08.08.05

Editor's note: The editor will be out of town August 13-21. If you have news for the August 22 issue of e-OCULUS, please send by August 12; otherwise, e-mail information to Bascom Guffin no later than August 18. In the meantime...stay cool!

—Kristen Richards kristen@aiany.org, Bascom Guffin bguffin@aiany.org, Linda G. Miller

ABOVE THE FOLD

DEADLINE REMINDERS

Friday, August 26, 2005: Registration forms and fees:
AIA New York Chapter 2005 Design Awards
(submissions due: Friday, September 16, 2005)
The AIA New York Design Awards celebrate the best new architecture located in New York or designed by New York architects. Winners will be exhibited during Architecture Week and published in the special Awards issue of Oculus.

Friday, August 26, 2005: Registration forms and fees:
Inaugural AIA New York Chapter 2005 Housing Design Awards
(submissions due: Friday, September 16, 2005)
The AIA New York Housing Design Awards have been established to increase awareness of housing design and to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to improve the built environment. Entries of multiple-unit housing types are welcome regardless of project size, budget, or style. Projects anywhere in the world by NYC-based architects or NYC projects by design professionals elsewhere are eligible. An exhibition of the award winners will be on view at the Center for Architecture and publised in Oculus or Oculus.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
(For those reading eOculus via email, please note that clicking on a link in the Table of Contents may open this issue in your Web browser).

Reports from the Field

• Solaire Solo
• Laptops, Coffee and Carpeting: The City's Libraries Today
• City Art, Artists, and Kids = Family Day @ the Center
• Material ConneXion Connects
• Teen Ink: PEN Writing Institute at the Center for Architecture
• Werner Sobek: Transparent High Rise Buildings

In the News + New Deadlines

• New Deadlines: Prophecy Magazine Fall Issue | Solutia Doc Awards | The Inner Musicians of Architects | AIA/NH 2nd Annual IDID Awards | Canstruction NYC Design/Build Competition | Canadian Centre for Architecture 2006-2007 Visiting Scholars Program
• Steven Holl Architects: Magritte Inspires Winning “Sail Hybrid” Design in Belgium
• Beyer Blinder Belle/Balmori Team Makes a French Concession Connection in Shanghai + BBB’s Beijing Connection
• Gwathmey Siegel: W Hotel + Rudolph Renovation/Addition at Yale
• Handel Architects in Center City Philadelphia
• Hot News for the High Lin
• Future Secure/Far From Secure: Edward Durell Stone’s A. Conger Goodyear House and 2 Columbus Circle
• Wanted: Images of Demolished Buildings
• 9/11 Tribute in Light Finds a New Home
• “Temporary Landscape”: Grazing in Brooklyn
• Names in the News
• Javits Expansion Shortlist

Sighted

Celebrating Fellows | Art Commission Design Awards Light Up the Center | Third Thursday Drop-In

On View

At the Center for Architecture: 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards for Excellence in Design | Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation 1968–1975 | Value Meal: Design and (over)Eating | City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program

Elsewhere: Summer Light II – The Far West Village: What We Are Trying to Save

Around the AIA

• Wanted: AIA Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer
• AIA 2005 Compensation Survey Re-priced
• Deadline August 17: AIA Diversity Committee Call for Members
• International Dialogue: AIA/HRC Conference Heads to Bath, UK

AIA New York Chapter Membership Update: July 2005

eCalendar
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Deadlines

Classifieds

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD

Rick Bell The Solaire Solaire Solo by Rick Bell, FAIA Battery Park City Authority Panel On July 21, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) presented a book called “The Solaire: Green by Design, and subtitled “The Story Behind the Planning, Design and Construction of America’s First Green High-Rise Residential Building.” The evening program was introduced by James F. Gill, BPCA Chairman, who commented, “We hope that this video and book will inspire you to spread the word that sustainable development is not only do-able, but also the right way to build...it’s better for society health-wise. And it’s the right way to go because it’s the wave of the future. The standard residential building is yesterday.” The book and accompanying video CD feature interviews with and observations by some of the key people involved with the design and construction of this singular structure, starting with New York Governor George E. Pataki; BPCA’s Gill; Timothy S. Carey, BPCA President & CEO; and Rafael Pelli, AIA, partner in the firm of Cesar Pelli & Associates, design architect of the project. A panel discussion led by Tim Carey included Russell Albanese, president of the Albanese Organization; Peter R. Smith, president of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); Rick Fedrizzi, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council; and Bob Fox, AIA of Cook + Fox, who at Fox & Fowle led the team effort to develop the BPCA Residential Environmental Guidelines. In the new book, Rafael Pelli says, “The Battery Park City Authority’s green guidelines provided an essential first step in designing a building that reduced the environmental footprint.” NYSERDA Grants from NYSERDA helped finance the most innovative features in the building, including its wastewater reuse system and the embodied photovoltaic panels that give the building’s west façade its distinctive blue glint. According to Albanese representatives, NYSERDA also assisted in materials sourcing and put the project team in contact with the Department of Energy while funding energy modeling. Craig Kneeland of NYSERDA is quoted in the 97-page document saying that a distinct advantage of photovoltaic panels is “that they are most productive when the cost of energy is the highest” since photovoltaic use serves to reduce pollution as well as reduce energy rates. The Future While much technical information was presented, the most moving images in the video were those of Solaire residents attesting to the health benefits from reduction of indoor air pollution. Smiling faces of children living in apartments where a central air filtration system filters 85% of particulates were much in evidence. At Battery Park City, additional green residential towers will soon accompany the Solaire. Among those listening attentively in the audience was Mayor Pam O’Connor of Santa Monica, a city where the NRDC Southern California headquarters (by architects Moule & Polyzoides) and the city’s SMURF filtration system show us, with the Solaire, that the future is now. Both the book and video are available at no charge; click on link above.

Laptops, Coffee and Carpeting: The City's Libraries Today
by Pamela Chinn

On July 14, a mixed crowd of architects, librarians, designers, and enthusiastic community members joined a morning panel discussion that focused on the notion of the public library and where the future of library design is headed. The panel, moderated by David J. Burney, AIA, Commissioner, Department of Design and Construction, included: Joshua Prince-Ramus, Partner, OMA; Ginnie Cooper, Executive Director, Brooklyn Public Library; Susan Kent, Director and Chief Executive of Branch Libraries, The New York Public Library; and Thomas Galante, Interim Director, Queens Library.

The panel addressed issues of program, ideal layout, and dedicated flexibility, with Cooper, Kent and Galante providing insight from the library science standpoint, and Prince-Ramus adding his opinions as the lead architect and designer of the Seattle Public Library in Washington. Each speaker highlighted what elements are currently working in their respective libraries and how to apply this knowledge to the future.

The majority of the panelists agreed that although the Carnegie Library model was successful in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the libraries of the future require a less formidable appearance and greater flexibility of interior spaces, allowing for mixed use and expansion. Acoustics, digitizing books, collection vs. community, main desk technology, location, and sustainability were just some of the topics touched on during the question-and-answer session. The event was sponsored by the NYC Department of Design and Construction and the AIA New York Chapter.

Material ConneXion Connects
by Matthew Hoey

On July 27, Material ConneXion [http://www.materialconnexion.com] conducted a special session of its monthly jury process at the Center for Architecture, where new materials are vetted for inclusion in its Innovative Materials Library. Our task, as jurors, was to evaluate and separate the best from the simply ordinary. A model material is innovative, eco-friendly, technologically advanced, and has many possible applications. We discussed form, sensual qualities, technical properties, and what the material can and cannot accomplish. As a furniture designer, brush plates were very intriguing, designed to move a fragile object as on a conveyor belt, I imagined a curved lounge chair with bristles in lieu of upholstery. There was decorative glass capable of being printed with graphics or artwork from a digital picture file, and photo-luminescent glass that glows in the dark eight hours after the sun goes down. Recycled crushed glass sandwiched between high pressure laminate offered a scratch-, impact-, and heat-resistant surface. Also interesting were thin sheets of plywood laminated to leather, then CNC-milled to create flexible hinges for tear-resistant folding products.

My choice for “Best of Show” was rope derived from corn, an annually renewable source, and moldable packaging material made of paper that was surprisingly smooth like Styrofoam, but unlike Styrofoam, both these materials help reduce the consumption of petrochemical products and the production of non-biodegradeable wastes. The best looking materials included strips of felted wool adhered together with a woven backing to create flexible, nonflammable, water repellant, and breathable floor covering; an insulation material made of recycled polyester fleece to absorb sound and heat with an outer layer of woven fiberglass coated with aluminum that gave it a “2001 Space Oddesy” feel; a thermo-chromatic textile that changes color with temperature to reinvigorate a bathing suit or a sofa; flexible lighting that came in 4 x 8-foot sheets capable of responding to sound and motion that can dim, flash, or fade; and elastic electrical connectors that might be employed in “smart” clothing. And lastly, a super-durable, UV-resistant outdoor upholstery textile that’s custom made, not overseas, but right next door in New Jersey. Imagine that. The array of new materials – we reviewed 20 – continues to grow, inspiring all realms of design.

Matthew Hoey is an architect and industrial designer, and teaches 'Innovative Materials' at Parsons.

Teen Ink: PEN Writing Institute at the Center for Architecture
To inspire teen writers assembled in the Center For Architecture's Common Room, essayist Janus Adams quoted Louis Henry Sullivan: "'Form ever follows function': this is true in architecture and also in literature. Every piece of writing serves some purpose, uncovering the form will unveil the purpose. Understand the story's form and you, as reader, will be attuned to the author's intended function. Recognize the function that you wish your writing to serve and the best expression of that function will become clear."

Adams, a successful writer, journalist, and radio commentator, shared her insights on crafting literature at the PEN Writing Institute for budding writers, ages 15-19. PEN American Center, an association of distinguished writers, editors, and translators working to advance literature, defend free speech, and foster international literary fellowship, provides the workshop on a scholarship basis to New York City teens attending public schools and/or living in underserved communities. The students meet weekly with short story author Emmeline Chang, and guest lecturers – novelists and poets – to learn about the art of writing.

The Saturday workshops, running through August, have fueled teens' curiosity, freed imaginations, and strengthened their appreciation for artistic discipline. The Center has proven ideal as a workshop location: it is a welcoming destination for the teens made wary of traveling anywhere outside their home territories; moreover, the exhibitions have excited and enthused the students, who rarely visit museums or galleries. PEN plans to continue Writing Institute workshops at the Center for Architecture in a Fall series, November-December 2005. For more information, contact Stacy Leigh: stacyleigh@pen.org or 212.334.1660 x109.

Werner Sobek Ingenieure Highlight Tower, Munich   Werner Sobek: Transparent High Rise Buildings by Megan Neill “Modern buildings should not only represent the latest technologies, but also minimize the use of resources, be light, transparent, and designed and built for easy dismantling and recycling.”    – Werner Sobek On August 2, the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) sponsored an evening at the Center for Architecture with noted engineer, Dr. Werner Sobek. Beginning with his experiments with glass at the University of Stuttgart to a selection of his completed projects around the world, Sobek delighted the audience of architects and engineers with his talk entitled “Transparent High Rise Buildings.” Rather than passively subjecting attendees to a parade of slides, Sobek stepped out from behind the podium to actively engage listeners while describing the intricate structural detailing that goes into his clear and elegant solutions for energy efficient building components. One memorable project is the 42-story Deutsche Post Office Headquarters in Bonn, Germany. As part of the pursuit to achieve a minimal energy output, a double-layered façade was used. The building appears clad in a delicate armor of glass shingles, but the windows can be adjusted according to the preferences of the occupants inside. Sobek explained how the double-layer windows regulate wind gusts so that no matter what the wind speed is outside, the wind flow remains gentle to the inside. The building is 25% more energy efficient than required by the already very strict German code. Next, he presented the Highlight Munich Business Towers, a two-building high-rise complex. To connect the buildings, Sobek devised an ingenious full-height track; three bridges can be moved up and down the track to connect any of the buildings’ floors. Not only are the bridges portable, like adjustable glass pegs, but they also maintain his ethereal and energy-efficient design intent with the lightest possible construction.

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IN THE NEWS + NEW DEADLINES

Deadline August 15: Call for Submissions for Prophecy Magazine Fall Issue
Prophecy Magazine, an internationally distributed bi-annual magazine of architecture, art, fashion, music, and culture seeks submissions for “the Lab“ section of the magazine, which usually features three to five projects. Click on link for details.

Deadline August 15: Solutia Doc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Contract Design
Now in its 15th year, the Doc Competition, recognizes outstanding achievement in contract projects that integrate color, space, form, function, and materials. Click the link for entry details.

Deadline August 22: The Inner Musicians of Architects
The Architectural League is kicking off its year-long 125th anniversary celebration, “Architecture and...,” with a party in mid-September with live music, refreshments, and lots of architects gathered in one cool space. The League is looking for architects who lead secret lives as musicians, DJs, rock stars, etc, to provide the entertainment for the evening’s festivities. Submissions should include a cover letter describing the band and 1 CD with no more than 3 tracks mailed or dropped off at the League’s office, 457 Madison Avenue, NYC 10022, by Monday, August 22.

Deadline August 26: AIA/NH 2nd Annual Integrated Design/Integrated Development Awards
The Integrated Design/Integrated Development Awards (IDID), sponsored by the AIA New Hampshire Chapter, (IDID) honor built projects that incorporate sustainable design components. All submissions will be on display at the 3rd Annual IDID conference October 6-7 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and winners will be honored at the IDID Opening Banquet. Projects in New England by design professionals elsewhere or any project in the world by New England professionals are eligible. Click on link for details.

September 13: Kick-off Meeting for 13th Annual Canstruction NYC Design/Build Competition
Canstruction NYC is looking for teams to design and build structures made entirely from canned foods within a 10’x10’ space in showrooms at the New York Design Center (NYDC). There will be a kick-off meeting at NYDC, 200 Lexington Ave., on Tuesday, September 13; registration and $200 entry fee are due by October 14. The judging and awards gala will be November 10, and entries will be on view at the NYDC through November 23. Canstruction is sponsored by the Society of Design Administration, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, and the New York Design Center. All canned construction materials will benefit the Food Bank for New York City. For details, click on link or contact Cheri C. Melilo: 212.792.4666 or cmelillo@brb.com.

Deadline November 1: Canadian Centre for Architecture 2006-2007 Visiting Scholars Program
The Study Centre of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) invites research proposals for its Visiting Scholars Program from scholars and architects conducting research at post-doctoral or more advanced academic levels. The CCA Study Centre is an international institute devoted to advanced research on architecture and its history and theory, and fosters scientific exchange, theoretical debate, and innovative ideas. Click on link for details and application.

Steven Holl Architects Steven Holl Architects: Magritte Inspires Winning “Sail Hybrid” Design in Belgium In the tradition of Biarritz and Monte Carlo, the Belgian seaside resort town of Knokke-Heist is poised to become a new travel destination, particularly for art and architecture enthusiasts. On July 28, it was announced that Steven Holl Architects has been selected to rebuild, restore, and transform the Albert Place Casino (designed in 1930 by the Belgian modernist architect Leon Stynen). The competition-winning design was inspired by the Rene Magritte mural, “The Ship Which Tells the Story to the Mermaid,” one of eight original surrealist masterpieces commissioned for the Casino in 1953 and housed in the landmarked Magritte Room. Holl calls the design the “Sail Hybrid” representing a “new urban hybrid design combining three architectures”: one sail-like and planar for the hotel and apartment tower; one volumetric for the restored-reprogrammed casino; and one porous for the Congress Hall. The thin profile of the sail-like tower provides all residential apartments and hotel rooms with sea views without blocking views of existing, adjacent residential buildings. Sustainable design strategies are an important element of the €150 million project, and include use of local or technologically advanced materials, building re-use, a geothermal energy plant under the parking garage for hot and cold water, and a high-performance curtain wall.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Balmori Associates Beyer Blinder Belle/Balmori Team Makes a French Concession Connection in Shanghai + BBB’s Beijing Connection Through an international competition, the Shanghai Planning Bureau has selected the design team of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners and Balmori Associates Landscape Architects for a new cultural development in the French Concession, an historic section in the upscale Luwan district in Shanghai that was controlled by French colonial authorities until 1949, and known for its French Colonial architecture, restaurants and cafes, shops, hotels, diplomatic mission, and parks. “Pathways Through History,” as the design is called, integrates landscape and both new and existing architectural structures into a cohesive, flowing series of forms. Walkways will weave past seven historic structures that will be preserved as part of the design program. Most notable is a long-span space-frame structure – the largest in Asia when it was built in 1970 at the height of the Cultural Revolution and used for political and cultural events, and turned into a flower market in 1990s. Once renovated, the space-frame structure might host concerts fashion shows and flower shows. A new theater complex will be wrapped in a series of transparent curvilinear forms and will include a 1,300-seat theater and a 350-seat theater. Beyer Blinder Belle has also won a competition organized by the Changping Municipality to refine the master plan for a historic area north of central Beijing. The firm entered the China market in October of 2004, with Yu Wang, AIA, serving as director and chief representative of its Beijing office and Richard L. Blinder, FAIA, as design partner.

Applied Development Company / dbox Gwathmey Siegel: W Hotel to Sparkle on NJ Gold Coast + Rudolph Renovation/Addition at Yale A 27-story W Hotel tower will soon rise along the waterfront in Hoboken, with both exterior and interiors designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects. The 200,000-square-foot hotel will include 225 rooms, 36 hotel residences on the top nine floors. The four-story masonry base, housing retail space, a restaurant, themed bar, lobby lounge, spa, and event spaces, responds to municipal development guidelines and relates to the historic character of Hoboken’s urban core. The tower’s wedge shape will offer nearly all the hotel rooms and all of the residences views of the New York skyline and harbor. A palette of contrasting materials, textures, color, and lighting throughout the interior spaces will add drama to the W Hotel’s brand of “casual chic.” The project is due to break ground this month, and is expected to be completed in two years. Applied Development Company is the developer. This just in: Yale University has commissioned Gwathmey Siegel to design a 100,000-square-foot addition to the Paul Rudolph-designed landmark of modern architecture, the Arts and Architecture Building, and to oversee the complete renovation and restoration of the original building. One could say things have come full circle – during his tenure as chairman of the school, Rudolph was Charles Gwathmey’s mentor.

Handel Architects Handel Architects in Center City Philadelphia Until the 1980s, nothing could be built in Philadelphia that was taller than William Penn’s hat atop the city’s (now restored) Beaux Arts City Hall. Directly across the street from the south face of the historic structure is a vacant lot where once stood the 38-story Meridian Plaza Building, which burned in 1991 in what many considered (until 9/11) to be the country’s worst high-rise fire. Zoning and legal challenges have kept the site vacant since that time. Set to take its place as a new profile on the skyline is the Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, a 44-story, 280-unit condominium tower designed by NYC-based Handel Architects. At street level, the project will feature approximately 2,000 square feet of retail and Girard Park, which will include public space as well as a gated garden for residents. Groundbreaking is set for this fall and is scheduled for completion and occupancy in Spring 2008.

Hot News for the High Line
Despite the steamy August heat, Friends of the High Line co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond were joined by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, and Diane von Furstenberg at a press conference August 4 to announce major funding convert the derelict High Line elevated railway into public space. Clinton, a long-time champion of the High Line, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Representative Nadler were instrumental in securing $18 million for the project in the transportation bill just approved by Congress. Click on link to view the preliminary design created by the design team of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Field Operations; groundbreaking on the project is planned for late 2005. It's good to have friends of the High Line in Washington.

WMF/M. Hylton Future Secure/Far From Secure: Edward Durell Stone’s A. Conger Goodyear House and 2 Columbus Circle Designed in 1938-39 by Edward Durell Stone, the A. Conger Goodyear House in Old Westbury, NY, is considered to be among the most important Modernist houses in the northeastern U.S. Troy Halterman, a New York City-based designer and retailer of contemporary furniture, purchased the house and plans to restore it. The sale marks the successful conclusion to efforts by the World Monument Fund (WMF) to save it. In 2002, soon after the house was placed on the WMF’s 100 Most Endangered Sites watch list, the organization spearheaded a plan to rescue the building from demolition by purchasing and temporarily holding it under a partnership created by the WMF and the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, with funding from the Barnett and Analee Newman Foundation. Over the years, the WMF has underwritten and conducted much-needed stabilization and repair work, and created extensive on-site reports, which included documentation and analyses of original paint and materials. A restrictive covenant (preservation easement) now protects the house in perpetuity from demolition, and governs alterations to significant interior and exterior architectural features. The debate about the (basically forgone) fate of Stone’s 2 Columbus Circle continues. On July 30, the New York Times ran an Op-Ed by Sherida E. Paulsen, FAIA, who served on New York's Landmarks Preservations Commission from 1995 through 2004 and was its chairwoman from 2001 to 2003. The title, “The Black Hole of Columbus Circle,” makes it obvious which side of the debate she falls on. She makes the case that the building is “of little consequence historically or culturally,” and that it doesn’t qualify as a landmark is “the professional judgment of the 19 people, myself included, who have served on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since 1996.” She goes on to point out that the building meets only one of the criteria required to be considered a landmark: its age. She also answers critics who claim the landmarks commission ignores postwar architecture by pointing out that a number of 20th-century buildings have been designated as such, including Lever House, the Seagram Building, and the TWA terminal at JFK. Click on link to read Paulsen’s complete text. In case you missed it, check out e-Oculus 07.11.05: “Point/Counterpoint: Ohlhausen and Stern re: 2 Columbus Circle.”

Wanted: Images of Demolished Buildings
The New York Preservation Archive Project is developing an online database on the history of preservation in New York City, and is seeking images of several NYC buildings already demolished: Percy Pyne mansions, 680 & 685 Park Avenue; Brokaw mansions, E. 79 St. & 5th Ave. (demolished 1965); Savoy Plaza Hotel, 5th Ave. & 58 St. (demolished 1964; replaced by General Motors building); and Ritz-Carlton, Madison Ave. between E. 46 & 47 Sts. (demolished 1951). If you have any images relating to these properties, contact Liz McEnaney: lmcenaney@nypap.org or 212.861.4993 x246.

Municipal Art Society 9/11 Tribute in Light Finds a New Home The Municipal Art Society recently came to an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on a new site for the Tribute in Light memorial. The annual illumination will appear on the anniversary of 9/11 for at least the next four years on the top level of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority's parking garage at the mouth of the Battery Tunnel.

Shane Sigler

Grazing in Brooklyn New York-based landscape designer Julie Farris has transformed the Art Lot, a typical chain-link fenced vacant lot on the corner of Columbia and Sackett in the heart of Brooklyn’s Columbia waterfront district, into a three-dimensional pastoral landscape. “Temporary Landscape: a Pasture for an Urban Space” evokes a 19th-century agrarian Brooklyn with sculpted rolling hills and grassy planes. At sunset (approx. 8:45pm) on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays now through Labor Day weekend, the lot’s adjacent back wall serves as the backdrop for a film montage, by cinematographer Shane Sigler, of pastoral scenes with grazing cows, trees, and open sky – a Brooklyn of long-ago. “Temporary Landscape” marks the launch of Farris’ design studio, XS space, and she is currently in discussions with the NYC Parks Department to create temporary “landscapes” throughout the city.

Names in the News
NYC-based Perkins Eastman has opened its first West Coast office with the merger of Akol Architects, Oakland, CA; Danyal K. Akol has been named managing principal… Kevin O’Connor, AIA, has joined Arquitectonica as Director of the New York office... Anton Martinez, AIA, has joined daSilva Architects as a Principal… Carl Hauser, AIA, has joined Fox & Fowle Architects as Studio Manager of the firm’s Interiors Studio… Salvatore Tranchina, a founding partner of Artifact Design + Construction, has joined Garrison Architects as project architect… Randy Sabedra of RS Lighting Design has been elected President of the Illuminating Engineering Society New York Section (IESNY), and Bonny Ann Whitehouse succeeds him as the section’s Vice President... Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture has appointed professor William MacDonald as Chair of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design in Pratt Institute's School of Architecture; he is also a principal with Sulan Kolatan in KOL/MAC; Laura Wolf-Powers has been appointed chair of the school’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment… Charles C. Copeland, PE, Goldman Copeland Associates has been named 2005 Energy Engineer of the Year by the New York Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers.

Javits Expansion Shortlist
Seven teams have been given until August 17 to prepare their proposals for the $1.4 billion expansion of the Javits Convention Center. Programming includes added exhibition space, a hotel, and a ballroom. The teams are: Foster & Partners/Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum; Grimshaw; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Morphosis/Gruzen Samton; Richard Rogers Partnership/Fox & Fowle; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Rafael Viñoly Architects. Absent were the center's original architects, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

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SIGHTED

Celebrating Fellows
Gusty winds and threatening skies didn’t deter a crowd of 50 from making their way to the Century Club on July 27 to congratulate the nine AIA New York Chapter members who were inducted into the AIA College of Fellows this year. All photos: Kristen Richards

Fellows (l-r): Frederic Schwartz, FAIA; Walter A. Hunt, Jr., FAIA; Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA; Peter David Cavaluzzi, FAIA; Alexander Gorlin, FAIA; Stanley Stark, FAIA; Toshiko Mori, FAIA; Juergen Riehm, FAIA (absent: Gregory Clement III, FAIA)		Toshiko Mori, FAIA, and AIA New York Chapter President Susan Chin, FAIA
l-r: Paul Segal, FAIA; Rolf Ohlhausen, FAIA; and Walter Hunt, FAIA		l-r: Alex Gorlin, FAIA; Rolf Ohlhausen, FAIA; Toshiko Mori, FAIA; Lance Brown, FAIA; and Carmi Bee, FAIA
l-r: Judy & Walter Hunt, FAIA; Susan Chin, FAIA, and Rick Bell, FAIA		Richard Hayden, FAIA, and Bruce Fowle, FAIA
l-r: Bob Krone; Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA; Richard Hayden, FAIA; and Susan Chin, FAIA		AIA New York Chapter Deputy Directors Stephen Suggs, Hon. AIANYS, and Pamela Puchalski

Pamela Chinn l-r: Christoph Timm, Thomas Phifer and Partners; Kerry Carnahan, NYC Dept. of Design and Construction; Peter D'Amico, NYC Dept. of Transportation; Joseph Sevene, Thomas Phifer and Partners; and construction crew		Art Commission Design Awards Light Up the Center The crowd attending the July 18 opening of the 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards for Excellence in Design exhibition were greeted on the sidewalk in front of the Center for Architecture with a 3/4-scale model of the winning entry in the CityLights Design Competition, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, Werner Sobek, Office for Visual Interaction, dbox, and Transsolar. Installation was half the fun.
Pamela Chinn		Pamela Chinn
Pamela Chinn		Kristen Richards

Kristen Richards

Third Thursday Drop-In At the Third Thursday Drop-In on July 21, the crowd was treated to a graceful performance by the Heather Harrington Dance Company; Drop-In performances curated by Illya Azaroff, Assoc. AIA.

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ON VIEW

At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place:

EXTENDED: Now Through August 28, 2005 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards for Excellence in Design Galleries: Lecture Hall and a sidewalk installation Featuring Art Commission Design Award-winning projects from 2004. Established in 1898, the Art Commission of the City of New York 's mandate is to review works of art, architecture and landscape architecture on City-owned property for aesthetic merit. Organized by: Art Commission of the City of New York Sponsored by: Amir Ben-Zion Unifrax

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AROUND THE AIA

Wanted: AIA Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer
The AIA is recruiting for a new Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer to succeed Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, who will retire from the post at the end of the year. A position profile is available on the AIA website at www.aia.org/jb_evp_ceo. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume by September 19 to Pamela Kaul and James Zaniello at Association Strategies Inc.: 703.683.0580 (fax) or jim@assnstrategiesinc.com.

AIA 2005 Compensation Survey Re-priced
The recently-released AIA 2005 Compensation Report has been re-priced from $150 (as earlier reported) to $50 for the full report – paper or electronic version. The full report contains salary and benefits information from U.S. architecture firms in nine regions, including Alaska and Hawaii. Click on link for details and ordering.

Deadline August 17: AIA Diversity Committee Call for Members
The national AIA Diversity Committee is seeking self-nominations to serve as a member of the committee, effective January 1, 2006. All appointments to the Diversity Committee are made by the incoming AIA President. The committee presently coordinates a number of convention events, projects, and new initiatives for 2006 and beyond. To apply, please submit (via e-mail only) a brief letter of interest and a brief resume to: diversity@aia.org. Contact Bridgette Waldron at 202.626.7484 for more information.

September 12 – 14: International Dialogue: AIA/HRC Conference Heads to Bath, UK
The AIA Historic Resources Committee conference will hold a symposium in Bath, England, on the state of historic preservation architecture education internationally. Conference sessions will include such topics as: the state of architecture education in the UK and Europe;the teaching of preservation as part of a design curriculum; and the importance of exposure to preservation values in architecture education for the first professional degree, among others. Click on link for program details and registration information.

September 15-17: AIA New York State Convention, Syracuse
The 2005 AIANYS Convention at The Oncenter in Syracuse, NY, is themed “Eco-Design: Design for the Living Environment.” Sessions will include the latest in successful Green Design covering everything from exemplary products, to integrated systems; codes and regulations; quality construction documents; sessions for emerging professionals, associates, and students; and a complete track devoted to practice management. Please note that after August 15, registration increases by $50 and the AIANYS room block will be released. Click on link for program and registration details.

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AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP UPDATE: July 2005

Center for Architecture Handbook and Architecture Firm Directory Published
We hope you enjoy this resource for clients and the profession. Clients can search this firm information from our web site, http://www.aiany.org/members/index.php.

The Directory has been mailed to all members; non-members may purchase the Directory using the following form: http://www.aiany.org/chapter/puborderform.pdf (PDF). Members may update their listings via a link on their firm profile. For problems with or questions about the listings, please contact Suzanne Mecs, Director Member Services, smecs@aiany.org; 212.358.6115.

Architecture firms listed locally may also be included in the National "Architect Finder," a searchable database accessed from aia.org. To check your firm’s information visit: http://www.firstsourceonl.com/profile/index.asp. If you are not in the registry, follow the link on “Services for Architects,” then post a registry and let Suzanne Mecs know so that your listing can be "tagged" as an AIA New York Chapter firm.

Congratulations to this newly licensed Architect:
Moriah R. Kosch, AIA,Gruzen Samton, LLP

New Center For Architecture Corporate Members:
Titanium Level:
A. Martin Erim, Arthur Henderson, Richard Martin, AfterGlow Technologies

Aluminum Level:
Michael Abiuso and Jose Velazquez, Tri-Line Contracting Corp.

New Architect Members:
Isaac-Daniel T. Astrachan, AIA, The Stephen B. Jacobs Group, P.C.
David K. Benfield, AIA, The Lawrence Group
Chien-Ho Hsu, AIA
David E. Kunzig, AIA, Gensler
Andrea D. Lamberti, AIA, Rafael Viñoly Architects P.C.
Christopher T. Lasala, AIA, Gruzen Samton Architects, LLP
Michael C. Laviano, AIA, Walker Group
Sam W. Leung, AIA, Sam Leung, Architect
Sheng Lin, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC
Edward McGinnis, AIA, Edward Rory McGinnis Architect
Raymond W. Sutiono, AIA, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Michael E. Syracuse, AIA, Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder, LLP

New Associate Members:
Saurabh P. Govekar, Assoc. AIA, William Nicholas Bodouva & Associates
Stuart A. Johnson, Assoc. AIA, Thornton Tomasetti Group
Katherine M. Kozarek, Assoc. AIA, Brennan Beer Gorman Architects
Kenneth C. Mok, Assoc. AIA, Mancini Duffy
Christopher E. Tebbutt, Assoc. AIA, Thinc Design
Sabrina M. Zimmerman, Assoc. AIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, LLP

New International Associate Member
Christopher E. Campomanes, Int'l Assoc. AIA, BKSK Architects, LLP

Members Upgraded to Emeritus: Thank you for your years of membership!
Malak Morgan, AIA, Morgan Architecture

New Honorary Member:
Thomas Balsley, FASLA, Hon. AIA New York Chap., Thomas Balsley Associates

New Center For Architecture Professional Members:
David Slaven, Red Brick Properties

New Center For Architecture Public Members:
Laree Ross
Robin Christine Stevens, Robin Stevens Consulting, Ltd.
New Center For Architecture Student Members:
Nathaniel James Diego, DCAS- Div. of Real Estate Services/BACS
Laura Scriba Parks, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Reinstated Architect Members:
Lawrence Keith Archer, AIA, Peter Marino + Associates
John Calvin Hulme, Jr., AIA, H & H Building Consultants
Robert Keenan, AIA, URS Corporation
Robert Arthur King, AIA, Robert Arthur King, Architect, P.C.
Robert J. Kornfeld, Jr., AIA, The Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc.
Runjhun Saklani, AIA Avinash K. Malhotra, Architects
Elzbieta Skowronek, AIA, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, llc

Reinstated Center for Architecture Professional Member:
Fredi R. Cohen, Archsculpt Studio

Members transferred in: Welcome to New York!
Belisario A. Barchi, Assoc. AIA, HNTB Architecture
James Dyson, AIA, Gluckman Mayner Architects
John S. Palmer III, AIA, Tishman Speyer Properties
Hilary Padget, Assoc. AIA, Gensler

Member transferred out: Good luck in your new locale!
Marianne Shin, Koga Architecture & Design

eCALENDAR

eCalendar now includes the information that used to be found in eOculus' Around the Center, Around the AIA, and Around Town sections. Click the above link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.

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DEADLINES

Oculus 2005 Editorial Calendar and Ideas/Submissions Deadlines (projects can be anywhere, but architects must be New York-based). Contact: Kristen Richards kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.

September 15: Winter: Tapping into the Publication Wars

August 10: Submissions for Dream Garage Premier Issue. Contact editor and publisher Jaime Moe at jmoe@dreamgaragemag.com or 303.517.0872.

August 16: Symposium Distinction Awards for Healthcare Design

August 19: BSA Call For Proposals for Residential Design 2006

August 26: AIA New York Chapter Design Awards entry forms deadline. Submissions due September 16.

August 26: AIA New York Chapter Housing Design Awards entry forms deadline. Submissions due September 16.

August 26: Architecture Magazine 53rd Annual P/A Awards (PDF)

August 30: ADPSR Prison Campaign Poster Competition

August 31 (registration): CiSCu 2005: Revitalization of Gwangbok Street & PIFF Plaza, Busan, Korea; submission deadline: September 7

September 2: New York Construction’s Best of 2005 (PDF)

September 12: Architectural League Call for Proposals: ARCHITECTURE AND...

September 13: The Architectural Review Awards for Emerging Architecture (PDF) – must be 45 or younger

September 15: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Grants for Women In Architecture

September 16: Call for Projects for Public Process/Public Space: Case Studies in Planning and Urban Design

September 19: Call for Papers: 9th International Docomomo Conference: "Other Modernisms"

September 19: Advanced Architecture Contest: Self-Sufficient Housing

September 22: Design Trust for Public Space Photo Urbanism 3 (PDF)

September 30 (registration): Building Stone Institute 25th Tucker Architectural Awards; submissions due November 11

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Design Faculty Position
The Landscape Architecture Program at the City College of New York seeks a design professional to fill a tenure-track faculty position in the new Masters Program in Landscape Architecture. The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate design studios that integrate existing and emerging digital technology and to teach a course in at least one additional area of the Program. In addition to teaching, there is a responsibility for conducting a distinguished program of scholarship and service. Full-time appointment at the Assistant Professor level.

Requirements: The candidate must be a Registered Architect and/or possess a Ph.D., and have an MLA degree. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

To Apply: Please submit CV, letter or application, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers for three (3) professional references to: Professor Hanque Macari, Chair, Design Faculty Search (PVN #FY 10630), School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, The City College, 160 Convent Avenue, NY, NY 10031. Letters of reference may be requested subsequent to application. Position is open until filled.

For more information, please visit the College's website at: www.ccny.cuny.edu/positions
An AA/EEO/ADA/IRCA Employer

ARCHITECTS
Well-known New York firm seeks intermediate and senior architects for various international and US projects. Strong design skills are essential. Comprehensive office experience including presentation graphics and working drawings a major advantage. Deliver or mail cover letter, resume, and portfolio to Pei Partnership Architects, attn. Human Resources, 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010. Sorry, phone calls cannot be accepted.

Campus Facilities Officer
New York City College of Technology, the City University of New York
New York City College of Technology is seeking applications for the position of Campus Facilities Officer. The position reports to the Vice President of Administration and Finance. Successful candidate will oversee the long range planning for academic department needs. Participate in the planning of new academic department facilities. Oversee and coordinate major projects to include developing project objectives with senior administration.

A relevant baccalaureate degree plus eight years applicable experience is required. Must possess a Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license. For complete details go to: www.citytech.cuny.edu

Cover letter and resume to: Michelle Harris; Human Resources; NYC College of Technology; 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. ADA/IRCA/EOE Employer.

Project Architect Needed: 5–7 years experience, 5–year BA, recently licensed architect or taking the licensing exam; Autocad proficient; designer's eye/hand, strong technical knowledge, construction detailing expertise; oversee junior/intermediate architect, manage medium-large project skilled in technical writing, assist in developing project proposals, analysis and review of zoning laws and building codes; must be organized, dedicated, motivated self-starter. Send resume to mds@goshow.com

ARCHITECT – If we worked for the firm you work for, we'd read the help wanted ads on our lunch break, too. www.handelarchitects.com.

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AIA Contract Documents
The American Institute of Architects has Released Twelve New Contract Documents
New Documents Include a Design-Build Family, Six New Standard Forms of Architects' Services Documents, and a Request for Information (RFI) Form
For more information click here.

Paper Documents
The AIA New York Chapter is a full-service distributor of AIA Contract Documents, which are the most widely used standard form contracts in the building industry. These comprehensive contracts have been prepared by the AIA with the input of contractors, attorneys, architects, and engineers. Typically, industry professionals and home/property owners use these documents to support agreements relating to design and construction services. Anyone may purchase and use the AIA Contract Documents. AIA Members receive a 10% discount. For a full list and order form, please click here (PDF) or call 212.358.6113 with your fax number.

Electronic Format Documents
The new AIA Contract Documents software. Completely redesigned and based on Microsoft Word, the new software is easier to use than Word itself. Enter project and document information once and reuse it automatically. E-mail documents as Word or PDF attachments. Print "clean copy" final documents with all changes captured in a special report. Go to http://www.aia.org/docssoftwaretraining for Contract Documents Software Training and
http://www.aia.org/docs_purchase to download the AIA Contract Documents software.