eOCULUS 08.22.06

Editor's Note: To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the next issue of e-Oculus will be devoted to those who are currently working on the revitalization of the Gulf Coast both in New York and in New Orleans.

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD

City Funds Culture
By Robert McGeachy

Cultural organizations are dispersed throughout the city, not just in Manhattan’s Theater District.
Courtesy Center for Architecture

Event: Capital Projects at Cultural Institutions: City Funding Process and Economic Impact
Speakers: Randall Bourscheidt, President, Alliance for the Arts; Kate Levin, Commissioner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Sylvia Smith, AIA, principal, FXFowle Architects; Elizabeth Diller, principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Organizers: AIA Cultural Facilities Committee; Center for Architecture
Location: Center for Architecture, 08.03.06

In the aftermath of 9/11, when private construction projects faltered, cultural development—such as restoring theaters—flourished. Over the last four years, New York City spent almost one billion dollars supporting a variety of capital projects at cultural institutions. Rather than centering in a few select environs, such as the Broadway Theater District, public cultural institutions are contributing to the quality of life in all neighborhoods citywide.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFowle Architects is renovating Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts so it will be a destination worthy of visiting, even for those not attending events. FXFowle Architects is also reconstructing the Bronx Zoo Lion House—an unoccupied building since the 1970s—to house endangered species from Madagascar while promoting energy conservation (a LEED rating is expected). The influx of capital is “a tremendous sign of health,” noted Randall Bourscheidt, President of the Alliance for the Arts. Many cultural buildings throughout the city are on view at the Center for Architecture through 09.07.06. See On View for more information.

Robert McGeachy is an Intermediate School Science teacher working in Queens. His stories have appeared in the Journal of the Society of the Study of Architecture in Canada and The Beaver Magazine.

USGBC Builds up LEEDership
By Chris Garvin, AIA, LEED AP

Event: LEED—A Critical Discussion
Speakers: Bruce Fowle, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal, FXFowle Architects; Hussain Ali-Khan, vice president, Real Estate Development, The New York Times; Brian Schwagerl, Director of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Planning, The Hearst Corporation; Mark MacCracken, USGBC board member, Chief Executive Officer, CALMAC manufacturing; Scott Frank, PE, Associate Partner, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Organizers: AIANY Chapter Committee on the Environment (COTE)
Location: Center for Architecture, 07.27.06

Most people agree that the LEED rating program is one of the best tools available, yet the fact is that many aspects of the system and application process are flawed. The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is currently addressing much of the criticism of the existing LEED program; LEED 3.0 will deal with regionalism, simplify the administration process, and provide online feedback, according to USGBC board member Mark MacCracken, .

Some, including Brian Schwagerl, Director of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Planning at The Hearst Corporation, believe that LEED guidelines provided both an “easy menu” of options to both guide the process and a tool for measuring progress. Others, such as Hussain Ali-Khan, vice president of Real Estate Development at The New York Times, however, feel that the point system is both prescriptive and limiting, reducing the potential for innovation and stressing points over financial feasibility. Thus the integrated lighting and shading system at the NYT building is an innovation that isn’t addressed in the LEED system yet is environmentally responsible.

Many of today’s “green” buildings focus overly on the LEED system instead of addressing context and climate through innovation. Bruce Fowle, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal at FXFowle Architects, argues it’s up to us as professionals to work with the USGBC to develop and improve the program for the greater benefit of the industry.

Chris Garvin, AIA, LEED AP, is an associate at Cook+Fox Architects and the current co-chair of the AIANY-COTE chapter with Jessica Strauss, AIA.

Future Modeling Program Raises Questions
By Bill Bobenhausen, FAIA

Courtesy Bill Bobenhausen, FAIA

Event: VisualDOE Energy Modeling Seminar
Speakers: Bill Bobenhausen, FAIA; Erik Kolderup, PE
Organizers: Sustainable Design Collaborative LLC (www.sdcollab.com) & Architectural Energy Corporation (www.archenergy.com)
Location: Center for Architecture, 08.09-08.10.06

Computerized energy modeling has become increasingly relevant for architects who design high performance buildings that achieve LEED ratings. Its importance will grow substantially in NYC once Local Law 86 comes into effect. The key to the Architectural Energy Corporation’s VisualDOE program is the rapid development of an accurate three-dimensional representation of a building whose energy performance can then be simulated for a host of occupancy parameters, including specific locations and climates, and an hour-by-hour simulation for all 8,760 hours of the year.

The program evaluates thousands of factors, which may prove to be problematic. For example, as soon as one defines a building as an “office building,” the program assigns default values for floor-to-floor heights, glass area percentage, hours of operation, and myriad other factors. Although seemingly convenient, if that default information is incorrect, one must adjust the factors for meaningful results. If you don’t remember to make all adjustments, the fault is really yours—and not that of the program!

Bill Bobenhausen, FAIA, is an author, professor, and President of Sustainable Design Collaborative LLC, a consulting firm based in Hastings-on Hudson, New York. He serves on the Board of Directors for the AIA New York Chapter.

Walk the High Line
By Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA

Event: Along the High Line
Tour Guide: Matthew Postal, Ph.D., architectural historian & coauthor, Guide to New York City Landmarks
Organizers: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment
Location: High Line: W. 23rd — W. 14th Streets, 08.12.06

1. Federal/Greek Revival row houses line W.23rd St. In the 1830s and 1840s, middle and upper middle class commuters inhabited the neighborhood.
Jessica Sheridan
2. During the same time period, New York City began to expand its railroad system. Street-level trains began to interfere with expanding communities (many chickens and cows were run over in the Bowery). In some locations the tracks were submerged to form the first subways; however, along 10th Avenue the elevated rail was built as part of the West Side Improvement Project (1929-1934).
Jessica Sheridan
3. The High Line originally ran from 34th Street to Spring Street. It was constructed and acquired by the New York Central Railroad through eminent domain—involving over 300 real estate transactions. In contrast to the controversy over eminent domain today, there were as few as 10 legal disputes.
Jessica Sheridan

4. The Starrett-Lehigh Building is the only landmarked industrial building in the neighborhood. The exposed reinforced concrete floors, mushroom columns, elevators built to accommodate trucks, and approximately eight miles of ribbon windows exemplifies Streamline Modernism.
Jessica Sheridan
5. By the 1980s, the neighborhood was desolate, occupied by auto garages and vacant warehouses. In 1989, life began to return, thanks to the Dia Art Foundation providing funding to artists who re-inhabited these warehouses. The new community respected the old character of the buildings yet stimulated them with art. Pictured here is the Comme des Garçons store on W. 22 Street, designed by Future Systems and constructed in 1998.
Jessica Sheridan
6.The Church of the Guardian Angel, built in 1931, originally existed on 23rd Street, but moved to make way for the High Line. Once again it faces closure due to proposed High Line development.
Jessica Sheridan

7. The new IAC Center, the first building in New York City designed by Gehry Partners and owned by Barry Diller (a major supporter of Friends of the High Line), nears completion. There will be a perfect view from one of the proposed access points to the High Line.
Jessica Sheridan
8. Although most of the proposed High Line, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will be park, there are a couple of access points that incorporate retail. The Chelsea Market is one of these points.
Jessica Sheridan
9. The High Line, as it exists, ends in the Meatpacking District. While the tracks and area directly around the tracks, are protected in the proposed development, the city is making the transfer of air rights available to building owners. Owners of the space below the tracks will be able to sell air rights above to adjacent buildings. The look and feel of the High Line would drastically change if surrounded by skyscrapers, according to tour guide Matthew Postal.
Jessica Sheridan

10. Construction has begun on Phase 1. Here, different paints are being tested. The reddish hue on the right is the closest to the rust that has built up on the existing structure.
Jessica Sheridan
11. The idea of the proposed High Line is to emulate the feel of La Promenade Plantée in the 12e arrondissement, Paris—an abandoned aqueduct that was transformed into a thriving park.
© Friends of the High Line
12. Section One—from Gansevoort St. to W. 20 St.—has been cleared of debris and nonstructural concrete. The next phase of construction will begin this September…
© Friends of the High Line

Inside Stories
By Murrye Bernard, Assoc. AIA

Courtesy The Skyscraper Museum

Event: Five Flights Up and Other New York Apartment Stories
Speaker: Toni Schlesinger, columnist, The Village Voice; NY-based fiction writer; theater artist
Organizer: The Skyscraper Museum
Sponsors: The Skyscraper Museum; Center for Architecture
Location: Center for Architecture, 08.02.06

Toni Schlesinger spent years in people’s apartments, sitting down with them in their living rooms, asking personal questions about their lives and their belongings. A collection of her conversations make up her book, Five Flights Up and Other New York Apartment Stories, where the reader can peer in intimate detail into the way New Yorkers live, via their tiny apartments and grand lifestyles.

Each column lists the apartment location, cost, square footage, and names and occupations of the inhabitants. Stories vary as discussions flow from general lifestyle revelations to minute details about personal struggles. Apropos for a gathering at the Center for Architecture, Schlesinger focused on her architect-subjects, several of whom where in attendance. “Salt Furniture,” for example, is a tale of two architects struggling to create salt patio furniture in spite of city humidity.

Claiming to be able to tell an architect’s home at first sight, Schlesinger noted, “There is a certain precision… things are carefully thought out.” In New York, spaces often shape the people, not vice versa, as there is little choice in housing due to the high cost of living. However, each apartment bears the stamp of who dwells within.

Murrye Bernard is the Proposal Manager for Polshek Partnership Architects, and Editor of AssociateNews, the monthly newsletter of the AIA National Associates Committee. She also occupies a fifth-floor walk-up, to which she can attest to the fact that spaces shape people—or at least the stairs do.

Venice Biennale Preview: 10th International Exhibition of Architecture
By Johannes Knoops, Assoc. AIA

The Corderie dell'Arsenale at the Venice Biennale.
Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

Event: The Venice Biennale: 10th International Exhibition of Architecture
Location: Venice, Italy, 09.10-11.19.06

Timely, obvious, but rarely tackled at an international forum, this year’s Venice Biennale investigates cities. Titled “Cities, Architecture and Society,” the public exhibition focuses on 16 critical nodes of urban density including: Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, and New York City. Research, pictorial essays, and constructions reflect upon the many facets of urban growth and the demands that density dictates. A century ago, less than 10% of the world’s population inhabited cities; presently, “more than half of the world’s population lives in cities,” states Richard Burdett the exhibition’s director.

The 300-meter long Corderie dell'Arsenale (the rope factory of the Venetian Republic’s Arsenal) and the Padiglione Italia (Italian Pavilion) house the central exhibitions where individual countries will respond to the theme. The United States will focus its attention on New Orleans under the supervision of Robert Ivy, FAIA, Commissioner, and Suzanne Stephens, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Pavilion.

Go to the Venice Biennale website for more information, and stay tuned for a synopsis of events at the end of September.

Johannes Knoops, Assoc. AIA, is an educator and practitioner focused on urban history, myths, and metaphors. Work on "History: an argument against preservation," a series of conceptual projects initiated with his Rome Prize Fellowship, continues having won his third UNbuilt Architecture Award from the Boston Society of Architects/AIA.

A CLOSER LOOK

Note: This article is published in anticipation of Uncharted Territories, by Italian architect Paolo Riani. A multi-media presentation and book introduction and signing will take place at the Center for Architecture, 09.07.06 from 5:30–8:30pm.

I met Paolo Riani in the summer of 2001 at a joint event with the Italian Cultural Institute and the AIA New York Chapter. Both Riani and I were asked to comment on the screening of the film, “The Belly of an Architect,” based on an historical novel by Peter Greenway that dramatizes architectural heritage and current culture. This opportunity opened the way for dialogue and exchanges that led me to fully grasp his life-long work.

Paolo Riani grew up as a young architect among 20th century visionaries. He met Le Corbusier in Italy when he was working on the Venice Hospital project. Although Le Corbusier left a lasting impression on the young Riani, it was Riani’s personal experience and exposure to Japanese architecture and culture that left a formative influence on his work, seen in the reflecting Hampden Country Club façade.

His interest in the universal human experience led him to investigate architecture as a process of culture. His brand of architecture relies on capturing and expressing the emotional experience rather than on the rational one. His preference for the intuitive defines an existential frame of work, and therefore, relies on the demonstrable rather than the measurable (see Giuliano Maggiora, Uncharted Territories, Italian edition).

The city as both an accumulative embodiment of culture and a place of change is central to Riani’s thought. Both resistance and progress are crucial to the notion of a living culture. The future of the city lies in the synthesis of events that facilitate progress and others resisting transformation. Ultimately, Riani’s architecture finds a natural place within this evolving context.

This visceral view, although recognizable, was not fully embodied until recently. The idea of sustainable and analytical progress is evident not only in Riani’s work, but can be observed in the work of many American and international architects of all generations.

Saf Fahim is the design principal of the New York based firm Archronica Architects. He is chairperson of the AIANY Architectural Dialogue Committee and a member of the design excellence group at AIANY.

IN RESPONSE

My office was shut down by Con Edison. The building was evacuated and I was exiled to the heat of the black tar. I was able to seek refuge in Banana Republic that treated its linen skirts the same as meat in an icebox. Humans do not adjust well to sudden temperature changes (I believe more than five degrees). Freezing dress shops with sickly patrons who cannot adjust to 30-degree temperature changes are not regulated by the city; however, a small design firm is shut down for the day. As a recent NYU graduate, I believe architects and designers have a responsibility to be environmentally aware. I look forward to the day we are providing energy and not wasting it on upgraded GAP clients.

EDITOR'S SOAPBOX

Last weekend I visited the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition, “Artist’s Choice: Herzog & De Meuron, Perception Restrained.” The Artist’s Choice series invites artists to organize exhibitions using work selected from MoMA’s collection; this is the first year of its 17-year history that architects were asked to participate. In the exhibition, Swiss firm Herzog & De Meuron focuses viewers on the divide between high art and mass media. In my opinion it is a critique of museum galleries that clump many works of art carelessly into large-scale spaces categorized by media-type. The critique extends to the temperament of museum-goers who tend to look at works of art passively, scanning each painting while listening to audio tours that tell the viewer which works are important and how they should be seen. This exhibition is successful in catching the viewer’s attention for longer than a couple of seconds, but the emphasis is on sex and violence in popular films while it relegates more traditional art mediums to the periphery.

Inspired by a chapel Jacques Herzog had seen where visitors used mirrors to inspect the ceilings (communicated at MoMA’s press conference), the space incorporates rows of benches in a small, dark gallery. Flat screens are mounted to the ceiling playing different clips of the most titillating scenes from violent and sexual films from the 1960s-1990s. Viewers sit on the benches with handheld mirrors to view the scenes, and because they look down into their hands while viewing the ceiling, the experience is private—other viewers cannot see which screen someone else is watching. Around the perimeter, slots are cut out of the walls revealing small spaces beyond, each a montage of artwork selected from different MoMA departments including architecture and design, photography, and painting and sculpture.

The exhibition highlights the friction between high art and mass media, but does not resolve the conflict. I became frustrated when viewing the smaller spaces beyond the main gallery; I could not get close enough to any one work. There were so many objects placed into each small space, and I was so limited to the view mandated by the slots in the walls, that I did not spend much time looking at the selected works. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time sitting on the benches viewing every explicit movie scene. When I left the exhibition, I did not want to spend more time at the museum; I wanted to go home and watch the full versions of the exhibited movies.

IN THE NEWS

Georgia’s Place Houses Homeless in Bed-Stuy
Now open, Georgia’s Place, a residence for the homeless and those in need of special services, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is named after the late Dr. Georgia McMurray, founding chairperson of Community Counseling and Meditation (CCM). The 48-unit supportive housing center was designed by NY-based OCV Architects, a firm that has worked on many urban supportive projects including Rico’s Place, CCM’s first housing venture. Funded by the NYC Department of Housing and Preservation Development’s Supportive Housing Program, the 5-story brick, concrete, glass, and masonry building contains an on-site mental clinic, communal dining room, dining terrace, basketball court, a common room, and even a geothermal heating system.

Site for D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center Approved
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) approved a site and a series of 14 design guidelines for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center in Washington, D.C. The Memorial Fund expects to have a design by the end of the year and plans to take it to the federal commissions for approval in early 2007—good news for Polshek Partnership Architects and exhibition designer Ralph Appelbaum Associates, who won the national competition to design the memorial in 2004. The NCPC was the last of three federal commissions whose approval was necessary for the site to be confirmed. The Commission of Fine Arts and the National Park Service approved the site in 2005. The underground memorial and its education center will complement Maya Lin’s The Wall and help put a face to all of the names.

Stylish Affordable Housing to be Built in East NY

The Nehemiah Spring Creek Houses will provide affordable housing to East New York.
Courtesy Alexander Gorlin Architects Alexander Gorlin Architects broke ground on Phase One of the Nehemiah Spring Creek Houses at Gateway Estates in the East New York section of Brooklyn. This part of a five-phase mixed-use affordable housing program initiated by the Nehemiah Development Corporation with support from numerous city agencies, includes 117 new buildings with 184 individual units. The project is located on a 45-acre site. In a departure for affordable housing in the area, the firm designed a modern interpretation of the “Brooklyn Brownstone” in 12 different façade types in 12 different colors. In order to keep costs down, modular “boxes” produced in the Brooklyn Navy Yard were used for the ceilings, floors, and walls. For details, read “Far Out” in the Summer ’06 issue of Oculus magazine: “Architecture as Public Policy.”

Build Innovative Mental Health Facility for Adolescents

Rockland Psychiatric Center Campus encourages family participation.
Courtesy Urbahn Architects Ground was broken on the new $36 million, 104,000-square-foot Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center (RCPC), a 56-bed treatment facility designed by Urbahn Architects for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, and the New York State Office of Mental Health for patients 11–17 years of age. The facility, a low-rise cluster of buildings around central neighborhood, will provide a residential-like setting on six acres of the Rockland Psychiatric Center Campus in Orangeburg, NY. To encourage family participation, the facility will include an existing chapel to be used as the Family Hospitality Center, and two apartments for patients’ families. The building will meet New York State’s Executive Order 111 for sustainability and is expected to earn LEED certification.

THE MEASURE

OF INTEREST

Openhousenewyork (OHNY) is looking for site volunteers to staff each of the 200 participating architectural locations for the fourth annual OHNY weekend. A time commitment of +/- four hours on either Saturday, 10.07.06, or Sunday, 10.08.06, is required, and volunteers must attend a mandatory training session at 10:00am Saturday, 09.30.06. Perks include an OHNY t-shirt and hat, a button allowing volunteers to jump the lines at other OHNY sites, and an invitation to a party immediately following the event.

If you are interested in becoming an OHNY Site Volunteer, sign up here by Friday, 09.15.06.

NAMES IN THE NEWS

The Bronx Library Center, designed by Dattner Architects, has received a LEED Silver rating from the United States Green Building Council, making it the first public building in New York City to receive certification…

The National Parks of New York Harbor has chosen two firms to complete work on the African Burial Ground Interpretive Center, part of the African Burial Ground National Monument: NY-based Roberta Washington Architects will complete architectural design, and Boston-based Amaze Design will design interpretive media for the center. EDITOR’S NOTE: The African Burial Ground Memorial is featured in the Summer issue of Oculus magazine, mailed to AIA members and subscribers in early August.

Lisa A. Deneau has been named Director of Business Development at Robert Silman Associates… Damon Rich, founder and Creative Director of the Center for Urban Pedagogy, has been named a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University Design School, where he will be in residence for the 2006-2007 academic year…

SIGHTED

NEW DEADLINES

ON VIEW

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Gallery Hours
Monday–Friday: 9:00am–8:00pm
Saturday: 11:00am–5:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED

Exhibition viewing will be limited during the Fringe Festival Friday, August 11 to Saturday, August 26. (Monday: 9:00am–8:00pm, Tuesday–Friday: 9:00am–3:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am–1:00pm) Please call 212.683.0023 for details.

About Town: Exhibition Announcements

Through 09.07.06
SPLASH! A 70th Anniversary Celebration of New York City’s WPA Pools

Commemorating the opening of 11 pools by Robert Moses and Fiorello LaGuardia, and funded by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA), for Depression-era NYC, this exhibition uses historic and contemporary photographs, original renderings, and rare archival film footage to tell the story of the pools’ making.

Arsenal Gallery; 64th Street and Fifth Avenue (inside Central Park), 3rd Floor

Courtesy Van Alen Institute

09.08.06–10.01.06
The Good Life: New Public Spaces for Recreation

Consisting of 70 architecturally significant projects, this exhibition explores the reinvention of urban public spaces meeting the demands of 21st century recreation and leisure. The five themes—The Fun City, The Healthy City, The 24-Hour City, The Connected City, and The Cultured City—showcase designs from international designers and artists including: Acconci Studio; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; SHoP Architects; and Weiss/Manfredi Architects. The exhibition is hosted by the Van Alen Institute and designed by Work AC (one of six winning firms of the Center for Architecture’s New Practices Showcase competition).

Pier 40; Hudson River Park, Houston Street and the Hudson River

“Stoop”
Photo by Jonathan Hyman, courtesy Build the Memorial

09.08.06–10.08.06
9/11 and the American Landscape: Photographs by Jonathan Hyman

Jonathan Hyman has traveled the United States photographing personal tributes and memorials created in response to the 9/11 attacks. This exhibition features 63 photographs, that present a unique chronicle of post-9/11 society. In addition, an outdoor exhibition entitled “here: remembering 9/11” will be unveiled later this summer at the perimeter fence at the World Trade Center site, featuring previously displayed and newly commissioned photography.

7 World Trade Center; 250 Greenwich Street, 45th floor

AIANY MEMBERSHIP REPORT 07.06 & 08.06

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New Architect Members: William David Boling, AIA, Boling Architect | Paul G. Capece, AIA, BKSK Architects LLC | John M. Cays, AIA, Grade | Zen Chen, AIA, Gensler | Michael Coffey, AIA, Goshow Architects | Owen Foote, AIA, New York City Ecomomic Development Corporation | Maria de Los Delores Fratini Lagos, AIA, DeWitt Tishman Architects LLP | Mark R. Holmquist, AIA, Mark Holmquist Architect | Darren Hoppa, AIA, Croxton Collaborative Architects | Matthew Edwin Hufft, AIA, Hufft Projects LLC | Stacey J. Jacovini, AIA, Ascape | Ty Edward Osbaugh, AIA, Gensler | Robert A. Regensburg, AIA, David Easton, Inc. | Kevin Seymour, AIA, Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc. | Lilla J. Smith, AIA, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects | Kenji Suzuki, AIA, Di Domenico and Partners, LLP | Dana Tang, AIA, Gluckman Mayner Architects | Ritu Vij, AIA, Interior Architects | Scott Anthony Wells, AIA, Toshiko Mori Architect | Richard Winsor, AIA, Alan Wanzenberg, Architect, P.C.

New Associate Members: Kathleen Bakewell, RLA, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA, Hart Howerton Architect | Jesus I. Coombs, Assoc. AIA, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects | Andrea E. Hopkins, Assoc. AIA, H. Thomas O'Hara Architect, PLLC | Hans Li, Assoc. AIA, Six Directions Inc. | Peggy Y. Liu, Assoc. AIA, Thomas F. Cuswelli Architects | Deyanira Luciano, Assoc. AIA, New York City Transit Authority | Snigdha Mittal, Assoc. AIA, Cybul & Cybul Architects | Benjamin K. Olaniyan, Assoc. AIA, New York University, Space Management | Odit Rachel Oliner, Assoc. AIA, Perkins & Will | Esti Savitri, Assoc. AIA, EDI Architecture, Inc. | Steven P. Song, Assoc. AIA, Arquitectonica | Maria del Pilar Toro-Ortiz, Assoc. AIA, Brandston Partnership, Inc.

New International Associate Members: Jose Antonio Columna, Int'l Assoc. AIA, Daniel Frankfurt, P.C. | Cesar A. Salazar, Int'l Assoc. AIA, Mancini Duffy

Individuals recently upgraded to Architect Membership: Victor M. Castillo, AIA, Victor Castillo Architect, PC | Rebecca Seamans, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C. | Jennifer L. Taylor, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C.

New Titanium Corporate Member Representatives: Acuity Brands Lighting: Sero Cardamone, Mark L. Roush | Holophane: Peggy Meehan | Zumtobel Lighting Inc.: Jordan Cohen, Allison Ober, Jim Panichella, Bill Simoni, Karin Zumbtobel

New Aluminum Corporate Member Representatives: Moss: Franklin Getchell, Murray Moss | The Office of James Ruderman, LLP: Steve Smolinsky

New Center for Architecture Professional Members: Jane S. Ayers, Jane Ayers | David Bulatowicz, Super Enterprises VSA., Inc. | Robert K. Moulin, Moulin & Associates | Gabriel Ortiz, GATT Communications, Inc. | John Benjamin Simoni, Jr., Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP

New Center for Architecture Student Members: Jenny Sara Elisabeth Ivansson, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design | Adam John Ladd, Kent State University School of Architecture & Environmental Design | Constance Elizabeth Richards, Pratt Institute School of Architecture | George Whyte, Tonetti Associates | Benny Wood, IDDC | Farzam Yazdanseta, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.

New Center for Architecture Public Member: Brian Parkhurst, McGraw Hill Construction

Reinstating Members: William E. Davis, Jr., AIA, Davis Architecture & Const Mgmt PC | Alicia May Lafferty, AIA, Atelier X Architects | Eric B. Mullen, AIA, Eric Mullen Architects | Ole Christian Sondresen, AIA, Ole Sondresen | Scott Vautrin, AIA, STV Group | Ralph Di Benedetto, Assoc. AIA, Howell Belanger Castelli Architects | Vasso Kampiti, Assoc. AIA, City University of New York

Members who transferred in to the AIA New York Chapter: Mark Gausepohl, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C. | Susan Shay, AIA | Kimberly D. Thoma, AIA, Macrae-Gibson Architects PC | Victor Thomas, AIA, Alan Wanzenberg, Architect, P.C. | Marie O. Toucet, Assoc. AIA, Nelson Workplace Services | Peter Yeadon, AIA | Anna Kao, Assoc. AIA

Members who have transferred to another AIA Chapter: Good luck in your new locale: Christopher S. Chan, AIA | Eric Epstein, AIA, Gruzen Samton LLP | Alfred Mierzejewski, AIA, Alfred Mierzejewski, Architect P.C. | Laura Schreider, AIA, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP | Claudio Veliz, AIA, Claudio Veliz, Architect | Adam Sokol, Assoc. AIA

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Project Manager
For internationally recognized award winning multi-disciplinary A/E firm www.bermelloajamil.com to handle projects from Design Development thru Design Control.

Guides design team thru construction doc process/code compliance, coordinate with consultants, develops construction details on multi-family residential projects. Coordinates out-sourced project specs production; Assists in Design Control/Construction Administration; Contributes to and maintains firm-wide doc procedures and standards; Supports project management in staffing, fee estimating, and scheduling.

LS3P is seeking a dynamic Architect for our much-lauded Interior Architecture team. Join a team that has garnered 56 awards for exceptional design during the last ten years, including recently, the 2005 TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award for #1 hotel in the US and #10 hotel in the world for the French Quarter Inn, Charleston, SC.

The successful candidate will have a defined point of view about his/her work, but also be able to collaborate with the client and the team. A progressive work history over 5+ years, a degree in Architecture or foreign equivalent, and an Architectural License are preferred. Responsibilities include designing and leading all aspects of projects and project teams. Successful candidates will be excellent communicators, have a thorough knowledge of design vocabularies, trends and relevant codes, and have a demonstrated ability to mentor and manage teams and nurture client relationships.

Marketing Coordinator—SOHO
For B+A's Soho office, One to four years' architectural firm marketing experience. Supports a portion of the firms' collateral materials; Deltek Vision database helpful. Works with other coordinators in RFP production. Business development support: the creation of contact lists and implementation of promotional campaigns. Familiarity with architectural/engineering community, RFP and RFQ processes for municipal/education/government work, and with Photoshop; Quark Express; Adobe InDesign; Adobe PDF; and various types of relational databases. Email careers@bermelloajamil.com. www.bermelloajamil.com

Project Manager
Manage renovation, building infrastructure and interior projects within budget. Bring projects in on schedule, control scope and comply with ADA, life safety and security codes. Coordinate activities with NYC Department of Design and Construction. Manage relationships with Brooklyn Public Library Departments of Public Service, Neighborhood Services, Technology and Public Safety.

Ensure renovations are attractive, functional and code compliant. Identify critical procedural and scheduling issues. Resolve issues with DDC and Contractors regarding budgets and schedules. Advise Manager, Capital Program on schedule/budget issues.

Bachelor's Degree: Architecture, Interior Design or Engineering. Minimum 8 years experience in construction project management. Working knowledge of construction practice, cost and schedule management and building codes. Verbal and written communication skills. Familiarity with NYC Department of Design & Construction. MS Office Suite, CADD, MS Project. Driver's license.

Send resume to: Brooklyn Public Library, Staffing and Recruitment, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 or email to: job2179@brooklynpubliclibrary.org

ARCHITECTS
Centerbrook Architects has immediate openings for interns and licensed Architects with 3–5 years experience. For information about the firm visit www.centerbrook.com. Send cover letter and resume to:
William H. Grover, FAIA
P. O. Box 955
Centerbrook, CT 06409

NBBJ is a multi-national design firm with 700+ employees. Our New York Studio is seeking mid-senior level architects and interior designers that embrace a highly collaborative and integrated work environment. The ideal candidate will be well versed in Commercial and/or Healthcare projects, yet there is tremendous opportunity to work on all project types. For more information about NBBJ and career opportunities please visit www.nbbj.com.

Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture Internship (September-October 2006): Exhibition Assistant

Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture, a New York-based non-profit organization committed to improving the design of the public realm, seeks several dedicated individuals to serve as gallery assistants for an upcoming major exhibition taking place in a stunning venue on the downtown Hudson River waterfront, entitled The Good Life: New Public Spaces For Recreation.

Candidate should possess a strong interest in architecture, design, and urban studies with a particular awareness of public space.

Candidate must be available for a minimum of 10 hours a week for 5 weeks (September 4 through October 6). Internship is unpaid but course credit may be arranged.

To apply please email exhibit@vanalen.org. Include "Gallery Intern" in the subject line and attach the following:

ARCHITECT
Award winning Architectural firm in lower Westchester has openings for experienced production personnel for creative residential/commercial projects. Proficiency in AutoCAD required. F/T or Freelance. Irvington, NY, adjacent to Metro North station. Salary commensurate with experience.
(P) 914-591-5066 (F) 914-591-5031 E-mail rfarina@earlfergusonarchitect.com

Request for Proposals
Seeking experienced architect to complete Brooklyn multifamily housing project and prepare for permit. Design was done, just need to complete development. Experienced in building from ground up, zoning, structural engineering, plumbing, HVAC, and permits. Fax 212-717-0547 for plans, 212-628-4460 (telephone).

ARCHITECTS
Morris Architects, established in 1938 & well known for its legendary work & leadership, technical expertise & innovative design, is seeking qualified registered Architects in Orlando, FL and Houston, TX to lead teams on diverse projects. Team leadership skills & desire to join a collaborative team req'd. Qualified candidates need min. of 7 yrs. exp., degree from accredited school or architecture, record of effective project leadership & execution, & a desire to gain new skills & expertise. Licensure req'd. Salary is negotiable. Apply at www.morrisarchitects.com

The AIA Contract Documents program
provides proven, consistent, and effective standard form contracts to the building design and construction industry. The program directs its efforts toward improving existing documents and developing new ones. In late 2005 the AIA introduced six new contract documents. These included two new agreements and four new scopes of service documents for use with owner-architect agreements.

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, see www.aiany.org/documents/list.pdf or call 212.358.6113 with your fax number.

Electronic Format Documents
The new AIA Contract Documents software is completely redesigned, based on Microsoft Word, and 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 www.aia.org/docssoftwaretraining for Contract Documents Software Training and www.aia.org/docs_purchase to download the AIA Contract Documents software.

If you already have the software, Version 2.0.5: Software Update is now available.

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