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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...
Live Webinar – Architecture at the Forefront: 2023 Design Vanguard Winners
Tuesday, 9/26, 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
Tuesday, 9/26, 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...
New York City Housing Authority’s Capital Program
Wednesday, 9/27, 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...
FIT’s Lawerance Israel Prize Talk: Joel Sanders
Thursday, 9/28, 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...
Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes: Long-Term Recovery: Building Back Better
Saturday, 9/30, 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...
Exchanging Collaborative Practices: Towards a Sustainable Future (Day 1)
Monday, 10/2, 10am - 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...
17th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Tom Kundig
Tuesday, 10/3, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is an AIANY signature event organized each year by the Cultural Facilities Committee. This year the committee is honored to host...
Nonhuman Futures
Tuesday, 10/3, 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 2)
Tuesday, 10/3, 10am - 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...
The Dreams of Others: 60 years of Spanish Architecture
Friday, 10/6, 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 Camrecios and Pep Martin. The film presents a...
Wast[ED] Working with Trash
Friday, 10/6, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
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...
Zak World of Facades Conference
Wednesday, 10/11, 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...
Crushing the Code NYS: Residential Building Systems
Wednesday, 10/11, 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...
Coming Out, Staying In, and Moving Beyond: Home, Housing, Identity, Community
Wednesday, 10/11, 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,...
The Architecture & Design Film Festival: NY 23
Thursday, 10/12, 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
Thursday, 10/12, 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
Thursday, 10/12, 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...
Cocktails & Conversation: Michael Sørensen
Friday, 10/13, 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...
ENYA Beyond The Boards: Reenvisioning The Met’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Friday, 10/13, 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...
ENYA Beyond The Boards: NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Renovation
Saturday, 10/14, 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...
Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial Envelope
Tuesday, 10/17, 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...
An Otomí Leader and an Architecture of Indigenous Reclamation
Tuesday, 10/17, 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...
Rock ‘n’ House A Talk with Christian Wassmann on Sustainable Building and Living
Tuesday, 10/17, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for an insightful conversation with Swiss architect Christian Wassmann as he shares the remarkable story behind his newly built upstate NY house—a labor of love for him and...
Through the Lens: Honoring the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams
Wednesday, 10/18, 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...
J. Max Bond, Jr. Lecture | A Dialogue on Education and Architectural Futures
Thursday, 10/19, 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...
Indigenous Architecture Days: To Leave and Return
Wednesday, 10/25, 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...
Tall Buildings in Historic Districts: Heritage, Conservation, and New Structures
Wednesday, 11/1, 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...
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...
Past Events
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...