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New York New Visions feels, however, that the eight designs taken as a whole represent only one narrow interpretation of the guidelines, and urge the Jury to review the designs that it has received and its analysis.

The overwhelming sense of the design community participating in the New York New Visions Memorial / Design Review Committee and in its 11/24/03 open meeting is that the memorial plans presented to the public are lacking in emotion and variety. They are focused upon the tragic losses of the individuals but do not express the import of the loss of the World Trade Center to New Yorkers, Americans, and the world. None of the memorial designs have achieved the level of artistic significance expected, nor have they, as yet, successfully addressed the complex challenge of integrating with the Libeskind site plan or the surrounding neighborhood context. The scale of the enclosed and open spaces is large and undifferentiated and may prove to be impractical or unmanageable, as well as barren or lacking in security. The practical questions of pedestrian access are not adequately addressed. The horticultural aspects are frequently uninformed. We have serious concerns regarding the maintenance and long-term viability of some of the technologies proposed.

It is clear that planning for the memorial cannot continue as a separate process from that of planning for the site. The two efforts - plus that of planning for a range of cultural uses - must proceed from this point forward as a dialogue. The importance of the site - its history and what it represents for the future - demands excellence. The eight memorial schemes that have been presented to the public suffer from sameness. They are all from one family of design approaches. The jury must either find designs that reflect other approaches to the stated program or work with Studio Libeskind to develop the best of the eight selected schemes.

We are enormously grateful to the jury for their hard work and we realize how difficult this task has been and continues to be. It would be very helpful to all of us to receive a report from the jury as to the particular choices made. In New York New Visions' review of the eight memorial schemes, we have been guided by the following criteria. We urge the Memorial Competition Jury to include these and similar benchmarks.

Memorial Quality

On Thursday, December 11th, the High-Performance Green Building Design Salon is repeating the very successful program: "Tale of Two Terminals: Part One …a look at the new Whitehall Ferry Terminal." The event will be held at the 3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Featured speakers include Frederic Schwartz, AIA, President, Frederic Schwartz Architects; Alan Traugott, Sr. VP, Flack & Kurtz; and Eve Michel, AIA., Sr. VP, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Capital Program (moderator).

Pre-registration is required by noon December 10: $15 AIA NY Chapter, ASHRAE/NY Chapter, EBA-NYS, USGBC NY Chapter members; $25 non-members; and $30 at the door for those not pre-registered. AIA/CES Learning Units - 2 HSW 2 offered.

Sponsors of the Salon include: AIA New York Chapter; American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers; Environmental Business Association of New York State; and the U.S. Green Building Council New York Chapter. Additional information and registration is available at www.go2buildings.com

December 5th is the registration deadline for the AIA Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) design competition. The committee reports that it already has more than 450 entrants, and has confirmed the jury: Keller Easterling, Associate Professor of Architecture, Yale University; Jefferson Ellinger, Clinical Professor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ellinger/Yehia Design; Tom Hall, Founding Member, East River Kayak Club; William Massie, Associate Professor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MassieArchitecture; and Peter Zellner, Studio Faculty member, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).

On December 10th, ENYA is sponsoring "High Design : Low Budget - Expanding Boundaries of Low-Income Housing." Louise Braverman, AIA, will present Chelsea Court, her award winning affordable housing project specifically designed for 18 previously homeless and low-income tenants. The program begins at 7 pm at the Center for Architecture.

At the Town Hall meeting (5:00 - 6:00 pm) we invite members to examine the past year and look to the future. It's an opportunity for you to give the AIA feedback, we hope you will join us for this open discussion.

The 2004 Inaugural and Reception will immediately follow. George H. Miller, FAIA, the 2003 Chapter President will pass along the gavel on to incoming President Mark Ginsberg, AIA. Please join us to wish him luck. The event is free, RSVP at rsvp@aiany.org.

The AIA gratefully acknowledges Smart Office Solutions Inc. and Teknion for helping to make this event possible.

The AIA New York Chapter Marketing Committee presents "The Value of Design, Part II," on Thursday, December 4th from 5-7 pm at the Center for Architecture. The discussion will touch upon the value, and evaluation of, design services - clients are invited! Ralph Steinglass, FAIA, of Teambuilders, Inc., and Maxine Leighton of Beyer Blinder Belle will lead the discussion. Admission is $20 for AIA/SMPS members; $30 for non-members. AIA/CES: 1.5 units. Reservations are recommended and can be made at www.acteva.com/go/aiany.

Five New York City professionals - design and otherwise - will be honored at the Cooper Union Advancement of Science and Art's second annual Urban Visionaries benefit dinner on Wednesday December 3rd, at 6:30 pm. James Polshek, FAIA, NYC2012 Executive Director Jay Kreigel, director Spike Lee, Con Edison President/CEO Kevin Burke, and video and performance artist Kristin Lucas will receive awards for their roles in enhancing the city's development and built environment. The dinner will be at the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette, and is preceded by cocktails and a silent auction of artwork. Tickets start at $500 - for more information, call 212-353-4106 or 212-353-4136.

Our fair city can boast only one Louis Sullivan-designed building - which makes the occasion of its restoration extra-special. Come hear Stephen Gottlieb of Wank Adams Slavin Associates/WASA discuss the firm's work on the Bayard Condict Building; the event will be held on Thursday, December 4th at 6:30 pm at the Third Street Music School, 235 East 11th Street. The project received an Annual Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), the event's sponsors. Admission is free for GVSHP members and $5 for the public. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the GVSHP office at 232 East 11th Street. For more information and reservations, call (212) 475-9585 ext. 39.

This Friday, December 5th, the Architectural League presents "How Does Housing Design Matter?," a conference examining the mechanisms that drive and produce urban housing and their relationship to design. Critic and writer Lucy Bullivant, architects Will Alsop, Stephen Proctor, and Tom Daniell, Housing First! staff director Joe Weisbrod, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) professor of architecture Gwendolyn Wright will participate. The conference is co-sponsored by AD magazine and presented concurrently with the League's two urban housing exhibitions. The day begins at the Prince George Hotel with a welcome and viewing of First Step Housing competition entries (8:30-10:00 am) with Common Ground's Rosanne Haggerty and Nadine Maleh, as well as Michael Bell, director of the Columbia GSAPP's Housing Studio. The sessions begin at 10:30 am at the Urban Center. The Prince George Hotel is located at 14 East 28th Street; the Urban Center is at 457 Madison Avenue. Fees are $20 for students and League members, $30 for non-members. Reservations are required; call (212) 980-3767. For more information, go to www.archleague.org.

Monday, December 8th, at the Center For Architecture, Neal Bascomb, author of Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City (Doubleday, October 2003), will tell the tale of the competition between the Chrysler and Manhattan Company buildings to be the world's tallest. The event is free, and part of a series sponsored by the Skyscraper Museum. It begins at 6:30 pm. For more information, call the Center at 212-683-0023, or the Skyscraper Museum at 212-968-1961.

On Monday, December 8th, students from Parsons School of Design and Columbia Business School MBA program will unveil future design ideas to some of the world's finest producers of luxury goods. The event marks the 10th anniversary of an interdisciplinary, collaborative course between the two schools.

The event marks the 10th anniversary of an interdisciplinary, collaborative course between the two schools sponsored by The Colbert Foundation, a not-for-profit organization promoting French-American cultural exchange through educational programs. Working in teams, Parsons students of Product Design, Communication Design, and Design & Management, and Columbia MBA students joined forces to come up with some truly innovative product design and business solutions for a series of assignments given by this year's participating companies: Baccarat, Chanel, Christian Dior, Hermès, Champagne Krug, and Lalique. (Click here to review last year's presentations.)

The opening reception begins at 5 pm at the Parsons Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets). The presentations will be made between 6 and 9 pm. RSVP: 212-229-5314 or spenced@newschool.edu.

The New Museum of Contemporary Art recently unveiled plans for its future home on the Bowery. Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the firm SANAA, Tokyo, the project is scheduled to break ground in October 2004 and open to the public in Spring 2006. The design presents a dramatic stack of rectangular boxes shifted off axis in different directions, clad in silvery galvanized, zinc-plated steel, and punctuated by skylights and windows. In addition to dramatically expanded, flexible, and column-free exhibition space, the Bowery building will offer an innovative new media center, a black-box theater/auditorium, bookstore, expanded classrooms, library and study center, café, and wrap-around rooftop terraces. Click on the link above for project details and additional images.

The Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative has just launched GreeningGotham.org - the first central green roof resource for New York City. The new website offers up-to-date news on NYC's environmental issues and green roof projects in the metropolitan area, including information about green roof technology and function. In early 2004, the site will launch the complete Green Roof Toolbox, an essential resource that includes a step-by-step "How To Guide," case studies of successful New York green roof projects, and a list of local building and design professionals who can help create a green roof.

Congratulations to Perkins Eastman Architects, whose Collington Episcopal Life Care Community project in Mitchellville, Maryland, recently won a Special Recognition for Design Excellence in Design for Aging: 2004 Review, given by the AIA's Design for Aging Knowledge Community and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. The development includes 28 new cottages, 53 new apartments, a secure residential environment for dementia care, renovation of the long-term care facilities, and improved community spaces for 350 residents.

Other winners were: KKE Architects; The McCarty Company; Boulder Associates, Inc.; Blitch Knevel Architects, Inc.; The Troyer Group; and Reese Lower Patrick and Scott. All winners' projects will be exhibited at the AIA 2004 National Convention in Chicago next June.

Susan Doban Architect, PC, has transformed an abandoned commercial property into the 22,000-square-foot Milavec Hall that opened in September at Monroe College's campus on Main Street in New Rochelle, NY. The $2.8 million gut renovation project includes classrooms, offices, and a new façade for the building, which will serve as the gateway to the college's east campus. Doban has also designed the next phase of the campus development currently under construction: a six-story, 45,000-square-foot, 200-student dormitory adjacent to Milavec Hall. Both projects are part of the master plan that Doban helped create for Monroe College's newly acquired 1.5-acre site in downtown New Rochelle.

nARCHITECTS, the New York based practice of Eric Bunge, AIA, and Mimi Hoang, will exhibit their recent work in a solo show at the BEB Gallery in the Architecture Department of Rhode Island School of Design in Providence through December 9th.

Have you done work outside of the United States? Publishers John Wiley & Sons and architect Thomas Vonier are preparing a book about international practice. They are seeking foreign projects by U.S. firms to illustrate key points for American architects who want to develop or expand practice abroad. For details please contact Thomas Vonier, FAIA, at 202-387-7600 or e-mail 76646.1100@compuserve.com.

Wall Street Rising, which started the Downtown Information Center at 25 Broad Street, a new newsletter, "Downtown Confidential." The bi-monthly will list events at the center and also give promotions and discounts to shops and restaurants in Lower Manhattan. For more information, go to www.downtowninfocenter.org, or e-mail confidential@downtowninfocenter.org.

Speaking of downtown, if you work below Houston Street, you'll be the lucky recipient of a free 2004 Custom Downtown Zagat Survey Guide. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Empire State Development Corporation, and the Economic Development Corporation have teamed up with Tim Zagat to produce this publication providing information on Lower Manhattan's eateries, shops, hotels, and events, as well news on rebuilding.

If you have a project (completed this year) that uses laminated glass in an innovative or striking way, Solutia wants to know. The 2004 International Solutia Design Awards is accepting entries until February 10, 2004. (Of course, all entries must include the liberal use of products from the company's architectural product lines, including Vanceva, Saflex, and KeepSafe.) For entry forms - there are no entry fees required - click on link above.

Theater-goers at the Center for Architecture this past week got a special treat: playwright Oren Safdie and the cast of "Private Jokes, Public Places" came out after the show for a discussion with the audience. Safdie mentioned that it was the critical response to one of his earlier plays that actually inspired him to write about architecture jury-reviews: "Getting reviewed by critics took me back to grad school, and how it felt getting reviewed by juries."

Speaking of reviews, one Safdie was happy to get was the rave from The New York Times:

"Architects are taking it on the chin this month in their own new Manhattan showplace, the theater in the Center for Architecture. In Oren Safdie's bright comedy, M.J. Kang is an architecture student, Margaret, whose class project is being given a merciless once-over by two eminences in the profession. Anthony Rapp as Margaret's intimidated teacher is the soul of ineptitude as he occasionally steps gingerly into the cockpit where the two great wits are warring. Sebastian Roché, as a left-wing German theoretician who is an unpluggable fountain of nonsense, and Geoffrey Wade, as a caustic British builder whose tongue is a machete, battle each other even more than they batter poor Margaret. Safdie's sharp verbal acrobatics seem even a bit threatening to the audience, and that pressure makes its laughter more explosive."

AIA members can purchase tickets for only $45. For ticket information, call Telecharge.com at 212-947-8844 and mention the code PJAIA59 or click here and enter the code. For group rates and special events call 212-354-6510.

Something that might come in handy for architects - and their school clients - is a new offering from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). "High Performance Schools" a video that introduces the concept of high-performance school buildings, and includes 10 case studies.

The information is based on a series of workshops SBIC has presented across the country over the last two years. These workshops covered two areas: 1) how school decision makers and other stakeholders can effectively manage the design process in order to build the highest quality facilities and 2) how architects and engineers can incorporate high-performance, sustainable strategies into their designs. The SBIC is also offering a High Performance School Buildings Resource and Strategy Guide.

The program was produced with support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America/ EnergySmart Schools program. The video is also available on CD-Rom that includes a PowerPoint® presentation. For more information and to order, click on link above.

New York Construction News will honor the 28 winners of the publication's Best of 2003 Awards at a breakfast celebration on Wednesday, December 3rd in the Broadway Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel. Tickets are $125, and proceeds from the awards event will benefit engineering and architecture students at the City College of New York. For more information, call Giovanni Gonzales at 212-902-2332 or e-mail giovanni_gonzales@mcgraw-hill.com.

2003 Project of the Year: Time Warner Center - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Ismael Leyva; Elkus Manfredi Architects

Do you remember escaping from the harsh realities of fractions in your fifth grade math class into the art room down the hall?

Well, art class has changed with the times. Arts education is no longer confined to the art room with crayons and Cray-Pas. Now art is found in nearly every K-12 classroom and is used to teach core subjects including math, science, history and literature.

Learning By Design:NY, the premier program of the New York Foundation for Architecture, works with teachers to incorporate design and architecture into the New York City standards based curriculum. Get your child's school involved in this valuable program by asking your principal to call the Foundation at 212-358-6133. It will make a world of difference.

AIA Contract Documents (electronic format 3.0 plus)
AIA Contract Documents are also available electronically through a meter-based, pay-per-document program or through an unlimited annual licensing fee. For a free CD-ROM with a quick tour of the program, demo, FAQ and ordering instructions, contact the AIA New York Chapter at 212-683-0023 or info@aiany.org. To order directly, visit www.aia.org.

Wednesday, 12/03/2003, 3:15 p.m.
Field Trip to: Jersey City Medical Center
Location: Jersey City Medical Center intersection of Jersey Ave and Grand St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Sponsored by: AIA New York Chapter Health Facilities Committee
Description: New 7 story, 318 bed replacement hospital with 8 operating rooms including cardiac surgery, maternal and child care center, 40 N.I.C.U isolettes and 36 bed behavioral medicine nursing unit. Total area of the building is 360,000 square feet.
Speakers:
Tour Guides: Kaman Fortoloczki, Arthur Blume and Mark O'Leary
Registration Contact: Shannon Waterman email swaterman@lsgsarchitects.com
Reg. Tel: (212) 803-0300
Member Price: $5 Associate members; $10 Full Membership
Nonmember Price: $25
CES HSW: 2

Thursday, 12/04/2003, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Roundtable: The Value of Design II
Location: The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleeker and W 3rd Street)
Sponsored by: The AIA New York Chapter Marketing and P.R Committee
Description: In our roundtable on the "The Value of Design" earlier this year, we learned that many architects feel that the value of their work is not fully understood or appreciated. This time, we're inviting clients to initiate our discussion. What is the value of design? When is design worth premium cost? How do clients evaluate design? How can architects better articulate the value of their services?
Bring a client to the discussion with you!
Registration Contact: Log on to website below
Member Price: $20 AIA/SMPS
Nonmember Price: $30
CES Lus: 1.5
More Info: http://www.acteva.com/go/aiany

Thursday, 12/04/2003, 6:30 p.m.
Restoration of Louis Sullivan's Bayard Condict Building
Location: Third Street Music School, 235 East 11th Street, btw. 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Sponsored by: The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Description: Join architect Stephen Gottlieb for a fascinating presentation and Q & A about the recent award-winning restoration of Louis Sullivan’s beautiful and historic Bayard Condict Building on Bleecker Street. The Bayard Condict Building is the only building in New York designed by Sullivan, who was Frank Lloyd Wright’s mentor and is considered the father of skyscraper architecture. Wank Adams Slavin Associates/WASA, under the direction of Mr. Gottlieb, designed the unusual restoration method for the all-terra cotta street façade by removing, repairing, and re-installing 1,300 of the 7,000 pieces of terracotta, instead of the usual method of replacing damaged blocks with copies. The Bayard Condict building remains one of the Village’s and NYC’s proudest architectural treasures, and the presentation promises intimate insights into one of our most unique and awe-inspiring landmarks. The restoration was a 2003 winner of an Annual Village Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
Reg. Tel: (212) 475-9585 x39
Member Price: Free for GVSHP members
Nonmember Price: $5
More Info: http://www.gvshp.org

Thursday, 12/04/2003, 9:00 a.m-3:00 p.m.
The AIA/CES Registered Provider Training Program
Location: Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and West 3rd St)
Sponsored by: AIA New York Chapter
Description: AIA New York Chapter presents…a different kind of workshop!
An audience-centered, informal, and dialogue-friendly training experience for CES Registered Providers!
We'll cover the CES basics, the best practices and the “non-negotiables” of the program, navigate the CES Web site, talk marketing strategies, discuss the elements and how to’s of instructional design systems (IDS) in the context of CES policy. Then, we’re going to let you guide our discussion for the rest of the session. You tell us what you need and want to know to help you develop and/or deliver a successful architectural program that teaches our members what they need and want to know. Your registration includes lunch, program materials, an official CES Certificate of Completion, a CES lapel pin, and a CES Registered Provider table top sign.
Seating is limited, so mark your calendar and reserve your space today!
Fees are non-refundable. Make check payable to the AIA New York Chapter, 538 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012.
To pay by credit card download this form and fax to 212.696.5022
Price: $195

Thursday, 12/4/2003, 6:30 pm
Will Alsop: Working with the People
Location: The Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NYC
Co-sponsored by: The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union and the Van Alen Institute
Description: The work of the British firm Alsop Architects aims for ‘joy in every sector of the work.’ Fluid forms and innovative engineering characterize their projects, the best know of which include; Peckham Library and Media Centre, London and the Jubilee Line Extension North Greenwich Station, London. Current projects include new town visions for Yorkshire and a new building for the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto.
Cost: League and Van Alen Institute members free, non-members $10
For reservations (League and Van Alen Institute members only) please call 212-980-3767
For more information please call at 212-753-1722 ext. 1 or visit the League’s website www.archleague.org
CEU Lus: 1.5

Friday, 12/5/2003 and Saturday, 12/6/2003
Procrastinator's Day
Location: Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and West 3rd St)
Description: If it wasn't for the last minute, we wouldn't get anything done. Register for up to 11 HSW Continuing Education Credits by participating in Procratinators' Day and to collect HSW credits before the end of the year. This event will bring certified, continuing education providers from around the nation to the Center for Architecture in New York City to offer a varied and eclectic assortment of courses to AIA and Non-AIA members alike.
Cost: $10 a credit
For a complete schedule and course descriptions and registration forms, click here
CEU HSW: 11

Friday, 12/5/2003 8:00am 5:00 pm
How does Housing Design Matter?
Description: A conference presented in connection with the Architectural League exhibitions Urban Life: Housing in the Contemporary City and Housing the City: Strategies for Multiple Dwelling in New York, 1830-2003, both on view at the Urban Center through January 24, 2004. Co-sponsored by AD magazine on the occasion of the special issue Home Front: New Developments in Housing.
For reservations, please call 212-980-3767.Reservations are required
Conference fee: Architectural League members and students $20; non-members, $30.
For additional conference information: www.archleague.org

Sunday, 12/07/2003, - 12/10/2003
Healthcare Design 2003
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: Join fellow professionals for three information packed days of profitable ideas, live demonstrations, three unique facility tours, and the camaraderie of shared experiences to help you create or transform your healthcare environment into a state-of-the-art facility.
Reg. Tel: 216-391-9100 ext. 226
More Info: http://www.hcdmagazine.com

Monday, 12/08/2003
Higher: A Historic Race To The Sky and The Making of a City, Neal Bascomb
Location: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC (Between Bleecker & West 3rd St)
Description: The Skyscraper Museum presents the first in a series of book talks exploring the skyline architecture of New York. In 1929, as downtown and midtown skylines soared, two towers vied for the title of world's tallest building. Author Neal Bascomb recounts the race between the Manhattan Company Building at 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building, evoking the colorful characters of an architectural drama.
Upcoming 2004 book events:
Jan. Daniel Okrent on GREAT FORTUNE: THE EPIC OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER
Feb. Eric Howeler on SKYSCRAPER: VERTICAL NOW
Mar. Richard Berenholtz, photographer of NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE: A HISTORY
April Jim Rasenberger on HIGH STEEL: THE DARING MEN WHO BUILT THE WORLD'S GREATEST SKYLINE
These programs are free, and no reservations are necessary.
For more information on the series or The Skyscraper Museum, log on to the website below or call 212-968-1961
More Info: http://www.skyscraper.org/programs

Tuesday, 12/9/2003, 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
The Meaning of Memorials
Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street
Sponsored by: 92nd Street Y
Description: Daniel Libeskind joins Architectural Record editor-in-chief Robert Ivy and memorial scholar James Young for a discussion of memorials and their meaning. The program begins with a brief slide presentation by Robert Ivy on the history of memorials, beginning with the Necropolis. With the eight prospective finalists for the memorial site design having been unveiled November 19, Libeskind, Ivy and Young, a WTC memorial selection committee member, are poised to discuss what elements make a memorial transcendent at the moment when the issue possesses the greatest currency. Art critic Amei Wallach moderates the discussion.
Speakers: DANIEL LIBESKIND, JAMES YOUNG, ROBERT IVY. MODERATOR: AMEI WALLACH. Young is author of The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning; Ivy is editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest. Wallach is an arts writer and the curator of the Y's lecture series "Religion and the Arts."
Registration Contact: 92nd Street Y Box Office
Reg. Tel: 212-415-5500, Reg. Fax: 212-415-5788, Reg. Web Site: www.92Y.org
Member Price: $20. MENTION CODE "AIA." Service fee of $3.00 waived for online purchases.
Nonmember Price: $25

Wednesday, 12/10/2003, 7:00 p.m.
High Design : Low Budget
Location: The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker & W 3rd Street)
Sponsored by: AIA New York Chapter Emerging NY Architects
Description: Expanding the Boundaries of Low-Income Housing. Chelsea Court, an award winning affordable housing project specifically designed for 18 previously homeless and low-income tenants, is a tribute to the belief that aesthetic environments enhance the lives of all people, whether rich or poor. This is low-income housing. Design counts for a lot. How does a forward-thinking project like this make the leap from a FormZ dream to an urban reality.
Speakers: Louise Braverman, AIA
Registration Contact: Email enya@aiany.org
Free

Thursday, 12/11/2003, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
A TOUR OF TWO TERMINALS: PART ONE
Location: 3 West Club 3 West 51st Street
Description: a Look at the new Whitehall Ferry Terminal
Moderator: Eve Michel, AIA, Sr. VP NYC EDC
Featured Speakers: Frederic Schwartz / President / Frederic Schwartz Associates, Alan Traugott / Sr. VP / Flack & Kurtz, Scott Hughes / Project Engineer / Robert Silman Associates, RSVP: no later than noon Wednesday December 10, 2003, Pre-Registration required.
Registration Contact: http://www.go2buildings.com
Reg. Tel: (917) 656-1800 , Reg. Fax: (212) 397-4101
Member Price: $15.00 for AIA NY Chapter, ASHRAE NY Chapter, EBA/NYS and USGBC NY Chapter members
Nonmember Price: $25.00 Payment at door: $30
CES HSW: 2

Thursday, 12/11/2003, 5:30 pm
Catherine Houska: Selecting the Right Stainless Steel for Optimum Performance
Location: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
Sponsored by: The Steel Institute of New York and the AIA New York Chapter
Description: Using case studies and design data, this workshop will illustrate techniques for evaluating the environment and determining the appropriate type and finish to avoid corrosion nightmares. Presenting is Catherine Houska, architectural consultant for IMOA, SSINA and NiDi on projects, and author of more than 35 articles and papers on the subject.
Speakers: Catherine Houska
Registration Contact: rsvp@aiany.org
Reg. Tel: 212-697-5553
Member Price: $10
Nonmember Price: $15
CES Lus: 2.00, CES HSW: 2.00

Friday, 12/12/2003, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Workshop: Building a Dynamic Network
Location: The Center for Architecure 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and W 3rd St)
Cosponsored by: SMPS New York and the AIA New York Chapter Marketing and P.R Committee
Description: In marketing, you're only as strong as your network. But how do you build a good network, activate it, and make sure you use the connections you've formed effectively?
This half-day hands-on workshop looks at how networking fits into the total marketing/business development picture, provides a basic approach to doing it confidently, and provides a basic approach to doing it confidently, and includes an actual networking session to build comfort with the process.
Attendance is limited and advanced reservation id required for this event.
Facilitator: Veda N. Solomon
Registration Contact: Email: register@smpsny.org
Member Price: $100 AIA/SMPS
Nonmember Price: $125
CES Lus: 3.5

Wednesday, 12/17/03, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
AIA Town Hall Meeting
Location: The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and W 3rd St)
Description: The Board of Directors of the AIA New York Chapter and the Chapter’s Architecture Dialogue Committee would like to join with the members to examine the past year and look to the future. An opportunity for members to give the AIA feedback, we hope you will join us for this open discussion. The 2004 Inaugural will immediately follow.
Free

Wednesday, 12/17/03, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
AIA New York Chapter 2004 Inaugural
Location: The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and W 3rd St)
Sponsored by: Smart Office Solutions Inc. and Teknion
Description: The AIA New York Chapter's President, George H. Miller, FAIA will pass the gavel to Mark Ginsberg, AIA, who will welcome the incoming Board of Directors. 2003 Brunner Grant recipent will be announced. Reception Following.
Free

Friday, 12/19/2003, 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Fulton Street Transit Terminal
Location: The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and W 3rd St)
Sponsored by: AIA New York Chapter Planning and Urban Design Committee and Transportation Committee
Description: Fulton Street Transit Terminal: Urban Design & Transportation Context. A presentation by MTA Capital Construction Division and Associated Consultants
Registration Contact: Hannah Armer email: armer.h@shca.com
Member Price: $5 Associate Members; $10 Full Membership
Nonmember Price: $25
CES HSW: 1.5

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