Design Manual 360° spotlights the latest edition of the Street Design...

New York City Local Law 97

12/16/20, 9am - 10am
Online
NYC Local Law 97 will eventually cover 95% of the city’s buildings. The purpose of the law is to reduce carbon emissions by first benchmarking, setting reduction goals, and setting...

Visualize NYC 2021: Behind the Data – Healthy Food and Senior Amenity Access

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12/15/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* How can data communicate the complexities of New York City? This program...

Musical Musings and Memories: An Oral History Conversation with Matt Umanov and Rick Kelly

12/14/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Matt Umanov and Rick Kelly have both been immersed in the world of Village music for decades through their small businesses and community work. They’re also both subjects of Village...

Decolonizing Design Research: Activist Scholar

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12/14/20, 5pm - 6:15pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* “Decolonizing Design Research” is a workshop series that...

Fight or Flight? Communicating Science, Risk, and Urgency

The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue, AL. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).
12/14/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Fight or Flight? Rethinking the Urban Footprint“ is a four-part series that will address...

RESCHEDULED – Visualize NYC 2021: Behind the Data

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12/11/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This program has been rescheduled. The visualization Devil’s in the Data: The Real Pathway to Reducing NYC’s Building Emissions will be discussed on Friday December 18 along with a second data visualization *  ...

Book Talk: Power at the Roots: Community Gardens, Gentrification, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side, by Miranda Martinez

12/10/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Through direct engagement with gardeners, activists, and residents, Dr. Miranda Martinez’s Power at the Roots shows the breadth and diversity of the community gardening movement and how these groups inserted...

Skinny House: A Memoir of Family

Images courtesy of Julie Seely.
12/10/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Please join us for a talk with Dr. Julie Seely, author of...

The Endless Search: Innovations in Product Sourcing

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12/10/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* We became architects to conceptualize, to design, to create. But too...

SEAoNY Industry Expert Trivia

12/10/20, 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Online
Join SEAoNY and three Industry Experts for an evening of trivia! Industry Experts Jennifer Pazdon (steel), Bill Lyons (concrete), and Brian Trimble (masonry) will take turns presenting case studies in...

Buildings, Race, and History

12/9/20, 2pm - 3pm
Online
Join Susanna Sirefman, the founder and president of Dovetail Design Strategists, the leading independent architect selection firm in the States, as she talks with prominent, contemporary architects Deryl MicKissack, President...

Introduction to Passive House Standards

12/9/20, 10am - 4pm
Online
NAPHN and passivhausMaine present Introduction to Passive House Standards, focusing on East Coast building typologies. Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making...

Future of Cultural Centers: Danny Vargas, Museum of the American Latino

Photo: Danny Vargas
12/8/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes...

Renovating a New York Icon: Townhouses

12/8/20, 7:30pm - 9pm
Online
This presentation will be an introduction to zoning and building code in New York City, with a special emphasis on their applicability to townhouses. Reform Architecture will walk you through...

Book Talk: The North Atlantic Cities and the Row House as Fulcrum

12/8/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
The North Atlantic Cities by Charles B. Duff, which is available for the first time in the United States, is a book about urban development and urban life masquerading as...

Visualize NYC 2021: Behind the Data – Online Offline Mismatch

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12/8/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* How can data communicate the complexities of New York City? This program...

Better Questions? Better Definition?

12/8/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
As a final session of our fall semester, Museum Director Carol Willis offers an overview of the themes explored in the series and proposes a set of characteristics to define...

AIANY x RDI Retail Design Excellence

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12/7/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Celebrating Retail Design 2020 Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and the Retail...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Upper East River

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12/7/20, 4pm - 6pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Edges & Centers The Upper East River is one of the...

Design Impact Vol. 2: Straight-Up Talk: Homelessness – Ethics / Policy / Action

12/3/20, 11am - 3pm
Online
Description: Design Impact Vol. 2: Straight-Up Talk: Homelessness – Ethics / Policy / Action, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Council, will be a direct, real-talk dialogue...

Art and Artists of the Village with Executive Director Andrew Berman (Village Preservation Members Only $250+)

12/3/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Executive Director Andrew Berman is best known for his tireless work advocating for the preservation and protection of our neighborhoods. But did you know that he is also a scholar...

Essex Crossing

12/2/20, 5pm - 6pm
Online
Dana Getman, Principal of SHoP Architects and Isaac Henderson, Managing Director of Essex Crossing at L+M Development, will explore Essex Crossing, the $1.9 billion, six-acre, mixed-use, mega-project on New York...

2020 Weitzman School Awards: Honoring Peter Eisenman and GreenPlan Philadelphia

12/2/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
A discussion about the role of architects and planners as agents for change, and the promise of green infrastructure in creating healthier, more equitable and climate-resilient cities. Internationally recognized architect...

The Future of Cultural Centers: NextGen Reflections

Alice Power, Assistant Curator, V&A Museum, London. Photo by Alice Power. Lisa Kennedy, Curator Team Leader, The Science Museum in London. Photo by Lisa Kennedy. Naiomy Guerrero, Independent Curator. Photo by Rod Deal
12/1/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes around...

Exhibition Lecture | Stepwells of Ahmedabad: Past, Present, and Future

12/1/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Online
In conjunction with the online exhibition Stepwells of Ahmedabad, Priyanka Sheth, Tanvi Jain, and Aashini Sheth will speak about traditional water structures that form the architectural vocabulary of the semi-arid...

Three Architects, Three Fairy Tales

Mary English and Xavier Vendrell, Little Red Riding Hood
12/1/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Join authors Andrew Bernheimer and Kate Bernheimer in conversation with Rice + Lipka...

Fighting the Flood: Innovative Approaches to New York’s Climate Challenges

12/1/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
Got ghosts? Call the Ghostbusters. Got floods? Call the Dutch. Hurricane Sandy exposed just how vulnerable New York City’s 520 miles of coastline are. And revealed how woefully unprepared we...

Fire Protection of Buildings: Current Practice to Performance Based Design

12/1/20, 12pm - 1pm
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This presentation will showcase the opportunities presented by adopting a performance-based design approach to the fire protection of buildings. The advantages of this approach typically include more flexibility in design,...

Visiting Lecture | Sumayya Vally, Counterspace Studio: Counterpoints

11/24/20, 12pm - 2pm
Online
Architecture is a condensation and an overlaying of times, stories, field notes, excerpts, archaeologies and forensic samplings. Practice, research and pedagogy presents us with platforms to think through and respond...

Designing for Circular Building Materials

The Circular Building by Arup. Photo by Ben Blossom
11/19/20, 2pm - 3:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar and will take place 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific Time / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern Time. Registrants will be...

Embodying Sanctuary: Faith, Activism, and Creativity at Judson Memorial Church

11/19/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Since its inception, Judson Memorial Church has sought to continually expand the meaning of the word “sanctuary,” with its 132-year-old landmarked building serving as a safe haven for artists, immigrants,...

Reflecting on 40 Years of Village Preservation: An Evening with Executive Director Andrew Berman

11/18/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Join us for a special look back at four decades of documenting, celebrating, and fighting to preserve Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Founded in 1980 by some of...

IPA 2020 Fall Residency – To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision

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11/18/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
The final panel discussion of the IPA 2020 Fall Residency will be held on November 18th from 6-8PM with IPA Fellows and guest panelists including Harriett Harris, Dean, Pratt Institute;...

NYLON #18: The Changing Face of Cities

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11/18/20, 9am - 10:30am
Live webinar taking place simultaneously in both New York and London. New York and London will come together to have a conversation about the future of our cities and of...

Writing Women Architects ON Film at ADFF 2020: Dagmar Richter

Dagmar Richter
11/18/20, 2pm - 3pm
Webinar
“Writing Women Architects On Film” is a new Pratt SoA seminar, taught by Professor Dale B. Cohen, archiving the work of women architects via film. The objective of the course...

GreenHomeNYC Forum – Ventilation, Airsealing and COVID-19

11/18/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
Please join GreenHomeNYC at this month’s Forum event for a panel discussion + Q&A to learn about the latest Covid-19 guidance from these respected mechanical engineers. This month’s forum will...

A Greenwich Village Centennial: 100 Years of the ACLU

11/17/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In 1920, a group of Villagers joined together to defend First Amendment rights. Among them were feminist and labor activist Crystal Eastman, and Arthur Garfield Hays, a lawyer living at...

The Ancient Architecture of Gotham

11/17/20, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Since its founding, the city of New York has been intentionally interpreted through the architecture of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis explores the different...

The Future of Open Space for ACTIVE TRANSIT

11/17/20, 5pm - 6pm
Online
Cities are experiencing a long-overdue reimagining of our streetscape. An uptick in cycling, scootering, and other active transit modes is set against concerns over safety, an increase in automobile congestion,...

The Ancient Architecture of Gotham

11/17/20, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Since its founding, the city of New York has been intentionally interpreted through the architecture of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis explores the different...

The Becoming Unmotivated of the Sign

11/17/20, 2pm - 4pm
Online
Peter Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses attest to...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Social Equity and Inclusive Design for All

11/17/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Victor Calise, Commissioner, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities  Moderators: Feniosky Peña-Mora, Sc.D., FCIOB, NAC, Edwin Howard Armstrong...

RESCHEDULED – Future of Cultural Centers: Museum of the American Latino

Estuardo Rodriguez, President & CEO, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino. Photo courtesy of Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino
11/17/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event has been rescheduled for December 8, 12-1 PM EST.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes around us, old frameworks for the development of...

Centering Equity in Micromobility Planning, Policy, and Design

11/16/20, 12pm - 1:15pm
Online
Moderator: Anna Muessig, Associate, Gehl Panelists: Quemuel Arroyo, Global Head of Community, Charge Waffiyyah Murray, Better Bike Share Program Manager, City of Philadelphia Shabazz Stuart, Founder and CEO, Oonee Pod...

Facing Challenges Ahead: How Will Cultural Facilities Survive?

11/12/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This event is the third in a series of panels exploring inclusion...

Designing NYC’s Political Future

11/12/20, 5pm - 6:15pm
Online
Join ACEC New York and AIA New York for a virtual meet and greet with the New York City Council Members who are likely to fill leadership positions after the...

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and Cinema Below 14th Street

11/12/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Starting in the 1910s, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was located at 80 Fifth Avenue, in the area south of Union Square for which Village Preservation is...

The Future of Open GREEN Space

11/12/20, 5pm - 6pm
Online
Equity in parks and green spaces has long been an issue in New York City—a problem that is further exacerbated as these precious resources have been pushed to capacity since...

Design Excellence in Affordable and Supportive Housing

St. Augustine Terrace, Bronx, NY | Magnusson Architecture and Planning. Photo by David Sundberg/Esto
11/11/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee in an important...

TORCH Mentorship Program – The Business of Design

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11/11/20, 6pm - 7:45pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* The Business of Design – Building a Legacy...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Uzodinma Iweala, The Africa Center

Uzodinma Iweala, Chief Excecutive Officer, The Africa Center. Photo by Caroline Cuse.
11/10/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue SeriesAs the world rapidly changes around us,...

Silman Resiliency Forum: Competing Timelines

11/10/20, 12:30pm - 2pm
Online
Despite an increasing urgency in preparing for flood events and coastal disasters, increases of public awareness and public consensus have not kept pace. Built environment projects can span years of...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Shaun Donovan

Photo: Shaun Donovan
11/10/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
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...

Tall Buildings, Labor, and Capital

11/10/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
What are the social and political dimensions of industrial innovation and technological change? In the 1880s and ‘90s, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury argues, the skyscraper was the subject of an ideological battle,...

APA NY Metro Chapter Roundtable: Emerging Firms in Planning and Urban Design in the Era of Covid

11/10/20, 12pm - 1:15pm
Online
Join the APA NY Metro Chapter for a dialogue centered around the ways the planning community can support and encourage new and smaller firms to flourish, including MWDBE firms. The...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Social Equity and Inclusive Public Space

11/10/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Joel Sanders, FAIA, Principal, JSA & MIXdesign   Moderators: Harvey Molotch, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Social & Cultural...

Adapting to COVID: Design

11/10/20, 10am - 11am
Online
Even after the acute challenge of this pandemic fades, our approach to the design of interior spaces will likely be affected in ways that we are just starting to appreciate....

The Art of Community: A #Westbeth50 Oral History Conversation with Ralph Lee, George Cominskie, and Christina Maile

11/9/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Join us for a night of recollection and celebration as we delve into the fifty-year history of Westbeth through the eyes of three long-time residents, artists, activists, and Village Preservationists....

Transforming Buildings in America’s Zero-Carbon Action Plan

11/9/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Scientists have made it clear: we must achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), developed by nearly 100 researchers, analyzes the costs and impacts of this...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: New York Harbor

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11/9/20, 4pm - 6pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Industry & Access The New York Harbor is one of the...

2020 Deans’ Roundtable

11/6/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Please join us for the Center for Architecture’s 16th-annual Deans’ Roundtable. Representatives...

NYC’s Bird-Friendly Building Law: Local Law 15 of 2020

Javits Center, view from 11th ave and 37th st. Photo by: Chris Cooper
11/5/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* NYC’s bird-friendly building legislation, Local Law 15 of 2020, will take...

Reducing Energy Consumption in School Cafeterias While Supporting NYC Students

11/4/20, 4pm - 5:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* A Careful Balancing Act: Reducing Energy Consumption in School Cafeterias...

Modernizing The Modern

11/4/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In 2007 the United Nations initiated a multi-year, $2 billion renovation, the most extensive renovation since its construction. Sustainability, security, accessibility, fire and safety compliance, and internal infrastructure drove the...

IPA 2020 Fall Residency – To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision

11/4/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
The penultimate panel discussion of the IPA 2020 Fall Residency will be held on November 4th from 6-8PM with IPA Fellows and panelists Susanne Schindler, Mark. L. Gardner, Margaret Newman,...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: I Was Asked to Stand

11/3/20, 12pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Pascale Sablan, AIA, NOMA, LEED, Founder and Executive Director, Beyond the Built Environment   Moderators: Tonja Adair, AIA,...

Building of the Day: Tidal Basin Ideas Lab

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10/30/20, 3pm - 4pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This event is part of the Archtober’s virtual Travel To series. Travel To seeks to highlight...

Virtual Plaque Unveiling: The Home of Jane Jacobs, 555 Hudson Street

10/29/20, 6pm - 7pm
The activist and writer Jane Jacobs was instrumental in protecting and preserving Greenwich Village in the face of post-war “urban renewal.” With her seminal text The Death and Life of...

Visualize NYC 2021: Climate Change and Resilience

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10/29/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
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*This event was originally scheduled for October 20th* *This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This program will look...

Walter Hood: Landscape and Community

10/29/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online
As founder and creative director of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California, Walter Hood makes urban spaces that resonate with and enrich the lives of current residents while also honoring...

Wast(ED): Living with Trash

10/29/20, 2pm - 5pm
Wast(ED): Living with Trash, co-hosted by Pratt GAUD and the Center for Architecture, examines how we deal with the current state of our environment by living nearby and on top...

Silman Resiliency Forum: Economic Considerations of Resiliency Work

10/29/20, 12:30pm - 2pm
Online
Within discussions resiliency work, a common factor leading to a project’s scope and success is the availability of financing. This session aims to deconstruct the processes of risk management and...

Innovative Tools in the Movement Toward Slave-Free Buildings

10/29/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Online
lthough human rights advocates have begun to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of forced labor in construction projects around the world, the use of raw and composite materials produced by...

Enhancing Democracy: The Power of Design in Voting Spaces

Design by Fred Carriedo, Seattle, Washington AIGA Get Out the Vote
10/29/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
Join AIANY’s Civic Leadership Program (CLP) for the first of two public CLP events in 2020. As we approach this year’s pivotal Election Day, join us for a virtual exploration of...

Proper Management of Fill Material – NYC

10/28/20, 12am - 7:30pm
Online
Speaker: Samsudeen Arakhan, P.E., Director, Environmental Permits and Regulations, EnTech Engineering ARAKHAN SAMSUDEEN KHAN is a Registered Professional Engineer of the NYS. Mr. Arakhan joined EnTech Engineering as Director of...

Book Talk – “Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975”

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10/28/20, 6pm - 7:15pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Michelangelo Sabatino, Director of the Illinois Institute of Technology Ph.D. Program in...

Year of Gathering: Connecting to Community in the Time of COVID-19

10/28/20, 4pm - 5pm
Online
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Year of Gathering series has allowed us to explore the power of architecture and its role in how, when, and where we gather, inspired by our firm’s...

The Tall (Not) Office Building: Other Uses, Other Issues

10/28/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
Week 4 pointedly enlarges our focus on urban commercial architecture to examine two lesser-studied types of tall buildings by use: hotels and lofts. Urban historians, A.K, Sandoval-Strausz and Andrew Dolkart,...

14th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Elizabeth Diller

The Shed, New York. Lead Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
10/27/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design, this year featuring Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro...

Visualize NYC 2021: Changing City

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10/27/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This program will look at citywide issues we believe will be relevant to the 2021...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Miranda Massie, The Climate Museum

Miranda Massie, Director, The Climate Museum. Photo by Sari Goodfriend
10/27/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes around...

T.R. Higgins Lecture: Gusset Plates: The Evolution of Simplified Design Models

10/27/20, 12pm - 1:15pm
Online
In the design of steel structures, each member is isolated and evaluated using the appropriate AISC Specification requirements. Similarly, gusset plate connections can be complex structural systems that are separated...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Advocating for the Future of New York City

10/27/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Mark Gardner, AIA, NOMA, Principal, Jaklitsch / Gardner   Moderators: Samantha Josaphat, RA, NOMA, NCARB, LEED GA, President,...

Decolonizing Design Research: Citizen Participation

10/26/20, 5pm - 6:15pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* “Decolonizing Design Research” is a workshop series exploring how...

Tudor City: Manhattan’s Historic Residential Enclave

10/26/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
In Tudor City: Manhattan’s Historic Residential Enclave, Lawrence R. Samuel recounts the history of Midtown Manhattan’s “urban Eden.” Created by the innovative developer Fred F. French from 1925 to 1929,...

Michael Murphy Architecture Keynote: Boston Book Festival, “Justice is Beauty”

10/23/20, 7:30pm - 8:15pm
Online
Boston Book Festival Architecture Keynote: Michael Murphy, MASS Design Group “Justice is Beauty” Celebrating the first decade of our work, JUSTICE IS BEAUTY highlights the projects, people, and partnerships that...

Designing for Zero Waste Food Service

Food Service Infographic from the Zero Waste Design Guidelines. Graphic courtesy of The Center for Architecture
10/21/20, 5pm - 6:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar and will take place 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific Time / 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Eastern Time. Registrants will be...

GreenHomeNYC Monthly Forum – Circular Economy

10/21/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
Join us at our monthly forum, featuring professionals who are passionate about connecting the dots for this systems design ideology that some are touting to be our way forward towards...

IPA 2020 Fall Residency – To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision

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10/21/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
The IPA is continuing the IPA’s 2020 Fall Residency, ‘To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision’ with Fellow presentations and a discussion on October 21st from 6-8PM. Panelists...

Treasures of Off-Off-Broadway: A Virtual Tour of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Archive

10/20/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Opened to the public in 1987, the La MaMa Archive chronicles the evolution of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club from a basement theater to a world-renowned arts organization. It houses...

The Future of Cultural Centers: Courtney J. Martin, Yale Center for British Art

Courtney J. Martin, PhD, Director, Yale Center for British Art. Photo by Argenis Apolinario.
10/20/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series As the world rapidly changes around...

Meet and Greet: 2021 City Council Candidates

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10/20/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Join us for a virtual discussion at the intersection of local government, policy, and the built environment with candidates running for NYC City Council in 2021. This program is hosted...

Silman Resiliency Forum: Limitations of Current Resiliency Work and Study

10/20/20, 12:30pm - 2pm
Online
Using recently completed project examples, this session will explore the design commonalities that have contributed to project successes or shortfalls. Speakers will provide a brief overview of key New York...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Recovery for All

10/20/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Kathleen Culhane, President, Nontraditional Employment for Women   Moderators: Chelsea LeMar, Executive Director, Professional Women in Construction Feniosky...

Gina Ford: Design as an Act of Optimism

10/19/20, 6:30pm - 7pm
Online
Gina Ford, FASLA, is the cofounder and principal of Agency Landscape + Planning, in Cambridge, MA, a practice dedicated to addressing social equity, cultural vitality and environmental resilience through design...

Los Angeles LGBT Center

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10/19/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Center for Architecture and Build Out Alliance are pleased to present a talk on the Los Angeles LGBT Center by Leong Leong. Designed by Leong Leong and Killefer Flammang...

Leadership Breakfast with Kim Yao, AIA

Kim Yao, AIA, Principal, Architecture Research Office; 2020 AIA New York President. Photo: Dean Kaufman
10/16/20, 8am - 9am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee is honored...

A Greenwich Village Centennial: 100 Years of the ACLU

10/15/20, 6pm - 7pm
In 1920, a group of Villagers joined together to defend First Amendment rights. Among them were feminist and labor activist Crystal Eastman, and Arthur Garfield Hays, a lawyer living at...

Another City: New Meanings in New York’s Public Spaces

10/14/20, 7pm - Wednesday, 11/11, 8:15pm
Online
Moderated by New Yorker writer Vinson Cunningham, join our four-part virtual symposium featuring intimate discussions with leading writers and observers of the New York scene. Together, we’ll explore how the...

Faces in Stone

10/13/20, 2pm - 3pm
Online
These days, on your daily walkabout through the city, there are fewer people on the streets, fewer faces to share a smile. But if you look up and around you’ll...

Visualize NYC 2021: Housing

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10/13/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This discussion will look at housing issues we believe will be relevant to...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: REDEFINE Engineering Education

10/13/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker:Dr. Yvette E. Pearson, Associate Dean, Rice University Co-Moderator: Lisa M. Black, Director, Cultural Belonging and Social Ethos, American Society...

The Transformation of Upson Hall, Cornell University

Upson Hall, Cornell University. Photo by Michael Moran.
10/13/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Transformation of Upson Hall: How an Outdated Post-War Building became a...

Silman Resiliency Forum: Setting the Stage – The NYC Waterfront

10/13/20, 12:30pm - 2pm
Online
By examining the current status of resiliency work and study related to the NYC waterfront, this session will set the stage for the continued conversation of the Resiliency Forum. Speakers...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | IMPATIENCE!

June A. Grant, RA, NOMA, Founder and Design Principal, blink!LAB architecture. Photograph by Bryon Malik.
10/9/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Please register to receive Continuing Education Credits and be able to pose questions throughout the program. This event will also be livestreamed...

NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change: Featuring Chair Greg Russ

10/8/20, 11am - 12:30pm
Please join us for this special event featuring New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chair Greg Russ. This past summer, NYCHA unveiled its Blueprint for Change, a comprehensive plan for...

Millennial Thinking: Reflections on Our Designed Future

West Thames Bridge, Location: New York NY, Architect: WXY Architects and Planners
10/7/20, 3pm - 4:30pm
Webinar
Inaugural H.E. Talal Abu Ghazaleh Lecture by Claire Weisz, FAIA Recipient of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization 2020 Champion Award Over the course of this talk, architect and urbanist Claire Weisz,...

TORCH Mentorship Program – Social Responsibility and Community Engagement

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10/7/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* As architects, pitching for a more sustainable, equitable,...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Social Inclusion & Mott MacDonald

10/7/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Kerry Scott
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, Mott MacDonald   Moderators:Feniosky Peña-Mora, Sc.D., FCIOB, NAC, Edwin Howard...

To Be or Not to BQE: Fellow Presentations – Panel 1

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10/7/20, 6pm - 8pm
Online
The IPA hosts our first public panel for the 2020 Fall Residency, ‘To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision’ on October 7th from 6-8PM. Fellows will present...

New York Is a Dutch City

10/6/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Together, for the first time, two lions of New York City history, Russell Shorto (Island at the Center of the World) and Barry Lewis, Cooper Union lecturer and architectural historian...

Visualize NYC 2021: Expanding Public Realm

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10/6/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This discussion will look at public realm issues we believe will be relevant...

Rick Cook: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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10/5/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Harlem River

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10/5/20, 4pm - 6pm
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*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Equity + Ecology The Harlem River is a tidal straight that...
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Building of the Day: Greenpoint, Van Cortlandt, and East Elmhurst Libraries

10/5/20, 2pm - 3pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This event is part of Archtober’s virtual Building of the Day program...

Thomas Balsley: Hunter’s Point South Park and Beyond

10/5/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online
Tom Balsley, FASLA, is a world-renowned landscape architect whose NYC-based studio, SWA/Balsley, is best known for its fusion of landscape and urbanism into award-winning parks and waterfronts, often found in...

Cocktails & Conversation: Thomas Phifer, FAIA

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10/2/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins...

Womxn to the Front: Design, Activism, and Lessons from the Creative Frontlines

De Nichols, Designer, Activist, Social Entrepreneur, Lecturer. Image by Lindy Drew
10/2/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In this Archtober lecture, design strategist and activist...

ASHRAE Global HQ: Designing for Net Zero (Pt. 2)

10/1/20, 9am - 10:30am
Online
Join AIA New York Committee on the Environment, ASHRAE, and the Building Energy Exchange for this two-part series on planning and executing a successful commercial net-zero energy retrofit. In January of...

Embracing Austerity: How Will Cities Innovate with Less?

9/30/20, 2:30pm - 4pm
Online
As cities face the biggest fiscal crisis in a generation or more, technology and innovation programs are among the first on the chopping block. Yet as European cities’ experience over...

ASHRAE Global HQ: Designing for Net Zero (Pt. 1)

9/29/20, 9am - 10:30am
Online
Join AIA New York Committee on the Environment, ASHRAE, and the Building Energy Exchange for this two-part series on planning and executing a successful commercial net-zero energy retrofit. In January of...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All

9/29/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School   Moderator:Feniosky Peña-Mora, Sc.D., FCIOB,...

Mobility + Civic Agency: Participatory Design For Just Outcomes

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9/28/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Public transportation provides access to the fundamentals of community life,...

How Low Can We Go: Historic Preservation and Carbon Reduction

9/25/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Case Studies in Carbon Reduction for Modern Heritage...

Design Leadership Without Borders

9/24/20, 8am - 9:30am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee continues its annual...

nycoba|NOMA Mentorship Program

9/24/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
This event, hosted by nycoba|NOMA, will present opportunities for young professionals to learn and potentially form lasting relationships with more experienced professionals. Thursday, September 24th, 20206:30pm – 7:30pm Video Conference ‪(US) +1...

Design Impact: A Harvard Alumni Symposium

9/24/20, 9am - 10:30am
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Launching September 24th, 2020 at 9AM – 2PM EST, Design Impact: Transformation at the Intersection of Climate Change, Equity, and Health, is a global design summit sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni...

Innovative Models in Flexible & Short Term Accommodation

9/23/20, 12pm - 5pm
Online
Short term accommodation through providers such as AirBNB have become a popular model as recreational and business travelers embrace unique local experiences. With the disruption to the travel industry as...

Relocating a Swedish City: Kiruna Forever

Moving Kiruna. Photography: Jessica Nildén
9/23/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “Kiruna – a city in the northernmost part of Sweden –...

IPA Fall Residency Kickoff Panel

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9/23/20, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom Webinar
The IPA will kick off the 2020 Fall Residency, To Be or Not to BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision, with a panel discussion moderated by Michael Kimmelman. This panel will...

Columbia | CBIPS Lecture: BlackSpace and Social Justice

9/22/20, 12pm - 1pm
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*more details to follow*   Columbia | CBIPS Lecture Series: Social Justice and the AEC Industry   Speaker: Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director, Public Design Commission   Moderators: Suzanne Mecs, Managing...

2020 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: INC Architecture & Design

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9/21/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The annual Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield,...

Art Shelters: New Single-Collection Museums

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9/17/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* In the last 10 years, new private museums with a single collection...

Paul Goldberger: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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9/17/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

Public Housing Revolution

9/17/20, 10am - 11am
Webinar
Join CHPC for a webcast from our Public Housing Revolution series. We’ll present lessons from London and talk about how we can implement similar strategies here in NYC. How were...

Flexible Workplace to Boost NOI

9/16/20, 12pm - 5pm
Online
Flexible workplace providers have been heralded as the go-to solution to address uncertainty around current and future office space requirements for companies’ current and future needs. Today, with the dual...

Whose House is it Anyway? The Value of Engagement in Design

9/16/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* What constitutes effective community engagement in an equitable and environmentally responsible architectural...

Fireside Chat: Re-Occupying Commercial Offices

Image courtesy of: Richard Berenholtz / The Durst Organization
9/15/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Continuing our Fireside Chat series, this panel will...

The Future of Cities: Urban Regeneration in a Time of Crisis

9/15/20, 9am - 10:30am
New York Institute of Technology and the Consulate General of Denmark in New York invite you to a virtual event addressing The Future of Cities: Urban Regeneration in a Time...

COVID-19 and the Future World Vision of the American Society of Civil Engineers

9/15/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Part of the lecture series, “AEC Industry Experiences from COVID-19: What We Did | What We Are Doing | What We Need To Do” which is addressing past, current and...

Fall 2020 Sciame Series: Teresa Moller

9/14/20, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Webinar
Please join us for the new SCIAME Global Spotlight Lecture Series, titled Far South. Curated by Associate Professor Fabian Llonch the series features prominent architects from South America who will discuss their...

Adapting to COVID: Construction

9/9/20, 10am - 11:30am
Online
As we face a new world with COVID-19, there are lessons we can learn from the construction, operations, and design industry about swiftly planning and implementing proper safety protocols.  During...

Speak Up, Speak Out: Communicating for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

9/9/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Join the AIANY Marketing and Communications Committee and AIANY Diversity and Inclusion...

COVID-19 and Viral Microbiomes from Wastewater Systems

9/8/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Part of the lecture series, “AEC Industry Experiences from COVID-19: What We Did | What We Are Doing | What We Need To Do” which is addressing past, current and...

FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture, Volume Two: Noir Radical, Launch

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9/4/20, 3pm - 4pm
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Please join editor-in-chief Prof Lesley Lokko, Dean of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, and guest editor Dr Caroline Wanjiku Kihato,...

Residential Architecture Now: Mid-Hudson Valley

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9/2/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Four Rural Designs, Four Rural Conversations This program, organized by AIANY...

Reopening Class-A Office Buildings

9/2/20, 12pm - 5pm
Online
As tenants return to work following the COVID-19 lockdown, Manhattan’s leading owners and  landlords have tirelessly worked to both understand the new landscape in the immediate return to office and...

The House of D: a Panel on the Women’s House of Detention

8/27/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
Audre Lorde described the Women’s House of Detention, an eleven-story Art Deco prison located next door to the Jefferson Market Courthouse (now Library). as “a defiant pocket of female resistance,...

Women’s Equality Day in the Village, at the Vanguard: The Pioneering Village Women Who Fought for the Vote, and Those Who Continued the Fight for Social and Political Justice

8/26/20, 6pm - 7pm
Online
In honor of Women’s Equality Day and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, join historian Lucie Levine for a virtual tour celebrating the women of Greenwich...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: An Equitable Waterfront

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8/25/20, 4pm - 6pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Racial Justice + Social Inclusion Over the last...
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Foresight from COVID-19 to the Korean Construction Industry

8/25/20, 12pm - 1pm
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Part of the lecture series, “AEC Industry Experiences from COVID-19: What We Did | What We Are Doing | What We Need To Do” which is addressing past, current and...

Presidential Lecture: Peter Robinson on the Work of BlackSpace

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8/24/20, 2pm - 3pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Peter Robinson will present on the work of BlackSpace Urbanist Collective with a...

Voices of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Championing Change

8/20/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In light of the Black Lives Matter Movement...

Return to Workplace Online Masterclass

8/20/20, 12pm - 5pm
Online
Return to Workplace Masterclass: Guidelines for a Safe & Productive Workplace in the Immediate Return to Office As organizations discuss their plans to return to the office following the COVID-19...

TORCH Mentorship Program – Equity & Inclusion in Architecture

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8/19/20, 6pm - 7:45pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Amidst the ongoing pandemic and calls for racial...

The Future of Museums: Damion L. Thomas, NMAAHC

Damion L. Thomas, PhD, Sports Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Image courtesy of The National Museum of African American History and Culture
8/18/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue SeriesThe world is rapidly changing around us,...

Kimberly Dowdell: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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8/17/20, 6pm - 7pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on...

Presidential Lecture: Victor Pineda and Kat Holmes on Capabilities and Mismatch

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8/17/20, 2pm - 3pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Victor Pineda, PhD  will be joined in conversation by Kat Holmes, author...

The Transformed City: Infrastructure Now

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8/12/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* As COVID-19 increases digitally-driven deliveries, how can logistics and equity...

The Future of Museums: Scott Cooper, Academy of Natural Sciences

Scott Cooper, PhD, President and CEO, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by: Jeff Fusco
8/11/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series The world is rapidly changing around...

Presidential Lecture: Dagmar Richter and Marc Norman on Cooperative Housing

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8/10/20, 2pm - 3pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As part of the Center for Architecture Presidential Lecture Series, Dagmar Richter...

Charles Renfro: The Future of Cities

8/6/20, 7pm - 8pm
Online
Brad Grossman in conversation presented in collaboration with Zeitguide Covid-19 is profoundly changing cities worldwide. Globally-renowned architect Charles Renfro has some ideas for how we can make them better for...

ResArch Lab: Mycelium Architecture – Building with Fungi

Design by Pascal Leboucq (Company New Heroes). Concept by Pascal Leboucq & Lucas De Man (Company New Heroes) & Eric Klarenbeek (Klarenbeek & Dros). Photo by: Oscar Vink
8/5/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
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*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* ResArch Lab: Mycelium Architecture – Building with Fungi will explore the technology...

The Future of Museums: Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Cooper Hewitt

Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Curator of Contemporary Design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Photo by: Josep Fonti
8/4/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series The world is rapidly changing around...

Remaking Urban Landscapes: Perspectives from Latin America

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8/4/20, 6pm - 7pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* ASLA New York, AIA Long Island, and AIA New York are coming...

Presidential Lecture: Sarah Wigglesworth and Karen Kubey on Building for Aging

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8/3/20, 2pm - 3pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As part of the Center for Architecture Presidential Lecture Series, Sarah Wigglesworth will...

The Future of Museums: Margriet Schavemaker, Amsterdam Museum

Prof. Dr. Margriet Schavemaker, Artistic Director, Amsterdam Museum; Professor of Media and Art in Museum Practice, University of Amsterdam
7/28/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series The world is rapidly changing around...

The Sustainable Future of the MTA

7/28/20, 10am - 11am
Online
Join us for the next installment of Urban Green Live! Hosted by Urban Green Council CEO John Mandyck, this live, virtual interview series features international industry experts to answer your...

Presidential Lecture: Mindy Fullilove and Ron Shiffman on Main Streets

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7/27/20, 2pm - 3pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As part of the Center for Architecture Presidential Lecture Series, Mindy Fullilove,...

The Future of Accessible Design: ADA 30 Years and Beyond

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7/27/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans With...

Biosafety is the New Level of Service – Adapting Public Spaces to COVID-19

7/23/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As we emerge from the initial shock and disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

The Future of Museums: Alexandra Munroe, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Alexandra Munroe, PhD, Senior Curator and Senior Advisor, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Photo by: David Heald
7/21/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series The world is rapidly changing around...

Cocktails & Conversation: Kulapat Yantrasast with Jason Kaufman

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7/17/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins...

ENYA Beyond the Boards: COOKFOX

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7/16/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Join AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA)...

The Transformed City: Mobility Now

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7/16/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In the emergent “normal”, how can mobility thrive...

Architects Focus | High-Rise Affordable Housing

7/16/20, 9am - 10am
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Presented by Dattner Architects Dattner Architects will present a progress report on four affordable multifamily buildings in various stages of design construction. Project teams will share lessons learned form each building, which...

Reposition, Reinvent, Connect, Act! Strategies for Diversifying Your Client Base

7/15/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Is your firm thinking about expanding its client base? Are you having...

The Future of Museums: Nico Wheadon, NXTHVN

Nico Wheadon, Writer, Educator, and Executive Director of NXTHVN. Photo by: Isaiah Watkins
7/14/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The Future of Museums Dialogue Series The world is rapidly changing around...

Welcome All: Designing Inclusivity into Cultural Buildings

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7/10/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* What can we, as planners and designers, do to ensure the safety...

Speed Presentations Edition 11, Part 2

7/9/20, 6pm - 7pm
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*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The AIANY Interiors Committee is pleased to announce the first event in...

EQUITY MATTERS Leadership Summit: Ensuring Inclusive Resiliency on Our Campuses After the Pandemic

7/8/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
Join us for a discussion of how university leaders are working toward enhancing the value of each student’s learning experience and institutional life in higher education, with a focus on...

Envision: A Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure

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7/7/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* This webinar will provide an introduction to Envision, a tool within...

Speed Presentations Edition 11, Part 1

7/2/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The AIANY Interiors Committee is pleased to announce the first event in...

Architects Focus | Passive House + Modular for Affordability

7/2/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
Presented by Paul A. Castrucci Architects Modular construction can be implemented in Passive House buildings to decrease construction time, control costs, increase quality, and decrease emissions and construction waste. Using...

TORCH Mentorship Program – Advancing Your Career

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6/30/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Our careers are a series of choices we make over...

Arcology at Arcosanti

6/30/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This event is part of Archtober‘s virtual Travel To series. Travel To seeks...

Cocktails & Conversation: KieranTimberlake & Sarah Williams Goldhagen

Photo: Jason Hawkes
6/26/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event was rescheduled from its original date of June 5. This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Cocktails...

POSTPONED – A Primer in Effective Community Engagement and Design

Bryony Roberts Studio, Soft Civic, 2019, City Hall, Columbus, Indiana. Commissioned for Exhibit Columbus. Photography by Hadley Fruits
6/23/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*The AIA New York panel organizers have postponed this panel to later in the summer. An effective and honest conversation on equitable community engagement strategies should include more diverse voices...

Not Going Back to the Way it Was: Climate Change and COVID-19

Jamaica Bay unit of Gateway National Recreation Area Skyline, Queens New York, credit Lauren Cosgrove, NPCA
6/23/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in collaboration with the AIANY Design...

The Glass House: Bauhaus and Beyond

Glass House Photo By Robin Hill (c) LO RES (14)
6/23/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This event is part of Archtober’s virtual Travel To series. Travel To...

A Symphony of Confusion: Sorting Through What’s Next for Our Cultural Facilities

Photo courtesy of Schuler Shook
6/19/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* To date, the first round of post-COVID-19 reopening guidelines for cultural and...

Taking Control of the Time You Have

6/19/20, 1pm - 2pm
Online
Did you find yourself wishing you had more than 24 hours in a day before the pandemic? Whether you find yourself wearing more hats than usual, miss the structure and...

Innovative Housing: Delivery, Distance, and Density

6/16/20, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Please join the AIANY Housing Committee for its sixth program in a...

Frances Halsband and Dr. Marin: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

6/15/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based...

Leadership Breakfast with Sylvia Smith, FAIA

Sylvia Smith, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Partner, FXCollaborative. Image courtesy of FXCollaborative
6/12/20, 8am - 9am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee...

Sustainability in the 2020 Election Cycle

6/10/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Online
In these tumultuous times, State and Local governments matter more than ever, and your vote is critical for overcoming the challenges of climate change and environmental injustice. Which candidates have...

Virtual Meeting – Small Firm Network

6/9/20, 4pm - 5pm
Virtual Meeting
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping New York, architecture firms...

Celebrate Pride: A Virtual Tour of Pre- and Post- Stonewall Activism

6/8/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
This June marks the 50th anniversary of the first march to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising. In its immediate aftermath, new activist groups emerged fighting for liberation and visibility. However, New...

POSTPONED—Cocktails & Conversation: KieranTimberlake & Sarah Williams Goldhagen

6/5/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*In light of ongoing demonstrations for racial equity, we are rescheduling this event in solidarity with protestors and as a courtesy to anyone who will be taking part in demonstrations....

RESCHEDULED – Envision: A Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure

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6/4/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*In light of ongoing demonstrations for racial equity, this event has been rescheduled for July 7 in solidarity with protestors and as a courtesy to anyone who will be taking part in demonstrations. Please...

RESCHEDULED – A Primer in Effective Community Engagement and Design

Bryony Roberts Studio, Soft Civic, 2019, City Hall, Columbus, Indiana. Commissioned for Exhibit Columbus. Photography by Hadley Fruits
6/2/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*In light of ongoing demonstrations for racial equity, this event has been rescheduled for June 23 in solidarity with protestors and as a courtesy to anyone who will be taking part in...

AIA Women in Architecture Chapter Exchange

6/1/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee...

The Story and History of Modern Design (Part 2, 1850-2020) Session 4

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5/29/20, 5pm - 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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Employment & Engagement for Students & Emerging Professionals

5/29/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* COVID-19 and the economic downtown has fundamentally altered the job market for...

Sam Roberts: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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5/28/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based...

Design Highlights: Coca Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre

Interiors Honor Award: Coca Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre by Trahan Architects, in Atlanta, GA. Photo: James Babin
5/27/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations recognizes honorees...

NYLON #17 The Future of Retail in New York and London

5/27/20, 9am - 10:30am
Live webinar taking place simultaneously in both New York and London. Because of the crisis, retail faces enormous uncertainty that is likely to accelerate market trends already challenging neighborhood high...

Remote Research Methods

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5/27/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Design professionals have had to alter their standard...

The Story and History of Modern Design (Part 2, 1850-2020) Session 3

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5/22/20, 5pm - 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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Cocktails & Conversation: Neil Denari, FAIA, and Aaron Betsky

Benny Chan / Fotoworks 2012
5/22/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins...

Is Wood Good? The Truth about Tropicals

Image: Tim Keating, Earthbilt
5/21/20, 12:30pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Architects and builders are being encouraged to use...

Reimagining New York, Health, and Wellness in the Built Environment

5/21/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* As members of AIA New York, we recognize that New York City and our communities have...

Placemaking – Engaging Community in a Time of Physical Distancing

5/20/20, 4:30pm - 6pm
Organized by AIA Brooklyn and Pratt Institute School of Architecture, this lecture led by Pratt Professors Lida Aljabar and Nidhi Gulati will introduce participants to the importance of the public...

The Art of Specifying Natural Stone

Photo: Arthur J. Sikula
5/19/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* This one-hour session is designed to give architects and designers an overview...

Design Highlights: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice Restoration

Interiors Honor Award: Ford Foundation for Social Justice Restoration by Gensler, Raymond Jungles, and SiteWorks, in New York, NY. Photo: Garrett Rowland/Gensler
5/18/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations recognizes honorees...

The Story and History of Modern Design (Part 2, 1850-2020) Session 2

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5/15/20, 5pm - 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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TORCH Mentorship Program – Forging Your Path

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5/14/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Architecture offers a variety of ways to practice,...

Safety Measures and Business Considerations – What A/E/C Firms Need to Know

5/14/20, 1pm - 2:30pm
Webinar
Join us as industry leaders and safety experts, together with members of the Anchin team, present this informative webinar on the various safety measures and business considerations your company needs to be...

WEBINAR – Design Highlights: Mi Casita Preschool and Cultural Center

Interiors Honor Award: Mi Casita Preschool and Cultural Center by Barker Associates Architecture Office and 4|MATIV, in Brooklyn, NY. Photo: Lesley Unruh
5/13/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series...

WEBINAR – LeBrun Grant Lecture – Exploring Multifaith Spaces with Eric Salitsky

Multifaith Space. Image Courtesy Eric Salitsky.
5/13/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In this webinar, Eric Salitsky will present his 2018 Stewardson...

WEBINAR – Introduction to Thin Veneer & Application Methods

5/12/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* A comprehensive seminar that takes a deep dive into...

Art for Healing and Mitigation of Harm in Our Jails and Prisons

5/11/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* If art is freedom, then incarceration is its...

The Story and History of Modern Design (Part 2, 1850-2020)

Maurizio Moro5153 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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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Historic Preservation in New York City Beyond the Pandemic

5/7/20, 5pm - 6:30pm
Organized by AIA Brooklyn and Pratt Institute School of Architecture, this panel discussion and open conversation led by Pratt Professors Rebecca Krucoff, Christopher Cirillo and Lisa Ackerman will explore how...

Ownership Transition for the Design Professional

5/7/20, 8am - 4:30pm
TBD
The best way to maximize your firm’s value and increase the likelihood for a successful ownership transition is to BE PREPARED. It starts with owner education, allowing enough time to...

How Can Interior Designers and Artisan’s Workshops Collaborate?

5/6/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York School of Interior Design
This discussion will include two recent collaborations: First, the design of Par Excellence’s showroom on the Bowery, which is a collaboration with Thomas Pheasant. Then, the “Illuminations” collection, that was...

WEBINAR – Design Highlights: Poster House

Interiors Honor Award: Poster House by LTL Architects in New York, NY. Photo: Michael Moran/OTTO
5/6/20, 6pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this series of presentations recognizes honorees...

WEBINAR – LeBrun Grant Lecture – Architecture of the Arctic Circle – Amanda Aman

Fragile Fields of the Arctic Circle Periphery Amanda Aman, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
5/6/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In this webinar, Amanda Aman, AIA, LEED AP...

Live Chat with Mohamed Elshahed, Author of “Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide”

5/6/20, 2pm - 3pm
Join the live chat with Mohamed Elshahed, curator, architectural historian, and bestselling author of Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide (AUC Press, 2020). Make sure to follow The American University...

WEBINAR – Small and Tiny House Movement: 1995 to Now

Project: KLEIN. Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Image by: Matthew Carbone
5/5/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* *If you are an AIA member, but not a...

WEBINAR – Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation

5/5/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation (NDT&E) to Maintain Assets...

Webinar: The Gridshell Roof at Changi Airport, Singapore

5/5/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
The new gridshell roof at the Jewel building at Changi Airport in Singapore is one of the world’s largest.  Join us as we review the engineering and manufacturing processes that...

WEBINAR – The Story and History of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 5)

The Story And History Of Modern Design Daniella Ohad
5/1/20, 5pm - 6pm
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 overview of mid-Century modern design in...

WEBINAR – Chris Leong

4/30/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
“Informal to Formal,” Reflecting on ten years of Leong Leong’s practice and the studio’s ongoing research into informal and formal collectivities. Speaker: Chris Leong, LEONG LEONG Christopher Leong, Founding Partner of...

Design is a Business with LuAnn Nigara

4/29/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York School of Interior Design
LuAnn Nigara, keynote speaker, author, and podcast host will turn some of your traditional thoughts about running a design business upside down. LuAnn challenges conventional thinking on what the critical...

2020 Eleanore Pettersen Remote Lecture : Mabel O. Wilson – Bulletproofing America’s Public Space: Race, Remembrance, and Emmett Till

4/29/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
This lecture will be aired at 6:30PM and followed by a public Zoom discussion starting at 7:30PM. Please register in advance here. Zoom account registration is required. Compelling architectural and...

Remote Lecture | Neeraj Bhatia: New Investigations in Collective Form

4/28/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
This lecture will be aired on this page starting at 6:30PM, followed by a public Zoom discussion starting at 7:00PM. Check for a Zoom registration link here soon.  Today, society continues to...

WEBINAR – Gauged Panels: The Future in Tile

4/27/20, 12pm - 1pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* In this course, participants will learn about the newest...

WEBINAR – The Story and History of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 4)

The Story And History Of Modern Design Daniella Ohad
4/24/20, 5pm - 6pm
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 overview of mid-Century modern design in...

WEBINAR – Understanding Advanced Wall Systems Design with Continuous Insulation

4/23/20, 1pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* This session explores evolving trends in building enclosure...

WEBINAR- David Joselit, “Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization”

4/23/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Joselit is Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies in Harvard’s Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Globalization has generated a new model of regional museums of modern and...

SCIAME Zoom Lecture Series – Denise Hoffman Brandt

4/23/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Denise Hoffman Brandt, RLA, is Director of the Graduate Landscape Architecture Program at The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York and Principal of...

WEBINAR – Terra Firma: The Geotechnical Engineer’s Role in a Project

4/22/20, 12pm - 1pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Geotechnical engineers apply the science of rock and...

WEBINAR – Earth Day Dialogue: Designing for Planetary and Public Health

Image: Wikimedia Commons. Courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
4/22/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* AIA New York is organizing a webinar on the 50th Anniversary of...

WEBINAR – David Moreno Mateos “How ecosystems recover from ancient human impacts”

4/21/20, 12pm - 1pm
Moreno Mateos is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard GSD and a restoration ecologist interested in understanding the long-term recovery of ecosystems degraded by human development. He is interested...

WEBINAR – Stella Betts “Thirteen Ways”

4/21/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Speaker: Stella Betts, Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Architecture Stella Betts is a founding partner at Leven Betts Studio. She received a Bachelor of...

WEBINAR – The Rolex Conversations

Rolex Conversations Web Announcement
4/20/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Please join us for our special filmed presentation, The Rolex Conversations, with host Dean Lesley Lokko of The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture on Monday, April 20th, 5:30pm....

WEBINAR – Heinz Emigholz and Anselm Franke, “Goff in the Desert”

4/18/20, 12pm - 2:30pm
A live, online screening of Heinz Emigholz’s  Goff in the Desert,  a sweeping, cinematic meditation on 62 buildings designed by the American architect Bruce Goff. Apprenticed at age 12 but never...

SpaceMaker Salon: ‘[RE]Presenting Tarara’ led by Ashley Simone

4/17/20, 7pm - 9pm
Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce our ‘SpaceMaker Salon Series’ to continue a tradition that grew from Paul Rudolph’s desire to encourage debates about important issues surrounding...

WEBINAR – The Story and History of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 3)

The Story And History Of Modern Design Daniella Ohad
4/17/20, 5pm - 6pm
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 overview of mid-Century modern design in...

WEBINAR – French 2D (Anda and Jenny French), “Together Again”

4/17/20, 12pm - 1pm
French 2D is Boston-based architecture studio founded by Anda and  Jenny French. Their intimate knowledge of Boston, where the sisters were born and raised, allows the close practice to be...

WEBINAR – Navigating Key Legal & Business Issues Posed by COVID-19 Part II

4/16/20, 9:30am - 10:30am
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.*  This webinar is a follow-up from the April...

SCIAME Zoom Lecture Series – D K Osseo-Asare

4/16/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
D K Osseo-Asare is co-founding principal of trans-national architecture and integrated design studio, Low Design Office (LOWDO), based in Austin, Texas and Tema, Ghana; he is co-founder of the pan-African...

WEBINAR – Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic

4/16/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
HANNAH is an experimental design practice that leverages and augments ordinary technology for material, spatial, and cultural experimentation in built projects across scales. The work is driven by tectonic and material...

WEBINAR – Water Savings with Every Flush

4/15/20, 1pm - 2pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Improving Water Conservation in High Performance Buildings Today,...

WEBINAR – TORCH Mentorship Program: Disruption

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4/15/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed how interconnected our...

WEBINAR – Architectural Storytelling in a Time of Crisis

4/14/20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Online Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* As our economy and culture change in response to...

WEBINAR – Speaker Series: Adding Interest with Brick Shapes by Leroy Danforth

4/14/20, 12pm - 1pm
Zoom
One important reason for brick’s popularity is its ability to adapt to design criteria. It can be shaped and used in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary detailing: Such...

WEBINAR – Bulletproofing American History: Race, Remembrance, and Emmett Till a Lecture by Mabel Wilson

4/14/20, 1pm - 2:30pm
Compelling architectural and urban designs like the recent Memorial to Peace and Justice by Mass Design have been erected to aid the public in remembering the historic and geographic scope...

WEBINAR – Protecting Our Cultural Icons from Fire

Image: Shutterstock
4/13/20, 12pm - 2pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* Lessons from Notre Dame and Beyond Fires continue to adversely impact our...

WEBINAR – Mark Wigley: Passing Through Architecture: The Biological Art of Gordon Matta-Clark

4/13/20, 1pm - 2pm
Gordon Matta-Clark graduated from the architecture school at Cornell in 1968 then spent the 10 years before his early death relentlessly challenging the limits of art and architecture—most famously in...

WEBINAR – Aga Khan Program Lecture: Laleh Khalili, “Tankers, Tycoons, and the Making of Modern Regimes of Law, Labor, and Finance”

4/13/20, 12pm - 1pm
Khalili is a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London, and the author of  Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine (Cambridge, 2007) and  Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies (Stanford, 2013)....

WEBINAR – The Story and History of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 2)

The Story And History Of Modern Design Daniella Ohad
4/10/20, 5pm - 6pm
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 overview of mid-Century modern design in...

WEBINAR – COVID-19 Financial Advice for Architects

4/10/20, 10am - 11am
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* This webinar will review financial issues posed by...

WEBINAR- Oana Stănescu, “Breather”

4/10/20, 12pm - 1pm
Stănescu  is a Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard GSD and runs her eponymous design studio from New York. In this lecture, she will discuss the design process seen through...

WEBINAR – Electric Mud: Presentation of the Surreal Visions of Hernan Diaz Alonso / HDA-X

4/9/20, 6:30pm - 9pm
This lecture will be aired on this page from 6:30 – 7:30PM and followed by a public Zoom discussion starting at 7:30PM.  Check for a Zoom registration link here soon. Hernan Diaz Alonso...

WEBINAR – NYC’s New Energy Code: Major Changes and Developments

4/8/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.* Join representatives from the NYC Department of Buildings...

WEBINAR – ResArch Lab: Indoor Environmental Technologies

Image: Donna Dolan Photography
4/7/20, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program.* “ResArch Lab (RA Lab): Indoor Environmental Technologies” will explore leading-edge furnishing,...

WEBINAR – Josep Ferrando: Inhabited Infrastructures

4/7/20, 6:30pm - 9pm
Webinar
This lecture will be aired on this page from 6:30 – 7:30PM and followed by a public Zoom discussion starting at 7:30PM. Check for a Zoom registration link here soon.  Josep Ferrando is...

WEBINAR – Anna Puigjaner: Towards a Diffuse House

4/7/20, 1pm - 2pm
After the American Civil War (1860–1865), in a moment of deep social crisis, cities like New York started to be filled with apartment houses that lacked kitchens and had collective...

WEBINAR – The Story and History of Modern Design: Mid-Century Modern (Session 1)

The Story And History Of Modern Design Daniella Ohad
4/3/20, 5pm - Friday, 5/1, 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 overview of mid-Century modern design in...

POSTPONED – The Future of the BQE: A Public Forum

4/2/20, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* The deteriorating condition of the BQE beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade continues to be a vexing problem for the surrounding...

WEBINAR – Navigating Key Legal & Business Issues Posed by COVID-19

4/2/20, 2pm - 3pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register if you are interested in the webinar.* ...

Cascieri Lectureship in the Humanities Featuring Dr. Mahesh Daas

4/2/20, 6pm - 8pm
Webinar
The Boston Architectural College is pleased to present the 28th lecture in the Cascieri Lectureship in the Humanities series featuring Dr. Mahesh Daas on April 2, 2020. Dr. Mahesh Daas, President...

Journey to the Top: Lori Weitzner

4/1/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York School of Interior Design
Join Lori Weitzner as she shares her career journey and offers advice to the next generation on how to overcome obstacles and achieve your career goals.

WEBINAR – Town Hall: Coping with COVID-19 Together

3/27/20, 12pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
*This event will be occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register if you are interested in the webinar.*...

RESCHEDULED – ResArch Lab: Indoor Environmental Technologies

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3/25/20, 6pm - 8pm
Delos Living LLC, NY offices at 860 Washington St
*This event has been rescheduled and is now occurring as a live webinar on April 7, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Please visit the new registration page here* — Please...

Buildings of Excellence: Greening the Box

3/25/20, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Join NYSERDA and BE-Ex for our fifth NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Gallery Talk, featuring 425 Grand Concourse, Park Avenue Green, and La Central Building C, three exemplary Passive House buildings...

POSTPONED – Architects in Product (Panel Discussion)

3/25/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
HLW International LP
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. DATE TBA. Join us for another lively panel discussion with three architects who have successfully made the transition to product; hear about what made them...

POSTPONED – Purdy & Henderson in La Habana

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3/23/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* Conservation Architect at Pantel, del Cueto & Associates, Beatriz del Cueto, FAIA, FAAR, will present her 2018 Arnold W. Brunner...

POSTPONED – Cocktails & Conversation: Peter Eisenman and Robert A.M. Stern

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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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SpaceMaker Salon: ‘The Evolution of Florida Modernism’ led by Max Strang

3/20/20, 7pm - 9pm
Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce our ‘SpaceMaker Salon Series’ to continue a tradition that grew from Paul Rudolph’s desire to encourage debates about important issues surrounding...

Between Heritage and Modernity: Technology and Heritage

3/19/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts is hosting a series of 3 seminars dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by Dr. Nadine Chahine, taking place on March 5, 7,...

POSTPONED – Millennial Thinking: Reflections on our Designed Future

3/19/20, 3pm - 5pm
United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 6, 46th St & 1st Ave
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* The Inaugural H.E. Talal Abu Ghazaleh Lecture by Claire Weisz, FAIA Over the course of this talk architect and urbanist...

POSTPONED – The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Harlem River

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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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Prevention Through Design – A Changing Mindset

3/18/20, 8am - 4pm
NYU
Prevention Through Design (PtD) encompasses all of the efforts to anticipate and design out hazards to workers in facilities, work methods and operations, processes, equipment, tools, products, new technologies, and...

POSTPONED – Activating the Benefits of Salvage, Deconstruction, and Reuse

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3/16/20, 9am - 10:30am
Live Webinar
*This event has been postponed. A future date will be provided shortly.* Join us to explore firsthand how salvage, deconstruction, and reuse can be collaboratively activated by design/build teams, municipalities, craftspeople, and...
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An evening with Jane Greenwood

3/12/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Thornton Tomasetti
Please join us for a talk with Jane Greenwood, Managing Principal of Kostow Greenwood Architects. Jane is an architect, mentor and advocate, and she has directed a large body of...

Architectural Practice Panel: Navigating the MWBE Process

3/11/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*This event is taking place as planned at the Center for Architecture* Puzzled by the process of applying for M/WBE certification? Wondering what you need to qualify? Don’t know where...
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Historic Masonry Facade Restoration

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3/11/20, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*This event is taking place as planned at the Center for Architecture* Please join us for a reception from 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM preceding the event. Presentation will start...
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Climate Data in a Warming World

3/10/20, 8:30am - 10am
Building Energy Exchange
Please join the Building Energy Exchange and the ASHRAE New York Chapter for the second installment of our joint ASHRAE Standard technical series—providing a deep dive for their development, industry...

Special Inspections: What Goes Wrong?

3/10/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*This event is taking place as planned at the Center for Architecture* Special Inspections were developed and codified to minimize improper construction and ensure that the design professional-in-responsible-charge remained engaged...

Mario Buatta: Under the Influence Colefax & Fowler, The English Country House and American Interior Design

3/9/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York School of Interior Design
Roger Jones, Director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler and Emily Evans Eerdmans, Design Historian will have a lively discussion on John Fowler and Nancy Lancaster’s creation of the English...

Leaning Out VII | Women Charting New Paths

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3/9/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Leaning Out, now in its seventh year as part of the AIANY Global Dialogues Committee event series, focuses on women in architecture and construction who are transforming the nature of contemporary practice....

Between Heritage and Modernity: Contemporary Arabic Graphic Design

3/7/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts is hosting a series of 3 seminars dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by Dr. Nadine Chahine, taking place on March 5, 7,...

Film Screening & Discussion: Decade of Fire

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3/6/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a film screening of Decade of Fire, a documentary about the South Bronx in the 1970s told by Bronx-born Vivian Vazquez Irizarry. Abandoned by city government,...

Deep Energy, Multi-Family Retrofits: Interior Versus Exterior Approaches

3/5/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Eat Your Sweater? Interior- or Exterior-Based Deep-Energy Retrofits of Multi-Family Buildings: Why Interior Retrofits May Be the Answer In this “Notes From the Field” presentation we will discuss interior-based deep...

Between Heritage and Modernity: Modernity in Arabic Type Design

3/5/20, 6:30pm - 9pm
Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts is hosting a series of 3 seminars dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by Dr. Nadine Chahine, taking place on March 5, 7,...

Department of Design and Construction: Correctional Facilities RFQ

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3/5/20, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Join the American Institute of Architects New York and the New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC) along with a panel of leaders in architecture, urban planning, and...

Urban Energy Modeling Approaches for City-scale Decarbonization

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3/4/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Buildings account for 40% of annual greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC), we need to take immediate and significant action...

Intergenerational Learning Spaces

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3/3/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Mounting research shows that older adults and adolescents benefit from intergenerational educational activities. Older adults are the fastest growing age group in New York City, and children 18 and under...

Reglazing Modernism

Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-century Icons by authors Angel Ayon, Uta Pottgiesser, and Nathaniel Richards
2/27/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for the Renewal of 20th Century IconsThe extensive use of exterior glazed enclosures is one of the most character defining features of Modern architecture. After decades...

Next Gen: Going Beyond Diversity

2/27/20, 6pm - 7pm
Gensler
We invite you to a conversation with dynamic industry partners about how to build inclusive work environments and how we can cultivate the next generation of diverse professionals and leaders....

Allies for Women in Architecture

2/26/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the Women in Architecture Committee for a discussion surrounding gender equity in the workplace. The conversation on gender equity involves everyone. Change cannot happen if it is only...
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Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design: Nature Inside, The Magic of Biophilic Interior Design

2/26/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York School of Interior Design
The Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design is an annual event created to honor the memory of NYSID faculty member, Sally Henderson, who developed the College’s first course in green...

A Public Future for Sunnyside Yard: Long-Term Planning for the Next Century

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2/25/20, 2:30pm - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Join Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and a panel of distinguished urban leaders to discuss Sunnyside Yard and how...

POSTPONED – Zero Waste Design for High-Density Cities: NYC, Hong Kong, Singapore

2/24/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO SPEAKER’S DELAYED TRAVEL TO HONG KONG.  In a high-density, vertical cities, building design plays a large role in reducing waste. Architects...

Cocktails & Conversation: Rafael Pelli, FAIA & Nico Kienzl

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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...

SpaceMaker Salon: ‘Sick Architecture’ led by Beatriz Colomina

2/21/20, 7pm - 9pm
Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce our ‘SpaceMaker Salon Series’ to continue a tradition that grew from Paul Rudolph’s desire to encourage debates about important issues surrounding...

Public Architecture 20/20: Navigating Policy

2/20/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
“To make Policy, you have to live in the future, look at the past, anticipate what will happen, avoid past mistakes; make it fair and clear for all!“— Laila Maher,...

Opening Reception, Making Connections: Harvey Probber Furniture, 1945 – 1985

2/20/20, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design
Join us on February 20, 2020 at 6pm for the opening of Making Connections: Harvey Probber Furniture, 1945 – 1985 with a celebration honoring the designer’s work, life, and influence.

Sciame Lecture Series: V. Mitch McEwen: The Black New Deal

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2/20/20, 5:30pm - 7pm
Sciame Auditorium (107), Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, 141 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031
V. Mitch McEwen is an assistant professor at Princeton University School of Architecture, principal of McEwen Studio, and cofounder of A(n) Office, an architecture collaborative operating between Detroit and New...

Exhibition Opening & Roundtable Discussion: Domestic Mutations in the Age of the Sharing Paradigm

2/20/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Hazel & Robert Siegel Gallery
Domestic Mutations in the Age of the Sharing Paradigm presents Professor Lawrence Blough’s architectural proposals for new types of collective living space influenced by emerging collaborative social and economic models....

Gene Kohn: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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2/19/20, 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...

Embodied Carbon Part 2: Practical Design Decisions for Reducing Embodied Carbon

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2/18/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As the topic of embodied carbon in building materials has gained popularity in the design industry, we are often presented with fascinating data and statistics on the subject. This leaves...

Buildings and Almost Buildings

2/18/20, 6pm - 8pm
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, 1st floor New York, NY 10011
Mark Gardner in Conversation with Eric Bunge of nARCHITECTS Is architecture inherently complete? Or is it a state of incompletion and seeming inadequacy that incites us to imagine architecture as...

Dining and Dialogue: Van Da

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2/18/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Van Da: 234 East 4th Street, New York, NY
Bringing together architectural and culinary enthusiasts, this series explores the intersection between design, branding, storytelling, and marketing. Join restaurant designer Craig Kellog and restaurant owner Yen Ngo for a meal...
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Winners’ Announcement – New Practices New York: Pause

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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...

Praxis 15: Bad Architectures

2/12/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The architectural journal Praxis is celebrating the publication of its final issue, “Bad Architectures.” Edited by Amanda Reeser Lawrence, Ashley Schafer, and Irina Verona, the issue features designers and writers...

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures Opening and Lecture

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2/11/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for the opening of Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures. The opening will include a presentation on the exhibition. Schedule:6:00-6:30 – Exhibition Viewing6:30-7:30 – Lecture    Daniel...

The Moving City: Future of New York City Highways

2/11/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center
New York City is in a race against time when it comes to dealing with the fate and future of its highway system. As community-driven plans seek to reverse the...

COLOR BLIND: A Staged Performance

2/10/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Oren Safdie, a nationally celebrated playwright of contemporary architecture culture, will present a read-through of his new play, Color Blind. This play satirizes the racial politics of a fictional jury...

Creating Living Learning Experiences – Student Housing in New York City

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2/10/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Architecture for Education Committee for a roundtable discussion on the evolution of student housing in New York City. The program will begin with three project examples: a...
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Leadership Breakfast with Winka Dubbeldam, Assoc. AIA

Winka Dubbeldam, Assoc. AIA, Principal, Archi-Tectonics. Image courtesy of: Archi-Tectonics
2/7/20, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Winka Dubbeldam, Principal, Archi-Tectonics. Speaker: Winka Dubbeldam, Assoc. AIA, Principal, Archi-Tectonics Winka Dubbeldam is the founder/principal of the Women Business...

Revolutionizing Retail: Designing for Apple, Blue Bottle, and Everlane

2/6/20, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
A/D/O
On February 6, we’re taking over Brooklyn’s A/D/O—a place to creative exchange—for a conversation about transformational retail experiences. Our work revolutionizing the retail experience began with Apple in the early...

NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence: Projects by Magnusson Architecture and Planning

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2/6/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join AIA New York, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), and Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) for a presentation of three award-winning Buildings of Excellence projects. The...

Building an Architectural Brand to Get Business

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2/5/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a lecture with Elisa Orlanski Ours, Chief Planning & Design Officer at Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, on Building an Architectural Brand to Get Business.  Elisa Orlanski Ours,...

El-Space Toolkit

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2/4/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
El-Space Toolkit: Strategies for Reclaiming Sites Beneath Elevated Transportation Infrastructure Join Design Trust for Public Space and the NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to celebrate the launch of the...
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From the Architecture to the Ecology of the City

2/4/20, 6pm - 8pm
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Brian McGrath and Jean Gardner in Conversation with Steward Pickett While Aldo Rossi’s book distinguished the architecture of the city as a collective artifact as opposed to individual buildings in...

The Moving City: Accessibility in Transit

2/4/20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
John Jay College, L.63 Theater
When NYC Transit announced in May 2018 the Fast Forward plan to modernize NYC’s transit system, it was a first step towards addressing critical shortfalls in the system for people...

Build Yourself Conversations: Creating Habits for Growth & Creativity

1/31/20, 8:30am - 9:30am
The Wing SoHo
Ever feel like you’re running from meeting to meeting or deadline to deadline—in both home and work—and your growth edge, your chance to feel creative and that you’re growing in...

Scaling Customization: New Frontiers of Flexibility for Innovative Environments

1/29/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Across a range of industries, the demand for innovation is necessitating extremely flexible and highly-technical environments. For architects and designers, this reality creates a tough choice between customized versus off-the-shelf...

Mainstreaming of Circular Business Models: Denmark Meets New York

1/29/20, 9am - 11am
Center for Architecture
A new decade just started, and it is already predicted that the circular economy will accelerate to a new level in 2020. Winning strategies for businesses have been proposed and...

LPC Permit Guidebook: Revised Tools to Improve Your Application

1/29/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To attendees or anyone who may have missed this program: Please find link to LPC’s Presentation on Permit Applications here. The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has launched an updated...
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“Anatomy of an Energy Efficient Building” Exhibit Launch

1/29/20, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange
The Building Energy Exchange is proud to announce the official opening of our groundbreaking exhibit— Anatomy of an Energy Efficient Building! Anatomy of an Energy Efficient Building offers a glimpse...

Education of the Architect: Pushing the Boundaries

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1/28/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This workshop-style program explores the boundaries of education on the human aspects of design and further investigates where these skills are acquired—in schools and in the workplace. Within architectural education,...

Exhibition Design as Social Practice

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1/27/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Panelists will discuss exhibition design as a practice that makes previously underrepresented narratives tangible in public spaces, inspiring new cultural conversations and creating alignments among architecture, graphic design, and social...
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NYC Department of Transportation: Pedestrian Ramps

1/27/20, 1:30pm - 3pm
55 Water Street, Bid Room (entrance on South St)
Last year the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) implemented the Pedestrian Ramp Program. The special taskforce in charge of this program will present how to upgrade pedestrian ramps to meet...
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Workplace Design Part 3: Building Brand and Community

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1/22/20, 6pm - 8pm
Tarkett, 440 Park Ave South
Workplace culture and a company’s product or service are the top two criteria that potential employees look at when considering joining a workforce. In today’s competition to retain talent, organizations...

Measure for Measure: A Discussion of Resilience Plans for the Tri-State Area

1/21/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As a global city, New York City has become a leader in studying, planning for, and implementing solutions in response to various aspects of extreme climate change. In a time...
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Architectural New Wave: From Ruins to the Future of Housing

1/17/20, 5pm - 6:30pm
Japan Society
Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama are leading architects of an emerging generation that is reshaping Tokyo’s urban landscape. Interested in sustainability and adaptive reuse of existing architecture, the firm’s haptic...

Passive House Primer at BE-Ex

1/17/20, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Join BE-Ex for the Passive House Primer—an engaging, one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the NYC market. Available as a free session at the Building Energy...

Public Works Opening and Lecture

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1/16/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for the opening of Public Works: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City. The opening will include presentations about the DDC Design Excellence program....

Residential Architecture Now: Brooklyn

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1/15/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This program, co-organized by AIA New York and AIA Brooklyn’s Custom Residential Architects Networks (CRAN), will explore the unique experiences of practitioners who live, work, and design homes in the...
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SEAoNY January Seminar: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words

1/14/20, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Technical Illustration in Structural Engineering Structural engineers use a variety of analysis tools to evaluate the structural behavior during the design, construction and investigation...

Contracts That Promote Building Performance

1/14/20, 6pm - 8pm
NYC Bar Association
Join Urban Green and the NYC Bar Association for a lively conversation about the future of construction contracts that will keep up with the needs of high performance projects. Because...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Hudson River

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1/14/20, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Collaboration and Connections The Hudson River is one of the defining waterways of the region, flowing 315 miles through New York State, separating New York City from its western neighbor:...
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Advancements in Glass Technology

1/9/20, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As natural disaster threats increase, terrorist concerns continue to be significant, and the design community pushes the limits of what is possible, glass technology is rapidly evolving. This course will cover...
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The Single-Story Project: A Conversation with Adam Friedberg and Alan G. Brake

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1/9/20, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a conversation about the exhibition Single-Story Project between photographer Adam Friedberg and curator Alan G. Brake. Since 2015, Friedberg has been documenting every single-story building in...

Buildings of Excellence: Passive House Retrofits

1/8/20, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Last year, the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) revealed their $30 million Buildings of Excellence competition, recognizing low- and zero-carbon emitting buildings. NYSERDA President and CEO,...

Bunshaft’s Impact and Legacy: Then and Now

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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

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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:...

AI and Sensemaking: Human-Centered Design in the Age of Abundant Data

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12/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
60 years in the making, artificial intelligence (AI) is now demanding our attention. Thanks to the interest and support of both the public and private sector, we interact with AI...

SEAoNY TR Higgins Lecture: Structural Stability

12/11/19, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
SEAoNY TR Higgins Lecture:  Structural Stability – Letting the Fundamentals Guide Your Judgement One of the great things about working with structural steel is that most design provisions are based...

Simplified. Sustainable. Savings. An Inside Look at NYPA’s NY Energy Manager

12/11/19, 5:30pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) to celebrate the launch of a new exhibit featuring NYPA’s NY Energy Manager on Dec. 11, 5:30-8...

Cooling the Burn of Burnout

12/11/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Stickbulb Showroom 10-40 46th Ave Queens, NY 11101
The Emerging Professionals of AIA Queens (QEPA), AIA Brooklyn (BKEP), AIA Long Island (LIEP) and AIA New York (ENYA) will co-host this event featuring panelists on the subject of BURNOUT...

Net Zero Neighborhoods for NYC

12/10/19, 6:30pm - 9pm
The Green Building, 452 Union Street, Brooklyn
Doors open at 6 PM. Event starts at 6:30. Please join the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee, the AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE), and the Consulate General of Switzerland...

Rudolph / Yale led by Carl Abott

12/10/19, 7pm - 9pm
Modulightor
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce a special presentation co-sponsored by the Sarasota Architectural Foundation. The presentation will be led by Carl Abbott. Carl was a member...

Frances Bronet: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

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12/9/19, 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...

Glass Houses by Design Legends: Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Paul Rudolph

12/9/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Sotheby's New York
No other American houses of the mid-century years have come to capture the fantasy of living in transparent glass as the three glass houses which will be celebrated in a...

LES NYC: My Essex Crossing

12/8/19, 1pm - 4pm
GrandLo Cafe
Drop in at GrandLo Café for coffee, cookies, hot chocolate, and sharing. Share your stories about your changing neighborhood with Ghana ThinkTank (GTT), an international artist collective that flips the...

LES NYC: Site Unseen

12/6/19, 4pm - 6pm
The Rollins
In contrast to many mega-developments across the city, Essex Crossing is knit into the Lower East Side across nine sites, with a range of services and amenities being built in...

LES NYC: Private Means to Public Ends

12/5/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Essex Crossing Community Center Cafeteria
How can the public, private, and design sectors work together to ensure that Essex Crossing’s outcomes serve the diverse needs of the Lower East Side? Join Essex Crossing’s designers, developers,...

New Fellow Salon with Lyn Rice, FAIA

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12/5/19, 5pm - 7pm
Rice+Lipka Architects
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows and have founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about their...

Fringe City Futures: Rethinking Development in Small American Cities

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12/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for the exhibition Fringe Cities: Legacies of Urban Renewal in the Small American City. Moderated by Katie Swenson of Enterprise Community Partners, this panel...

Studio Session: Continuing Education

12/4/19, 12pm - 1pm
Glen Gery Design Studio
Through-Wall Flashing Compatibility Sustainability and Performance. Understanding the performance characteristics, the recycled/recyclable content, ability to survive installation, and life cycle costs of the different through-wall flashing materials. Composition of each...

AGENCY: The Architect’s Tools of Civic Engagement

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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,...

Ground Improvement Overview

12/3/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
One of the major functions of geotechnical engineering is to design, implement, and evaluate ground improvement schemes for projects. Newer technologies and methods have been developed to assist the geotechnical...

AIANY x RDI Retail Design Excellence

L’Occitane – Store of the Year 2018. Image courtesy of L’Occitane
12/2/19, 6pm - 8pm
Gensler, 1700 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10019
Celebrating Retail Design Join both the AIANY Interiors Committee and Retail Design Institute (RDI) NY Chapter as they host presentations by New York firms for projects recognized in the Retail...

The New Social Security: Co-Housing for Seniors

Image by: Philip Dowds
11/26/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel explores examples of co-housing for seniors in urban environments and stresses the role of design in discussions about housing alternatives for seniors. The program will also explore how...

Keep Safe: Resilient Housing in Island Communities

Image by: Pablo Marvel, Resilient Power Puerto
11/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
A Conversation and Book Launch on Climate Resilience for Island Communities // Manténganse Seguros: Una guía para el diseño de viviendas resilientes en comunidades isleñas Please join us for a...

Preservation of Traditional Houses in Jamaica

Documentary "Rockstone and Fire", Directed by Courtney Coke
11/23/19, 3:30pm - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the screening of Rockstone and Fire, directed by Courtney Coke, Founding Member of the Wattle and Red Earth Collective. The documentary illustrates an approach to preservation anchored by architectural landmarks,...

SEAoNY Diversity Committee: What’s Next?: A Discussion on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in the Built Environment

11/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
Arup 77 Water St New York, NY 10005
Professionals in the built environment spend their careers designing inclusive spaces for people of all backgrounds and cultures. But how can architects and engineers better advocate for the underrepresented and...

What’s Next? Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Built Environment

11/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
ARUP, 77 Water St., New York, NY 10005
SEAoNY Diversity Committee: What’s Next?: A Discussion on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in the Built Environment Professionals in the built environment spend their careers designing inclusive spaces for people...

Henk Ovink: Climate Action by Design

11/20/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Syracuse University Fisher Center
“We have no time to waste. Every indecisive day means more despair, more disasters and less time to mitigate and adapt. The situation is worsening fast and improving it is...

The Megaprojects that Transformed New York

11/20/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
As a new generation of “Master Builders” transform our city at a breakneck pace, we take stock of the megaprojects that have shaped New York, from Rockefeller Center and Roosevelt...

New Fellow Salon with Nicholas Garrison, FAIA

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11/19/19, 6pm - 8pm
FXCollaborative
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows. The Chapter has founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about...

Overcoming Carbon Form

Mall of Qatar at the Rawdat Rashed Interchange, Al Rayyan, Qatar. From the cover of Log 47: Overcoming Carbon Form. Photo: Maxar Technologies.
11/19/19, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
Please Join AIA New York and Log, a journal publication by Anyone Corporation, for “Overcoming Carbon Form.” This round-table discussion serves as the launch for Log 47: Overcoming Carbon Form, a guest-edited...

Future-Proofing Buildings (Part 2)

11/19/19, 5:30pm - 8pm
NY Institute of Technology-11th Floor
In these times of rapid change, buildings will be designed and built to minimize the effects of the shocks and stresses of future events: like changing regulations, climate events, and...

San Selmo Speaker Series

11/19/19, 6pm - 8pm
Glen Gery Design Studio
San Selmo Speaker Series: Join us for an evening of conversation and networking! We will sit down with San Selmo ‘s Alberto de Checchi to discuss the stunning long format...

Case Studies in Preservation and Adaptive Reuse for Academic Buildings

Pace University by FXCollaborative. Image by: Chris Cooper
11/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Learning Curve: Case Studies in Preservation and Adaptive Reuse for Academic Buildings Restoration, preservation, adaptive reuse, reconstruction and addition, all share the same limitations inherent to working within existing structures,...

Demystifying the IAQP – Cleaner Indoor Air at a Lower Carbon Cost?

11/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How can engineers and architects leverage ASHRAE 62.1’s Indoor Air Quality Procedure (IAQP) during design to improve air quality, save energy, and meet carbon targets? Our panel will explore the...

The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly

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11/17/19, 10am - 6pm
Queens Museum
Join us for a public assembly on the Green New Deal (GND). On Sunday, November 17, 2019, from 10:00am–6:00pm at the Queens Museum, “The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly”...

Designing for Freedom

11/15/19, 7:30pm - 9pm
Grace Farms, Sanctuary
Although human rights advocates have begun to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of forced labor in construction projects around the world, the use of raw and composite materials produced by...

‘Paul Rudolph on Long Island’ led by Caroline Rob Zaleski

11/15/19, 7pm - 9pm
Modulightor
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce our ‘SpaceMaker Salon Series’ to continue a tradition that grew from Paul Rudolph’s desire to encourage debates about important issues surrounding...

The Glass House as Queer Space

Image courtesy of The Glass House, photo Michael Biondo
11/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, famously sheltered its architect Philip Johnson and his partner, the curator David Whitney, in a relationship that began before the Stonewall rebellion. A...

Fringe City Foundations: Hudson River Valley

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11/14/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for the exhibition Fringe Cities: Legacies of Urban Renewal in the Small American City.  Moderated by Michael Murphy of MASS Design Group, this panel...

Opening Doors: Accessibility in Historic Houses of Worship

11/14/19, 6pm - 8pm
The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola - Wallace Hall
Join us for a conversation on the challenges and rewards of tastefully and respectfully integrating ADA features—including elevators, ramps and lifts—to historic houses of worship. The panel of experts will...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: Jamaica Bay

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11/14/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Conservation and Development Jamaica Bay, New York City’s only national park, is consistently at the center of debates around conservation and development. Being a national park in the largest city...
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Student Work Collection Database Launch

11/13/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street NYC, NY 10003
On Wednesday, November 13th, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture will launch Phase I of the Student Work Collection Database. The event will take place in the Great Hall,...

James Polshek: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Photo: Michelle Leong/Ennead Architects.
11/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Listen to the episode here. 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...

A Modern Affair at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

2019.11.12 Ford Foundation A Modern Affair
11/12/19, 6pm - 8:30pm
Ford Foundation Center For Social Justice
A special night to support DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State, honor the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice for the renovation of its landmark building, and celebrate the legacies of Kevin...

East-West Dialogues: Kengo Kuma Vision of Architecture Beyond 2020

11/12/19, 3pm - Saturday, 10/12, 4pm
Japan Society and the Asian Cultural Council (ACC)
World-renowned architect Kengo Kuma takes inspiration from nature and natural materials in a modernistic approach that explores the recovery and revitalization of the traditional aesthetics of Japanese architecture. The New...

SEAoNY November Seminar: Structures of Coastal Resilience

11/12/19, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Nordenson will present research and designs for coastal resilience from the 2010 On the Water | Palisade Bay (Hatje Cantz) which was the inspiration and background research for the 2010...

Transit Tech Lab Accelerator

11/12/19, 7pm - 9pm
A/D/O
In July 2019, the Transit Innovation Partnership, a jointly created initiative of the Partnership for New York City and the MTA, announced the four winners of its inaugural transit accelerator...

Vote! Process and Place

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11/11/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Serving as a polling site is a unique use for a building, only occurring on a few days each year. Architects design polling sites indirectly, rarely knowing that a project...

Saving Cities: How New York State Reshaped New York City Since the 1950s

11/7/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College
Three leading urban historians assess the competitions and collaborations of the State and City and debate what has worked, what has not, and why. Join us for a spirited discussion...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: James McCullar

11/7/19, 6pm - 8pm
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...

CANCELED – Measure for Measure: A Discussion of Resilience Plans

11/6/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Unfortunately, this event has been postponed. We are hoping to re-schedule the event for January 2020. For updates, please continue to check the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee’s...

Climate Mobilization Act Series: Efficiency Roadmaps for Local Law 97

11/6/19, 8:30am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
The carbon reduction targets of Local Law 97 will require an unprecedented focus on deep energy efficiency retrofits across New York City buildings. Many building owners will be considering these...

Lecture by Adam Kaasa “Gentrification as a Hate Crime: Resistance, Rents, & Anger in North London”

11/6/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Pratt Institute, Higgins Hall Room HHS 111
Lecture by Adam Kaasa, Royal College of Art, London Response by Meredith TenHoor, Pratt Institute School of Architecture On the evening of 6 August 2011 the first reports of rioting...

Innovations & Intersections: Architecture, Engineering & Building Construction

11/5/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
At this panel organized by The IDC Foundation, leading educators will explore existing and needed innovations at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and building construction. Reception to follow. Speakers:Amale Andraos, Assoc. AIA,...

Future-Proofing Buildings (Part 1)

11/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In these times of rapid change, buildings will be designed and built to minimize the effects of the shocks and stresses of future events like changing regulations, climate events, and...

Transportation Conversations: Polly Trottenberg

11/4/19, 7pm - 9pm
SVA Theater
With over 5,000 employees and a $17 billion 10-year capital plan, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is one of the nation’s largest and most diverse municipal transportation...

2019 Deans’ Roundtable

11/2/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for the Center for Architecture’s 15th-annual Deans’ Roundtable. Representatives from several local schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education. Speakers:Amale Andraos, Dean, Columbia University...

AIANY CRAN Fall House Party

Olnick Spanu House, designed by Alberto Campo Baeza. Image by: Javier Callejas
11/2/19, 10am - 2pm
Olnick Spanu House & Magazzino Italian Art
AIANY Custom Residential Architects Network is hosting their 2019 Fall House Party at Olnick Spanu House, designed by Alberto Campo Baeza. A tour of the home and landscape will be...
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NYLON #16: Delivering Value

180902 DominoPark 682
11/1/19, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
The metric used to measure the value of development is often distilled down to money, yet more and more developers are starting to assess their value in a different way—addressing...

Cocktails & Conversation: Gisue Hariri, Mojgan Hariri, and Julia Gamolina

11/1/19, 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...

Celebrate NYC: Big & Green – Mechanical Upgrades

10/31/19, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Join the Building Energy Exchange along with major sustainability leaders in New York real estate, Vornado Realty Trust and the Durst Organization, for a discussion of some of the mechanical...

Visiting Lecture | Piet Eckert, EA2: Strategic Methodologies

10/31/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union
Architecture may react to a context that is increasingly driven by the massive impact of social, political, economic, and ecological factors, attempting to maintain a singular sense of cohesion. The...

Engaging Barriers: Physical Safety Measures Reshaping the Public Realm

Engaging Barriers CLP
10/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join AIANY’s Civic Leadership Program (CLP) at the Center for Architecture for the first of two public CLP events in 2019. An Information Session and Happy Hour will take place at 5pm preceding the talk,...

The Horizon of NYC Infrastructure

10/30/19, 8am - 10am
Haworth
As New York City’s economy expands, so do its transportation needs. Newly incentivized neighborhoods beyond Manhattan are exploding with more residents and increased commercial activity and everyone agrees that infrastructure...

C. David Tseng: A Tale of Many Cities: Civic Innovation in the Age of Urban Implosion

10/30/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Syracuse University Fisher Center
We live in a period of extreme urbanization and globalization, where both the worst of social inequities and the best of civic innovations exist simultaneously. Such is the case in...

Women Design Leaders on International Projects

10/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As more architectural firms in the United States are doing work overseas, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee is pleased to highlight three women design leaders practicing in New York,...
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Small Lots: Rethinking Infill Development

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10/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for the exhibition Big Ideas Small Lots.  Moderated by Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal, this panel discussion will explore the challenges associated...

How to Structure Your Architecture Firm When One of Your Partners is Un-Licensed

10/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York takes the licensing of architecture firms very seriously.  Inaccurately structuring your firm, as well as labeling employees, can have far-reaching consequences.  During this program, Ingram partners Melissa Billig,...

2019 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards Winners’ Event

10/28/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as they announce the 2019 winners of the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards. The AIANY + ASLANY Transportation +...

The 2019 MAS Summit for New York City: Fight for Light

10/25/19, 8am - 7pm
The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
The annual MAS Summit for New York City returns on Friday, October 25. Now in its tenth year, our signature conference connects a diverse audience of policy-makers, industry leaders, and...

SSA Sciame Lecture Series: Jean-Pierre Pranlas-Descours

10/24/19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York, 141 Convent Ave New York, NY 10031
Jean-Pierre Pranlas-Descours, architect, urban planner, author and professor of architecture, has developed a permanent work on the articulation of scales, defining himself as an architect of the territory.  From the...

Dwell and Resource Furniture Present: Big Ideas for Small Lots

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10/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Resource Furniture
How do you make housing in New York accessible for all? A new design competition asked architects to come up with creative solutions for turning the tiny, underutilized properties that...

Lecture | Studio Fuksas: Love Will Save the World

10/23/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union
The context is not only what we have in front of us, which is related to the past, but it is also thinking of the cities of the future. Being...

STUDIO FUKSAS: Love Will Save the World

10/23/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Cooper Union, The Great Hall, The Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street New York 10003
Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is one of the most distinguished international architectural firm in the world. Over the past 50 years the company has developed an...

SEAoNY October Seminar: Built Performance as a measure of Risk

10/22/19, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
SEAoNY October Seminar: As Built Performance as a measure of Risk, Capacity and Areas of Structural Weakness This seminar will explain the basic outline of the dynamic behavior of structures,...

Building Health: The Next Frontier

Helen R. Walton Children's Enrichment Center + Early Childhood Initiatives Center. Image: LTL Architects.
10/22/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Current construction practices lead to buildings with short lifespans made from products that contain a range of toxic chemicals, whose toxic afterlives can span millennia, that pollute our homes and...
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New York in 27 Buildings with Sam Roberts & Alexandra Lange

10/21/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
Can the bricks, glass, wood, and mortar of our city’s most emblematic buildings reveal how and why New York City has become the modern global metropolis we know today? To...

The Future of the NYC Waterfront: The Lower East River

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10/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Access and Development The Lower East River has been at the center of the New York City’s development and increased public waterfront access for decades. From the development of Brooklyn Bridge...
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National Organization of Minority Architects Conference “Believe the Hype”

The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) invites all area architects to come join them at their 47th conference (Oct 16-20) at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge...

Leadership and Choice Lecture – Allison Williams, FAIA, Lecture

10/19/19, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
We enter this profession with a range of purpose and motivation: social, environmental, policy advocacy, educational, technological, or with a passion for creating beautiful places. Frequently several are intertwined inseparably....

National Organization of Minority Architects Conference “Believe the Hype”

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) invites all area architects to come join them at their 47th conference (Oct 16-20) at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge...

Passive House Primer at BE-Ex

10/18/19, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Join BE-Ex for the Passive House Primer—an engaging, one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the NYC market. Available as a free session at the Building Energy...

National Organization of Minority Architects Conference “Believe the Hype”

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) invites all area architects to come join them at their 47th conference (Oct 16-20) at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge...

Panel | Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women

10/18/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union
Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women (Phaidon, 2019) is a timely record of the extraordinary contribution women architects have made to the profession.  Documenting more than 200 significant buildings designed by...

Transforming Brooklyn’s Libraries Through Design

Flatbush Library by SITU. Image credit: John Muggenborg.
10/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Williamsburgh Library
Please join us on October 17th to learn and discuss how architecture is amplifying the incredible work of Brooklyn Public Library (BPL). Public libraries have evolved far beyond their original...
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The Power of Public Space in a Digital Age

Image courtesy of United Nations
10/17/19, 3pm - 6pm
United Nations, Conference Room 11, 46th St & 1st Ave
Due to UN building regulations, registration for this event closes on October 10. Early registration is encouraged. See more details at the bottom of the page.*  Affiliated with UN Habitat...

National Organization of Minority Architects Conference “Believe the Hype”

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge,
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) invites all area architects to come join them at their 47th conference (Oct 16-20) at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge...

National Organization of Minority Architects Conference “Believe the Hype”

10/16/19, 9am - Sunday, 10/20, 10pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) invites all area architects to come join them at their 47th conference (Oct 16-20) at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge...

Monthly Forum: The Heart of the NYC Green New Deal – LL97

10/16/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Knoll Showroom
New York City recently enacted one of the most revolutionary initiatives in its history, aimed at reducing the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Mobilization Act (nicknamed by some as...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | Planning to Stay

Photo: Perkins+Will
10/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - The New School
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba | NOMA) and the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee for the 2019 J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture....

The Crucible of Creativity: Frank Lloyd Wright and New York City

10/16/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
“I can think of several more desirable places in the world to build (this) great museum but we will have to try New York,” Frank Lloyd Wright wrote of the...

Naturalness: Design in the Anthropocene – 3:00pm

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10/16/19, 3pm - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Architects and designers across the country are invited to participate in the third annual National Day of Learning. With mounting evidence that we are entering a whole new geological epoch—one...

Naturalness: Design in the Anthropocene – 12:30pm

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10/16/19, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Center for Architecture
Architects and designers across the country are invited to participate in the third annual National Day of Learning. With mounting evidence that we are entering a whole new geological epoch—one...

13th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Thomas Phifer

Glenstone Museum - The Pavilions. Image by: Iwan Baan
10/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design, this year featuring Thomas Phifer, FAIA, of Thomas Phifer and Partners. Thomas Phifer founded his New York...
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Buildings of Excellence: High Performance Glazing Systems

10/15/19, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Earlier this year, the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) revealed their $30 million Buildings of Excellence competition, recognizing low- and zero-carbon emitting buildings. NYSERDA President and...

Shohei Shigematsu & Atelier Bow-Wow on the Past & Future of Architecture

10/11/19, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Japan Society
Tokyo’s architectural landscape is constantly shifting in response to social conditions, and the fast-approaching 2020 Summer Games have been a significant impetus for current changes. From the eyes of architects,...

Rirkrit Tiravanija & Atelier Bow-Wow on Current Work

10/11/19, 4pm - 5pm
Japan Society
Momoyo Kaijima and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, founders of architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow, focus their work on behavioral relationships in living environments, and how human interaction can affect the cityscape as well...

SSA Sciame Lecture Series: Rahul Mehrotra, Filiep Decorte

10/10/19, 5:30pm - 7pm
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York, Sciame Auditorium, 141 Convent Ave New York, NY 10031
Rahul Mehrota will be joined in conversation with Filiep Decorte, followed by a response from guest provocateur Deen Sharp. The evening will be moderated by Loukia Tsafoulia and Adjunct Associate...

Book Launch: Why do Bad Guys Live in Good Houses?

10/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
NeueHouse
EXPLORE THE ARCHITECTURE OF VILLAINRY… Tra Publishing and NeueHouse invite members of the media and interested public to a book launch and panel discussion featuring Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts...

WISE Tackles the Climate Mobilization Act

10/10/19, 5:30pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Please join us for a Women in Sustainability & Energy (WISE) panel & networking event. Since the passing of the Climate Mobilization Act (CMA), the New York City real estate...

The BQE in Context: Communities, Infrastructure and Public Space

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Image: Creative Commons
10/7/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This session will serve to educate a wider audience about the 1.5-mile Triple Cantilever section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE), built in the 1940s by Robert Moses. This section...

The Architecture of Eating – The Talks at the New York Times Food Festival

10/6/19, 4pm - 5pm
TheTimesCenter
How can architecture, design and culinary expertise create a welcoming environment, before the first bite? Find out from two masters of the visual feast: Restaurateur Danny Meyer and David Rockwell,...

CANCELLED: Fringe Cities Symposium

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10/5/19, 1pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
This event has been cancelled. Please join us for upcoming evening programs related to Fringe Cities: Legacies of Renewal in Small American Cities Fringe City Foundations on November 14th Fringe...

Leadership Breakfast with Pat Bosch, Assoc. AIA

Pat Bosch, Assoc. AIA. Image by: Darren Ornitz
10/4/19, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Pat Bosch, Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will Miami.   Speaker: Pat Bosch, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP...

Cocktails & Conversation: Marlon Blackwell and Billie Tsien

Shelby Farms Park Visitor Center, Marlon Blackwell Architects. Image by: Timothy Hursley
10/4/19, 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...
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Screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (1917) with Live Musical Performance

10/3/19, 6pm - 8pm
NYC Dept. of Records and Information Services, 31 Chambers St Room 111
Film screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (1917) with live musical accompaniment and new original score, followed by a lecture/performance by musical historian John T. La Barbera on his book,...

Urban Design Innovation within Air Quality and Urban Heat Island Effect

10/3/19, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Across the world cities are trying to tackle the increasing health impacts from air pollution and the urban heat island effect.  Every year, New York City experiences an average of...

Sciame Lecture Series: Deborah Berke

10/3/19, 5:30pm - 7pm
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York, Sciame Auditorium, 141 Convent Ave New York, NY 10031
Deborah Berke, FAIA, LEED AP, is the founder of the New York-based architecture firm Deborah Berke Partners. Since 1982, the practice has created a body of work with a distinct...

80 Flatbush: Passive School, Active Towers

10/2/19, 5:30pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange for a presentation and discussion of the highly anticipated 80 Flatbush project in Brooklyn. Featuring 200 units of affordable housing, two schools, and two towers,...

Climate Mobilization Act Series: Solar & Green Roofs

10/1/19, 3:30pm - 6pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
New York City Council has passed the Climate Mobilization Act (CMA) – a groundbreaking package of bills designed to dramatically improve the carbon footprint of buildings across New York City....

International Pathways: Cities Decarbonizing Buildings

9/27/19, 8:30am - 12pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) and the Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) for this Climate Week NYC event providing an international showcase of leading city policies and programs that are...

How Low Can We Go – Historic Preservation and Carbon Reduction

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects. Image by: Whitney Cox
9/26/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Engaging Strategies For the Preservation of Existing and Historic Buildings in the Age of Resilience and Increasingly Low Carbon Targets Join us for a panel discussion that explores the intersection...

New Fellow Salon with Stephen Cassell, FAIA

Boathouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Location: Brooklyn NY, Architect: Murphy Architecture Research Office
9/25/19, 6pm - 7:30pm
Architecture Research Office
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows and have founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about their...

Do No Harm: Achieving Net Zero Buildings

9/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St Suite 609, New York, NY
Join the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN), the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), and the Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) for this Climate Week event on the role of urban,...

Getting into PropTech

9/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
VTS, 119 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
How to Make The Move. PropTech is an industry on the rise and is at an incredibly exciting point in its growth. As a hybrid industry between real estate and...

The Soane Fellowship Lecture – Architects Abroad: Seeing, Drawing, and Traveling

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9/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Sir John Soane found travel generative to his foundations as an architect, collector, and educator. As a young man, he drew “by the stealth of moonlight” in Pompeii and, near...

Landlord-Tenant Collaboration: Key Strategies for Building Performance

9/23/19, 3pm - 5pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Building energy use accounts for a high percentage of carbon emissions in cities around the world. Fortunately, cities such as New York are taking bold steps to tackle their largest...

Boarding Pass – New York

9/23/19, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Robert A.M Stern Architects, Level 16, 1 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016
The Australian Institute of Architects International Chapter would like to welcome you to a discussion with principals of three esteemed US-based architecture firms Koning Eizenberg, DS+R and SHoP, about the...

Harlem School of the Arts Groundbreaking Celebration

9/20/19, 9am - 9pm
Harlem School of the Arts
On Friday, September 20, HSA plans a groundbreaking event with members of HSA’s executive team, the board of directors, students and parents, alumni, regional and community representatives, and VIP guests.  The...

Experience Healthe by Lighting Science

9/19/19, 6pm - 8:30pm
New York Digital
Please join us for an evening presentation and reception to learn how lighting impacts our health and wellness. Industry experts in circadian lighting will present (earn 1 LU) followed by...

Embodied Carbon Part 1: The Blind Spot of the Building Industry

Visualization of LCA results showing the embodied carbon of different materials used in an office building. Image by: Anthony Pak
9/19/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Our industry mostly ignores embodied carbon, even though it will account for almost half of total new global construction emissions between now and 2050. This lecture will provide an overview...

Building Science Days 2019: High Performance, Energy Efficiency & Sustainability

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9/19/19, 8:30am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Enclosure Council for two consecutive seminars with renowned building scientists Dr. John Straube and Dr. Joseph Lstiburek. With their combined expertise, Straube and Lstiburek will help...

Building Enclosure Excellence and How to Achieve it

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9/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
A panel of experts will present and discuss design and construction solutions to common building envelope conditions in multifamily and commercial buildings. They will address the considerable challenges faced by...
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The Green New Deal – What Building Owners and Developers Need to Know

9/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Spacesmith/Davis Brody Bond Office, One New York Plaza, Suite 4200, New York, NY
Spacesmith and Davis Brody Bond will co-host an informative presentation and discussion on New York City’s Local Law 97, the most ambitious climate legislation for buildings enacted by any city...

The Architect’s Challenge: Work/Family Balance

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9/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
We are pleased to announce that Billie Tsien and Tod Williams have recently joined as panelists for this program. “The Architect’s Challenge: Work/Life Balance” is a behind-the-scenes professional practice panel organized by the AIANY...

Building Science Days 2019: High Performance, Energy Efficiency & Sustainability

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9/18/19, 8:30am - Thursday, 9/19, 5pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Enclosure Council for two consecutive seminars with renowned building scientists Dr. John Straube and Dr. Joseph Lstiburek. With their combined expertise, Straube and Lstiburek will help...

Reinventing Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda

Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Restoration by John G. Waite Associates. Image: Anna Wesolowska Photography
9/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a panel organized by the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee. Project leads from John G. Waite Associates, Architects and additional project team members on the preservation and...

Defining Design Excellence in the Era of Climate Change

SUNY ESF Gateway Center by Architerra, a 2014 Top Ten recipient. Image by: David Lamb Photography.
9/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
With the recent adoption of the AIA Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Climate Action, “design excellence” for our profession has been redefined to align with the COTE Top Ten Measures....
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Retrofitting High Rise Enclosures in the Age of LL97

9/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange
Earlier this year, New York City Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act (CMA), an aggressive climate action plan which, among other initiatives, places firm limits on building carbon emissions. Starting...

Cocktails & Conversation: Wendy Evans Joseph and Rosalie Genevro

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9/13/19, 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...

Mobility + Spatial Agency: Autonomy in the New Urban Interface

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9/12/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Urban mobility has always been mediated by layers of technologies, services, and organizations, but today’s accelerated transitions to digital platforms heighten the urgency for critical perspectives on the practical effects...

How to Build a House: Architectural Research in the Digital Age

9/12/19, 6:30pm - Sunday, 10/13, 7pm
41 Cooper Gallery at The Cooper Union
Panel Discussion and Opening Reception Architectural Research in the Digital Age Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:30pm Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square Reception to Follow in the 41...

Ballparks and Our Changing City

9/12/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
What can New York’s ballparks—from the gone-but-not-forgotten Ebbets Field to today’s reimagined Yankee Stadium and Citi Field—tell us about the evolution of our city? Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger,...

Willard Asylum Suitcases

9/12/19, 6pm - 8pm
Parsons School of Design - Sky Room
Over a period of 6 years beginning in 2011, Jon Crispin photographed over 400 suitcases that were brought to the Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, NY by patients who were...

Regenerating Good

9/11/19, 12:30pm - 7pm
Japan Society
This symposium discusses design and technology that address social issues to create a sustainable society. REGENERATING GOOD, organized by Satoshi Nakagawa and Future Brain Lab will focus on micro energy...

Building Great Schools for a Great City Book Launch: Honoring Work by the SCA

Image Courtesy of the NYC School Construction Authority
9/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join AIA New York in honoring the New York City School Construction Authority’s (SCA) 30 years of work building and modernizing public school buildings. Lorraine Grillo, the Authority’s President and...

Protecting Biodiversity in the Big Apple

9/10/19, 6pm - 7:30pm
Retro Report, 633 3rd Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10017
As the impact of climate change begins to register more dramatically around the world, the effect of rising global temperatures on the plant and animal world is a growing cause...

Big Ideas: Finalists’ Presentations

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9/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for the exhibition Big Ideas Small Lots.  The finalists of the Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC competition, organized by AIA New York and the NYC...

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Featuring Signe Nielsen

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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...

History of the New York Subway

9/5/19, 7pm - 8:30pm
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011
When the New York City subway opened on October 27, 1904, it consisted of a single line that ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—still...

Heading for Extinction (And What To Do About It)

9/5/19, 7pm - 8:30pm
Project Farmhouse, 76 East 13th Street, New York, NY
You may have heard about Extinction Rebellion in The New Yorker, on CBS, or in The New York Times. It’s a fast-growing group of people, from all walks of life,...

Thomas F. Comiskey Presents: The Untold History of The East Village Mafia

8/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
The Surrogates Courts, 31 Chambers St., Room 111, New York, NY 10007
Join attorney and mob historian Thomas F. Comiskey for a discussion of his most recent literary project—The East Village Mafia—and learn about the relationship between mafia bosses and one of...

Scaling Up, Scaling Down

8/22/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY Professional Practice Committee, this event is part of the AIANY Summer Practice Series, a summer-long series of weekly programs looking at topics across practice areas, with a focus...

Think Tank New York: Hotel Design in the Urban Context

8/22/19, 9:45am - 12:30pm
Stonehill Taylor, 31 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Join Metropolis and Stonehill Taylor for a Think Tank discussion on Hotel Design in the Urban Context. Urban environments, with the diversity of cultures they cater to and represent, pose...

Firm Handbook and Best Practices for Office Policies

8/21/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the wake of the #MeToo movement in the architecture community, and with the release of Part I of the AIA Guides for Equitable Practice, many firms are revisiting their...

Opportunities for M/WBE Architects and Designers

8/21/19, 9:30am - 11am
Center for Architecture
This event is sold out. To add your name to the waitlist, please click here  This course will focus on outlining opportunities and benefits for M/WBE architecture and design firms. Topics...
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Transportation Conversations: Sam Schwartz

SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011
Is our time at the steering wheel over? Will driving become illegal as cars learn to pilot themselves? Is this an impossible future, or a revolution just around the corner?...

Live with Mia: Where’s My Map with Special Guest Tamara Roy

8/21/19, 1pm - 1:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Ever been asked what your five year plan is & not known what to say? Ever wondered how to find ‘your map’ in your career? In this candid conversation between...

State of Confusion: Laws and Regulations Impacting Multijurisdictional Practices

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8/20/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
State laws and regulations affecting architectural practice are voluminous, conflict from state to state, and can impact fundamental aspects of doing business—including licensing, entity formation, marketing, branding and solicitations. For...

Going Somewhere In-Between

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8/14/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY New Practices Committee, “Alone Together & Somewhere In-Between: Modes of Practice in Contemporary Architecture” is a three-part series of panel discussions delving deeper into the way...

New Fellow Salon with John Gering, FAIA

HBO Communication Center, Hauppauge, NY; Photo by Halkin Architectural Photography LLC
8/13/19, 8:30am - 10am
HLW International LLP
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows and have founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about their...

Transportation Conversations: Veronica Vanterpool

8/13/19, 7pm - 8:30pm
SVA Theater
Increasing traffic congestion. Declining transit ridership. Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities on the rise. Is it all bad news? And what can we do about it? Sustainable transportation advocate Veronica Vanterpool, Principal,...

A Look at Rescue Company 2

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8/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion of Studio Gang’s Rescue Company 2, presented in conjunction with Mapping Community: Public Investment in NYC. The conversation will be between Weston Walker, AIA, of Studio...

Sustainable Buildings Through Parametric Design

8/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
URBAN-X at A/D/O, 29 Norman Avenue
Learn how parametric design can pave the way to carbon-neutral buildings with Sandeep Ahuja, Founder and CEO of URBAN-X Cohort 06 company, Cove.Tool. Ahuja will demonstrate and share her results...

Transportation Conversations: Meera Joshi

8/8/19, 7pm - 8:30pm
SVA Theater
In 2018 New York City became the first city in the world to directly respond to the unrestricted growth of app-based car fleets like Uber and Lyft and the declining...

Learning About Schools: Where Do Design and Research Fit In?

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8/7/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Do you wonder how schools can be designed using research about learning outcomes? How are firms across the country using post-occupancy data to inform school projects? How is a culture...

Reinvigorating NYC’s Aging Assets

8/6/19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Haworth, 125 Park Avenue, 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10017
As New York City densifies, unbuilt lots are more difficult to come by. Now, the development pendulum is swinging back to older assets, and there’s growing incentive to repurpose aging...

New Fellow Salon with Dennis Wedlick, FAIA

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8/1/19, 5:30pm - 7pm
BarlisWedlick Architects
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...

Marketing & Communication Strategies for Print Media

7/30/19, 8am - 10:30am
Steelcase
Organized by the AIANY Marketing and Communications Committee, this event is part of the AIANY Summer Practice Series, a summer-long series of weekly programs that focus on the challenges of small- to...

Experiments in Design: 20 Years of the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program

2019 Winner of MoMA PS1's 20th-annual Young Architects Program, Hórama Rama by Pedro & Juana. Image by: Kris Graves
7/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Since its inception twenty years ago by MoMA and MoMA PS1, the Young Architects Program (YAP) has been committed to offering emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design a temporary...

Elected Officials on the Built Environment

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7/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for Mapping Community: Public Investment in NYC. Elected officials have a great deal of influence over the makeup of public buildings and infrastructure in...

Plaza Life Revisited: Field Guide Release

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7/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the release of Field Guide to Life in Urban Plazas. The guide outlines a research effort focused on New York City, the primary location of urbanist William...

Summer Celebration at COOKFOX Architects: Biophilic Design, Health & Wellness

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7/24/19, 6pm - 8pm
COOKFOX Architects at 250 W 57th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10107
Interior design leaders from COOKFOX Architects will present the work of COOKFOX through the lens of high-performance and biophilic design. COOKFOX has built their practice around a critical goal: to create...
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Creating a Firmwide BD Culture

7/24/19, 4:30pm - 8pm
Question: Who has the potential to bring new business into your firm? Answer: Everyone, if you empower them to do it!  Join SMPS-NY Long Island Affiliate and ASCE Long Island...

Designing New York: Prefabrication in the Public Realm

Image by: Garrison Architects and nArchitects
7/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a roundtable discussion to address the future of prefabrication in New York City, with a focus on how prefabrication practices can be applied to small-scale urban infrastructure...
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Doing Business with DDC

7/22/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As the primary capital construction project manager for the City of New York, the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) builds and renovates many of the civic facilities New...
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Going Together

Image by: AIANY New Practices Committee
7/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY New Practices Committee, “Alone, Together & Somewhere In-Between: Modes of Practice in Contemporary Architecture” is a three-part series of panel discussions delving deeper into the way...

Water Reuse in New York City

7/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange
Water reuse systems, in which rainwater, greywater and/or blackwater is captured on-site, treated to the appropriate standards and repurposed for non-potable end uses, offer New Yorkers the opportunity to optimize...

Integrated Design Services for the Digital Age

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7/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This presentation will focus on the practice of collaborative “integration” in research, during design, via project delivery, and in verification of project performance. The firms of Kieran Timberlake and BurroHappold...
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PERSPECTIVE USA 2019

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7/18/19, 8am - 6:30pm
New York Marriot Downtown
Perspective USA is an annual forum on Architecture and Interior Design organized by THE PLAN ( Gruppo Maggioli), launched in 2013 and now at its 6th consecutive annual edition. Taking...

AIANY Women in Architecture Firm Tours

7/17/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Various venues
Join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for office tours of Susan T. Rodriguez Architecture • Design, Weiss/Manfredi, and CannonDesign. Each tour will start with a brief presentation about their...

Climate Change and Health through the Lens of the Built Environment

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7/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event is sold out. To add your name to the waitlist, please click here  Join us for a panel discussion on the effects of climate change on health, and...
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July Forum: Transporting the City Sustainably

7/17/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Fujitsu Airstage
NYC is often regarded as one of the best American cities for public transportation due to its extensive and complex network of subways, buses, and ferries that move over 5...

Empowering Tenants to Build out Sustainably with the Tenant Energy Optimization Program

7/16/19, 8am - 12am
Empire State Building, 67th Floor
No matter where you fall on a building’s life cycle; architect, engineer, landlord, tenant, manager, owner, operator or any other role, you can influence a leased space’s sustainability. Integrating sustainability...

Visible City: Reading Transportation and Infrastructure Systems

Visible City. Image by: AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
7/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Some of the most fascinating and frustrating aspects of transportation infrastructure often emerge when trying to get a grasp on large systems. Whether the need for understanding takes place while...

ENYA Beyond the Boards: The Midtown Mile

Penn Station - Rendering courtesy Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
7/16/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
SOM, 14 Wall St 25th Flr, New York, NY 10005
“The Midtown Mile” is the next presentation in the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA)‘s “Beyond the Boards” series. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill‘s leadership will profile their firm and design process before focusing...
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Topiary Tango Talk

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7/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
What is topiary and why are we talking about it? Join us this evening for a playfully serious look into the horticultural practice of trimming bushes into geometric shapes. Presented...

Passive House Primer

7/12/19, 12:30pm - Wednesday, 6/12, 1:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Join BE-Ex for the Passive House Primer—an engaging, one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the NYC market. Available as a free session at the Building Energy...

The Economics of Making a Public Building

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7/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for Mapping Community: Public Investment in NYC. How does New York City plan its capital projects and then turn those from a budget...

Housing Density Lecture Series – Child of the Depression: NYCHA is Born and Changes the Housing Model in New York

7/9/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Historian of the New York City Housing Housing Authority, Nicholas Bloom will outline the creation of the NYCHA in 1934 and traces the impact of its first projects. Architect Leonardo...

Transportation Conversations: Tom Wright

7/9/19, 7pm - 8:30pm
SVA Theatre
Transportation is the backbone of the region’s economy, and is essential to the quality of life for all residents. The tri-state region can support sustainable and equitable economic growth for...

Graphic Design in Transit

7/7/19, 7pm - 9pm
A/D/O
The relationship between graphic design and New York’s transportation system has had an undeniable impact on millions of New Yorkers and visitors alike. From Massimo Vignelli’s and Unimark’s original graphic...

Design Assist: Team-Driven Project Delivery Methods

7/2/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
With buildings becoming increasingly complex, many assemblies and components require an additional level of coordination and technical expertise to ensure a successful outcome. Often, this is best delivered though a...

New Fellow Salon with Jared Della Valle, FAIA

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7/2/19, 6pm - 8pm
Alloy
AIA New York is proud of the members who have been elevated to the College of Fellows and have founded a series of New Fellow Salons so other professionals can learn more about their...

CityPride: Celebrating LGBTQ Spaces

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6/27/19, 5:30pm - 8pm
FXCollaborative Gallery, 22 West 19th St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Please join AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee and FXCollaborative for a Pride Celebration at the FXCollaborative Gallery. Guests will enjoy snacks, cocktails, art, interactive exercises, entertainment, and the opportunity to...

Back to CON Basics

6/27/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Design for Health Committee when we explore the Certificate of Need (CON) process in New York State. The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) Guidelines for Design and Construction...

NAPHN19 Conference

6/27/19, 9am - Friday, 6/28, 6:30pm
Metropolitan Pavilion
The NAPHN19 Conference, June 27-28, will investigate how professionals and policymakers are implementing Passive House, at scale, today. From fully certified buildings to rethinking how their work and built environment—from...

Karen Braitmayer: A Profile in Accessible Practice

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6/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architect Karen Braitmayer, FAIA, has been named the 2019 recipient of the prestigious AIA Whitney M. Young Jr Award. The Seattle-based architect has been recognized by the Institute for her...

Night at the Museums at the Skyscraper Museum

6/25/19, 12am - 8pm
The Skyscraper Museum
On June 25, from 4-8pm, visit The Skyscraper Museum FREE as part of Night at the Museums 2019—no RSVP required! The museums and historic landmarks of Lower Manhattan are an...

Where We Live NYC Summit

6/22/19, 11am - 3pm
Museum of the City of New York
Help build a more just and inclusive city! We’ve been working with residents and community leaders to better understand how fair housing issues like segregation and discrimination impact New Yorkers....

Yona Friedman’s Lexicon

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6/21/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a video presentation about the life and work of Yona Friedman, followed by a discussion with Kenneth Frampton. Sylvie Boulanger, Director of Cneai, and Nicholas Vargelis, Visual...

CityPride: Tracing LGBTQ Spaces

CityPride by Elisa Holland
6/20/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee for a walking tour of the Stonewall Uprising before this panel. Sign up for the tour here.  In honor of the 50th...

Architect as Developer

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6/19/19, 6pm - 9pm
Fisher Center
Jared Della Valle, FAIA, will present his design and business philosophy, and Michiko Ashida will join him in a conversation on integrating architecture and development—and the opportunities it affords. JARED...

How to Structure Your Architecture Firm When One of Your Partners is Un-Licensed

6/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for this legal program “How to Structure your Architecture Firm When one of your Partners is Un-Licensed.” During this informative program, attorneys Melissa Billig, Warren Friss and...

Special Briefing: New York’s Next Comprehensive Waterfront Plan

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6/18/19, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
New York City has officially kicked off the planning stages for the next Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. Published every ten years, the Comprehensive Waterfront Plan outlines the strategic vision of the...

Organizing Against Evictions: Strategies from Women Leaders of Rio de Janeiro

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6/18/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event will share strategies and stories from a unique inside look at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the heart of its favelas, offering urban planners and human rights activists...

CityPride: Creating LGBTQ Spaces

CityPride by Elisa Holland
6/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The New York metro area has a diverse range of buildings and structures where LGBTQ people gather to find support, safety, community, and pride. A panel of architects who designed recent projects...

Cocktails & Conversation: Mehrdad Yazdani and Sam Lubell

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6/14/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Created by the AIANY Architecture Dialogue Committee, Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to...

Women in PropTech Presents: If These Rooms Could Talk

6/13/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Delos
Devices that can both speak and listen are increasing in popularity, as too are discussions around privacy and security. Women in PropTech will explore the question of what happens when...

STAYING OUT – through LGBTQ inclusive senior housing

6/13/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
22 West 19th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY
On June 13th, FXCollaborative will host a panel of three industry professionals who will be discussing the importance of LGBTQ inclusive senior housing. Latisha Millard Bethea, Director of NYC Housing...

Housing Density Lecture Series – After the Tenements: Out or Up in the 1920s?

6/13/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Skyscraper Museum
This discussion among urban and housing historians Richard Plunz, James Sanders, and Carol Willis will consider the early 20th-century alternative models of decentralizing the dense tenement districts of the Lower...

Here Comes the Sun: Daylight Hour 2019 Kickoff

6/13/19, 6pm - 8:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Join Building Energy Exchange and Mecho® for an evening of presentations, networking, and refreshments in celebration of Daylight Hour 2019—a global social media campaign promoting the use of natural lighting...

Going Alone

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6/12/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY New Practices Committee, “Alone, Together & Somewhere In-Between: Modes of Practice in Contemporary Architecture” is a three-part series of panel discussions delving deeper into the way...

Curator’s Tour of “Housing Density” Exhibition

6/12/19, 3pm - 4pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Guest-curator Nicholas Dagen Bloom will lead a tour of the museum’s new exhibition “Housing Density: Tenements to Towers.” Curators tours are free with admission. No RSVP required. More information on...

Building Enclosure Design Flaws and How to Avoid Them

BE Ex Event
6/11/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
A panel of experts will present and discuss solutions to common building envelope design flaws in multifamily and commercial buildings. They will address the considerable challenges faced by architects as...
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_Destinations: London

6/11/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the second event of AIANY’s Global Dialogues “_Destinations” series, bringing together some of the city’s most dynamic designers to discuss how they address and are inspired by the myriad...

Book Panel: Single-Handedly, Contemporary Architects Draw by Hand

6/11/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
A panel discussion about the art and craft of the architectural drawing, celebrating the book Single-Handedly, which collects hand drawings from 43 contemporary architects. Four accomplished New York City architects...

Zachary Violette Book Talk on “The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age”

6/11/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Skyscraper Museum
In “The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age,” historian Zachary Violette counters the standard narrative of crowded tenements and crusading urban reformers...

Oculus Book Talk: Palaces for the People

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6/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg will discuss his latest work,Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Penguin Random House, 2018). In Palaces...

Steam Innovations for NYC Buildings

6/6/19, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Join us to learn about innovative steam system technologies that can improve performance in your building, save energy and money, and enhance occupant comfort. Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) and the...

Floodplain Design, Construction, and Impacts on Flood Insurance

6/6/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Floods are the #1 natural disaster in the United States as all 50 states have experienced floods or flash floods. To protect the health, safety, and welfare of residential and...

The Forensics of Architecture: CSI of Buildings

Image by: KELRA
6/5/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The practice of forensic architecture is an investigative process that involves the examination of issues or claims made during design, construction, and once the building is completed. Most problems a...

Mies Van der Rohe’s Tugendhat House

Tugendhat House by Mies Van der Rohe. Photo by: David Zidlicky
6/3/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Mies Van der Rohe’s Tugendhat House in Brno, Czech Republic, is a preeminent example of early modernist design. Van der Rohe designed the house, which was completed in 1930, at...

Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

Image: Icarus Films
5/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus with this documentary exploring the history, present, and future of the utopian design and architecture school and communal social...

The Lighting Summit

5/30/19, 9am - 7pm
The Savant Experience Center, 561 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012
Join Cloud9 Smart, along with the leading producers of smart lighting, at the beautiful Savant Experience Center in SoHo for a deep dive into the world of smart lighting. Presenters...

Art for Interior Design 101

5/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Sugarlift at WeWork, 27 E 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
Sugarlift is a NYC-based art advisory, and we’re pulling back the curtain on our process because we believe that interior designers can be their clients’ best art advisors…and make money...

Shaping Public Space: First Results

5/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
What is Public Space? What makes a space public?  What is your favorite public space? At the Venice Biennale in 2016 and again in 2018, APT Architecture asked these and...

Justice by Design: Transitioning to Borough-Based Justice Facilities

5/29/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a viewing of the short documentary Justice by Design. The film focuses on the move from Rikers Island to a borough-based jails as part of New York City’s...

The Quantified City: Impacts on the Urban Context

The Quantified City. Image: Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
5/28/19, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel will be preceded by a creative (re)mixer and cocktail hour from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Entitled ‘Design Against Extinction’ and orchestrated by Terreform ONE, the event will...

The Shaping of Us

5/28/19, 6pm - 7:30pm
Rizzoli Bookstore
You are invited to a conversation between Lily Bernheimer and Gregory Wessner, ED, Open House New York, about Bernheimer’s new book THE SHAPING OF US: HOW EVERYDAY SPACES STRUCTURE OUR...

Subway Therapy: An Evening Discussion with Matthew “Levee” Chavez

5/27/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New York Transit Museum
Join us for an evening discussion with Matthew Chavez who will talk about his process and what he has learned by engaging with thousands of people around the world through...

Livable Cities for the 21st Century: The International Perspective

Photo: Sandra Henningsson.
5/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an evening with Jan Gehl, Hon. FAIA. Gehl is a Danish architect and urban design consultant whose life work has centered around pedestrian and cycling-oriented urban design. Gehl...
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One Learning Environment for Every Child

Image by: Reiko Shimokura
5/23/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Knoll New York Showroom, 1330 6th Ave, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019
How spaces for active learning in mainstream schools can allow children with special education needs (SEN) to learn with their friends. The transition towards competency-based education requires us to rethink...

EDRA50 Brooklyn – Sustainable Urban Environments: Research, Design and Planning for the Next 50 Years

5/22/19, 9am - Sunday, 5/26, 3pm
5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Join researchers and practitioners with a shared belief in shaping urban design and changing environmental behavior at the global scale. One-of-a-kind networking opportunities, educational seminars tailored exclusively for those in...

An Exchange of Ideas: Shifting Paradigms for Academic Classrooms

5/22/19, 6am - 9am
100 Broadway, FL 23, New York, NY 10005
Higher education is in a state of flux. Emerging technologies and approaches to learning are upending norms of traditional knowledge transmission. Internet-based learning is continuing to increase while at the...

Through the Eyes of an Architect: 2019 AIANY Design Award Winners, Interiors

5/22/19, 10:30am - 11:30am
Javits Convention Center
Please join the AIANY Interiors Committee for a presentation of shortlisted 2019 AIANY Design Award winners in the Interiors category at ICFF. The presentations will be followed by a discussion...

Low Carbon Comfort – Electrifying HVAC with Variable Refrigerant Flow Technology

Image: Rusk Renovations and Lynn Fritzlen Architect
5/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems have been used since the 1980s. Their space and energy saving characteristics have taken on a new meaning in the context of global climate challenges....

nARCHITECTS Book Launch @ A/D/O

5/21/19, 6:45pm - 9pm
A/D/O
A/D/O will host the launch of Buildings and Almost Buildings by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang, Principals of nARCHITECTS – the team that designed A/D/O. Made possible in part through...

Syria Before the Deluge: Syrian Monuments and Heritage Today

Tetrapylon, Palmyra. Photo: Peter Aaron
5/20/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion on the status of Syrian monuments today, framed by Peter Aaron’s 2009 photographs of important sites before the onset of the Syrian Civil War....

Leadership Breakfast with Claire Weisz, FAIA

Claire Weisz, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge, WXY Architecture and Urban Design. Image: Sioux Nesi
5/17/19, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the Women in Architecture Committee for the Spring installment of our Leadership Breakfast series. Claire Weisz, FAIA, Principal in Charge at WXY, will discuss her career and recent projects. Speaker:...
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2019 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: Annabelle Selldorf

Image: Selldorf Architects
5/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Oberfield lecture was founded as a memorial to Gil Oberfield, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee. The lecture brings to the podium speakers whose...
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PechaKucha Night New York City

5/16/19, 8pm - 10pm
Kinfolk 94, 94 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11249
PechaKucha, or “chitchat” in Japanese, is a concise presentation style comprised of 20 slides at a duration of 20 seconds each. This unique 20×20 format, devised in 2003 by KleinDytham...

ADFF at IC Design Festival by WantedDesign

5/16/19, 7pm - 10pm
Industry City, 51 35th Courtyard 5/6, Brooklyn, NY 11232, Brooklyn
ADFF, WantedDesign, Industry City, and the Consulate General of Denmark present the New York premiere of Boris Bertram’s latest film: The Human Shelter. The film is an epic, poetic journey...

Lighting Landmarks in New York City

Photo by: Shutterstock
5/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Hosted by the AIANY Building Codes Committee, the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee, and Illuminating Engineering Society NYC’s (IESNYC) Lighting Council, this program will present a panel of lighting designers and...
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Family History Today: Urban genealogy – Researching New York City’s Buildings

5/15/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Jewish History
Who built my building? When? Who designed it? Has it changed? What did it used to look like? Who’s lived there over the decades? Has it been written about or...

Women’s Initiative Groups Forum

5/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
Buro Happold, 100 Broadway 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10005
The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee has a special event planned in place of the regularly scheduled Monthly Committee Meeting on the 15th of May. We invite you to join...
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Personal Exposures: Women, Architecture, and Journalism

5/15/19, 6pm - 8pm
The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, 320 East 43rd St, New York, NY
Please join us on May 15 for a salon evening with Cathleen McGuigan, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record, and Eva Hagberg, author, educator, writer and media strategist. Both critics...

The Integrated Approach at Sandy Hook School: Designing for Security and Socio-Emotional Learning

5/15/19, 10am - 12pm
LaGuardia Community College, Mainstage Theatre, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 inserted school security into the daily conversations both within and outside of the professional realms of architecture, security design, and...

Designing for Marginalized Communities

5/14/19, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute
From once neglected buildings, infrastructure, and parks, designers can create new, dignified spaces that revitalize neighborhoods and improve quality of life for marginalized communities. But can design disrupt the institutions...

Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC Finalists Announcement

Bisl Social
5/14/19, 11am - 12:30pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) to present the winning designs for the Big...

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Featuring Michael Kimmelman

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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...

TECHSPO New York 2019

5/9/19, 9am - Friday, 5/10, 4pm
New York Marriott Marquis
Where Business, Tech and Innovation Collide in NYC! TECHSPO New York 2019 is a two-day technology expo taking place May 9-10, 2019 at the luxurious New York Marriott Marquis in...

RESCHEDULED – Syria Before the Deluge: Syrian Monuments and Heritage Today

Tetrapylon, Palmyra. Photo: Peter Aaron
5/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Due to a change in speaker availability, we have been forced to reschedule this event for Monday May 20th. We hope to see you at the rescheduled program! Please join us...

Fundamentals of Photoluminescent Egress Systems

IllumiTread in the dark. Image: Marty Hughes, Balco
5/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Photoluminescent (PL) egress systems are non-electric, illuminated routing markers that provide an intuitive path that can be easily followed during an emergency evacuation of a building. This course will instruct...

New York Digital Design Community

Image: Andrew Haas
5/9/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
WeWork, 115 W 18th St, 6th Floor
The New York Digital Design Community is a forum that focuses on showcasing technology-driven design by leading New York individuals, practices and universities. It is dedicated to disseminating the application...
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Alumni Lecture with Laurie H. Smith

5/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, New York, 10021
NYSID alumnae, Laurie Smith, joins us for an intimate conversation and look into her journey as an interior designer. As one of the first designers to hit the airwaves on...

NYLON #15: Design Quality and Public Housing

NY LON Sketch 1500
5/8/19, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
With London witnessing a resurgent public sector with improved capabilities, funding avenues, and delivery mechanisms at hand, it is critical that any new public housing shifts existing negative perceptions. At...

Prefabrication in Practice

Buckminster Fuller, Prefabricated Bathroom 1938. Image: Wikimedia Commons
5/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The integration of design and construction of modular principals and prefabricated processes into the built environment has a long history, filled with successes as well as missed opportunities and setbacks....

A New Deal for New York City: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
5/7/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
At a time when the Green New Deal is in the headlines and on the table, we aim to reacquaint our fellow New Yorkers with the original New Deal. How did a...

Cocktails & Conversation: Toshiko Mori and Fred Bernstein

Fass School. Photo: Sofia Verzbolovskis
5/3/19, 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...

Creating a Higher Living Standard with LEED v.4.1: Mahesh Ramanujam, USGBC

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5/1/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Mahesh Ramanujam will present USGBC’s global vision for LEED v4.1, discussing NYC’s historic and future role in informing that vision and exploring new research critical for understanding how best to...

The Evolution of Times Square and West 42nd Street

5/1/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Silver Center, Room 301, 100 Washington Square East (entrance on Waverly Place)
Please join us for a talk by architect Bruce Fowle, FAIA, LEED AP, about the evolution of 42nd Street and the Times Square area. Fowle and his firm played a...

Terrorism Protection by Design

4/30/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
If you are involved with a project where the owner is concerned about the potential for a terrorist attack, this session is for you. Following 9/11, a lot has changed...

Passive House Primer at BE-Ex

4/26/19, 12:30am - 1:30pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
BE-Ex for the Passive House Primer—an engaging, one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the NYC market. Available as a free session at the Building Energy Exchange,...

Envisioning the Integrated Academic Medical Center

Mayo Clinic Destination Medical Center. Image: Perkins Eastman
4/25/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a talk about the integration of academic, research, and clinical environments and how these functions are tied to and reflected in the design of academic medical center (AMC)...

Transitional Moments: Marcel Breuer, the W. C. Vaughan Co. and the Bauhaus In America

4/25/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
The General Society Library
Transitional Moments: Marcel Breuer, the W. C. Vaughan Co. and the Bauhaus In America Historian and Writer, Robert Wiesenberger  Book Signing and Reception to follow Historian Robert Wiesenberger will discuss...

Games, Gossip, and Greeting: Seniors’ Uses of Public Space

Image: Karolina Grabowska
4/23/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel will focus on public open space design that meets the health and recreational needs of urban seniors as they age-in-place in their neighborhoods. Recent case studies of innovative...

The X Factor of R Value: Avoiding Toxic Chemicals in Insulation and Air Sealing Materials

4/18/19, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Robust evidence demonstrates that weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades can significantly and positively impact residents’ thermal stress, asthma symptoms, and energy costs. What is far less understood, however, are the...

Passive House Fenestration Solutions in Commercial Applications

4/18/19, 12:30pm - 2pm
Adler Windows Showroom, 350 7th Avenue, Suite 1103/1105, New York, NY 10001
Adler Windows has invited INTUS Windows to our showroom on April 18th to present their seminar Passive House Fenestration Solutions in Commercial Applications. Learn about the growing demand for passive...

Crossroads Conversations

4/18/19, 4pm - 7pm
Albert E. Short Triangle Park Jackson Ave. (at 23rd St.), Long Island City, NY 11101
Crossroads Conversations is a public program series hosted in iconic public spaces that invites passersby from all walks of life and political convictions to engage in thoughtful dialogue on some...

Contemporary Polish Architecture: From One Paradigm to Another

Grabowska-Hawrylak's iconic residential buildings, pictured here in 1982, were built between 1963 and 1969 in Wrocław's Grunwaldzki Square. Photo: Chris Niedenthal.
4/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for Patchwork: The Architecture of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak. Three generations of architects will reflect on the place of contemporary Polish architecture in a panel discussion...

More Than a Pretty Space

4/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Working as an interior designer is more than designing pretty spaces. Learn strategies from top designers on how to diversify and position your business for growth. Join Malene Barnett, cross-media...

Re-Envisioning 21st Century Public Libraries & Affordable Housing

4/17/19, 8am - 11:30am
CUNY Graduate Center, Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Avenue
Join Fifth Avenue Committee for a panel discussion in which we invite participants to look outside the traditional definitions of libraries and housing and re-envision public libraries and affordable housing...

GreenHomeNYC Monthly Forum: Policy Action on Climate Change

4/17/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Hafele Showroom, 20 W. 22nd St, New York, NY 10010
Many people now accept the concept of climate change as a reality and recognize that it is being accelerated by man-made activities. With each passing day, the time to make...

Firestop Submittal Review

4/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This class is designed to help you evaluate a firestop submittal more quickly, completely, and confidently; then take that information into the field during a site walk and identify any...
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ENYA Beyond the Boards: BIG

Photo by: Bjarke Ingels Group - BIG
4/16/19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bjarke Ingels Group NYC, 45 Main Street, 9th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) is proud to announce the next presentation in the Beyond the Boards series. BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group leadership will profile their firm and design process before focusing on...
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SEAoNY April Seminar: Understanding the Old to Design the New

4/16/19, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Understanding the Old to Design the New: Revisiting Traditional Construction to Inspire Light-Weight and Sustainable Structural Design. Historic construction techniques can yield inspiration for novel structural design, yet engineers are...

FiDi Community Update – Make Way for Lower Manhattan

4/16/19, 6pm - 8pm
Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, New York 10006
WHAT: Briefing on Pilot Study on proposed “slow clean streets” program in the historic core of the Financial District WHEN: Tuesday, April 16 at 6-8 PM AGENDA: Presentation of the...

Demystifying Building Performance Modeling for Sustainable Design

Photo by: Syska Hennessy
4/11/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As the importance of energy performance and efficiency continues to increase, today’s design and construction professionals have the challenging task of making buildings more efficient and sustainable. Not only have...
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Environments Research Conference: International & Interdisciplinary Perspectives

4/11/19, 5pm - 8pm
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Drawing upon a multi-disciplinary framework, and leveraging perspectives on design from around the globe, the conference aims to highlight the power of the physical setting to foster environments where children,...

Western Architecture in China

4/11/19, 3:30pm - 5pm
41 Park Row, Room 402, New York, NY 10038
Join us for an afternoon of fun and discovery at the Pace CI. A noted author and expert on western-influenced architecture in China, Tess Johnston conducted tours as part of...

Perspectives from Sweden: Designing Innovative Learning Environments

Skapaskolan, Sweden. Photo by: Street Monkey Architects
4/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a presentation and panel discussion that examines the planning and design of learning environments in Sweden. Swedish architect Åsa R. Machado will present several large-scale educational projects...

Gay by Design: LGBT Historic Sites of the Design Communities

4/10/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Founded by historic preservation professionals in 2015, the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is the first initiative to comprehensively document historic places connected to the LGBT community in the city’s...

CANCELLED Innovative Housing: Chronicles from Chile and Colombia

4/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event has been cancelled.   – Please Note: Your registration for this event constitutes your agreement to specific and limited use of your email address, and possibly your image...

Designing Inclusive Growth: Competitive Development and NYC

4/9/19, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute
Designing Inclusive Growth is a monthly dialogue on the future of development in New York City. In intimate conversations with leading urbanists and thinkers, we’ll examine what’s propelling New York...

Speed Presentations Edition 10

4/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Hafele America Company, 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 201
The AIANY Interiors Committee is pleased to announce “Speed Presentations Edition 10,” showcasing outstanding interior design spaces by New York City-based architects. Ten New York-based architects will present their best...
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Coast to Coast: The Gender of Preservation

From Left to Right Jordan Hall, Boston Photo: Ann Beha Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles Photo: Brenda Levin
4/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As women have become the majority of students in architecture schools, our profession has been in the throes of both examining and reexamining the role of women in design. Many...

Pad Thai Thai: A Talk by Kulapat Yantrasast

Pomona College Studio Art Hall by wHY. Photo: Iwan Baan.
4/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Kulapat Yantrasast as he delves into the complex and playful world of wHY’s work, which combines the frenetic elements of the architect’s Thai upbringing with his minimalist Japanese training....

FACADES+ NY

4/4/19, 7:45am - Friday, 4/5, 4:45pm
At the Metropolitan Pavilion
Bringing together some of the world’s most productive building professionals. Be inspired and learn how to innovate all steps of facade implementation, from systems and materials to designs and delivery...

RESET and ORIGIN: Measuring Air Quality and Material Impacts

Food Hall at theMART, Chicago, a Vornado Property. Photo by: theMART
4/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Designing for wellness requires careful material choice and ongoing measurement of indoor air quality. Come hear from Raefer Wallis, an architect and the founder of GIGA, the independent organization working...
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LICNYC2020: A Design Perspective

4/3/19, 7pm - 9pm
SculptureCenter
Well before Amazon proposed its 14-acre campus on the Queens waterfront, Long Island City was the fastest growing neighborhood in the country. From Court Square to the waterfront, new development...

LICNYC: A Design Perspective / PT2 LIC

4/3/19, 7pm - 9pm
SculptureCenter
Well before Amazon proposed its 14-acre campus on the Queens waterfront, Long Island City was the fastest growing neighborhood in the country. From Court Square to the waterfront, new development...

SEAoNY 2019 President’s Breakfast Roundtable: The Business of Engineering

4/3/19, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
As easy as it can be to get caught up in the technical aspects of our profession, it’s important to remember that structural engineering is a for-profit industry like any...

Rising Urbanists: Reframing the Urban Forest Conference

3/30/19, 9am - 5:45pm
City College of New York Spitzer School of Architecture
Please join the CCNY American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter on Saturday, March 30, for the third annual interdisciplinary Rising Urbanists Conference at the Spitzer School of Architecture. This...

A Tale of Two Asylums – The Fall of Greystone and Rise of the Richardson Olmsted

3/28/19, 6pm - 8pm
Sky Room
In 2009, an article published by the National Register of Historic Buildings observed that the 19th century asylums at Buffalo, designed by H.H. Richardson, and Morris Plains, NJ, designed by...

FXWomen & Ennead Lab Present: Kimberly Dowdell

3/28/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
FXCollaborative Architects
Please join FXWomen and Ennead Lab for a conversation with Kimberly Dowdell, President of NOMA and Partner at Century Partners on the design of civic & business leadership. Kimberly’s career...

Women-Built NYC | Three Decades of Public Design

Rescue Company 2. From left: Daniel Nigro, Commissioner, Fire Department of the City of New York; Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects; Signe Nielsen, MNLA and PDC President; Alicia Glen, Former Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development; Kate Orff, SCAPE / Landscape Architecture; Feniosky Peña-Mora, Former Commissioner, Department of Design and Construction. Photo: NYC Public Design Commission.
3/27/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To celebrate the Women’s History Month, Keri Butler, the Deputy Director of NYC Public Design Commission (PDC), and Rebecca Macklis will highlight multigenerational women who have made a significant impact on...
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What Makes Designing in New York “New Yorkish”?

3/27/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
New York is an international city, the center of many powerful industries such as finance, advertising, publishing, media, art, fashion and yes, our personal favorites, interior design and architecture. Learn...

Carbon Neutral by 2020: A Kilroy Real Estate Presentation

3/27/19, 6pm - 7:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Please join us for a rare opportunity to hear from a west coast sustainability leader here in New York City. Kilroy Realty, among the largest commercial office owners on the...

ODA “Unboxing New York” Talk with Eran Chen and David van der Leer

10 Jay Street by ODA New York. Photo: Pavel Bendov.
3/26/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
10 Jay Street, 6th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
ODA New York is proud to unveil their first publication, Unboxing New York. Please join Eran Chen, Founding Principal of ODA, and David van der Leer, Principal of DVDL Design...

POP! Culture: Creativity in Temporary Spaces

Photo by: The Container Globe
3/26/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel discussion explores creative cultural events in non-traditional “pop up” venues. Temporary spaces, which often involve architects and engineers, can give increased exposure to artists and extend the outreach...

Cocktails & Conversation: Vishaan Chakrabarti and Justin Davidson

Photo: PAU
3/22/19, 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...

Mobility + Social Agency: Embedding Equity in Mobile Systems

Mobility + Social Agency
3/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
United States landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 established legal rights to accommodation and access that have had a...

FLOX TALX

3/19/19, 6:30pm - 9pm
FLOX LOFT
FLOX TALX. An intimate dinner dialogue. What or rather WHO lives at the intersection of design and social impact? We do! We are curious futurists who believe in the power...

FutureNOW: Re-imagining Practice Through Data Disruption

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3/16/19, 9am - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Now more than ever, data is being collected and applied to evaluate problems and deliver solutions. “FutureNOW” will explore the implementation of technology-driven advancements in the AEC industry. Through a...

_Destinations: Mexico City

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3/14/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the inaugural event of AIANY’s Global Dialogues “_Destinations” series, bringing together some of the city’s most dynamic designers to discuss how they address and are inspired by the...
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New York Botanical Garden Sustainability Action Plan

3/13/19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Join Building Energy Exchange for a workshop format educational session on the long term capital planning of energy efficiency projects at the New York Botanical Garden. This special event includes...

Beyond EUI: Making a Case for Intensity of Use

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3/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Beyond EUI: Making a Case for Intensity of Use and Measuring What Matters A well-used building in a high density neighborhood has challenges achieving net zero energy in terms of...

Designing Inclusive Growth: Competitive Development and NYC

3/12/19, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd Street, Manhattan
Designing Inclusive Growth is a monthly dialogue on the future of development in New York City. In intimate conversations with leading urbanists and thinkers, we’ll examine what’s propelling New York...

Special Inspection: Firestop and Its Liability (Repeat Session)

3/11/19, 4pm - 5:30pm
Center for Architecture
Firestop Special inspection is a requirement on projects. If you have wondered which projects, how you are supposed to evaluate the inspector or the reports they submit, this class will...

A Tour of Moynihan Train Hall Under Construction

© Empire State Development | Image courtesy: SOM | Public Square
3/8/19, 3pm - 5pm
Moynihan Train Station, Meet at NE corner of 9th Ave. and W 31st St.
Meet at the NE corner of 9th Ave. and West 31st St.. Join SOM’s senior designers on a hardhat construction tourof the monumental civic project to convert McKim, Mead & White’s 1913...
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Mentorship In Design

3/7/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Perkins Eastman, 115 Fifth Avenue
While there are many forms of mentorship, all successful people will say that mentorship has been critical to their progression. What is mentorship? Mentors and mentees at various stages in...

Success Starts with Strategy: Tips for Fierce Marketing and Communications

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3/6/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee and the AIANY Marketing and Communications Committee as they present an architectural practice panel to share useful advice and strategies in marketing, PR,...
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Designing for the Big and Small Screen: The World of Production Designers and Set Decorators

3/6/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, New York, 10021
Join author and journalist Cathy Whitlock (Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction), set decorators Ellen Christiansen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Sheila Bock (Madam Secretary), and Andrew Baseman...

Planning La Nueva Ciudad in Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Rehabilitation of the Guayaquil Airport

3/6/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
NYU Department of Art History, Urban Design and Architecture Studies, 100 Washington Square East, room 301
In 1920 Guayaquil, Ecuador was a relatively small city in South America of 30 Square kilometers and a population of 258,000 inhabitants. Today at 215 Square kilometers, Guayaquil is a...

LICNYC: A Design Perspective / PT1 NYC

3/6/19, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd Street, Manhattan
The competition among cities to be the site for Amazon’s HQ2 illustrated how modern industry and private enterprise are primary drivers of economic growth. The implications for urban planning are...

Proof: The Power of Social Research in Design

3/5/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architecture’s impact on the social and psychological well-being of humans has been recognized. However, full integration of insights from the social sciences into every architectural practice has not been implemented....
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Star Innovation Center: Tropical, Commercial, and Passive

3/5/19, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange
Join BE-Ex on March 5th for the presentation and discussion of a highly unique project that brings Passive House to South Asia. While much Passive House activity is focused on...

2019 Paul Mellon Lecture – New Wisdom from Nepal: Earthquakes, Local Practice, and World Heritage

3/5/19, 6:15pm - 8pm
The Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium, 1230 York Avenue at East 66th Street
On April 25, 2015, a major earthquake struck Nepal, causing thousands of human casualties and widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure. The earthquake’s impact on heritage was extensive throughout the...

Disruption by Design: Case Studies in Design for a Just New York

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3/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a related program for Design and the Just City in NYC. This program will take a closer look at the case studies presented in the exhibition....

Casa Wabi: A Conversation between Martino Stierli and Bosco Sodi

3/4/19, 6pm - 8pm
Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway at 26th Street, New York, NY
Rizzoli invites you to celebrate the launch of CASA WABI with a conversation between Martino Stierli and Bosco Sodi with a book signing to follow.

New Practices in Hong Kong Architecture: A Symposium

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3/1/19, 1pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a symposium presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey, and convened by Barry Bergdoll and Seng Kuan. Taking Rudolph’s work as...

Matchmaker, Matchmaker: A Conversation with “The Contractor Whisperer”

2/27/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, New York, 10021
Join us for a conversation with leading design entrepreneurs Wendy Goodman and Jean Brownhill. Wendy, the legendary design editor of New York magazine, has been like a fairy godmother to...

Executive Roundtable Series, Part 1: Building Meaningful Profitability in 2019

2/27/19, 8am - 10:30am
Haworth Showroom
SMPS-NY announces a two-part executive roundtable series designed for principals, business developers, and marketing directors! Why do the architecture and engineering industries lag behind when it comes to profitability? What...

Building Museums Symposium

2/27/19, 12pm - Friday, 3/1, 4pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
Join museum colleagues, architects, other design and construction professionals, and project funders in lively conversation about what is involved in a museum building project. Attend a day-long workshop on all...

Deeds Not Words: Conversations with Robert P. Madison

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2/26/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In celebration of Black History Month, please join us for a screening of a documentary film chronicling the life story of Robert P. Madison: preeminent architect, maverick, patriot, and patron...

Oculus Book Talk – Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

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2/26/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Eminent sociologist Richard Sennett will discuss his latest book, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) in the latest Oculus Book Talk. In this sweeping...

The Urban Pathways Conference

2/25/19, 8am - 12pm
The Times Center
8:00 AM – Registration Opens (refreshments offered) 8:30-8:45 AM – Introduction by Gary Higbee, AIA, Director of Industry Development, Steel Institute of New York 8:45-9:30 AM – Keynote: Parks as...

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Featuring Elizabeth Diller

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2/21/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Updated 4/30/2019: Listen to the podcast featuring Elizabeth Diller on PersonPlaceThing.org. Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly...

Affordable Housing Overview, The Path to Better Affordable Housing

2/20/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
GROHE America Inc.
The City, State, and Federal governments have provided subsidies for affordable housing for decades, but this housing is not built by them, it is built by developers. Many years ago,...

Award-Winning Latin American Architecture Documentary, Hacer Mucho Con Poco, Screening, Discussion and Drinks

2/20/19, 6:30pm - 9pm
Talon Bar, 220 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
This World Social Justice Day (2/20) ARCHIVE Global has organized a special screening of the award-winning architecture documentary Hacer Mucho Con Poco (Do More With Less). HMCP explores the “architectural...

Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World

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2/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architectural historian Dale Allen Gyure will discuss the career and life of Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), best know as the architect of the World Trade Center. Born to Japanese immigrant parents...
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LEED, Arc and Living Standard: Testing New Frontiers, Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design

2/13/19, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
The Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design is an annual event created to honor the memory of NYSID faculty member, Sally Henderson, who developed the College’s first course in green...

Alliance Talks: Design For Health

2/11/19, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
European - Granite / Marble / Surfaces
The built environment impacts health at every scale that we design and build in. This understanding has magnified in recent years with a particular focus on interior design, material health...

Leadership Breakfast with Frances Halsband, FAIA

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2/8/19, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Frances Halsband, FAIA, Founding Partner, Kliment Halsband Architects. Speaker: Frances Halsband, FAIA Halsband is a founding partner of...

Oculus at Large: Bionic Materials

2/7/19, 6pm - 8:45pm
ABC Stone, 129 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Bionic Materials: Architect-led R&D for Tomorrow’s Building Blocks New research that combines the super powers of nature and technology is generating pioneering materials for interiors as well as exteriors. At...

The Potential for Big Data in Educational Space Planning

2/6/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Big data has become an increasingly contentious subject. Scandals at Facebook, Equifax, and other technology and data collection companies have exposed the potential of big data for malicious use. However,...
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M.A. in Historical and Sustainable Architecture – Open House 2019-20, with Faculty, Directors, and Alumni

2/6/19, 6pm - 7:30pm
NYU Dept. of Art History, 100 Washington Square East Silver Center 307
Come learn about our program at our spring open house, featuring presentations about our faculty and curriculum, along with admissions information for 2019-20, and a discussion of career opportunities in...

KING’S CROSS • INSPIRING CHANGE

2/5/19, 6:30am - 8pm
NYU Dept. of Art History, 100 Washington Square East Silver Center 301
In this lecture Phil Crew will give insight into the urban regeneration of London’s King’s Cross; its journey from dereliction to destination; and how a program of dead buildings and...

Inside Out/Outside In: Second Nature in Japanese Architecture

1/31/19, 6:30pm - 8pm
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
In our climate-shifting world, the traditional Japanese notion of mediating between interior and exterior has re-emerged as an essential concern for contemporary architects. Rome Prize-winning architects Rachely Rotem and Phu Hoang, of architectural...

Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House

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1/31/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Kim Bixler’s family owned Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1908 Edward E. Boynton House in Rochester, New York, from 1977 to 1994.  In her multi-media presentation, Kim recounts the joys and pitfalls...
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Moisture Intrusion, Stop It and Stop Mold

1/24/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This course provides an overview of mold prevention. Topics in this course include: Types of moisture intrusions, how to detect them, how to prevent them and what to do once...

Cocktails & Conversation: Hayes Slade and James Slade with Fred Bernstein

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1/18/19, 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. Each...

Intumescent Fireproofing

1/17/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event will provide an introduction to the process and benefts of the practice of intumescent fireproofing. Intumescent paint is your friend. It can be used in creative design solutions where...

2019 AIANY Design Awards Announcement

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1/14/19, 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, Projects, and Sustainability. A moderated symposium discussion with this year’s jurors will...

Education Design for the Homeless

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1/9/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Educating homeless children is a national dilemma that presents significant challenges, particularly to the organizations who serve this population and to the architects who design their facilities. In this presentation,...

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen featuring Jeffrey Sachs

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1/8/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Updated 3/30/2019: Listen to the podcast featuring Jeffrey Sachs on PersonPlaceThing.org. Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly...

Oculus Book Talk: The Man in the Glass House

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1/7/19, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for our January Oculus Book Talk on The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) with author Mark Lamster in conversation...

Paul Rudolph: Influences and Opportunities

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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

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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...

Paul Rudolph: A Way of Working

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12/14/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a program for Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey. For Paul Rudolph, architecture was “a highly personal affair involving a considerable degree of emotion and which needs...

Lecture – Claire Weisz & Paul Bauer – The Salt Shed

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12/12/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White St., New York, NY 10013
The Salt Shed has quickly become an iconic building in New York City. Rising nearly 70 feet along the Hudson River at the intersection of Canal Street and West Street,...

Remix Resample Remaster: Identity and Making Architecture

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12/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Through shared dialogue between with poets, educators, artists, architects and activists, this participatory program will explore how identity and cultural forces can influence the process of how we design, both...

Oculus Book Talk: William B. Helmreich and Sam Lubell

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12/10/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for our December Oculus Book Talk, featuring two new guide books: The Manhattan Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide by William B. Helmreich, and Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel...

The Birth – Part 2

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12/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Birth – Part 2 is the second of two conversations exposing deeper investigations into Hip-Hop Architecture. Each speaker will discuss the origins of their association with the architectural movement...

Deep Energy Reductions in NYC Public School Design

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12/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As part of NYC’s 80×50 goal, Local Law 31 of 2016 requires significantly reduced energy use in new city-owned and city-operated buildings. The New York City School Construction Authority (NYCSCA)...

Architecture Across Cultures: The Chinese Vanguard

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12/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The 2008 Beijing Olympics were a seminal moment for Chinese culture on the global stage, one that featured landmarks by Western architects as emblems of contemporary design and served as...

Log’s 15th Anniversary

12/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Celebrate 15 years of Log on Monday, December 3! Drinks, delights, discussion: tickets $15. Log 44 (Fall 2018) marks 15 years since Log 1 rolled off the presses in September...

Learning from Yugoslavia

12/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019: Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3
In conjunction with Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980, this evening’s discussion expands on three issues central to the exhibition: common history, collective civic space, and community building....

Thesis Now

12/1/18, 9:30am - 5pm
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture presents the symposium, “Thesis Now,” which will address the agency, relevance, and history of the Thesis Studio in architecture curricula. “Thesis Now” will...

Albert Frey: The Architectural Envoy – Film Screening and Discussion

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11/30/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Albert Frey, the unpretentious Swiss-born, mid-20th-century architect, was a key figure in the introduction of Corbusian-influenced modernism to the United States. Through his innate curiosity about the American landscape, he...

CCNY – Master of Landscape Architecture Info Session

11/29/18, 5:30pm - 8pm
City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture
Tour: 5:30 p.m. Panel: 6:30-8:00 p.m. (Sciame Auditorium/107) Learn about the Spitzer School’s Master of Landscape Architecture program, which is open to students from all undergraduate backgrounds. This evening event...

Oculus Book Talk – Exhibit A: Exhibitions That Transformed Architecture

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11/27/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How do you exhibit a building, a locality, a city? Exhibit A, the first book to explore the 20th century’s most significant architectural exhibitions, reveals how architecture has pushed the...

IPA Fellows Discussion 2 at KNOLL – Panorama of Possibilities: Queens

11/27/18, 6pm - 8pm
Knoll Showroom
Join us on November 27 at 6pm for a discussion with the IPA’s Fellows at the KNOLL showroom. This is the second of a two-part series where our Fellows will...

Digital Materiality in Architecture

11/27/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Great Hall of The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
“Digital Materiality in Architecture,” presented in celebration of the 10th anniversary of The William Cooper Mack Thesis Fellowship Lecture, features architects Fabio Gramazio and J. Meejin Yoon. Nader Tehrani, Dean,...

The Birth – Part 1

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11/26/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Birth – Part 1 is the first of two conversations exposing deeper investigations into Hip-Hop Architecture. Each speaker will discuss the origins of their association with the architectural movement...

Perspectives on Energy Modeling: A Dialogue Between Architects and Consultants

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11/20/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Through the lens of two distinct practices and areas of expertise – architecture and sustainability consulting – this lecture and panel discussion will explore how both groups view the energy...

Architects as Activists Primer

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11/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Traditionally, the planner and architect are seldom seen as advocates for the urban poor, especially with the ongoing competition for so-called starchitects to produce “iconic” buildings for a global market; but...

Perform: Designing for the Performing Arts

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11/14/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
A performing arts center is one of the most challenging and rewarding buildings an architect can design. It is a landmark building, celebrating its community’s commitment to the arts and...
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Impact Through Service: How Architects Can Serve on Community Boards

11/14/18, 8am - 9:30am
Center for Architecture
Have you wondered how to be more involved with decision making for your community? Join us for an informative session to demystify the New York City community board application process...

Conquering the Energy Code for Architects and Engineers: Residential

11/13/18, 9am - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Conquering the Energy Code prepares architects and engineers to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy-efficient buildings in the process....

Sustainability ∩ Resilience Integration IV: Internet of Things and RTEM

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11/13/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel discussion will address the basics of Internet of Things (IoT) and Real Time Energy Management (RTEM) systems, incentive programs for implementation, current challenges, opportunities, and trends. Speakers will...

The Trunk Line: The Future Beyond the Gateway Tunnel

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11/12/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York City’s rail travel operates primarily through Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal. Both function as terminus stations, creating rail transit congestion that impacts the region. Independent transportation advocates from...

Funding the Future Workshop: Resilience Planning Across Public & Private Sectors

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11/9/18, 9am - 2pm
Center for Architecture
This course also offers 4 LA CES. Resilience planning across all domains has become a crucial part of national, state, and local discourse in recent years. We know that the...

Realistic Renderings for BIM Projects with V-Ray for Revit

11/8/18, 12pm - 1pm
Online Webinar
Architects and design professionals must make thousands of design decisions throughout the life of a project. How do designers evaluate their design options with realistic 3D images? With V-Ray for...

Leaning Out VI | _Action: Women Making Moves

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11/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
More and more women are slowly ascending to top positions at established firms in design, development, and construction. Some of those who have ascended then take the leap to start...

Cocktails and Conversations: Book Launch at Porcelanosa

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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....

New York Digital Design Community

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11/7/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
United Technologies Digital Accelerator (55 Water Street, Brooklyn NY 11201)
The New York Digital Design Community is a forum that focuses on showcasing technology-driven design by leading New York individuals, practices, and universities. It is dedicated to disseminating the application...

Sustainable Trends in Architectural Lighting for Educational Environments

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11/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Architecture for Education Committee for a discussion of the trends, standards, and technologies that are driving and advancing lighting design in today’s educational and non-educational environments....

Maker City & City Making

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11/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee for a panel discussion on live/work spaces and urban development. Two panels will explore the maker industry and its role in developing...

2018 Deans’ Roundtable

11/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for the Center for Architecture’s fourteenth-annual Deans’ Roundtable. Representatives from several local schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education. Introductions: Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA,...

Flash Competition: Intervention

11/3/18, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010
More and more people are taking to the streets to create flexible, short-term design interventions. From open streets to play-streets, chair bombing to guerilla gardening, citizen-led design interventions have filled...

Food Justice

11/2/18, 12pm - 1pm
Harlem Growth, 118 West 134 Street
Join us for an exploration of Harlem Grown, an urban agriculture center, with founder and director, Tony Hillery. Learn about the community effort to transform an overgrown and abandoned garden...

Work Design Tech Talk: How Technology Enables the Emerging Workplace

11/2/18, 12pm - 6pm
Convenue, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019
This inaugural half-day event is designed to ignite discussions and inspire information sharing around the technological topics that are most pressing to workplace practitioners! Lunch + Two Panels + Connecting...

Person Place Thing with Majora Carter

11/2/18, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010
Join us for a conversation between social-enterprise pioneer and Peabody Award-winning broadcaster Majora Carter and former New York Times Ethicist columnist Randy Cohen in a live recording of the radio...

CCNY – Urban Design Program Open Studio

11/1/18, 3:30pm - 6pm
City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture
Open Studio for architecture and landscape architecture graduates interested in our two-semester Graduate Urban Design Program directed by Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin. Tour the Spitzer School of Architecture, meet current...

Civic Impact in Practice

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11/1/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the 2018 AIANY Civic Leadership Program team at the Center for Architecture as they showcase a spectrum of current civic engagement practices in New York City. In September 2018, the Civic...

Public Private Personal

11/1/18, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010
How neighborhoods receive new development often reflects how included residents feel in the development process. Whether we’re making way for a high-rise residential tower or converting a vacant lot to...

NYLON #14: Regional Planning

10/31/18, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
In 2017, New York’s Regional Plan Association (RPA) released its Fourth Regional Plan, looking at the Tri-State metropolitan area in its totality. In the same year, the Mayor of London...

Designing with Light (Efficiently)

10/30/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange for Designing with Light (Efficiently), a discussion on the incorporation of efficient industrial lighting design into architecture. The event will begin with a presentation by...

Archtober Special Event: Passive House Towering in NYC

10/30/18, 5pm - 7pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
Join New York Passive House, Building Energy Exchange and the three architectural firms making waves in New York City with their large multifamily Passive House projects. While the Passive House...

Rediscovering Alexander Girard’s Architecture—From Motown to Midtown

10/30/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Knoll Showroom, 1330 Avenue of the Americas (at West 54th Street) Second Floor, enter through building lobby.
The multi-faceted mid-century designer Alexander Girard is synonymous with Santa Fe, New Mexico. However, many of his most cohesive projects—especially the architecture—were done in Metro Detroit, where he lived from...

Better Development

10/30/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for Better Development, a panel exploring how to address the role and opportunity of the architect/master planner in the public process of entitlement. Speakers:Claudia Herasme, Chief Urban Designer/Director...

Designing the Future of the Tri-State Region

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10/29/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This is a related program for the exhibition The Future of the New York Metropolitan Area: The Fourth Regional Plan. RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan proposes how our built and natural...

NightSeeing™ at Times Square

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10/29/18, 6pm - 8pm
Times Square
Walk with urban lighting and nighttime designer Leni Schwendinger to re-frame NYC’s spatial spectacle at the Crossroads of the World. This interactive journey through Times Square will include little known...
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New Models for Education: Pratt President Frances Bronet & Cathy N. Davidson

10/29/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205
How can higher education be transformed, and how can students be better equipped for a changing world? Renowned scholar of history and technology Cathy N. Davidson and Pratt President Frances...

Architect Emre Arolat in Conversation with Yehuda Safran

10/26/18, 6pm - 8pm
Emre Arolat Architecture's NY Studios in Soho, 199 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012
Join us for a rare conversation with Aga Kahn Award winner, RIBA 20 best International Buildings of 2018 architect, and Yale University’s 2017 Sir Norman Foster distinguished visiting professor Emre...

STHLMNYC Conversation: Urban Well-Being by Architectural Design

10/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Contemporary architecture is much more than merely the art and practice of designing and constructing buildings. It is an interdisciplinary practice that accounts for environmental, economic and social challenges while...
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Design for Circularity: What if We Could Redesign Everything?

10/24/18, 9am - 11am
Center for Architecture
What would happen if everything in the built environment was designed to be restorative and regenerative? This is the core of a circular economy—that products, building materials and furniture no...

Celebrate NYC: Passive House Showcase with Baxt Ingui Architects

10/24/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
The forum will begin with a presentation by architect Michael Ingui on several of his firm’s residential retrofits to the Passive House standard. Following the presentation will be a moderated...

Workplace Wednesday: Steven Holl Architects

10/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
Steven Holl Architects
Every week, Archtober invites you to an exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the most innovative architecture firms in NYC. This Workplace Wednesday we will be visiting Steven Holl Architects!...
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Makers of Modern Architecture: Maya Lin in Conversation with Martin Filler

10/24/18, 8pm - 9pm
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10128
As the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, Maya Lin revolutionized commemorative architecture and is now considered one of the world’s greatest women architects. Among her foremost...

The Future of Penn Station

10/24/18, 7pm - 10pm
W83 Ministry Center, 150 West 83rd Street New York, NY 10024
Everyone agrees that New York’s Penn Station is an utter disaster and embarrassment to the city. The depot is ugly, cramped, dark, dangerous, difficult to navigate, and plagued by train...

Celebrate NYC: Passive House Showcase with Baxt Ingui Architects

10/24/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange for “Celebrate NYC: Passive House Showcase with Baxt Ingui Architects.” The forum will begin with a presentation by architect Michael Ingui on several of his...

Workplace Design: Part 2 – Coworking

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10/23/18, 6pm - 8pm
Knoll Contract Showroom
With the highest concentration of coworking spaces in the country, New York City is a key influencer in this rapidly evolving category. Various typologies of coworking have emerged, serving new...

Responsive Cities: Urban Heat Challenges

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10/23/18, 6pm - 8pm
John L. Tishman Auditorium, The New School
Organized by Consulate General of Switzerland in New York in collaboration with the AIA Technology Committee, Singapore-ETH Centre, ETH Future Cities Laboratory, Cooling Singapore, ETH Zurich, and The Urban Systems Lab at The New...

SGH Seminar: Understanding the Role of Construction Litigation Experts

10/23/18, 5:30pm - 8pm
New York Building Congress, 1040 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018
In today’s fast-paced environment, issues can arise during design and construction that affect building projects, including cost overruns, delays, or errors. They can influence the project’s success and ultimately result...

Responsive Cities: Citizen Engagement

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10/22/18, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
Responsive cities are the new frontier in human settlement, engaging residents and prospective citizens from the very beginning in the planning and management of their habitats based on smart city...

Future Streets 20×20

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10/20/18, 10:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee for a special speed presentation event. Future Streets 20×20 will feature presentations focusing on urban street use and development. In light of new technologies and...

The Future of Governors Island

10/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
A former military base virtually unknown to New Yorkers for nearly two centuries, Governors Island has been activated into a beloved seasonal destination for recreation, arts, culture, learning, and play,...

Live Screening: “Drawdown Learn: Teaching a Solutions-Based Approach to Climate Change”

10/19/18, 7:15pm - 10:15pm
Hudson Area Library, 51 N. 5th Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Join the Spacesmith Hudson team and Citizens’ Climate Lobby for a live screening of “Drawdown Learn: Teaching a Solutions-Based Approach to Climate Change,” in collaboration with the Omega Center for...

12th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Odile Decq

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10/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design, this year featuring Odile Decq of Studio Odile Decq. Odile Decq is a French architect and...

2018 NPNY Winner Talk: Agency—Agency in Conversation with Andrés Jaque

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10/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Benjamin Moore Showroom at New York Design Center
AIANY New Practices Committee along hosts a series of lectures by winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 Competition. This lecture series will be held at the new Benjamin...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist Event

10/18/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
LV Woods Floors, 24 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
Please join us for our two CEU Credit Classes, Prested by Joe Avila, NWFA Wood Flooring Certified Inspector, CSF, CI, CWFI,CFS, AIA ,IDCEC & ASID CEU Professor. “How Cuts Affect...

Building Smart & Sustainable Cities and Regions

10/18/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
This program is related to the exhibition The Future of the New York Metropolitan Area: The Fourth Regional Plan. From transportation to affordable housing to climate resilience, cities across the world are...

_Action: No More Words (Viral Voices 2018)

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10/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
20 years ago, traditional print journals were the gatekeepers, setting the agenda for big ideas that shaped the culture of architecture. Blogs and e-zines have rapidly changed the nature of...
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CTBUH Presents Obstacles to Affordable Housing

10/18/18, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Gallery at Grimshaw Architects, 637 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
Join us to discuss the increasingly urgent need for affordable housing in our expanding urban centers. As more and more people pour into our largest cities, where do we house...

Challenges for a Vivid Architectural Culture: The Case of Flanders

Mosterdfabriek Camp's, Oudenaarde, Belgium, by Dhooge & Meganck Architectuur. Photo: Frederik Vercruysse.
10/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The increasing number of architects from Flanders and Brussels who execute projects abroad is matched by wide-ranging international interest in Flemish architectural culture, as evidenced by exhibitions at renowned architectural...

Conquer the Energy Code for Architects and Engineers: Commercial

10/17/18, 9am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Conquering the Energy Code prepares architects and engineers to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy-efficient buildings in the process....

Workplace Wednesday: TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN Architects | Partners

10/17/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN Architects | Partners
Every week, Archtober invites you to an exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the most innovative architecture firms in NYC. This Workplace Wednesday we will be visiting TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE...

Power to the People: Design for Resilience Post Hurricane Maria Panel

10/16/18, 6pm - 8pm
The Center for Architecture
Organized in collaboration with the AIANY Puerto Rico Taskforce, AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee, and AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee. This interactive forum will bring together voices from various...

Architecture Design Presentation: Hana Kassem and Marianne Kwok

10/16/18, 6pm - 8pm
Shaw Contract Showroom
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee and LMNOP (Leadership, Mentoring, Networking & Opportunities for A&D Professionals) for a special Architecture Design Presentation at the Shaw Contract Showroom. This...

Pursuing Passive Publication

10/16/18, 9am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
Join BE-Ex for the publication of Pursuing Passive, an in-depth study of converting an existing, high-rise multifamily building to the Passive House standard while it remains fully occupied. Working with...

Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition Finalists

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10/15/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York is proud to be partnering with Times Square Arts on this year’s Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition. For the first time ever, the proposals for the...

Leadership Breakfast with Andrea Lamberti, AIA NCARB

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10/12/18, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Andrea Lamberti, AIA, NCARB, partner at Rafael Viñoly Architects. Speaker Andrea Lamberti, AIA, NCARB, Partner, Rafael Viñoly Architects During...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | Attaining Wakandan Utopia

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10/12/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycobaNOMA) and the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee for “Attaining Wakandan Utopia: Representation, Place-Making and the Diaspora,” presented...

2018 NPNY Winner Talk: Only If in Conversation with Dan Wood

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10/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Benjamin Moore Showroom at New York Design Center
The AIANY New Practices Committee hosts a series of lectures by winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 Competition. This lecture series will be held at the new Benjamin...

CEU Presentation

10/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Fisher & Paykel Experience Center, 150 East 58th St., Suite 361 New York, NY 10155
The modern design world takes influence from global sources. Innovation and ideas are sourced from any number of countries, cultures and environments. Architects and designers are being asked to incorporate...

Rebuilding Confidence: The Design, Safety, and Security of 1 World Trade Center

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10/11/18, 11am - 2pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the engaging lunch discussion Rebuilding Confidence: The Design, Safety, and Security of One World Trade Center. Presenter Nicole Dosso, FAIA, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), will...

Pioneers of Natural Ventilation: Adaptable and Intelligent Solutions

10/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an inspiring evening with international pioneers of natural and mixed-mode ventilation, as we explore two north eastern case studies, HouseZero at Harvard University and Morgan Avenue in...

RPA, MPC and SPUR Discuss 20 Years of Regional Change

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10/11/18, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture
This program is related to the exhibition The Future of the New York Metropolitan Area: The Fourth Regional Plan. Chicagoland’s Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), the Bay Area’s  San Francisco Bay Area Planning...

SMPS-NY Presents: Bias Cut – Unconscious Bias In An Age of Diversity

10/10/18, 12pm - 2pm
iGuzzini Lighting Showroom
Everyone is biased. Our brains are continually making quick judgments of people and situations. These minute assessments are influenced by our background, cultural environment, and personal experience. Known as unconscious...

Workplace Wednesday: SITU

10/10/18, 6pm - 8pm
SITU
Every week, Archtober invites you to an exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the most innovative architecture firms in NYC. This Workplace Wednesday we will be visiting SITU! Join SITU...

Zero Waste Challenge: Results

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10/9/18, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
The Zero Waste Design Guidelines address the crucial role that design plays in achieving New York City’s ambitious goal, outlined in OneNYC, to send zero waste to landfills by 2030. Created with...

Playground Design: Inclusion, Independence, and Engagement

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10/9/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Playgrounds fulfill a critical role in urban schools and neighborhoods, making space for physical and social wellbeing. The design of playgrounds goes far beyond equipment, incorporating planting and natural elements,...

Oculus Book Talk: Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume III

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10/9/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a book talk with Martin Filler about his new book in the Makers of Modern Architecture series, Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume III: From Antoni Gaudí...

2018 AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards Winner Event

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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 +...

Close to the Edge: Hip-Hop Architecture Symposium

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10/6/18, 1pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a symposium for Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture. Presentations and a panel discussion will be followed by a workshop by BlackSpace...

2018 NPNY Winner Talk: MABU in Conversation with Beatrice Galilee

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10/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
Benjamin Moore Showroom at New York Design Center
The AIANY New Practices Committee along hosts a series of lectures by winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 Competition. This lecture series will be held at the new...

SMPS-NY & Construction Institute Present: Economic Development in Our Urban Hubs

10/4/18, 8am - 11:30am
UCONN Stamford
October 4th, on the campus of UConn Stamford, the economic development officials of Stamford, Norwalk, Yonkers, and New Rochelle will come together alongside developers with active projects in the region....

A Conversation About the Campaign to Rebuild Penn Station

10/4/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
Lobby of the Park Avenue Plaza Building
Opened in 1910, to a miraculous design by McKim, Mead & White, and torn down in 1963 for a shamefully inferior replacement, New York’s Penn Station today remains one of...

A Knowledge Gap: What you Need to Know About Sourcing Endangered Woods – 12:30pm

Oct3CEU[2]
10/3/18, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Center for Architecture
Architects and designers across the country are invited to participate in the second annual National Day of Learning. For decades, architects and designers have specified wood to bring warmth and...

A Knowledge Gap: What you Need to Know About Sourcing Endangered Woods – 3:00pm

Oct3CEU[2]
10/3/18, 3pm - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Architects and designers across the country are invited to participate in the second annual National Day of Learning. For decades, architects and designers have specified wood to bring warmth and...

Collapse: Climate, Cities & Culture

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10/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Global Design NYU (GDNYU) formed COLLAPSE: CLIMATE, CITIES & CULTURE, a traveling international exhibition between New York and Berlin open to the public that focuses on the design community’s response...

Metropolis Sustainability Perspective: “Building a Common Sustainability Strategy”

10/3/18, 5pm - 6:30pm
Perkins Eastman
In different parts of the world, and across different building types, the meaning and application of sustainability may be considerably different. How can firms with a large reach develop a...

In the Dark: Emergency Lighting Requirements

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10/2/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event will discuss the current emergency lighting requirements in the NYC Building Code, including egress illumination, options for emergency power systems (generator, inverter, battery pack, EM lights), challenges when...

Cocktails & Conversation: Signe Nielsen and Molly Bourne with David Burney

Pier 42 (NYC) Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
9/28/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Cocktails & Conversation is 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 includes...

Green Light Training: LED Lighting – Evaluation & Selection

9/28/18, 9am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber St. Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
LED LIGHTING: EVALUATION & SELECTION Guidance on the operation and selection of LED luminaires, with special focus on light output efficacy, color, and expected life, as well as replacement strategies....

Green Light Training: Advanced Controls – Types & Functions

9/28/18, 11am - 12:30pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber St. Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
LIGHTING CONTROLS: TYPES & FUNCTIONS Guidance on the benefits and differences of available control typologies, with emphasis on maximizing functionality and savings through appropriate application. Topics covered include: Distinguishing methods...

Anchin’s 13th Annual State of the Construction Industry Conference

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9/28/18, 8am - 10am
The Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue New York, NY 10017
Building the Future: The Evolution and Impact of Transportation in 2018 and Beyond Join Anchin for our thirteenth annual State of the Construction Industry event on Friday, September 28, 2018,...

2018 NPNY Winner Talk: NHDM in Conversation with Sean Anderson

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9/27/18, 6pm - 8pm
Benjamin Moore Showroom at New York Design Center
The AIANY New Practices Committee along hosts a series of lectures by winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 Competition. This lecture series will be held at the new...

Green Light Training: Lighting Codes & Regulations

9/27/18, 9am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber St. Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
A survey of the lighting requirements of NYC and NYS energy codes, as well as local laws and regulations that impact lighting systems, including an overview of the Greener, Greater...

Women in Architecture Annual Happy Hour Honoring New Fellows

9/26/18, 6pm - 9pm
Cosentino Showroom
Come join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for our annual event to honor the recently elevated women Fellows for 2018. Enjoy great Spanish tapas and wine at the Cosentino showroom....

NYU in Brooklyn: Designing a New Academic Frontier

Exterior Rendering, Mitchell Giurgola
9/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As part of New York City’s Applied Science Initiative, NYU and the NYC Economic Development Corporation partnered to revitalize and transform 370 Jay Street, the former headquarters of the MTA...

Planning for Sustainability at the Neighborhood Scale

Hammarbys Boardwalk La Citta Vita
9/22/18, 9:30am - 4pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee invites all to participate in a panel discussion exploring sustainability at the local level. Practicing sustainability on a neighborhood scale creates opportunities for community members, municipal stakeholders, technical...

Public Private Partnership Case Study: Cary Leeds Tennis Center

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9/21/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Hailed by The New York Times as “one of the city’s best new works of public architecture”, the award-winning Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning includes a two-story, 12,000-square-foot clubhouse...

Spaces of Disappearance: The Architecture of Extraordinary Rendition

Spaces of Disappearance: The Architecture of Extraordinary Rendition by Jordan H. Carver, (UR) Urban Research, 2018. Background: Guantánamo Bay individual prisoner photos, Wikileaks, 2011. Cover design and creative by: Isaac Gertman / The Independent Group
9/21/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To date, dozens of political histories, participant autobiographies, journalistic accounts, and academic investigations have addressed the many aspects of the War on Terror. Urban Research’s (UR) latest book, Spaces of...

2018 NPNY Winner Talk: P.R.O. in Conversation with Tod Williams

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9/20/18, 6pm - 8pm
Benjamin Moore Showroom at New York Design Center
The AIANY New Practices Committee hosts a series of lectures by winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 Competition. This lecture series will be held at the new Benjamin...

Designing an Energy Efficiency Master Plan: A Spotlight on FIT

9/20/18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber St. Suite 609 New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) and the NYC Department of Administrative Services’ Division of Energy Management (DCAS DEM) for an in-depth look at how the Fashion Institute of Technology...

Architects, As Required: Exploring the Periphery of Design

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9/20/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the 2018 AIANY Civic Leadership Program as we explore alternative placemaking processes with guests who are leading conversations about the democratization of the built environment. We will examine how...

Development Opportunities in the Bronx with Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

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9/20/18, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will be coming to present on new development opportunities in The Bronx. Over the last few years, The Bronx has seen a resurgence, including a...

Building Resilience: NYC’s Distributed Energy Future, Part 2

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9/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Integrating DERs into Building and Campus-Scale Projects NYC’s energy landscape is changing and the development of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are critical to meeting our climate and resilience goals at the urban scale. ...

Introduction to the Living Product Challenge

9/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Humanscale, 1114 6th Avenue 15th Floor New York, NY 10036
The Living Product Challenge certification calls on manufacturers to walk the talk of restorative sustainability by making their own operations Net Positive with respect to water, energy, climate, waste and...

Building Resilience: NYC’s Distributed Energy Future, Part 1

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9/19/18, 4pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Meeting NYC’s Climate and Resilience Goals with DERs Achieving climate goals and greater resilience requires integrated systems-level thinking, particularly when it comes to energy demand, distribution, and supply. How can...

Resilient Cities: Equitable, Collaborative and Connected

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9/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Cities like Boston and New York City have revealed the lasting consequences of inequity, effects that can no longer be ignored. This event will explore the complicated intersection of architecture,...
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Instagram Strategies

Social Media Strategy
9/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Cosentino City Manhattan, A&D Building
This event will introduce how social media plays into an overall marketing strategy, unpacking differences in content and application strategies for sole practitioners, mid-size firms, and large firms. Take a deeper...

Housing as Intervention: Architecture Towards Social Equity

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9/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event was shared on Facebook Live. Watch the video here. In the face of persistent social inequities worldwide, how can architects make a meaningful contribution? Housing’s primary position in...
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Creating More Housing without New Construction

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9/14/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
This program is related to the exhibition The Future of the New York Metropolitan Area: The Fourth Regional Plan. Meeting our need for housing in New York is tough. We need to...

Cane and Able: Seniors and Public Transit

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9/13/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Design for Aging Committee and the AIANY Transportation & Infrastructure Committee present a panel about meeting the public transit challenges seniors and disabled persons face. Local and international...

Building Science Days 2018: Defining and Implementing High Performance

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9/13/18, 8:30am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Enclosure Council for two consecutive seminars with renowned building scientists Dr. John Straube and Dr. Joseph Lstiburek. With their combined expertise, Straube and Lstiburek will help attendees understand...

Building Science Days 2018: Defining and Implementing High Performance

Building 1245986 1280
9/12/18, 8:30am - Thursday, 9/13, 5pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Enclosure Council for two consecutive seminars with renowned building scientists Dr. John Straube and Dr. Joseph Lstiburek. With their combined expertise, Straube and Lstiburek will help attendees understand...

Celebrate NYC: EnerPHit Showcase

9/12/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join Building Energy Exchange for Celebrate NYC: EnerPHit Showcase. This panel event will feature presentations from three architecture firms that have completed Passive House retrofits that meet EnerPHit, the rigorous...

2018 ASID Design Symposium and Industry Trade Show

9/12/18, 8:30am - 8pm
Liberty Science Ceter, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City, NJ
The morning begins with a choice of two out of four CEUs that are sure to keep everyone informed: • Moen: The latest in shower design and technology (HSW credit...

Diversity X Design Breakfast Series: Infrastructure with Building Leaders

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9/11/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Join us for another inspiring installment of the Diversity X Design Breakfast Series with Amy Macdonald, who will discuss infrastructure and leadership in engineering, as well as actionable steps in...

_Action: New Ecological Prototypes

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9/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
At times impatient with the pace of industrial innovation in producing smart, low-carbon, responsive building products and systems, designers are now jumping into the arena with do-it-yourself research and development...

Improving IAQ: It’s Time to Vent

9/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
United Technologies Digital Accelerator, United Technologies Digital Accelerator 55 Water Street Brooklyn, New York 11201
The recent COGfx Study by Harvard researchers found that improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) doubled occupants’ cognitive function. The study found a strong correlation between high levels of ventilation and...

Fall Film Social: Living Salk Institute

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9/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee for a special documentary film screening and post-screening discussion with the filmmakers of Living Salk Institute. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies,...

80×50: Blueprint for Efficiency

9/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
32BJ SEIU, 25 West 18th Street, 5th Floor Auditorium New York, NY 10011
Last year, Urban Green Council brought together more than 40 leading building and energy stakeholders under the 80×50 Buildings Partnership, recognizing the need for extensive dialogue to develop impactful and...

Understanding New York City Agency Contracts & More: For All Design and Construction Professionals

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8/23/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join nycoba|NOMA at the Center for Architecture on Thursday, August 23rd for “Understanding New York City Agency Contracts & More: For All Design and Construction Professionals.” Topics include NYC design...

Turning Data into Action

8/7/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange, Bright Power, and Sustainable Energy Partners to celebrate the publishing of Turning Data into Action, a follow-up to the team’s groundbreaking study, Retrofitting Affordability; Evaluating...

Face of a Nation: What Happened to the World’s Fair?

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8/2/18, 2pm - 4pm
Regal Lynbrook (321 Merrick Rd)
Feature Documentary / Long Beach Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A An idealistic American architect struggles to help her dream alive as she journeys to discover why America abandoned World’s Fairs. USA...

Roundtable: A Candid Dialogue on Pamphlet Architecture 36: Buoyant Clarity

Pamphlet 36: Buoyant Clarity
7/30/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the launch of Pamphlet Architecture 36: Buoyant Clarity, the latest edition to Princeton Architectural Press’s celebrated Pamphlet Architecture 36 series, which explores groundbreaking, contemporary lines of thought surrounding...

SMPSNY CLIENT PANEL: “Cracking the Code” in Modular Construction

7/25/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
Steelcase Showroom, 4 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
New York City is desperate to find new ways to deliver 300,000 affordable housing units by 2026. In order to reach our goal, New York City Housing Preservation and Development...

Memorial Visions: Fifteen Years After the 9-11 Competition

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7/25/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This lecture will reflect on how designers create memorials in the wake of 2003’s 9/11 memorial competition. The past fifteen years have been marked by numerous tragedies. The need remember and process...

Between Europe and Latin America: Building the Healthy City

7/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
Consulate General of Argentina in New York, 12 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
On July 24, 2018, at 6:00 pm, architect Mario Corea, Hon. FAIA, will give a lecture at the Consulate of Argentina in New York. He is the founding partner of...

Robotic Innovations: A Discussion of Research with Industrial Robots for Design

ConsortiumRR Woods Bagot
7/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Robotics! We’ve heard a lot about the topic, as well as how automation might revolutionize, threaten, disrupt, or transform AEC professions. To better understand how robotics might shape the future...

Outside the Boundary: An Architectural Practice Panel

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7/18/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee presents an architectural practice panel focusing on the work of sole practitioners who combine their passion for architecture with interests outside their firms; giving...

Perspective USA: Networking & Inspiration

7/17/18, 8am - Wednesday, 7/18, 7pm
Marriott Downtown New York, 3 rd Floor, 85 West Street at Albany Street, New York
Perspective USA is an inspiring international architecture forum promoted by THE PLAN Magazine. A two-day platform with high-quality Keynote and Seminars, good conversations and fruitful networking. Benefits of live events...

ENYA Beyond the Boards: ODA

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7/17/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
ODA
The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) is proud to announce the next presentation in the Beyond the Boards series. ODA leadership will profile their firm and design process before focusing on several current...

Dining Detritus: Zero Waste Restaurants

Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City
7/12/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This is a related program for the exhibition Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City. Can design help restaurants and food service facilities go zero waste? In the third...

Building Yugoslavia, 1948-1980

Marko Mušič. Memorial and Cultural Center, with Town Hall, Kolašin, Montenegro. 1970–75. Exterior view. Photo: Valentin Jeck, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016.
7/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the framework of the exhibition Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980, opening at the Museum of Modern Art on July 15, architects represented in the exhibition will...

New York Digital Design Community

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7/11/18, 6:30pm - 9pm
ARUP (77 Water Street)
The New York Digital Design Community is a forum that focuses on showcasing technology-driven design by leading New York individuals, practices and universities. It is dedicated to disseminating the application...

Zone Greener: Facilitating Solar Adoption

Zone Greener 2 Credit Bright Power
7/10/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This course has been approved for 1.5 GBCI credits. In 2012, New York City adopted a package of amendments to the NYC Zoning Resolution, collectively called Zone Green, to facilitate more...

Raymond Farm Center Symposium: DETAILS, details

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6/30/18, 8:30am - 6pm
Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts & Design
Residential Architecture Assembled/the Prose & Poetry of Construction In celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Publication of Antonin and Noémi Raymond’s Architectural Details (1938), the Raymond Farm Center for...

Waste & Other Infrastructure: Discovering the Invisible City

Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City
6/28/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Infrastructure is banal and wondrous, ubiquitous and hidden. The task of presenting it to a general public—in galleries, publications, or events—comes with a unique set of challenges, distinct from architecture...

SMPSNY: Professional Development Program – BD Live!

6/28/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
Knoll Showroom, 1330 Avenue of Americas, New York, NY 10019
As business developers, or any of us in client-facing roles, we are presented with numerous opportunities and scenarios for establishing or developing relationships with clients and prospects. There are also...

Turning Data into Action

6/26/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609, New York, NY
Join the Building Energy Exchange, Bright Power, and Sustainable Energy Partners to celebrate the publishing of Turning Data into Action, a follow-up to the team’s groundbreaking study, Retrofitting Affordability; Evaluating...

Oculus Book Talk: The Design of Childhood

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6/25/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In her new book, The Design of Childhood (Bloomsbury, June 2018) design critic Alexandra Lange investigates the histories of children’s human-made environment at all scales, from objects to landscapes, and...

Communicating Materials Transparency: Getting to the End Game

6/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
BBB, 120 Broadway, 20th Floor New York, NY 10271
There is a growing interest in understanding more about the materials that go into the spaces that we occupy. However, the process to understand these materials is complex and time-consuming....

Design For Humanity Summit

6/22/18, 8:30pm - 6pm
Fordham University Law School, 150 W 62nd Street New York, NY 10023
The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) at Fordham University and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), will explore the intersection of design and humanitarian action by hosting the Design for...

A+ Session: Lessons Learned from Whitney Young

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6/22/18, 3:10pm - 3:30pm
Jacob K. Javits Center, Booth 1739
Part of the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018, Architect Live took place in booth #1739 as a way for conference attendees to hear from industry leaders on a variety of...

A+ Session: A Conversation with Tamara Eagle Bull, FAIA

6/21/18, 11:30am - 12pm
Jacob K. Javits Center, Booth 1739
Have a few minutes between sessions at the AIA Conference on Architecture? Stop by booth #1739 to hear from industry leaders on a variety of topics including biophilic design, mitigating...

RIBA lunch reception and presentation with Emre Arolat

6/21/18, 12pm - 1:30pm
EAA Studios, 199 Lafayette St, New York, NY
RIBA lunch reception and presentation with Emre Arolat

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU’s Presentation

6/21/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 W 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Cork, Bamboo and Hardwood as a Flooring Material (AIACES104501) and Wood Flooring Grades (AIACES109501) (CEU-105203) on 6/21/2018 between 1PM-2:30PM at Downtown Floor...

Implementing the New Urban Agenda to Achieve Sustainable Development

6/20/18, 9am - 6pm
United Nations Headquarters
The Role of Technology: Implementing the New Urban Agenda to Achieve Sustainable Development   This conference will examine the impact of technology on cities now and in the future. It...

A’18 Conference on Architecture

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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...

Gallery Talk

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6/19/18, 7pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Ennead Architects invites you to a conversation between James Stewart Polshek, FAIA, 2018 AIA Gold Medalist, Kenneth Frampton, FAIA, Ware Professor, Columbia University GSAPP, and Karen van Lengen, FAIA, Kenan...

Designing Waste

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6/16/18, 1pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a symposium for Designing Waste: Strategies for a Zero Waste City, an exhibition based on the Zero Waste Design Guidelines. Designing Waste explores how architects, designers, and...

A Conversation with John Burgee: Film Screening and Discussion

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6/13/18, 6:30pm - 9pm
The General Society Library
A Conversation with John Burgee: The Architecture of Johnson/Burgee is a documentary exploring the life and work of American architect John Burgee. Burgee, one of the founders of the influential firm...

Navigating Today’s Workplace for Employers and Employees: Breaking Down Harassment

6/13/18, 6pm - 9pm
WSP, 1 Penn Plaza, Floor 2, New York, NY
This multi-panel series is aimed at providing both employers and employees with insights into navigating the workplace in today’s environment in order to promote engagement and retention. The goal is...

NYLPF 2018 Annual Forum: Transformations in Dialogue

6/13/18, 5:30pm - 8pm
Joseph Urban Theater | Hearst Tower
New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation Annual Forum Speakers:Toshiko Mori, FAIAJames Carpenter Moderator:Fred Bernstein

Sustainability ∩ Resilience Integration II: Metrics

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6/13/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Metrics of Resilience and the RELi Rating System Sustainability and resilience are two sides of the same coin. When combined with regeneration, civility, and health, they create an emergent property...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

6/7/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Beauty is More Than Skin Deep – Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors (AIACES104501) and Specifying Commercial Wood Floors (AIACES107501) (CEU-104082) on 6/7/2018...

Funding the Future: Resilience Planning Across Public and Private Sectors

6/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In recent years, resilience planning across all domains has become a crucial part of national, state, and local discourse. It is essential to engage policy makers and funders in early...

The Candela Allure

6/7/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Ave at 103rd Street
Rosario Candela played a major role in shaping the architectural legacy of twentieth-century New York. Today, his buildings rank among the most prized in the city, almost one hundred years...

Mass Timber: Design and Research

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6/7/18, 5pm - 6:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
Please join BE-Ex to celebrate the publication of Mass Timber: Design and Research with author Susan Jones, one of the foremost voices in the mass timber dialogue today. A widely-discussed contemporary construction...

Best Practices / Best Experience for Lab Design

6/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The world is evolving quickly, and scientific research developments are keeping pace. Scientists working in high-tech labs are exposed to a multitude of risks due to the nature of their...
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Unknown New York: The City That Women Built

6/6/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011
World premiere of Beverly Willis latest film, written and directed by Beverly Willis, FAIA.  See how the work of 63 historic and contemporary women architects, engineers, and developers has shaped...

Examining Building Enclosures with Combustible Materials

6/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
After a series of exterior fires in high-rise buildings around the globe, the fire protection industry has taken a closer look at the role exterior wall construction played in these...

What’s New with Revit 2019?

6/5/18, 11am - 12pm
Online Webinar
Discover new Revit 2019 features that help improve your workflow and productivity. Revit 2019 comes through with new features and enhancements that help multidisciplinary teams deliver projects more productively. Join...

Cocktails & Conversation: Lee Mindel and Joseph Giovannini

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6/1/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Cocktails & Conversation is 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 includes...

Dr. John Straube: Energy Efficiency of Large Commerical Buildings

5/31/18, 6:30am - 8pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
As we approach very high performance levels, small design elements become more significant. In this session focused on commercial buildings, John Straube will discuss the tricky details required to meet...

Cities and the Future of Negative Emissions

5/30/18, 6pm - Monday, 4/30, 8pm
Fisher & Paykel Experience Center, 150 East 58th St., Suite 361 New York, NY 10155
Direct Air Capture (DAC) refers to a range of emerging technologies that draw and convert atmospheric carbon into stable forms. This carbon can then be sequestered or productively reused, effectively...

Improving Your Commute: A Look at the RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan

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5/30/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hosts a panel discussion on the Regional Plan Association’s Fourth Regional Plan. The plan contains a series of ideas to create a more dynamic,...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

5/24/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood (AIACES103501) and How Cut Affects Appearances of Wood Flooring (AIACES106503) (CEU-103080) on 5/24/2018...

Lightshow 2018 – The Dulanski Group Lighting Showcase

5/23/18, 10am - Thursday, 5/24, 8pm
The Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY
The Dulanski Group’s Lighting Showcase –  “LIGHTSHOW 2018” will have industry experts speaking on a variety of topics including Emergency Lighting Controls, Advanced Controls in the Modern Classroom, The Future...

Navigating Environmental Restrictions

5/23/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation will present on their role in the construction process. Speakers:Daniel Walsh, PhD, Director, NYC Office of Environmental Remediation (OER)Hannah Moore, Associate Director, Chief...

SGH NEW YORK SEMINAR: Exploring Famous Failures and Why They Happened

5/22/18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, 550 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018
It is critical that we learn from failures lest we repeat the mistakes that cause them. While the analysis of structural failure can involve complex technical and procedural issues, common...

Design for City Living

5/22/18, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Jacob K Javits Convention Center
Program requirements for new urban residential developments are constantly evolving. Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, and moderated by Hayes Slade, AIA, AIANY President Elect, Principal, Slade Architecture, learn from...

Lighting With People In Mind

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5/21/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Preeminent lighting designers will discuss the differences between lighting for safety and for feeling, developing a vocabulary about lit space, and the surprising ways that lighting carries symbolic meaning about...

The Complete Package: Specifications for Steel Stud Masonry Veneer Wall Systems

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5/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In today’s high-performance building market, specifying materials that work together as a complete wall system is more critical than ever. Systems can help designers meet new energy codes, reduce costs,...

2018 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: LEVENBETTS

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5/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Oberfield lecture was founded as a memorial to Gil Oberfiled, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee. The lecture brings to the podium speakers whose...

PechaKucha NYC

5/17/18, 8pm - 10:30pm
Kinfolk 94, 94 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
PechaKucha, or “chitchat” in Japanese, is a concise presentation style comprised of 20 slides at a duration of 20 seconds each. This unique 20×20 format, devised in 2003 by KleinDytham...

Dignity in Elimination: Designing the All Gender Bathroom

5/17/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Project 6 by AF New York, 22 West 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010
Join us for an interactive presentation and discussion—dignity in elimination: designing the all gender bathroom. We will explore common assumptions about bathroom access, inclusion, and the gendering of space. It’s...

Emre Arolat in conversation with Theoharis Davis

5/16/18, 6pm - 8pm
EAA Studio, 199 Lafayette, New York, NY
Join Aga Khan award winner and Yale University’s 2017 Norman Foster distinguished visiting professor, architect Emre Arolat in an intimate conversation with Theo David at EAA’s New York Studio in...

Winners Roundtable | New Practices New York 2018

5/15/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIANY New Practices Committee hosts a roundtable panel discussion with the winning firms of the New Practices New York 2018 competition. New Practices New York, a biennial competition since 2006, serves...

Oculus Book Talk: The New Landscape Declaration

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5/14/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
On the 50th anniversary of Ian McHarg’s 1966 “Declaration of Concern,” the Landscape Architecture Foundation convened acclaimed practitioners to ask what the discipline should achieve in the future. These proposals and reflections were captured...

NYC Department of Sanitation presents: Waste is a Design Flaw

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5/14/18, 5pm - 7pm
151 West 42nd Street (21st Floor)
Every week, the average New Yorker throws out nearly 15 pounds of waste at home and another nine pounds of waste at work and in commercial establishments. Altogether, that adds...

Leadership Breakfast with Susan T. Rodriguez, FAIA

5/11/18, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Susan T. Rodriguez, FAIA. Speaker Susan T. Rodriguez, FAIA, Principal, Susan T. Rodriguez|Architecture • Design. Susan Rodriguez has recently...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

5/10/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Back to Basics – Wood Flooring 101 (AIACES101501) and Wood Flooring Species (AIACES106501) (CEU-104025) on 5/10/2018 between 1PM-2:30PM at Downtown Floor Supplies....

WSJ Future of Everything Festival

5/10/18, 8:30am - 5:15pm
Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
MAY 8-10, 2018 SPRING STUDIOS NEW YORK, NY 12 THEMES ART | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | BEAUTY & WELLNESS | CITIES | EQUALITY | FOOD | HOME | MEDICINE | MONEY...

Mass Timber: Benefits and Barriers

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5/10/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Mass timber is quickly becoming a viable construction option for tall buildings due to its strength, beauty, and carbon sequestration potential. Come hear from a diverse panel of professionals as...

WSJ Future of Everything Festival

5/9/18, 8:30am - 5:15pm
Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
MAY 8-10, 2018 SPRING STUDIOS NEW YORK, NY 12 THEMES ART | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | BEAUTY & WELLNESS | CITIES | EQUALITY | FOOD | HOME | MEDICINE | MONEY...

WSJ Future of Everything Festival

5/8/18, 8:30am - 5:15pm
Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
MAY 8-10, 2018 SPRING STUDIOS NEW YORK, NY 12 THEMES ART | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | BEAUTY & WELLNESS | CITIES | EQUALITY | FOOD | HOME | MEDICINE | MONEY...

The Fairview: Deep Retrofits in Multi-family Residences

5/8/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join Building Energy Exchange for a panel discussion showcasing the deep energy retrofit at The Fairview, a large multi-family residence in Forest Hills. A deep energy retrofit may seem daunting...

Historic Terracotta: Stabilize, Restore or Replace?

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5/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel will discuss why terracotta may get a bad rap in many of New York’s historic buildings. It will review how the NYC Department of Buildings differentiates one building...

Lecture: Owen Trueblood – Tapeout: Heterogenous Edge Computing in Industrial Environments

5/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Consortium for Research & Robotics, Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 280
Owen is at the forefront of human-robot interface design and has been one of the leaders pushing robotics in the creative industry. The Consortium is excited to host this pioneer...

Tax Reform for the Architecture Industry

5/4/18, 8am - 9:30am
Center for Architecture
The Trump Administration passed an intricate and complex tax reform bill just before the close of 2017, but what will this mean for firms as we move into 2018? A panel of...

Steven Holl – Architecture: Activating the Brain

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5/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architecture: Activating the Brain focuses on two elements of design: how architecture and the physical environment can activate the mind, body, and brain; and understanding the unconscious in art, mind,...

Mental Health in Justice Facilities

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5/3/18, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This roundtable discussion will focus on planning and designing for mental health populations in justice facilities. A group of multi-disciplinary experts representing diverse perspectives will describe the complex issues around...

Paul Goldberger and Reinier de Graaf on the State of Architecture Today

5/3/18, 7pm - 8pm
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Join architecture critic Paul Goldberger along with architect and author Reinier de Graaf (OMA) for a conversation about Reinier’s book Four Walls and a Roof. Acclaimed among the best books...

Workplace Design: Part 1

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5/2/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Every space tells a story. For companies, to what degree does marketing their physical work environment attract talent and retain employees in this era of both highly amenitized and deliberately nomadic...
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Vital and Vulnerable: The Modern Urban Landscape and its Threats

5/2/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Knoll Showroom, 1330 Avenue of the Americas (at West 54th Street), 2nd Floor, New York, NY
DOCOMOMO NY/Tri-State will host a talk with landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA. One of the celebrated landscape architects who introduced Modernism to the design of outdoor space, Friedberg will...

Making America Modern

5/2/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70 Street, New York City
In this talk, design historian Marilyn F. Friedman will introduce her new book Making America Modern: Interior Design in the 1930s, which chronicles the evolution of modern interior design in...

Sustainable Space for Seniors: Design for Aging and the Environment

5/1/18, 6pm - 8pm
Hafele Showroom
This program will provide an update on senior housing in New York City, specifically as it relates to accessibility and sustainable design. The panel will bring together perspectives and expertise...
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Urban Cellular Agriculture: The Meaty Truth

5/1/18, 6pm - 8pm
Project Farmhouse, 76 E 13th St, NYC 10003
Cellular Agriculture comprises a range of biotech methods that produce real animal-based materials and products, such as meat, dairy and leather… without the animals. High-profile backers, ranging from Sergey Brin...

Beatrix Farrand Documentary Screening with Director Karyl Evans

5/1/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
Steelcase Showroom, 4 Columbus Circle, New York, NY.
Join ASLA-NY on Tuesday, May 1 for the New York City premiere of the documentary “The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand,” by Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans. The...

Exposition Networks in Italy 1911-1942

5/1/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
NYU Department of Art History, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY
In 1911, Italy held two international expositions—in Rome and Turin—to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s unification. These little-known events provide a useful comparison, as their planners took highly...

Future of Design NYC 2018

4/28/18, 9am - 5pm
Manny Cantor Center / Educational Alliance
Future of Design in New York City is an annual conference to energize the community of structural engineers, architects, artists, fabricators, and builders by exploring new ways of designing, building,...

Cocktails & Conversation: John Ruble & Mark Simon on Charles Moore

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4/27/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Cocktails & Conversations is 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 includes a...

WISE: Women in Power – A Conversation with Vicki Kuo

4/27/18, 8:30am - 10am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chamber Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
Join the Building Energy Exchange for a Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE) keynote event featuring Vicki Kuo, director of Energy Efficiency and Demand Management at Con Edison. Kuo oversees...

Housing Action: Innovating for Affordable Living

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4/26/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
During the era of Modernism, architects led the charge in addressing housing shortage, devising innovative formal, technical, and organizational strategies for mass housing at a time of rapid urbanization and...

Rooftop Solar Panels: Installation and Access

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4/26/18, 4pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Codes Committee for a presentation on solar panel installation and rooftop access. Representatives from the NYC Department of Buildings and the NYC Fire Department will cover topics including...

Remembering Brian Brace Taylor

4/26/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, 1871 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
NYIT School of Architecture and Design Dean Maria R. Perbellini invites you to join us in remembering and honoring historian, professor, editor, author, colleague, and friend Brian Brace Taylor. Introduction:...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

4/26/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Wood Flooring Trends-Wide & Long Planks (AIACES109502) and Wood Flooring in Commercial Spaces (AIACES109503) (CEU-105259) on 4/26/2018 between 1PM-2:30PM at Downtown Floor...

California High Speed Rail Project – MENY April Meeting

4/25/18, 5:30pm - 7pm
Center for Architecture
At an estimated $10.6 billion program, the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) will be the pioneer high-speed rail program in the nation, connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles in less...

Applying Living Building Challenge at a Biomimetic Scale

4/24/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
Mohawk Group Showroom, 125 West 25th Street 6th flr New York, NY 10001
The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is designed to encourage the development of buildings that have a net positive benefit to their environment. To date, most certified Living buildings are low...

Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Architecture and Landscape

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4/23/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, located twenty miles north of Copenhagen, Denmark, is famous for its enchanting seaside setting, distinctive architecture, and welcoming, unpretentious atmosphere. Constructed around a park,...

Green Light: Lighting Retrofits – Strategies and Applications

4/20/18, 1:30pm - 3pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
CEU Credits: 1.5 Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology,...

Green Light: Advanced Controls – Types and Functions

4/20/18, 11am - 12:30pm
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
CEU Credits: 1.5 Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology,...

Green Light: LED Lighting – Evaluation and Selection

4/20/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
CEU Credits: 1.5 Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology,...

Community Engagement: Creating Success Where It Counts

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4/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How can architects, planners, builders, and building managers ensure good design while meaningfully addressing communities about which there are many assumptions? What if buildings could make communities stronger and more...

OUALALOU + CHOI: Territories of Disobedience

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4/18/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architects today play a marginal role in the production of built environments, often entering a project long after its critical limits have been defined. OUALALOU + CHOI seeks to reestablish...

Green Light: Lighting Codes and Regulations

4/18/18, 9am - 11am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers St, Suite 609, New York, NY 10007
CEU Credits: 2 Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology,...

On the Future of Computation in Architecture: A Discussion with Phil Bernstein

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4/18/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
This presentation by Phillip Bernstein, former Vice President of Strategic Industry Relations at Autodesk, will focus on software and the future of its use in architecture and construction, including topics...

Architecture: Thinking about Beauty and Reason

4/18/18, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St., New York, NY 10027
Classical conceptions of beauty are associated with form—symmetry, balance, functionality—as well as delight. Dr. Hochschild will discuss the nature of beauty in the Catholic intellectual tradition, and its relationship to...

SEAoNY April Seminar: Joint Meeting with the Concrete Industry Board of NY—Concrete Construction Tolerances

4/17/18, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Tolerances are the road lines for construction—the goal is to stay within the lines, the consequences of going outside the lines depend on by how much and what is on...

Professional Kitchen Design

4/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Fisher & Paykel Experience Center, A&D Building, 150 East 58th St.Third Floor, New York, NY 10155
The modern restaurant world is influencing more than just the taste buds of its clientele. From the celebrity chef to the abundance of cooking programs on television, the restaurant ‘lifestyle’...

Re-Balancing the Power: Solutions for Sexual Misconduct in Architecture and Design Culture

4/16/18, 9am - 10:30am
Hafele America Co., 20 W. 22nd Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10010
Join the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation on April 16th at 9 AM for Re-Balancing the Power: Solutions for Sexual Misconduct in Architecture and Design Culture. Panelists: Robin Pogrebin Mark Regulinski, AIA...

Gardens of La Gara

4/16/18, 6pm - 8:30pm
Ernest NYC, 255 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Renowned Belgian landscape designer Erik Dohnt joins author and Rutgers University landscape architecture professor Anette Freytag for a presentation on the new book, “The Gardens of La Gara,” celebrating an...

New Practices New York 2018 Opening

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4/12/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the opening of New Practices New York 2018. New Practices New York, a biennial competition since 2006, serves as New York City’s preeminent platform to recognize and...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

4/12/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, From the Forest to the Floor (AIACED108502) and Specifying the Right Wood Floors for the Job (AIACED108503) (CEU-104201) on 4/12/2018 between 1PM-2:30PM...

Rethinking Luxury at One Hudson Yards

4/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design
The designers at One Hudson Yards imagined an engaging and extraordinary spatial sequence where every detail is considered in the interiors of this 375,000 square foot building, which anchors New...

New York Digital Design Community

4/11/18, 7pm - 8:30pm
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
The New York Digital Design Community is a forum fostered by the AIA New York Technology Committee that focuses on showcasing technology-driven design by leading New York individuals, practices, and universities. It...

Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Data

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4/9/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Architects have been tasked with integrating qualitative and quantitative data sources more frequently in the design and optimization of their work. Measures range from financial to ecological. Yet social and human environmental...

LA Month: Sketchwalk – Manhattan Valley

4/7/18, 10am - 4pm
Meet At Boy's Gate, Boy's Gate CPW and 100 St.
Join the American Society of Landscape Architects for its annual Landscape Architecture Month Urban Sketchers Sketch Walk.

Rising Urbanists: Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience

4/6/18, 9am - 6pm
Hunter College Auditorium
The ASLA-NY Student Chapter at the City College of New York is organizing a multi-disciplinary conference to imagine the potential for Green Infrastructure to address socio-economic disparities in sea level...

AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations

4/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In cities where demand for air travel is high, it’s not uncommon to find two, three or even—as is increasingly the case in some metropolitan areas—six airports. These multiple-airport cities...

The Road Less Taken: Re-Emergence of Career, Technical, & Adult Education Spaces

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4/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The return of high‐tech manufacturing to the United States, combined with a paucity of trained professionals in technical and engineering fields, has driven demand for career-specific training. Educational and other...

Michael Murphy: Justice is Beauty

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4/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Can buildings heal and promote justice in our divided communities? How can we use design tools to create a healthier community and a more just world? MASS Design Group’s Co-founder...

Michael Graves Architecture & Design: The Art of Integrated Design

4/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70 Street, New York City
Michael Graves Architecture & Design (MGA&D) has a robust practice that encompasses planning, architecture, interior design, product design and graphics. Michael Graves, the firm’s Founding Principal, was credited with broadening...

Connecting Design and Construction for Architecute, Structure and MEP

4/3/18, 11am - 12pm
Webinar
Integrate the complete design-to-construction workflow as an efficient, collaborative digital effort. BIM initially gained traction with design professionals to iterate more fluidly, analyze options more objectively, and produce better documentation....

Zone Greener: Higher-Efficiency Wall Systems

Zone Greener: Higher-Efficiency Wall Systems
4/3/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In 2012, the City of New York adopted a package of amendments to the NYC Zoning Resolution, collectively called Zone Green, to facilitate more sustainable and energy-efficient design. Zone Green...

Performance in NYC: Designing for a New Generation

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4/2/18, 7pm - 8pm
Hayes Theater
How does the design of performance space impact the creation of new work? How can that space transform the experience of the viewer? This program will look at how recent...
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The Habits of Entrepreneurs: The Intersection of Design and Hacker Culture

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3/30/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
As emerging professionals in a collaborative field, we are constantly seeking new and better ways to communicate. The ENYA Committee and Architecture Practice Talks (APT) have invited Bluecadet’s Brad Baer...

Passive House: Barriers and Pathways to Scale

3/29/18, 6pm - 8pm
TBA
From a design perspective, Passive House is feasible to be implemented in NYC’s high rise buildings. So what is stopping developers from taking the plunge and pursuing such projects? How...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

3/29/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Engineered Wood Flooring (AIACES106504) and Wood Flooring Grades (AIACES109501) (CEU-105203) on 03/29/18 between 1PM-2:30PM at Downtown Floor Supplies. We will be covering...

Wharton Esherick: Synthesizing Art, Design, Crafts, Architecture

3/28/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70 Street, New York City
Wharton Esherick is considered the godfather of the Studio Furniture Movement and inventor of Art Furniture. Esherick (1887-1970) was a visionary who synthesized art, design, craft, and architecture. He focused...

Municipal Engineers of the City of New York: Replacement of the City Island Bridge Over Eastchester Bay in Bronx

3/28/18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
The speaker is Dhiaa Shubber, P.E., Lead Resident Engineer and Senior Project Manager of WSP.  The lecture is about the design and construction challenges experienced during the various stages of...

The Amazing Career of Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–1984)

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3/26/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When Nathaniel Owings died, the Washington Post wrote that the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was his finest creation. SOM is, however, but one piece of an extraordinary career. Gordon...

4 CEUs + Beer: Communities Count – Engagement and Mentoring Strategies in Theory and Practice

3/23/18, 1pm - 6:30pm
Center For Architecture
In creating sustainable landscapes in the urban setting, what if we could create something that not only helps the people in the community but uses their experience as the center...

LEED V4 For MEP Design and Energy Model

3/22/18, 4:30pm - Thursday, 2/22, 7:30pm
Building Energy Exchange
This lecture will provide a general overview of LEED v4 to help the participants identify important updates/changes and best design approaches of LEED v4. The lecture will focus on Energy...

Design & Management of Cultural & Institutional Projects

3/22/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Updated 3/7: This event has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 22, due to extreme weather. The AIANY Women in Architecture Committee presents an architectural practice panel on the design and...

The Fairview: Deep Retrofits in Multi-family Residences

3/21/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street Suite 609, New York, NY
Join Building Energy Exchange for a panel discussion showcasing the deep energy retrofit of The Fairview, a large multi-family residence in Forest Hills. A deep energy retrofit may seem daunting...

Affordable Housing in North America

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3/20/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How do architects in North American cities approach the design of affordable housing? This program will look at projects based in cities besides New York to shed light on how...

ENYA Beyond the Boards: Perkins Eastman

3/20/18, 6:30pm - 8pm
Perkins Eastman
The ENYA Committee is proud to announce the second presentation in our Beyond the Boards series. Perkins Eastman leadership will profile their firm and design process before focusing on their work...

SEAoNY March Seminar: Classifying NYC’s Housing Stock—Clarifying a Vexing Issue

3/20/18, 6:15pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Private or Public? Residential or Commercial? Warehouse or Manufacturing? Multiple dwelling or single family? Fireproof or Non-fireproof? Wood framed or masonry? Steel or Concrete? New construction or old? Landmarked or...

Planning the Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930

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3/19/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the context of the exhibition The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930, opening at the Americas Society on March 21st, co-curators Idurre Alonso and Maristella Casciato, as well as architecture...

Unsung Protagonists: The Power of Women in 21st Century Architecture

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3/15/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In honor of Women’s History Month, the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee is convening a panel of esteemed women in the design industry to discuss their contributions to the built...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

3/15/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Designing with Wood Floors (AIACED108501) and Specifying Commercial Wood Floors (AIACES107501) (CEU-104082) on 03/15/18 between 1PM-2:30PM at Downtown Floor Supplies. We will...

SEAoNY YMG & ASCE SEI: Unrecognized Knowledge: Recurring Structural Failures

3/13/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Since the 1960s, forensic investigators of structural failures have primarily sought out quantifiable errors and omissions. Underlying causes of too many of these failures have gone unnoticed, thus not offering...

Annual Principals’ Breakfast: What’s Next in the AEC Forecast? Presented by SMPS-NY and PWC

3/13/18, 8am - 10am
The Yale Club
Panelists will provide an overview of the A/E/C and real estate industries, discuss market trends, and give attendees insight on how to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities. Speakers Jessica...

We Are What We Build, Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design

3/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70 Street, New York City
The built environment impacts health at every scale that we design and build in. This understanding has magnified in recent years with a particular focus on interior design, material health...

Sustainability ∩ Resilience | Integration Series 1

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3/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How can our projects better meet both climate change adaptation and mitigation goals? How can our profession more proactively discuss issues of risk related to both objectives with our clients?...

Public Space: Crossroads of Art, Architecture, and Community

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3/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents a panel presentation and discussion on strategies for including public art in public spaces. An esteemed panel will present ways in which public art...

New Zealand Design

3/6/18, 6pm - 8pm
Fisher & Paykel Experience Center, A&D Building, 150 East 58th St. Third Floor, New York, NY 10155
The modern design world takes influence from global sources. Innovation and ideas are sourced from any number of countries, cultures and environments. Architects and designers are being asked to incorporate...
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Projects in Planning: NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library Renovation

3/6/18, 7pm - 8:30am
SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York
Open House New York invites you to a presentation of the renovation plans for The New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Library, with Iris Weinshall, Chief Operating Officer, The New York...

Donald Judd : Process and Practice of the Artist

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3/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel will include short presentations aimed to focus on Donald Judd’s process and practice of making architecture. Questions by the moderator will be followed by questions from the audience....

Cocktails & Conversation: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

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3/2/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
This series of dialogues about design joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. Friday night is not “Friday Night” without...

LPC Chair Srinivasan on Rules Changes

3/2/18, 8am - 9:30am
Center for Architecture
On January 23, 2018, the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) began the process to amend its rules. This is part of an initiative to streamline the process for approving everyday...

WISE: Women in Power – A Conversation with Alicia Barton

3/2/18, 8:30am - 10am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street 6th Floor, New York, NY
Join the Building Energy Exchange as we kick off the fourth year of our Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE) series, with a keynote event featuring Alicia Barton, president and...

Oculus Book Talk: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

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3/1/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion (Actar, 2017) is an encyclopedia of 202 tools—or “weapons”—used by architects, planners, policy makers, developers, real-estate brokers, activists, and other urban actors in the...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

3/1/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Bamboo and Hardwood as a Flooring Material (AIACES104501) and How Cut Affects Appearances of Wood Flooring (AIACES106503) (CEU-103080) on 03/1/18 between 1PM-2:30PM...

Digitizing Building Systems: NANTUM

2/28/18, 9am - 10:30am
Building Energy Exchange, 31 Chambers Street Suite 608, New York, NY
Join the Building Energy Exchange for Digitizing Building Systems: NANTUM®. This is the first of a two-part series on building operating systems, also featuring a look at NYPA’s secure energy...

Designing and Modeling for Net Zero

2/27/18, 5:30pm - 7pm
AKF Office, One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
Completed in 2015, P.S. 62 is NYC’s first net-zero energy school, designed under the requirements of the New York City School Construction Authority. The 66,000 square foot, 2-story school will...

Optimize Energy Efficient Design of Buildings Facades

2/27/18, 11am - 12pm
Join Microsol Resources’ webinar as we discuss design and performance of the next generation of facades and use the BIM workflow. Simon Whelan, COO of FenestraPro will showcase how to...

Designing the Next-Generation Facade for Human Performance

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2/23/18, 8am - 12pm
The Times Center, 242 W 41st St, New York, NY 10036
Studies suggest that the building façade system can play a major role in enhancing employee health and well-being. This seminar will introduce participants to the human and environmental benefits of...

Spaces of Action: Designing and Using the Public Realm for Change

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2/22/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York City has been in the midst of a renaissance in the design and construction of public spaces for the past ten years. New York and other major cities across the U.S. have...

A Legacy of Contribution: African-American Spatial Mythos in New York City

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2/21/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Diversity + Inclusion Commitee is proud to present:  A Legacy of Contribution: African-American Spatial Mythos in New York City, a panel discussion spotlights historical spaces created around Black communities as part of...

TWA Lounge and Hotel: Design Presentation and Cocktails

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2/21/18, 6pm - 8pm
TWA Lounge
***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!***** ***Click “Register” to add your name to the Wait List*** Join us for a design presentation of the TWA lounge at 1 WTC and the...

New Large-Scale Contract Opportunities at DDC

2/20/18, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
As the City’s primary capital design and construction agency, the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) continues to expand opportunities for architects and engineers to partner with New York City...

Transforming Social Housing – Stories from Europe

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2/17/18, 1pm - 6pm
Center for Architecture
Across Europe living habits and architectural traditions differ from country to country, but uniting the continent is a renewed focus on embracing new methods and innovative refurbishment strategies to achieve...

Leadership Breakfast with Angela O’Byrne, FAIA

2/16/18, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Angela O’Byrne, FAIA. Speaker: Angela O’Byrne, FAIA, President, Perez APC Born in Cali, Colombia, O’Byrne earned her Master...

Creating Places to Call Home: How Tradition, Style, and Memory Can Inspire Ways of Living

2/15/18, 6pm - 8pm
New York School of Interior Design
Award-winning architect and author of the new book A Place to Call Home, Gil Schafer believes the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate living—houses with timeless charm that...

The Lost City: Talk by Obra Architects

2/13/18, 12pm - 2pm
Cooper Union, Foundation Building, E 7th St, New York, NY 10003
Obra Architects (Pablo Castro & Jennifer Lee) talk on The Lost City, a book published for Misunderstandings by Campo Space.

Next Gen Arch: Designing Towards an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Profession

2/10/18, 1pm - 5pm
Center for Architecture
This symposium will discuss the initial findings of the 2017 AIANY Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Member Survey and accompanying research. In 2017, the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee received a...

Huggins Wood Floor Specialist NWFA IDCEC and AIA CEU Presentation

2/8/18, 1pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Floor Supplies, 153 West 27th St New York, NY 10001
Please join us for our two credit courses, Back to Basics -It’s Not Easy Being Green – Sustainability of Wood (AIACES103501) and Wood Flooring in Commercial Spaces (AIACES109503) (CEU-105259) on...

Adaptive Reuse for Education

2/7/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
“Adaptive Reuse for Education” will focus on the different strategies in architectural and educational planning to transform buildings intended for other purposes into vibrant environments for education. Learn how buildings...

Algorithmic Design & Virtual Reality with ARCHICAD

2/7/18, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The future of design is here. Technology is driving the firms of tomorrow. If you feel like you are stuck between two worlds, want to learn or network with thought...

SGH NY SEMINAR: Examining Building Enclosures with Combustible Materials

2/6/18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, 550 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018
SGH NY SEMINAR: Examining Building Enclosures with Combustible Materials Presented by David J. Jacoby, P.E. and Matthew J. Normandeau, P.E., LEED AP Following a series of exterior fires in high-rise...

2018 SEAoNY All Day Seminar -The Ever-Changing New York City: Building Renovations and Alterations

2/6/18, 8am - 4:30pm
New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007
From its bridges to its exemplary skyscrapers, New York City has a very diverse number of structures. As the city continues to add to its cadre of skyscrapers and iconic...

Exhibition Opening: Aldo Rossi: The Architecture and Art of the Analogous City

2/5/18, 6pm - 8pm
Princeton University, North Gallery, School of Architecture
Exhibition Opening with Peter Eisenman, Gianni Braghieri, Daniel Sherer, Kurt W. Forster, and Monica Ponce de Leon Monday, February 5th, 6:00pm North Gallery, School of Architecture This Princeton University Exhibition, curated...

Blue Dunes: Climate Change by Design

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2/1/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Blue Dunes: Climate Change by Design is a book documenting the proposal to create an offshore barrier island chain in the New York/New Jersey Harbor. Today, this proposal stands at...

Framework for the Future: Transportation + Infrastructure

1/25/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Transportation + Infrastructure Committee is kicking off 2018 with an evening of ideas, discussions, and community building. We will explore the Infrastructure policy issues that we face in...

AIANY New Practices New York Competition Winner Announcement

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1/24/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the announcement of this year’s AIANY New Practices New York Competition winners in innovative architecture and design. A moderated symposium discussion with this year’s jurors will follow....

TALL: THE AMERICAN SKYSCRAPER AND LOUIS SULLIVAN

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1/19/18, 7pm - 10pm
Metrograph, 7 Ludlow Street, New York, New York
Metrograph opens TALL, the 2006 feature film about Louis Sullivan directed by Manfred Kirchheimer. Kirchheimer will be present in person to introduce the 7pm screening on Friday, January 19! Starting at the...

Book Launch: Downward Spiral: El Helicoide’s Descent from Mall to Prison

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1/17/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please contact info@urpub.org to put your name on the waitlist. Join Terreform and Proyecto Helicoide as we kick off the year with the launch of the long-awaited book, Downward Spiral:...

Book Talk: OfficeUS Manual

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1/16/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
OfficeUS Manual (Lars Müller Publishers, 2017) is a critical, occasionally humorous, and sometimes stupefying guide to the architectural workplace. The third publication of OfficeUS, this book presents office policies and...

Anyspace Presents: “Drawings’ Conclusions: The Ends of the Line”

1/16/18, 6pm - 9pm
Anyspace, 59 Franklin Street, New York City
The Anyspace pop-up gallery will open “Drawings’ Conclusions: The Ends of the Line,” on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 59 Franklin Street, in Tribeca. Curated by Jeffrey Kipnis, produced by...

Leaning Out V | Women in Academic Leadership Now

1/11/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
We are pleased to present the 5th Annual AIANY Global Dialogues Committee Leaning Out event “Women in Academic Leadership Now,” the final presentation of the Global Dialogues Committee’s Displacements Series. This discussion will feature...

2018 AIANY Design Awards Announcement

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1/8/18, 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 symposium discussion with this year’s jurors will follow....

Cocktails & Conversation: Tom Kundig and Cathleen McGuigan

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1/5/18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
This series of dialogues about design joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. Friday night is not “Friday Night” without...

The Social Imperative: Architecture and the City in China

1/5/18, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Despite an era of great development and economic liberalization, China’s urban environment is impacted by increasing social inequality. The Social Imperative: Architecture and the City in China, edited by H....

Responsive Scaffolding: Emergency Relief

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1/4/18, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How is scaffolding used in response to emergency situations? Quickly deployed and configurable to myriad contexts, scaffolding performs a vital role in stabilizing damaged structures, constructing new shelters, and providing...

Understanding the Drone: Aerial Innovation and Automated Futures

12/18/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Technology Committee for an introduction and overview of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). We will learn about the past, present, and future of drones as a projected $125B industry...

Sustainable Design Perspectives

12/14/17, 8:30am - 12:30pm
Center for Architecture
Investments in healthier buildings are poised to be a transformative trend in the construction industry. Architects, interior designers, and contractors need to better understand the priorities of their clients. What...

Global Color & Design Trends of 2018

12/14/17, 6pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
1 AIA LU | 1 IDCEC CEU This presentation focuses on the Global Color & Design Trends of 2018, as researched and identified by PPG’s international team of color experts...

University Roundtable on Deep Energy and Carbon Reductions

12/12/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA New York invites you to attend a university roundtable on deep energy and carbon reductions.  In New York City and State, universities are leading the way in terms of...

In Pursuit of Performance: Financial and Social Metrics of Architectural Success

12/11/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This program will showcase evidence of how social science research informs higher performing environments. Experts in designing, managing, and measuring the performance of workplace and retail spaces will present tangible...

In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day

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12/9/17, 11am - 6pm
The Met Fifth Avenue
In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day is a symposium devoted to the most exciting and critical spatial projects of 2017. The event brings together international architects, artists,...

The Future of NYC Jails

12/6/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
NYC is at a pivotal moment with an opportunity to dramatically change its approach to correctional facilities. There is emerging political consensus that the existing jail complex at Riker’s Island...

New York Living: Re-Inventing Home

12/6/17, 6pm - 8pm
Paul Gunther, co-author of New York Living: Re-Inventing Home, will be joined by Tamara Eaton and David Mann, two designers featured in the book, to explore contemporary examples of residential...

The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence Mario Carpo

12/4/17, 6:30pm - 8pm
New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan Campus: 16 W. 61st St., 11th floor auditorium
Mario Carpo, Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory, the Bartlett, University College London, and the Vincent Scully Visiting Professor of Architectural History, Yale School of Architecture, speaks about...

Cocktails & Conversation: David Piscuskas, FAIA, and David Hollenberg

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12/1/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Speakers: David Piscuskas, FAIA, LEED AP, Founding Principal, 1100 Architect; 2017 President, AIA New York David Hollenberg, University Architects, University of Pennsylvania; Adjunct Professor, PennDesign David Piscuskas, FAIA, LEED AP,...

Anticipating the Driverless City

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12/1/17, 8:30am - 5pm
Skirball Center for Performing Arts
With a focus on the nexus of public policy, urban design, and innovative technology, AIANY’s Anticipating the Driverless City is designed to help shape New York City’s discussion on urban...

Virtual Tour of the Francis Crick Institute

11/30/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee is pleased to offer a virtual tour of the 2017 Laboratory of the Year, the Francis Crick Institute in London, UK by HOK...

Solar + Storage + Microgrid: Stockpiling Sunlight in NYC

11/30/17, 7pm - 9pm
Namm Building, Atrium Ampitheater
Solar PV Energy + Battery Storage stockpiles sunlight and delivers it on-demand to the building where it will be used, improving power quality and reliability and reducing New York City’s...

NYLON #12: Comeback Cities

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11/30/17, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Dan Doctoroff, former deputy Mayor of New York, will join experts in New York and London for a discussion on resiliency, based on Doctoroff’s new book Greater than Ever, New...

Innovative Housing: France/Denmark

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11/29/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Housing Committee for its fourth program in a series that highlights exemplary international housing design. We’ll hear from Jean-Christophe Masson of Hamonic+Masson based in Paris, France, and Jens...

The Well-Dressed Window

11/29/17, 6pm - 8pm
AD100 designer Thomas Jayne joins Winterthur Design Associates’ principal designer Sandy Brown in celebrating her new book The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur. Jayne and Brown will discuss Henry Francis...

Oculus Book Talk: LAB: Building a Home for Scientists

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11/27/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion of the book LAB: Building a Home for Scientists (Lars Müller Publishers, 2017) by Mark C. Fishman. Fishman will be joined in discussion by architect Toshiko...

Restoring the George and Beyond: SGR Meets Public Benefit

11/21/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The George Washington Bridge, opened in 1931, has begun a $1.9-billion state-of-good-repair (SGR) program to rehabilitate the facility, scheduled to be completed in 2025. One of the principal components of...

Family Program: Sky Boys

11/18/17, 10:30am - 11:45am
The Skyscraper Museum
Children are invited to listen to a story about building the Empire State Building from the award-winning book Sky Boys by Deborah Hopkinson and James Ransome. After the reading, kids...

…And Justice for All: Reconstituting Just Potentials

11/17/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIANY’s Civic Leadership Program was founded by the Emerging New York Architects Committee with the mission to foster civic engagement and responsibility among emerging architectural professionals.  Through mentorship and programming, the goal...

Transmaterial Architecture

11/16/17, 6pm - 7:30pm
Betts Auditorium
A lecture from Andreas Jaque, Office for Political Innovation

Block by Block: Christopher Gray’s New York

11/16/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York
As the founder and writer of The New York Times’ “Streetscapes” column, architectural historian Christopher Gray wrote more than 1,450 articles between 1987 and 2014 in which he lovingly highlighted...

2017 AIANY COTE Awards

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11/15/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Committee on the Environments for 2017 COTE Awards presentation.  The AIANY COTE Awards recognizes results-oriented achievements in the urban context. Winning submissions demonstrate processes that culminate in beautiful,...

Christian Kerez: Definitions of Space

11/15/17, 7pm - 9pm
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
Often, architectural space is defined by requirements which are totally arbitrary and alien to the discipline of architecture itself. This lecture will focus on architecture and its medium, the three-dimensional...

Person Place Thing: Mary Travis Bassett

11/13/17, 7pm - 9pm
Van Alen Institute
Dr. Mary Travis Bassett has dedicated her career to the promotion of health equity in leading initiatives from AIDS prevention interventions in Zimbabwe to bans on smoking and trans fats...

Van Alen Book Club: Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky

11/12/17, 11:30am - 1pm
Van Alen Institute
Join Van Alen Book Club for a boozy Sunday brunch edition of our monthly discussions of books on the urban experience. As part of our fall festival, U Feel OK?:...

Van Alen Variety Show

11/12/17, 6pm - 8pm
Kinfolk 94 94 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY
Join us for a fast-paced evening of performance, provocations, and presentations as we explore the frontier of health and the city. Witness proposals from the flash competition, Emergency Contact: New...

Bryony Roberts, Mabel O. Wilson, and The Marching Cobras of New York – Marching On

11/11/17, 12pm - 2:30pm
Marcus Garvey Park
With Marching On Bryony Roberts and Mabel O. Wilson, professors at Columbia University’s GSAPP, collaborate with the Marching Cobras of New York, a Harlem-based after-school drumline and dance team, to...

Circulations Conference

11/11/17, 2pm - 6pm
Performa 17 Hub
Circulations Architecture Conference’s cornerstone is a wide-ranging program of talks, screenings, conversations, and performances with an international group of architects, scholars, and artists to address how performance can serve as...

Art in the Open: Fifty Years of Public Art in New York

11/11/17, 10am - Sunday, 12/31, 6pm
220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
Until the 1960s, most public art in New York City was limited to war memorials, civic-minded murals, or relief sculpture embodying universal values like “Fraternity” or “Wisdom.” But the late...

Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley – The Newcomers

11/10/17, 12am - Sunday, 11/19, 12am
American architects and artists Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley present The Newcomers, a durational architectural performance that spans both time and distance with responsive and ambulatory forms of habitation. The...

New Local – Manufacturing: Pratt Workshop

11/9/17, 12pm - 6pm
Brooklyn Design + Fashion Accelerator
NEW LOCAL is a three-part series of half-day workshops and participatory talks centered on an examination of locality and its conditions. The sessions bring together leaders from a variety of...

2017 AIA QUAD Conference

11/9/17, 11am - Saturday, 11/11, 12:15pm
Albany, NY
The Quad (Quality Unites Architectural Design) Conference is a three-day conference encompassing an expo, continuing education seminars, networking events, and Quad State Design Awards Presentation. Organized by: AIA Connecticut, AIA New Jersey,...

Samuel Ratensky Memorial Lecture: Herbert Oppenheimer

11/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
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...

Rockefeller Family Gardens

11/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
The contributors of The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy, with photography by Larry Lederman; essays by Todd Forrest, Vice President of Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and...

Smart Infrastructure Forum

Broad Street Ballroom
The Smart Infrastructure forum is in NYC on November 8th, 2017. This is a senior-level forum, which is a strategic and interactive discussion on transforming urban infrastructure using digital technologies...

François Dallegret with Dimitri Chamblas and François Perrin – The Environment-Bubble

11/8/17, 12pm - Thursday, 11/9, 3am
Mineral Springs Lawn in Central Park (located north of Sheep Meadow)
A widely influential blueprint designed in 1965 by Canadian architect François Dallegret, “The Environment-Bubble” is brought to life for the first time. For Performa 17, Dallegret collaborates with architect François...

Urban Design Past, Present, Future

11/7/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
How do you define urban design? Is it an independent, legitimate discipline or one that is located somewhere else in the professions of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning? 60...

Trains, Tunnels, and Trees

11/7/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Museum of the City of New York
In the early 20th century, the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad dramatically transformed New York City’s psychic and economic geography. Daring tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers connected Manhattan...

Retail Rethink

11/6/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and the Retail Design Institute for a panel discussion on retail design within an evolving retail landscape. Retail Practice Area Leader and Principal at Gensler, Kathleen...

Lecture: Six Hundred and Twenty Years

11/6/17, 6pm - 7:30pm
Betts Auditorium, Princeton University School of Architecture
A lecture from Cristina Diaz Moreno & Efren G. Grinda, Co-Founders of amid.cero9.

2017 Deans’ Roundtable

11/4/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please Join us for the Center for Architecture’s thirteenth-annual Dean’s Roundtable. Representatives from several local schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education. Speakers:Amale Andraos, Assoc. AIA, Dean, Columbia...

A Celebration of El Internacional

ELINTERNACIONAL AIA NY Part Image Alone
11/3/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion of the book El Internacional (1984-1986): New York’s Archaeological Sandwich and a celebration of the historic restaurant with its founder Antoni Miralda. A contemporary...

Student Lecture Series: An Evening with Robert Wilson

11/3/17, 3pm - 5pm
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
1 Have You Been Here Before / 2 No This Is The First Time In an exceptional performance of two hours, director and artist Robert Wilson invites us into his...

All-Gender: Designing for Equity

11/2/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The public restroom has become a symbol of the struggle to end discrimination in public spaces. Even as federal legislation has slowly begun to include public space and restrooms in...

Global Approaches to Age-Friendly Design

11/1/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This evening will celebrate the creation and publication of translated versions, in Spanish and Mandarin, of the Aging in Place Guide for Building Owners, which was created in 2016 by...

Learning to Share/Sharing to Learn

11/1/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Higher education institutions in dense urban and sprawling suburban campuses suffer from limited space to accommodate growing student populations. Universities and Schools must consider consolidating space by asking their faculty...

New York City Planning and Development: An Inter-Agency Conversation

10/31/17, 9:30am - 11am
Grimshaw
Leadership was appointed earlier this year to three New York City agencies that play critical roles in planning the neighborhoods of our City: Maria Torres-Springer, Commissioner of the Department of...

Social Science and Architecture History Primer

10/25/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Fifty years ago social scientists radically intercepted architectural training and professional practice. The field remains indelibly impacted yet far from transformed. Under what conditions have social scientists challenged the culture...

What Not to Draw

10/24/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
At this panel discussion, experts in the construction industry will advise the architectural community on how to streamline their efforts during documentation while minimizing future issues in the field. The...

Caples Jefferson Architects: What We Love About Doing This Work

Marcus Garvey Houses Community Center. Photo: Julian Olivas.
10/23/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
There is a prevailing reaction in the profession that social practice is often lacking in aesthetic quality. Caples Jefferson Architects, recipient of this year’s AIANY President’s Award, confronts this notion,...

Everything Water 4.0: The Role of Water in Shaping our Future

10/21/17, 9am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
Water is at the heart of sustaining life for both the human and natural worlds. It has also increasingly become the source of climate-related disasters and catastrophic conflict at all...

J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | Monumental Matters: Public Spaces & Collective Memory

10/20/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycobaNOMA) and the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee for “Monumental Matters: Public Spaces & Collective Memory,” presented as...

New Design Directions in New York

10/17/17, 6pm - 8pm
Design Within Reach Soho
In partnership with Open House New York, the AIANY New Practices Committee is pleased to present a curated series of eleven sites by emerging practices to explore how a new...

11th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Farshid Moussavi

10/16/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design: Farshid Moussavi: Thoughts on a New Architecture. Farshid Moussavi, RA, RIBA, is Founder of the London-based international practice...

Mike Wallace Book Talk: Greater Gotham, A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

10/14/17, 6:30pm - Tuesday, 11/14, 8pm
The Skyscraper Museum
Picking up in 1898, where the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gotham left off, Greater Gotham doubles down on detail to cover a remarkable period in New York City’s history. Beginning with the...

Leadership Breakfast with Raya Ani

10/13/17, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Raya Ani, AIA. Speaker: Raya Ani, AIA, Founder and Design Director, RAW-NYC Architects; President, AIA – Middle East Raya Ani is...

Affordability and Accessibility in the South Bronx

10/11/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In the last fiscal year, The Bronx saw $3.3 Bn of new investment (up 37% on 2015); with 14.2 million square feet proposed new development (up 41% on 2015), two...

Oculus Book Talk: Ethics of the Urban: The City and the Spaces of the Political

10/10/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion of the book Ethics of the Urban: The City and the Spaces of the Political, edited by Mohsen Mostafavi. Ethics of the Urban: The...

Wood City: Innovative Use of Wood in the City

10/6/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
To reach our sustainability goals we must rethink, experiment and innovate. How can architecture become more climate friendly, make cities for people and at the same time contribute financially? The...

Pigeon Holed: Breaking Out

10/5/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
For new practices, building a body of work begins with that first commission. Once complete, the work that follows is often similar in program or project type. Over time, both...

Displacement: Capital

10/4/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
With the rapid growth of the real estate sector as an international investment vehicle since 2000, signature design has redefined the identity of residential high-rise architecture as a desirable commodity...

Public Spaces, Social Movements: How Planning and Design Shape Public Discourse

9/29/17, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
There is a clear resurgence of social movements happening throughout New York City and other major metropolitan areas in the United States. This renewed focus on the public realm calls...

Designing Life: The Modernist Legacy of Albert C. Ledner

9/26/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Historic Buildings Committee and DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State present a new documentary film about the career and life of architect Albert C. Ledner, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright...

NFPA 285 Exterior Wall Fire Testing, Design and Compliance

9/25/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This course explains the NFPA 285 test method, its origin, its procedures, when it is required, and design considerations necessary to comply with it. The course explains the fire/life safety...

After Wright: Pathfinders of Regionalism and Sustainability

9/23/17, 8:30am - 10:30am
Meeting Location
In the early 1910s through the early 1920s, four Europeans came to work for Frank Lloyd Wright: Rudolf Schindler, Richard Neutra, and Antonin and Noémi Pernessin Raymond. Though this was...

New York Genome: A Model of Collaborative Science in the City

9/20/17, 6pm - 8pm
New York Genome Center
Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee at the New York Genome Center for a presentation of its work as well as a tour of its dynamic genome research...
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Everything Water 3.0: Regional Issues

9/19/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
“Everything Water 3.0: Regional Issues” will focus on water resources at the regional level. Moving beyond the local scale from “Water 2.0,” this panel will discuss water-related issues that do...

Building Electrification: A Not So Shocking Solution to Climate Change

9/18/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Reducing GHG emissions 80% by 2050 is generally recognized as the target to avoiding the worst effects of climate change. As architects and engineers, our building design choices play a...

City and Federal Accessibility Requirements: Common Mistakes and Looking Beyond

9/18/17, 8:30am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
AIANY Design for Aging and AIANY Building Codes Committees are co-sponsoring a full-day event on the topic of accessible design in new buildings and remodelings. Individual sessions will cover will...

Displacement: Designing for Diplomacy

9/14/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Embassies have represented a reciprocal exchange of sovereign territory between countries since the establishment of the United States. They serve not just as administrative platforms, but also as symbols of...

Oculus Book Talk: John Yeon Architecture: Building in the Pacific Northwest

9/11/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion of the books  John Yeon Architecture: Building in the Pacific Northwest and Wright’s Writings: Reflection on Culture and Politics 1894-1959. John Yeon Architecture: Building...

Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem & Modern Housing

9/9/17, 12am - Tuesday, 12/12, 6pm
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, Lenfest Center for the Arts
An exhibition about two visionary mid-twentieth century approaches to housing, the legacies of which remain with us today. Sponsored By: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Organized By:...

Cocktails & Conversation: Peter Gluck and Inga Saffron

Cocktails and Conversation: Peter Gluck and Inga Saffron, 09.08.17. Photo: Daniel Cole.
9/8/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
How do you spend Friday evening? Do you join those jamming NYC’s cultural institutions or those crowds over populating film theaters? When it hosts a pair of NYC’s most interesting...
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Who Was Gregory Ain? Conversation: Katherine Lambert and Christiane Robbins

9/7/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This conversation is a related to the exhibition This Future Has a Past, originally created by architect Katherine Lambert and director Christiane Robbins, of California, for Time-Space-Existence, a group exhibition at...

NISHAN KAZAZIAN : Architecture / Art and Digital Installations

9/2/17, 12am - Friday, 12/15, 12am
Connecting the Dots: The Art and Architecture of Nishan Kazazia, AIAIn which Kazazian exhibits mastery of both digital and handcrafted representations. By appointment – 917-855-5468

2017 NYC DDC Design Guidelines: Age-friendly Innovations

8/10/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please Note: Registration for AIA New York and Center for Architecture events constitutes your agreement to the use of you and your guest(s) image or voice in event-related digital and...

5×5 Curators’ Talk

7/27/17, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a curators’ talk on 5×5 Participatory Provocations. Curators will discuss the content of the exhibition focusing on the five categories and what the responses have uncovered. In...

Mid-Century Japanese American Designers

Mid-Century Japanese American Designers Credit Daniel Cole, 07.10.2017. Photo: Daniel Cole.
7/10/17, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
This program, held as part of Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia, looks at the role of Japanese American designers in Mid-Century American design and architecture. Introduction: Lynnette Widder, Lecturer in...

What Would Hamilton Do? Historic Preservation in an Anti-Federalist Era

6/26/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As the United States considers sweeping tax code reform, one of our nation’s most widely-used redevelopment tools has come under threat. For more than 35 years, the Historic Tax Credit...

Hindsight is 20/20: The Power of Post-Occupancy

6/19/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Hosted by the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee, this session examines the importance of collecting and analyzing social data and human performance measures through post-occupancy evaluations. By measuring architecture...
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The Culture of Security in the New Age of Educational Planning

6/19/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Culture of Security in the New Age of Educational Planning will focus on emerging strategies in educational planning to protect schools while maintaining welcoming environments. Through case studies and group...
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Cocktails & Conversation: Bartholomew Voorsanger & Alastair Gordon

Cocktails and Conversation: Bartholomew Voorsanger, 6.16.17. Photo: Center for Architecture.
6/16/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
This series of dialogues about design joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. Friday night is not “Friday Night” without...
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Oculus Book Talk: Welcome to Your World

6/15/17, 6pm - 8pm
The Center for Architecture
Rescheduled from 6/12/2017 Sarah Williams Goldhagen’s new book, Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives, explores how the world around us influences our day to day existence without...

Cultural Hubs: Destination Airports

6/14/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
As travelers spend more time at airports, they expect more conveniences and greater consistency and quality in amenities to enhance their experience. In order to match the needs of these...
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Climate Change in NYC: Bridging Science and Practice

6/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Confronting the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world threatened by climate change requires expanding on the traditional influence and capabilities of architects, landscape architects, and urbanists. Climate science, natural systems,...
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Non-Compliant Bodies: Social Equity and Public Space

5/23/17, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee for a morning roundtable discussion and lecture by Joel Sanders, principal of JSA. His lecture, “Non-Compliant Bodies,” will explore the evolution of his...
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We Are All Neighbors: Refugees and the Architecture of Resettlement

5/23/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Global refugee crises have been prominent topics in the media, filling our news feeds with mostly tragic stories of fleeing families caught between various places, homeless, and often in dire,...
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Got License?

5/22/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join NCARB and NYS Board for Architecture representatives at the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee’s presentation “Got License?” Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss a variety of...
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2017 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: Gabellini Sheppard

5/18/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
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2017 Healthcare Facility Regulatory Update

5/15/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Health Facilities Committee is pleased to present an evening conversation about the recent regulatory updates concerning health facilities. Udo Ammon, Director of New York State Department of Health,...
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NY LON #11 – Deputy Mayor Dialogue: Grappling with Growth

5/9/17, 12pm - 2pm
Center for Architecture
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New Paradigms: Janelia Research Campus

5/9/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Janelia Research Campus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute by Rafael Viñoly Architects won the lab of the year award from R&D Magazine in 2007 and is now ten years old....
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Oculus Book Talk: Magnetic City

5/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
The Center for Architecture
Join us at the Center for Architecture on May 8 to hear Justin Davidson discuss his latest book, Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York! Through seven illustrated walking tours...
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Beyond Public vs. Designing Charter Schools

5/3/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This panel will examine schools that don’t fit neatly into the typical public versus private dichotomy. Panelists will present some of the successes in providing innovative learning environments that are...
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Displacements: Water

4/27/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Please join us for a special AIA New York Global Dialogues conversation hosted jointly with the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning Urban Design Program and ASLA...
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A Memorial for David L. Ginsberg, FAIA

4/25/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us at this special event to celebrate the professional life of David L. Ginsberg, FAIA. The evening will be a memorial service to honor the achievements and influence of...
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Hesitation and Constraints: Barriers to Social Research in Practice

4/24/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Solutions can be found when the barriers are understood. Typically untold perspectives will be brought forward to explore the challenges of and opportunities for social science research, and to inform...
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Minsuk Cho, Mass Studies: Recent Works

4/24/17, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
Founder of Seoul-based firm Mass Studies, architect Minsuk Cho will discuss the firm’s recent work and answer audience questions. Cho spent his early career in New York and Rotterdam, and,...
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A Day in New Hope: Nakashima Woodworker and Raymond Farm Center

4/22/17, 10am - 4pm
Nakashima Woodworker
Discover the architectural and artistic interconnections between Japan and the United States through the interpretation and combination of modernist and traditional ideas cultivated by George Nakashima and Noémi and Antonin...
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African Modernism(s): Past/Present/Future

4/22/17, 1pm - 4pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition Architecture of Independence – African Modernism. African Modernism(s): Past/Present/Future explores the legacy of architectural modernism featured in the exhibition Architecture...

Kunle Adeyemi

4/18/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a lecture with architect Kunlé Adeyemi. Kunlé Adeyemi is an architect, designer and urban researcher. He is the founder/principal of NLÉ and a Design Critic in Architecture...
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Architects as Sculptors

4/17/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Note: This event will be shared on Facebook Live at 6pm EST: https://www.facebook.com/CenterforArchitecture/ What is the difference between sculpture and architecture? Can architects practice at the intersection of architecture and sculpture?...
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Reimagining Olana: Architecture and Placemaking in Historic Landscapes

4/12/17, 6pm - 8pm
The Center for Architecture
Please join us for a program that will look at contemporary architecture in historic parks and landscapes. This event has been rescheduled from it’s original date on Tuesday 3/14. This...
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Leadership Breakfast with Vanessa Keith

4/7/17, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Vanessa Keith. Speaker: Vanessa Keith, Principal, Studioteka Vanessa Keith is a registered architect and the Principal of Studioteka, a published, award-winning...
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Everything Water 2.0: Building a Resilient Future

4/5/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Waterfront communities find innovative responses to climate by calling for long-term community engagement and proactive planning. Representatives from communities of various sizes will discuss their future resiliency plans for mitigating...
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Algorithms: Exploring Creativity, Knowledge, and Technology

4/4/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Creativity, knowledge, and technology are means of expression, communication, and interaction. In a world dominated by technology, do we really give the right importance to each of these factors? Do...
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Viral Voices VI | Virtual Displacement

3/30/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
As the digital revolution continues to affect our everyday lives, counterintuitively, many new processes born in the digital realm are now finding the need to become physical and geofixed. Once...
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Michael Maltzan: Housing

3/29/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The phrases “public housing” or “low-income housing” do not immediately speak to architectural innovation. Often, low income housing projects appear to have been built as cheaply as possible and address...
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LifeSci NYC Initiative for Designers and Developers

3/28/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York is looking to emerge as a leading biotechnology hotspot and strengthen its life sciences ecosystem through LifeSci NYC. Led by the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), this strategic plan...
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Rehabilitating New York’s Historic Schools

3/27/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York City’s public school system includes over 1,600 properties that house public schools, charter schools, and support facilities. These buildings are the heritage of perhaps the greatest public school...
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Cocktails & Conversation: Jeanne Gang and Michael Kimmelman

3/24/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
How do you spend Friday evening? Do you join those jamming NYC’s cultural institutions or those crowds over populating film theaters? When it hosts a pair of NYC’s most interesting...
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God’s Business: Religion and Development in New York City

3/23/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Religious institutions in New York City face both financial strain and rising land values, and are engaging increasingly in development deals through the sale of property and development rights. These...
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Speed Presentations Edition 8 – Community Interiors

3/22/17, 6pm - 8pm
Steelcase
The AIANY Interiors Committee is pleased to announce Speed Presentations Edition 8 – Community Interiors. Ten New York-based architects will present their best interiors projects at the Steelcase showroom.  The...
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After Utopia : Tracing Parallel Histories of (Post)Industrial Landscapes

3/21/17, 6pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
Scattered throughout a stretch of 10,089km along the Trans-Siberian Railway, the survey of Russia’s major industrial cities begins with the vision of an American architect Albert Kahn, the “Architect of...
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Intersections: Shaping a Green NYC with Equitable Transportation Planning

3/20/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The NYC Department of Transportation released Strategic Plan 2016: Safe*Green*Smart* Equitable in the fall of 2016. The updated plan describes how safety and public realm strategies, freight plans, asset management, and public...
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African Health Facilities

3/16/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Designing new health facilities in African countries requires careful consideration of a particular country’s regional climate, cultural context, and construction methods so that the final product reflects local culture and...
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African Modernism: Iwan Baan

3/15/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a conversation with architectural photographer Iwan Baan. Baan’s work is included in the exhibition Architecture of Independence – African Modernism, currently on view at the Center for...
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Open City: New York – Paris | Refugee Housing in Paris

3/10/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 Where: At The Center    The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is home...
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Current Trends in Façade Design – Driving Forces and Associated Risks

3/9/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The introduction of new materials, the innovative use of well-established facade components, the drive to control rising costs and improve quality, and the increase in globalization have led to changes...
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Seniors in the City: Design Considerations for Health and Wellness

3/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In 2010, 12.2 percent of New York City residents were 65 years or older. This number will increase to 15.6 percent in 2040, making the older adult population larger than...
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Architect Developers Round Table

3/7/17, 9:30am - 11am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY New Practices Committee for a round table discussion with three architects, pursuing real estate development to complement their architectural practice. Speakers:Jonathan Segal, FAIA, Founder, Jonathan Segal ArchitectureCary Tamarkin,...
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Strategy by Design – Institutional Perspectives

3/7/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The first of a two-part series, Strategy By Design – Institutional Perspectives, will bring together academics and professionals for a conversation about how business and communications strategy is being taught to...
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Oculus Book Talk: The Arab City

3/7/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us at the Center for Architecture for a discussion on the book The Arab City: Architecture and Representation by Amale Andraos. Moving beyond reductive notions of identity, myths of authenticity,...
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Why Equity Matters to Architecture with Rosa Sheng, AIA

3/3/17, 8am - 10am
Center for Architecture
The topics of equity and diversity are being widely discussed within the profession of architecture as firms and practitioners struggle with acquiring and retaining talent. At a time when action...
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Turning Point: A Discussion of Firms in Practice

3/1/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY New Practices Committee for a panel disucssion about turning points in the profession. Leaders from six firms of varying sizes will talk about specific moments in their...
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Diversity and Equity in Architecture

2/27/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a panel discussion on diversity and equity in architecture that will revolve around the diversity of the profession itself and look at which communities the profession serves...
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Leadership Breakfast with Nicole Dosso, FAIA

2/24/17, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Nicole Dosso, FAIA, is a gifted practitioner of the technical craft of architecture, an expert in the technical challenges of designing tall buildings on complex urban sites, and a mentor to...
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Displacements: People

2/23/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Global Dialogues Committee for a panel discussion about mass migration and how the design community can respond appropriately to the needs of refugees facing economic distress and...
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Myth Busters: How Social Research Serves Different Typologies

2/22/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Why do clients for different building typologies approach the value of design and research differently? Join the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee for a myth-busting roundtable discussion about why...
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Everything Water 1.0: A Precious Element

2/15/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee’s first event of 2017 will launch a series of programs, events, workshops, and exhibits on the theme of water. Placed within the...
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Oculus Book Talk: When Ivory Towers Were Black

2/13/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us at the Center for Architecture for a discussion of the book When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America’s Cities and Universities by Sharon Egretta Sutton,...
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Big Ideas from Crain’s “Getting Ready for 9 Million”

2/9/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Note: The Center for Architecture will share this sold-out event on Facebook Live video here: https://www.facebook.com/CenterforArchitecture/  Crain’s New York Business asked leading architects and planners to think of ways for New York...
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Big Deals: Visionary Responses to Climate Change in NYC

2/8/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Where: At The Center At this moment, two very different and unusual projects for addressing climate change are being explored in...
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Measuring: The Truth About Building Energy Performance

2/6/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Building Enclosure Council for a discussion about the basics of energy flows in a building, which flows are important to measure, and how to measure them. Led by...
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Cocktails & Conversation: Steven Holl and Barry Bergdoll

2/3/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
This series of dialogues about design joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. Friday night is not “Friday Night” without...
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Urban Design Principles for Planning New York City

2/2/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The NYC Department of City Planning’s mission is to plan the future of the city of New York. One of the core values of this mission is the concern for...
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Revisiting Whitney Young: Diversity Today

2/1/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Bryn Mawr Club of NYC are proud to present “Revisiting Whitney Young: Diversity Today” at the Center for Architecture. The panel discussion...
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NDSA Info Session

1/31/17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
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Infrastructure Reclaimed, Repurposed, Reimagined

1/23/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, JANUARY 23 Where: At The Center    With high demand for limited space, New Yorkers are continually on the lookout for newer and...
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Design as Protest NYC Cypher

1/20/17, 4pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Design as Protest is a nationwide action occurring on Friday, January 20 that will connect activists, community organizers, architects, planners, designers, and artists in order to upend injustice, discrimination, and...
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Designing the Next Generation of Public Housing in New York

1/12/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 Where: At The Center    The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is home...
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Oculus Book Talk: Manual of Section

1/9/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us at the Center for Architecture on January 9 as Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis discuss their latest book, Manual of Section! What are the varieties of...
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Reading Room Open House

1/6/17, 4pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for an open house and reception for Reading Room. Elizabeth Felicella, the exhibition photographer, will be present to answer questions about her project. The Center for Architecture is...
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Oculus Book Talk: Never Built New York

12/14/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us at the Center for Architecture on December 14 to hear Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell discuss their latest book, Never Built New York!   New York towers among world...
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Representing Us: Working with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

12/12/16, 12pm - 1:30pm
Center for Architecture
When: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Where: At The Center The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) directs the worldwide building program for the U.S. Department of...
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Old Buildings, New Businesses

12/12/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Authenticity and Innovation explores preservation in contemporary New York City, a particularly relevant topic for a metropolis characterized by perennial change. Here, old buildings moor a rapidly transforming cityscape as it...
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New York’s Cultural Infrastructure: Branch Libraries

12/8/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 Where: At The Center    With the arrival of digital publishing and storage technologies, libraries have shifted away from being central sources of...
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2016 NYC Energy Conservation Code Update

12/7/16, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This seminar reviews the latest changes to the 2016 NYC Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC). The course will also include a summary of the substantive changes that have been made in...
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Deep Energy Retrofits: Warren Hall at Cornell University

12/7/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 Where: At The Center    Learn how a pre-war 130,000 sf classroom building at Cornell University was retrofit to achieve LEED Platinum performance....
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NY-LON Simultaneous Seminars: #10 New Working Neighborhoods

12/7/16, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
New working districts are evolving in major cities across the world, with hubs of talent and creativity taking shape beyond the center. How are the global  cities, New York and...

Zoning 100: Past, Present, and Future Plans

12/6/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Where: At The Center    “Zoning 100,” curated by the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee, is a website that features...
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Exploring the New Penn-Farley Complex

12/5/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Exploring the New Penn-Farley Complex When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 Where: At The Center This past September, Governor Cuomo unveiled plans to develop a new Pennsylvania Station-Farley Complex....

I Love this Place! Exceptional Design Driven through Social Research

12/5/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
This event will showcase exemplary projects which demonstrate the power of embedding social science research in design. The tools, technologies and teams behind these exceptional projects will enable a conversation...

Stewardship of Decorated Ceilings in Great Public Spaces

11/30/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA CES: 1.5 LU When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Where: At The Center    When people walk into historic NYC public buildings, the first thing they...
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Leaning Out IV | Women in Landscape Architecture

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11/29/16, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
We are pleased to present the 4th Annual AIANY Global Dialogues Committee Leaning Out event. Landscape and architecture are infinitely intertwined as they alternate in the roles of figure and backdrop from...

The Architectural Imagination

11/28/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a discussion about the US Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale with co-curators Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, AIA. The Architectural Imagination is described...

Leadership Breakfast with Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA

11/18/16, 8am - 9am
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for a conversation with Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA. Speaker: Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA, LEED AP, Chief Architect, NYC Department of Design and Construction Margaret...
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Architecture is Never Neutral: Michael Murphy and Michael Sorkin

11/18/16, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Architecture is Never Neutral: Michael Murphy and Michael Sorkin on Politics, Space, and Justice AIA CES: 1.0 LU When: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Where: At The Center   ...
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Approximating Integrated Project Delivery in Design-Bid-Build Environment

11/17/16, 8:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
Approximating Integrated Project Delivery in Design-Bid-Build Environment AIA CES: 3.0 LU | 3.0 HSW When: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Where: At The Center    Over the past decade,...
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2016 Samuel Ratensky Lecture: Rosanne Haggerty

11/17/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by AIANY’s Housing Committee in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910-1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in the...
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Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Grant Lecture – Eileen Gray: Houses

11/17/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
E.1027, Eileen Gray’s acclaimed seaside house, was designed in collaboration with Jean Badovici in the 1920s. Several years later, Gray (1878-1976) designed Tempe à Pailla, a less known but equally...

MuseumNext: Transforming Lives, Practices and Places

11/16/16, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee for “Transforming Lives, Practices and Places,” a lively breakfast discussion about how museums and the architects who design them are transforming lives, practices, and places....
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LaGuardia Central Terminal Redevelopment

11/16/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
New York’s LaGuardia Airport has long been the object of criticism and a topic for redevelopment. In May 2015, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selected LaGuardia...

Virtual Reality in the Real World

11/15/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Where: At The Center     Virtual reality is making a big splash in the design industry, and it seems like every...
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Road Map to 80×50

11/14/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Where: At The Center    With NYC’s new Roadmap to 80×50, the city has...
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Infrastructure Imperative: Moving Beyond the Wake-Up Call

11/10/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Infrastructure Imperative: Moving Beyond the Wake-Up Call AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Where: At The Center    Globally, infrastructure is aging,...
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Oculus Book Talk: The Well-Tempered City

11/9/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join innovative real estate developer and author Jonathan F. P. Rose for this launch of his new book, THE WELL-TEMPERED CITY: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us...

New NYC Energy Code and Its Impact on Daylighting Design

11/3/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
On October 3, the new 2016 New York City Energy Conservation Code took effect, causing many designers to modify projects to meet these new standards While architects and design teams...
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Acoustics, Vibration, and Technology for Research Environments

11/2/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee and Cerami Associates for a panel discussion on acoustics, vibration, and technology for science and research facilities. Although the focus will be...
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Teaching Sustainability in Interior Design

11/2/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Teaching Sustainability in Interior Design This program will address ideas for a unifying pedagogy needed to teach holistic, human-centered interior design to the next generation of students and professionals. Grazyna...
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The Reports of My Death have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Libraries for the Future

10/29/16, 1pm - 5pm
Center for Architecture
In the early 1990s, the rapid rise of digital technologies led many to predict the demise of the library as we knew it. Not only were books going to disappear...

Preparing for a Changing Climate: Green and Resilient Retrofits for Multifamily

10/26/16, 8:30am - 12pm
Center for Architecture
Building upon the April 2016 conference, “Housing Affordability and Climate Change: Confronting Physical, Financial and Regulatory Challenges to Retrofitting Multifamily Housing,” this event will feature feature two panels. The first...

Authenticity and Innovation: The Inherent Value of Older Buildings

10/25/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a panel discussion related to the exhibition Authenticity and Innovation. The exhibitionexplores the preservation and reuse of existing buildings in contemporary New York City, a particularly...

Global Migration, Refugees, and a Role for Design

10/24/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
“We face the biggest refugee and migration crisis since World War II. Over the last year, more than 60 million people have been forced from their homes. Desperate conditions are...

An Evening with Thomas Phifer, FAIA

10/21/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join us for a presentation by 2016 Heritage Ball honoree Thomas Phifer, FAIA. Phifer will present recent projects and talk about his career in architecture. Since 1997, Thomas Phifer’s...
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Oculus Book Talk: The Creative Architect

10/20/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us at the Center for Architecture to hear Pierluigi Serraino discuss his latest book, The Creative Architect: Inside the Great Midcentury Personality Study.    From 1958 to 1959, forty of...
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Construction Realities: Cornell Tech

10/19/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Meeting Passive House energy performance targets on larger projects is not just the result of a more rigorous design effort; it is just as dependent upon critical aspects of the...

The Future of Urban Coastal Resilience

10/19/16, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture
This event is free to attend. We ask that you RSVP in advance.

Beyond Boundaries: Examining Pathways for Diversity and Inclusion in Design

10/18/16, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
No discipline more powerfully represents the integration of creative innovation, aesthetic sensibility, and practical problem solving than that of design. Design is the art and science of implementing a creative...
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10th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: David Chipperfield

10/17/16, 7pm - 9pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design. David Chipperfield Architects has developed a diverse international body of work including some of the world’s...
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Leaning Out III | On Women in Architecture and Education

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11/11/15, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Looking at our profession through the eyes of educators and practitioners to discuss the role of women in the field of architecture, design and construction and the impact that formative...

Leaning Out II | Women in Architecture and Construction on Identity

Leaning Out II
12/2/14, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Vitra Showroom, 29 Ninth Ave, New York, NY
Event Summary – Download PDF In today’s architectural profession, where architecture firms are filled with people from many countries, who speak many languages, and are roughly split 50/50 women and...

Leaning Out I | Women in Global Practice

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7/25/13, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
What does it mean to be a woman in the construction industry practicing globally in our time? What are the challenges and the opportunities that women who choose this path...

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