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10.30.07
Now that the weather has finally cooled down, I hope you will want to leave your air-conditioned offices and check out all of the architecture events citywide. With the leaves changing, this is also a great time to explore the city on foot.
- Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Note: In the last issue, the article “Green Roses for a Gray Lady” stated that the underfloor air system incorporated into the New York Times Building will not appear on the upper stories that the Times is leasing out. This is incorrect. The underfloor air distribution system appears on all New York Times Company-owned floors, including those that are leased.
This issue of e-OCULUS is sponsored by the NYC Department of Buildings.
NYC Department of Buildings
Event: The Future Face of New York
Location: The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 10.18.07
Speakers: Laurie Beckelman — Founder & Principal, Beckelman+Capalino; Majora Carter — Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx; Shaun Donovan — Commissioner, New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD); Yesenia Graham — Vice President, Sutphin Avenue Development, One Stop Home Services; Daniel Libeskind, AIA — Principal, Studio Daniel Libeskind; Bill McKibben — Author, Educator, Environmentalist; Michael Sorkin — Michael Sorkin Studio & City College of New York; Mike Wallace — Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author
Moderator: Martin Filler — Architecture Columnist, House & Garden
Organizers: House & Garden, as part of House & Garden’s Design Happening program series, organized in partnership with the Center for Architecture and the Architectural League
As New Yorkers face the challenges outlined in the city’s PlaNYC report, strong communities have the potential to bind and bolster the city during periods of change and turmoil. NYC’s future depends on fostering strong, livable communities within the city’s existing urban fabric.
What will the city’s strong communities look like in 20 years? According to author Mike Wallace, neighborhoods will likely be more diverse than they are today. Since 2000, the city has been growing past its record-high population, in part fueled by immigration. Today, more than 40% of New Yorkers were born in other countries. In recent years, a series of tectonic population shifts amongst the city’s many ethic groups have resulted in an explosion of communities comprised of diverse ethnic groups living together, instead of in autonomous groupings. To a large extent, it is believed that these spontaneously diverse communities are more socially sustainable than their heterogeneous neighbors.
The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan claims that NYC struggles to actively plan diversity into the city’s population. Specifically, the housing market should include designing for a diversity of people with different backgrounds and ages, and with a variety of incomes. “We have an ethical responsibility to grow this city,” said Donovan.
Though much of the tone of the discussion was dire — with talk of how population growth, global warming, and a potential housing shortage could cripple the city — Daniel Libeskind, AIA, spoke of his family’s immigration to NYC decades ago as a positive example of its longevity. “At the risk of sounding demented, I do want to say something optimistic about the city.” While New York’s communities could be drastically recast in the future, the city has an idealistic endurance that many others do not. “NYC has the sustainability of an idea.”
Carolyn Sponza, AIA, is an architect with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners and is the AIANY Chapter Vice President of Professional Development.
Event: Rethinking Domesticity
Location: The Urban Center, 10.19.07
Speakers: Elisa Orlanski Ours — Vice President, Planning & Predevelopment Department, Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; Joel Sanders, AIA — Principal, Joel Sanders Architect & Associate Professor of Architecture, Yale University; Calvin Tsao, FAIA — Co-Founder, Tsao & McKown Architects & President, The Architecture League of New York; Lois Weinthal — Director, BFA Interior Design Program, Parsons The New School for Design
Moderator: Marisa Bartolucci — Editor & Writer
Organizer: The Architectural League of New York, as part of House & Garden’s Design Happening program series
House in Nolan Park on Governors Island.
Jessica Sheridan
Do contemporary dwellings reflect current living habits and desires? Are people truly ready to see the radical changes in their daily lives reflected in their living spaces? By serving as liaisons between clients and designers, integrating new technologies into old typologies, and reinforcing new trends through publication, designers can actively address issues of domesticity in their work and influence the shape of contemporary dwellings.
Currently, much of the domestic realm is shaped by status symbols and nostalgia, neither of which reflects actual living habits. A preference for McMansions may have less to do with the need for square footage and more to do with displays of wealth, according to writer and editor Marisa Bartolucci. Likewise, our sentimentality for vestiges of the past — such as formal dining rooms — may explain why certain unused spaces continue to haunt contemporary dwellings.
While old conventions influence dwellers’ decisions about their homes, attention must be given to forms that more accurately embody modern life. There is an increasing emphasis on spatial flexibility, leading to new definitions of privacy and work habits. Thus, today, a dining room might double as a home office or be integrated into the kitchen itself — a flexible and efficient solution that responds to practical needs in a time when space is at a premium.
Domesticity cannot be limited only to architecture; economic and social considerations are relevant and necessary, especially when it comes to effecting change. Yet, class and income do not necessarily dictate general domestic habits. Calvin Tsao, FAIA, co-founder of Tsao & McKown Architects, noted that apartment plans for residences in Bed-Stuy and Manhattan are similar in both layout and square footage, with only significant differences in materials, details, and location. Clearly our living habits are deeply engrained, and this comfort may ultimately be what maintains the status quo when it comes to contemporary dwelling. Architects continually generate innovative alternatives, but whether dwellers are ready to break free from conventional patterns and embrace these new changes is something that has yet to be seen.
Rachel Schauer is concentrating her studies on architecture and communications at New York University Gallatin School. She also is e-Oculus‘ graphic designer.
Event: Burning Man: Planning and Evolution of the Temporary City
Location: Center for Architecture, 10.13.07
Speakers: Larry Harvey — Founder & Executive Director, Burning Man; Rod Garrett — City Planner, Black Rock City; The Eye — Architect, Camp Disorient; Hayley Fitchett — Urban Planner, Gensler (London)
Moderator: David Koren — Director of Marketing, Perkins Eastman
Organizer: AIANY Emerging NY Architects Committee
Sponsors: Green Depot; Haworth; C/S Group; Johnsonite; drink sponsors: Steaz Green Tea Soda, Sambazon Açai, Guayaki Yerba Mate
Site of 2007 Burning Man. At the bottom left of the image, you can see the site of 2004 Burning Man. There are three alternating sites for the temporary city in Black Rock City, UT.
Courtesy Google Earth
A site for boundless music and art; a place where one can both lose and find oneself; a great party; and a grand experiment in city building. This is how Hayley Fitchell, an urban planner at Gensler, describes Burning Man, the weeklong annual “experience” in Black Rock City, UT. Since 1986, when a group of friends gathered at Baker Beach in San Francisco, Burning Man has grown exponentially. This year’s temporary city in the desert reached a record of 40,000 participants, and it is partially because of urban planning that Burning Man is so successful.
The concept behind the plan, according to Burning Man founder and executive director Larry Harvey, is to create an experience that is then manifested by the participants when they arrive. The layout of the site is symmetrical, alluding to temple design, and the marks in the sand reference Buddhist Mandalas. Participants arrive to an established sacred space that serves as a base for their art. Spirituality is innate and planned before the event begins.
It is a chance of a lifetime for an urban planner to be given a blank canvas to develop a temporary city that is erased and recreated every year, claims Rod Garrett, Black Rock City’s urban planner. The current plan was established in 2003, and it is a culmination of improvements that take into account everything from population growth to security concerns. It is hemispherical in plan with concentric and radial streets. The Man, an effigy that is ritually burned on the final night of the event, is located at the center. Participants orient themselves in relation to the Man and the view of the desert beyond. People are assigned to a campsite when they buy their tickets, and can find their sites because radial streets are named after positions on a clock and circular street names relate to the theme of the year (2007 was “Green Man” so streets were named after natural habitats). A pentagonal limit surrounds the plan providing emergency access and a security
boundary.
Burning Man’s plan is straightforward and simple, but it is the constant layering of visual cues that makes the event successful, says Fitchell. The highest point in the city is the Man, and the lowest area is at the perimeter. A café is centrally located that acts as a community center and a refuge from the desert. People are drawn to the center of the plan, where most of the action occurs. Streets are wider in public areas to accommodate larger crowds, and narrower in the more private encampment areas. The Man, an annual monolithic temple, and large art works scatter the landscape providing landmarks. Decorated vehicles and “theme camps” act as entertainment hubs throughout.
In her professional life, Fitchell finds she thinks about the truly democratic plan of Burning Man, and believes that more humane cities are possible by applying ideas established at the event. She quotes Winston Churchill: “We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us,” and for her Burning Man is the realization of this saying.
Event: Pecha Kucha NY
Location: St. Mark’s Church, 10.10.07
Speakers: Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA — TEN Arquitectos; Israel Kandarian — 2×4; James Slade, AIA, & Hayes Slade — Slade Architecture; José Parlá — Artist; Andrew Zago — Zago Architecture; Jessica Root — Writer, TreeHugger; Mariah Robertson — Artist; Kanu Agrawal, Melanie Domino, Edward Richardson, Brad Walters — Editors, Perspecta 39: Re_Urbanism: Transforming Capitals; Eric C. Shiner — Independent Curator & author, Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York; Jeannette Kuo & Aziza Chaouni — KuoChaouni Design Collaborative; Annie Choi — Writer, Dear Architects II: The Revenge; Christian Acker & Kyle Talbott — Graphic Designers, Handselecta; Benjamin H. Bratton — Yahoo!, SCI Arc, UCLA; Craig Dykers, AIA — SNØHETTA
Organizers: Pecha Kucha NY
Courtesy Pecha Kucha NY
By now, many are familiar with Pecha Kucha’s patented 20×20 presentation formula: designers are allowed to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, giving them a total of 6 minutes 40 seconds to share their most captivating works. Even within these strict guidelines, creative professionals will always attempt to set themselves apart, and NYC’s fourth Pecha Kucha night was no exception.
The most apparent break in form came from 2×4’s Israel Kandarian who shared t-shirt designs that explore the public space of private identity. Flipping though many more than 20 slides, Kandarian’s images showed architects, students, and grandmothers holding t-shirts with phrases like “post-modernism, pre-materialism” or “Daft Punk, but less techno” — phrases that at first amused, but eventually grated on the attention span of the audience. Artist Mariah Robertson, on the other hand, projected her slides on the ceiling. While the audience was clearly entertained by her purposefully disheveled performance, it’s hard to say exactly what the content was.
Sticking closer to form was crowd favorite Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, from TEN Arquitectos whose images of frogs and pyramids loosely inspire the firm’s work. However, there were no images of projects, as Norten proudly declared, “There’s no time to talk about architecture in six minutes.” This claim did not stop SNØHETTA’s Craig Dykers, AIA, from giving a concise overview of the Norwegian National Opera House. He ultimately won the approval of the audience by sharing that employees at his firm collaborate to agree on their own salaries and vacation time, both of which, judging by the applause, are unusually high for the profession.
Pecha Kucha’s success is entirely dependent on the quality of its presenters whose performances can make even the fast pace of 20×20 feel slow at times. In retrospect, it’s difficult to recall the exact content of the presentations, as sound bites don’t provide much of a lingering aftertaste. But this highlights what could be the evening’s greatest triumph: you may not remember exactly what you’ve seen, but you know you feel inspired.
Rachel Schauer is concentrating her studies on architecture and communications at New York University Gallatin School. She also is e-Oculus‘ graphic designer.
Event: New Practices London Symposium
Location: Center for Archictecture, 10.16.07
Speakers: Tom Coward — Founder, Agents of Change (AOC); David Howarth, RIBA — Co-Director, drdharchitects; Stephen Witherford, RIBA — Director, Witherford Watson Mann Architects
Keynote: Brett Steele — Director, Architectural Association School of Architecture (London)
Moderator: Joseph Grima — Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture
Organizers: AIANY New Practices Committee; The Architecture Foundation (London)
Sponsors: Exhibition Underwriters: Associated Fabrication; Häfele Americas; SKYY 90; Patrons: 3Form; ABC Imaging; Sponsors: Severud Associates; Thornton Tomasetti; OS Fabrication & Design; The Conran Shop; Supporters: Arup; Bartco Lighting; Fountainhead Construction; FXFOWLE Architects; MG & Company; Microsol Resources; Structural Enterprises; Friends: Barefoot Wines; Cosentini Associates; DEGW; Delta Faucet Company; Perkins Eastman; Media Partner: The Architect’s Newspaper
Courtesy Center for Architecture
In the last 15 years, London has experienced an unprecedented construction boom that has not only drastically changed the physical city, but also the impact of London as an international epicenter for architectural thought and design. London is now a hotbed for competitions and commissions, resulting in a new generation of practices heavily focused on research, adaptability, and pragmatism. Agents of Change (AOC), drdharchitects, and Witherford Watson Mann Architects, three firms featured in the New Practices London exhibition at the Center for Architecture, are young British firms that exemplify this emerging trend.
All three firms focus on making the most of a project despite blighted sites, limited budgets, and scarce materials. AOC’s Polyopoly, an Urban Board Game, for example, is an exercise that turns the concept of Monopoly upside down; players purchase tools to engage critical development in afflicted urban neighborhoods. Drdharchitects were finalists for the Arhus Kunstmuseum in Denmark, aimed to spark the development of a cultural quarter in the city. Their proposal responded to the site’s context within the city and provided a protective container for the art collection. While the overall building is rectangular, the angular entryway aims to create a dynamic transition between the activity on the street and the more static galleries. Witherford Watson Mann Architects’ Bankside Urban Forest is an urban redevelopment project for South London that inserts parks and trees in undeveloped areas, thus filling in and inhabiting vacant lots as the city develops in
patches.
Reading London and practicing in London involves a deep understanding of how the city is developing, according to keynote speaker Brett Steele, director of London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture. London is no longer a destination in itself. Branding, tourism, and diversity are important factors contributing to a fleeting exchange of ideas comparable to other international transitional cities, such as Los Angeles and Beijing. New British practices are adept in realizing the potential for an evolving, pluralistic city.
Event: Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Keynote Speaker: Kazuyo Sejima — Founding Partner, SANAA
Location: Columbia University, 09.26-28.07
Organizers: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Columbia University Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; with Technische Universität Dresden’s Institute of Building Construction
The Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art, designed by SANAA.
Jessica Sheridan
Offering new modes of visual pleasure and spatial experience, glass has benefited from major advances in engineering and structural innovations. The Engineered Transparency conference brought together international architects and engineers to discuss the present and future implications of glass in building design.
Considered one of the most advanced firms working in glass, founding partner of Tokyo-based SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, kicked off the three-day conference with a keynote presentation of recent projects that push glass technologies to new limits. One of the best examples is the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, housing the museum’s extensive glass collection, with more than 5,000 works from ancient to contemporary times. Constructed of double-layered, floor-to-ceiling, curved glass panels, the undulating walls blur the boundaries between the exterior and interior spaces. The project pushes the definition of glass as a material as the curves alternate a viewer’s clarity and obscurity, reflection and distortion. In addition, the relationship between inside and outside is intensified. Visitors are constantly aware of their surroundings as the glass walls provide a dual experience of the outside environment overlapping the exhibition spaces.
The Glass Pavilion resurfaced throughout the conference as one of the best examples of cutting-edge glass design. The plan of the pavilion reveals challenges not just in aesthetics and experience, but also in structure, and heating and ventilation. Guy Nordenson, of NY-based Guy Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineers and structural engineer for the project, discussed the unique steel framing in the roof and concrete framing in the floor to enhance the thin panes of glass. Matthias Schuler, of Stuttgart-based Transsolar, talked about climate engineering challenges given the cellular structure of the galleries. The inner walls make up the galleries, and the exterior walls create cavities to insulate and provide heating and ventilation.
While glass might always have been a popular material, it is only recently that its technology has advanced structurally, aesthetically, and thermally. Engineered Transparency only scratched the surface of what is to come.
Annie Kurtin is a first-year student at Columbia University GSAPP.
Event: ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO: Designing with Nature: The Art of Balance
Location: San Francisco, 10.05-09.07
Organizer: American Society of Landscape Architects
(Left) Lawrence Halprin, FASLA, in conversation with Charles Birnbaum, FASLA. (Right) San Francisco + ASLA = Perfect!
Sam Brown, courtesy American Society of Landscape Architects; Kristen Richards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) couldn’t have chosen a better place or time for its annual meeting: San Francisco in early October. Close to 7,000 ASLA members and affiliates were treated to four perfect autumn days filled with inspiring speakers, enlightening continuing education sessions and media panels, eye-opening studio visits, and tours — and a spectacular gala at the recently reopened de Young Museum. (Some of us traipsing between Moscone Center North and South were treated to glimpses of the Blue Angels doing their aerial ballet against the crystal blue sky.)
Among the highlights:
– ASLA launched the Sustainable Sites initiative, a cooperative effort supplement existing green building and landscape guidelines as well as becoming a stand-alone tool for site sustainability.
– Passions ran high even at 8:00am on a Saturday morning at the “Newsmakers Roundtable,” with Walter Hood, ASLA, Laurie D. Olin, FASLA, Martha Schwartz, ASLA, and Ken Smith, ASLA, and moderated by Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times. Olin said, “We need to make landscape political again,” after what he called a “decade of private splendor and public squalor.” Hood emphatically agreed, saying, “We have to do public work! It’s hard to do, but if we don’t do it, it will be done badly or not at all.”
– What could have been a disappointing closing General Session was anything but. Vice President Al Gore, Hon. ASLA, had to cancel his appearance due to a death in the family, but delivered a live telecast congratulating landscape architects for their leadership in combating climate change, saying, “I feel as if a lot of the world is catching up with you and messages you have been delivering for a long time now.” The session also included a previously unscheduled — and very spirited — Lawrence Halprin, FASLA, interviewed by Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, Executive Director of the Cultural Landscape Foundation.
– Among the 33 landscape architects inducted into the ASLA Council of Fellows was David Kamp, FASLA, Founder and President of NYC-based Dirtworks PC Landscape Architecture.
Click LANDonline for links to podcasts and videos from the conference.
Kristen Richards is editor of Oculus magazine and ArchNewsNow.com.
10.16.07: Cooper-Hewitt’s 2007 National Design Awards Winners Panel
By Kristen Richards
Winners panel (l-r): Nader Tehrani; David J. Lewis; Cara McCarty; Peter Walker, FASLA; and Marc Tsurumaki, AIA.
Kristen Richards
Several hundred people gathered under the large, white “big-top” tent installed in Cooper-Hewitt’s garden to hear from some of this year’s National Design Award winners. The panel discussion covered a range of subjects, from collaboration, fame, tough projects, and green design, to challenges and rewards, and persuading clients. Panelists included: Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, and David J. Lewis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL); Nader Tehrani, Office dA; Peter Walker, FASLA, PWP Landscape Architecture; fashion designer Rick Owens; with Cooper-Hewitt Curatorial Director Cara McCarty as moderator.
They offered some interesting — and amusing observations…
On collaboration:
Lewis/Tsurumaki: “We get along fine and we never argue [laughter]; the best idea wins.” “It’s based on redundancy. All three of us are involved, which allows us to play off of each other, not compete.”
On fame:
Tehrani: “We thought the MoMA project [Fabrications: The Tectonic Garden, 1998] would bring us fame and jobs — it didn’t.”
On challenges:
Walker: “The World Trade Center Memorial is the toughest project. I’m still not sure how it will work out.”…”Landscape urbanism — what is it? I don’t know what it is. We’re now more involved in spaces on top, spaces in-between.”
Lewis: “Too often sustainability is talked about as something applied rather than fundamental integration. For us, it’s a source of innovation rather than obligation.”
Tehrani: “To raise the bar of green design — overcome policies, rules, and regulations — how can we, as architects, raise the standards?”
On rewards:
Lewis: “We’re too busy to step back and figure out what’s rewarding.”
On persuading clients:
Tehrani: “It’s what we do all day. We have to get people to buy in. We design with the client — they own the process.”
On role models:
Tehrani: “Those guys.” [indicating LTL] “I wish they’d stop winning competitions and give some to us.”
Owen (who was the quietest, but had the biggest/loudest crowd of fans in the audience): “I changed my mind. Now I want to be an architect.”
2007 National Design Awards After-Party
By Sara Moss
(Left): Frank Ching with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA. (Right): LTL gang (l-r): Marc Tsurumaki, AIA; Thomas Tsang; Caroline O’Donnell; Troy Schaum (former LTL staff member, currently at OMA); Paul Lewis, AIA; David J. Lewis.
Sara Moss
10.18.07: Award winners and guests enjoyed dancing, drinks, and even National Design Award cookies at the Cooper-Hewitt’s after party, hosted in the museum’s Target National Design Education Center. I had the pleasure of chatting with Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL), who won the National Design Award for Interior Design, and the honor of meeting Frank Ching, who received a Special Jury Commendation for his role in design education.
Other award winners were: Maharam (Design Patron Award); Denise Scott Brown, RIBA, and Robert Venturi, FAIA (Design Mind); Adobe Systems Incorporated (Corporate Achievement Award); Office dA (Architecture Design Award); Antoine Predock, FAIA (Lifetime Achievement); Chip Kidd (Communications Design Award); PWP Landscape Architecture (Landscape Design); Jonathan Ive, Apple (Product Design); and Rick Owens (Fashion Design). For more information on the program, including a list of this year’s finalists, and video of the awards gala, go to the National Design Awards website.
Sara Moss
I keep hearing that the word of this year is “green.” As much as I would like to believe it, I question whether or not the message is getting through to consumers and clients. With the number of government initiatives at the local, state, federal, and international levels growing, I have hope that the effects of living more sustainably will begin to pay off for consumers who are readjusting their lifestyles. Bill Maher pointed out on a recent Real Time With Bill Maher, however, that even Al Gore needs to hold a rock concert to get the point across.
A trend in Hollywood is for celebrities to display their green commitment. Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Eleventh Hour” received good box office ratings; Ed Bagley Jr.’s television show on HGTV, “Living With Ed,” where he makes green improvements to celebrity homes is successful; and even the Emmys went green by using recycled plastic carpet and reusing set materials. As much as the intentions may be good (or just for publicity), in my opinion it is celebrities making choices unconscientiously who do more harm to the green movement.
Last month, Donald Trump announced his plans for a new golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland, which he calls Golfopolis. The £1 billion project includes two golf courses, a 450-bed hotel, 1,000 vacation homes, and 500 private houses on the site of conserved coastline property. As reported by Melanie Reid in The Times (See “Wildlife Groups Dismayed as Donald Trump Gets Go-ahead to Build ‘Golfopolis’ Dream,” 09.13.07), Raymod Reid, Aberdeenshire Council’s head of development, said the social and economic benefits outweigh the negative environmental impacts. Needless to say, I am disappointed that Trump would make such a choice, despite his claim that Golfopolis will be “the best golf course in the world.”
It is encouraging that, according to a new AIA poll, people are willing to invest more in energy-efficient homes (See Survey Shows Americans Lost in a Sea of Green, in Around the AIA + The Center for Architecture). I have faith that Hollywood is not the only place the public looks to for guidance. Architects and planners are contributing positively to sustainability initiatives on many levels. The more green development, the more everyone benefits. There must be a reason that going green is trendy after all. I just hope that the Trumps of the world don’t devalue this year’s word.
In this issue:
·Art Deco Meets Affordable Housing in South Bronx
·New Map Encompasses All Public Art in NYC
·Former Battleground Gets Upgraded
·Design Bookstore Opens on UES
·Colleges in NY & Netherlands Major in Science Labs
·From Power House to Luxury Condo
·A Taste of Barcelona With Views of the Empire State
Art Deco Meets Affordable Housing in South Bronx
Boston Road Apartments.
Magnusson Architecture and Planning
The Boston Road Apartments, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) in the Art Deco style of many existing buildings in its South Bronx neighborhood, has opened for occupancy. The building is located on a mid-block site that is elevated on a natural rock outcropping — 40 feet higher than Third Avenue at the rear of the site — and has unobstructed views to the George Washington Bridge. The seven-story building contains 42 residential units. Former homeless families occupy 51% of the units, and the remainder are designated for families earning up to 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI). The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York State Housing Finance Agency financed most of the project.
New Map Encompasses All Public Art in NYC
ManhattanArtNOW map.
Courtesy cultureNOW
Literally hot off the presses… ManhattanArtNOW, the largest survey of artwork, collections, and art resources compiled to date on a two-sided 90″x18″ map consisting of nearly 1,500 artworks in or visible from public spaces. Art commissioned by public entities include art museums, churches, cemeteries, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and courts. Featured works range from the Arts-for-Transit collection, Percent for Art, GSA Art in Architecture projects, and works in the NYC public school system, to major public spaces such as Rockefeller Center, the United Nations, Columbia University, and Lincoln Center.
Founded by current AIANY Board Secretary Abby Suckle, FAIA, cultureNOW’s first project, the downtownNOW Map, grew out of the work of New York New Visions Design Coalition for the Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. ManhattanArtNOW, a volunteer effort, has been in the works since 2004 and will initially be sold at Urban Center Books, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Center for Architecture for $14.95, with a companion website launched later this year. The AIANY Chapter partially funded the project.
Former Battleground Gets Upgraded
Fort Washington Park.
Stantec
The NY office of Stantec (formerly Vollmer Associates) has been selected to develop a master plan and provide design services for improvements and upgrades to Fort Washington Park in upper Manhattan, the site of a major battle during the Revolutionary War. The principal objectives for the 160-acre park are to upgrade and supplement existing recreational facilities, enhance scenic and landscape quality, improve pedestrian connections, and possibly extend the West Side greenway. The range of improvement work will entail: upgrading utilities for park facilities; improving entrances, paths, pedestrian bridges, landscaping, and drainage; incorporating recreational facilities and playgrounds, official vehicular access, and new maintenance building; and restoring historic park structures. The project is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC initiative. Construction is expected to start by spring of 2009.
Design Bookstore Opens on UES
Remodeled ArchiviaBooks store.
Courtesy ArchiviaBooks
After a six-year hiatus, ArchiviaBooks, an independent bookshop specializing in architecture, design, decorative arts, interiors, furniture, gardens, fine arts, and fashion, will reopen on November 1 at Lexington Avenue and 71st Street. Shop owner Cynthia Conigliaro, a veteran book buyer, curated the inventory and designed the 800-square-foot shop that features a Verner Panton chandelier, and modern interpretations of library table lamps by LucePlan, white leather Eames desk chairs, cranberry Herman Miller file cabinets, and counter tops of Rosso Verona Marble, mottled like endpapers of a Venetian volume.
Colleges in NY & Netherlands Major in Science Labs
Atlas Building (left) at Wageningen University and the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation (right) at Bard College.
Rafael Viñoly Architects
Rafael Viñoly Architects has recently completed two collegiate scientific laboratory projects. For the Atlas Building (recipient of a 2007 AIA New York State Award of Merit), a center that focuses on environmental, animal, agrotechnological, and food sciences on the Wageningen University campus in the Netherlands, the firm designed a cube-shaped building containing soil research labs and offices. Responding to urban planning requirements that dictated a compact structure on its new campus site, the Atlas Building is defined by a latticework enclosure system that doubles as building superstructure, rendering the building nearly column free. Open floor plans and uniform floor heights enable flexible and adaptable interiors.
The Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation on the Bard College campus in Annandale, NY, is a curving metal-clad structure set low to the ground and provides space for the biology, computer science, and mathematics departments in a facility with research labs, high-tech classrooms, and a 60-person auditorium. The firm won a 2007 AIA New York State Citation for Design for this project. Three more collegiate structures designed by the firm are expected to be completed during 2008.
From Power House to Luxury Condo
PowerHouse will convert a LIC power station into luxury condominiums.
Courtesy Karl Fischer Architect
Designed by Karl Fischer Architect with interiors by Andres Escobar & Associates, The PowerHouse, a century-old railroad power station originally designed by McKim, Mead, & White, is becoming luxury condos with a four-story rooftop addition. Along the waterfront near Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, the building has state-of-the-art gourmet kitchens, spa-like master baths, and NYC’s first Aqua Grotto — a water-oriented social space for residents including a large whirlpool and waterfall. Expected occupancy is scheduled for July 2008.
A Taste of Barcelona With Views of the Empire State
Twenty9th Park Madison.
H. Thomas O’Hara Architects
Espais Promociones Immobiliàries, one of Spain’s largest developers, has joined forces with Miami-based Arcon Solutions to realize its first U.S. residential project, called Twenty9th Park Madison. Designed by NY-based H. Thomas O’Hara Architects, the glass façade of the 34-story condo tower rises from a double-height, cubed entrance, giving way to a full-service boutique hotel-style lobby with backlit illuminated art, WiFi access, and an espresso bar. A landscaped roof deck with barbeque grills and plush seating will afford residents views of Manhattan.
In this issue:
·Message from AIA California Council
·Architects Respond to San Diego Fires
·AIA Contract Documents Get Facelift
·Austin Center for Architecture wins Critics Choice
·German University Wins Solar Decathlon
Message from AIA California Council
AIA National is helping the AIACC to identify members who are potentially affected by the disaster by leveraging the geo-location technology of Google Earth and maps produced by local news source KPBS. This image approximates locations of member homes in the estimated burn areas.
Courtesy Google Earth
The AIA California Council (AIACC) and AIA San Diego are actively working with city and county building officials to simplify and facilitate the process of rebuilding the communities devastated by wildfires, using programs developed from the 2003 San Diego County fires. Local AIA chapters will be conducting workshops regarding the design, permitting, and construction process, and how to work with city and county agencies to expedite permitting, allowing residents to get back into their homes as quickly as possible. With the input of architects, the state Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the AIA, AIACC developed protocols to enable AIA volunteers to assist in the safety assessment and inspection of residential and commercial buildings.
The AIA warns residents to watch out for potential fraudulent activity regarding damage assessment, debris removal and demolition, the process of financing, and rebuilding. The AIACC and local California chapters advise victims regarding rebuilding options and what to look for in deciding what kinds of professionals they will need, and how to select the professional who is right for them. Local AIACC chapters also are providing lists of members and contact information for the public requesting information and referrals regarding architectural services. Residents wanting to speak with an architect about inspection criteria or for more information regarding post-disaster activity are asked to call AIA San Diego, AIA Los Angeles, AIA Orange County, AIA Palomar, and AIA Inland California.
For more information about disaster recovery and links to important rebuilding resources, visit the AIACC website.
Architects Respond to San Diego Fires
The San Diego and Los Angeles Chapters of Architecture for Humanity (AFH) are currently on the ground responding to the fires that recently destroyed thousands of homes. A project has been created on the Open Architecture Network. Send questions to Rebuild San Diego or log on to the AIA San Diego Chapter website for more information. If you would like to support the long-term rebuilding efforts but can’t physically contribute, you can make a tax-deductible financial contribution by logging onto the AFH website.
AIA Contract Documents Get Facelift
On November 5, the AIA will officially launch the 2007 Update to AIA Contract Documents. The Update includes revisions to A201-1997, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, and to all of the owner/contractor and owner/architect agreements in the A201 Family of Documents. Also provided are updates to contractor/subcontractor and architect/consultant agreements, and revisions to the Small Projects Family of Documents. The update includes new AIA Contract Documents software allowing parties to execute AIA agreements and forms using digital signatures.
Owner/architect and owner/contractor agreements in the 2007 update are coordinated to match the size and complexity of the project in a more targeted way than in previous versions of AIA documents. It also includes two entirely new owner/architect agreements: one for the large and complex projects, and another for mid-size projects.
In addition to educational programs presented at local components, the AIA will provide educational materials online to assist users in adapting to the revised agreements, as well as to a new numbering system. If you are a current AIA Contract Documents software user, you can access all of the documents in the 2007 update via a free download from the AIA website. Paper users will find the revised documents at their local distributors at the same time.
For questions about document content, please call AIA National’s Document Info hotline at 202.626.7526. Call 800.365.2724 to purchase contract documents software by phone. To obtain paper documents from AIANY, call Tara Pyle at 212.358.6113. Paper copies of the older versions of 2007 updated documents will be sold at the AIANY.
Austin Center for Architecture wins Critics Choice
The Austin Chronicle’s 2007 “Best Of Austin” poll recognized the Austin Center for Architecture as the Critic’s Choice winner. Referred to as the “Best Converted Gas Station for Hanging Out With Architects,” the Center houses the Austin Chapter of the AIA, Austin Foundation for Architecture, and the Austin Chapter of Architecture for Humanity.
German University Wins Solar Decathlon
After challenging 20 college and university teams to compete in 10 categories in designing, building, and operating the “most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered home,” the final results from the Solar Decathlon are in. First Place went to Technische Universität Darmstat in Germany, scoring high in architecture, lighting, and engineering categories for a project made from local materials that glows at night. Second Place went to the University of Maryland, Third Place went to Santa Clara University, CA, and the AIAS Student Choice Award went to Texas A&M University. NYC’s only representative, the New York Institute of Technology’s team, ranked 12th overall, scoring highest in the architecture, engineering, and comfort zone categories. Go to the website for images and more information about all of the projects.
It was announced that fashion designer John Varvatos will install his boutique store in the former CBGB club. What do you think?
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UPworld is a new social networking website to connect architects, designers, planners, contractors, fabricators, developers, financiers, engineers, and suppliers. To participate, you must obtain an account and put up a profile, including your photo, portfolio, and images of your work. Then you can link to other members in the network. Developed by architectural designers Jennifer Magee of ANTE Architecture + Design, and Oisin Clancy of Field Lines Design, UPworld also hosts various networking events around the NYC area.
Mark Strauss, FAIA, AICP, has been honored by AIA New York State as the first recipient of the “Fellows Award,” recognizing a Fellow of the AIA who has exemplified the mentorship within the profession and exceeded in helping young architects, students, or unlicensed individuals to gain a greater knowledge of the profession…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the election of David A. Thurm, Hon. AIANYS, senior vice president and chief information officer for the New York Times Company, to serve as Public Director from the close of the 2007 annual meeting of the Board of Directors until the close of its 2009 annual meeting…
The Education Legacy Fund (ELF) of the American Society of Interior Designers New York Metropolitan Chapter (ASID NY Metro) honored Metropolis magazine founder and publisher Horace Havemeyer III for his contributions to design and architecture…
Maggie Boepple has been appointed president of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council… Costas Kondylis & Partners promoted Steven Bonora, AIA, and George Drallios, AIA, to partner… Isaac-Daniel Astrachan, AIA, and Jennifer Cheuk, AIA, have been elevated to principals at The Stephen B. Jacobs Group… Meridian Design Associates, Architects announced that William Hallisky and Luis Roges have each been promoted to vice president… Noushin Ehsan, AIA, founded new firm 2nd Opinion Design…
10.24.07: The stars came out to play at a fundraiser for David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground, which marked the opening night of the Rockwell Group-designed Bon Appetit Supper Club and Café, a pop-up restaurant in the former Hard Rock Café on West 57 Street (the event raised about $250,000!).
The eatery is open to the public only for lunch — lunch-time foods created by top chefs make definitely worth the trip (but hurry…it closes November 2).
Blandon Belushin
(l-r): NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe real estate mogul Kent Swig; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; David Rockwell; Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief, Bon Appetit; and master chef Emeril Lagasse.
Wire Image
10.17.07: There was no question who the star of the show was at a Pentagram fete celebrating Julius Shulman’s 97th birthday and the publication of Pentagram Papers 38: The Russian Garbo.
(l-r): Julius Shulman with Pentagram partner James Biber.
Kristen Richards
11.28.07 Request for Qualifications: Township of South Orange Village: Downtown Vision Plan
The Township of South Orange Village requests Letters of Interest and Qualifications from professional planning firms or teams for a Vision Plan for downtown South Orange, NJ. The plan will provide a comprehensive vision for the central business district, the Valley Street business corridor, and the Irvington Avenue business district. The winning team will require expertise in urban planning, design guidelines development, traffic and parking analysis, real estate market analysis, public process facilitation, and civil engineering/ecological analysis (related to a river redevelopment project within the CBD). Click here for a .pdf of the RFQ.
11.30.07 Submission: 2007 SBIC Beyond Green High Performance Building Awards
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) is recognizing initiatives that shape, inform, and catalyze the high-performance building market and the real-world application of high performance design and construction practices. Award winners will present their projects at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on 01.16.08 in conjunction with a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored lecture series. Winning projects will also be published on the Whole Building Design Guide website managed by the National Institute of Building Science. Additional recognition will include an announcement in SBIC’s newsletter, Buildings Inside & Out, a plaque, and posting on the council’s website.
12.03.07 Submission: Sudapan endless(s)trips
This international competition promotes the creation a new urban model in the “Mayan Riviera,” the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The area is experiencing massive tourism and may serve as a template from which new urban models can be conceived. Prize money totals $10,000 for first, second, and third place winners, as well as five special mentions. All prizes and mentions will be awarded a scholarship for the Summer Workshop taking place in Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), in Barcelona, July 2008.
12.12.07 Submission: CNU Charter Awards
The Congress for the New Urbanism’s (CNU) Charter Awards program recognizes work in urban design, architecture, development, and placemaking. Each year CNU convenes a jury of expert urbanists to select winning entries that best embody and advance the principles of the Charter of New Urbanism. Winners set urbanism’s gold standard and serve as powerful examples for future development.
01.15.08 Submission: Re:Vision
The third in a series of six architecture and design competitions designed to inspire ideas for a sustainable city block, participants are asked to envision a mixed-use neighborhood with a healthy, symbiotic relationship among land, people, and businesses. The intention is to create physical, social, and fiscal wealth for the community. Plans should propose an urban area with sustainable buildings and retailers selling different types of products, perhaps in new and different ways.
02.07.08 Submission: EDRA/Places Awards
Metropolis has teamed up with the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) and Places journal for their 10th annual awards program. The EDRA/Places Awards recognize professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design, focusing on the question of what makes places good and what makes them work for inhabitants. The awards recognize four categories: design; planning; research; and, new this year, is book — recently published books advancing the critical understanding of place and the design of exceptional environments.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
November 8 - January 26, 2008
Berlin — New York Dialogues: Building in Context
Galleries: Judith and Walter Hunt Gallery, Mezzanine Gallery, Kohn Pederson Fox Gallery, HLW Gallery, South Gallery
Two of the world’s most dynamic urban centers, Berlin and New York, are making radical transformations in their streets and skylines. Berlin — New York Dialogues investigates the changes in these two cities by looking at the contemporary built environment and mechanisms of urban regeneration: the social, political, economic, and cultural processes that affect building.
As the exhibition delineates, the sustainability of these cities’ neighborhoods is increasingly dependent on a critical mixture of identity, diversification, and infrastructure.
Against a background of data Berlin — New York Dialogues brackets three areas of each city. High-end projects and informal initiatives are featured and made comparable by a set of overarching topics: Culture as Catalyst, Community Activism, Gentrification, Open Space, and Governmental Intervention. Focus is given to the stories and forces behind the projects — the urban context.
Berlin — New York Dialogues is presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall as part of Berlin in Lights, a festival taking place November 2-18, 2007.
In partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Berlin in Lights, a festival taking place in November 2007 celebrating the cultural connectivity between Berlin and New York.
This exhibition is presented as part of the Center for Architecture’s Global City Dialogues series exploring differences and commonalities between distinctive international cultural centers and New York City.
Organized by:
Center for Architecture and the German Center for Architecture DAZ in Berlin
Curatorial Team: Lynnette Widder, Kristien Ring, Sophie Stigliano, Rosamond Fletcher, Lutz Knospe
Research Assistants: Anthony Acciavatti, Elizabeth Snow, Anna Vallye
In cooperation with:
Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, Deutsches Haus at NYU,
and Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Exhibition Design & Graphics: Project Projects
Exhibition Architecture: MADE
Commissioned Photography: Noah Sheldon
Underwriter: RFR Holding, Digital Plus
Patrons: Eurohypo; IULA
Lead Sponsors:
Carnegie Corporation of New York; Tishman Speyer Properties
Supporter:
The German Consulate in New York
 Friend: Getmapping
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Thanks to the generous support of the Alfred Herrhausen Society the exhibition will travel to the DAZ (LINK www.daz.de ) in Berlin in March 2008. The exhibition will open on March 7 and be on view through June 2008. An exhibition symposium will take place at the Akademie der Künste on March 8/ 9, 2008.
Related Events
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Exhibition Opening
November 5, 2007
Urban Design & Memorials, panel discussion
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Cultural Kapital / Capital Kultur: Exhibition Symposium
Sunday, November 11, 2007
FamilyDay@theCenter: Berlin/NY - My City Exchange
New York NOW
October 11 - December, 2008
Galleries: Edgar A. Tafel Hall
New York NOW celebrates the diversity of the AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture membership by displaying non-juried submissions of member projects. The exhibition will include works of all scales: small, large, commercial, residential, public, private, interiors, historic preservation, engineering, landscape, and urban design.
The exhibition presents the depth and breadth of professional activity and the variety of its impact. The resulting dialogue between different practitioners encourages a deeper understanding of what is happening in the New York architecture and design world now.
Exhibition Design: Illya Azaroff + the design collective studio
Underwriter:
Exhibition organized by the AIA New York Chapter
Architecture Inside/Out
September 19 - December 8, 2007
Galleries: Gerald D Hines Gallery, Street Gallery, Public Resource Center
Architecture Inside/Out demonstrates the unfolding of space by exposing architectural interiors through a range of typologies with an inward focus, including libraries, hotels, retail and work spaces. This exhibition challenges conventional categories and explores alternative typologies. The design of interiors has evolved into a complex and nuanced problem and addresses circulation patterns, use and adjacencies, sociologies of hierarchy and networks, and sustainability. The fully integrated interior considers light, color and materiality, but also new ways of programming space, the latest technological advances, innovative methods of construction and green practices.
Traditional representations such as section, plan and elevation, in addition to models and details will provide a lens to reveal inherent characteristics of featured interiors, exposing materials, structure and spatial relationships. Architecture Inside/Out takes the familiar architectural conventions and places them parallel to alternative ways of seeing and revealing. When these alternative methods of understanding space are applied to typologies, they provide views of the interior that shed new light on familiar places.
Curator:
Lois Weinthal, Director of Interior Design, Parsons
Exhibition Design: Freecell
Graphic Design: Language Arts
The exhibition and related programming are organized by the AIA New York Chapter in collaboration with the AIA New York Chapter’s Interiors Committee and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
Underwriter: AFD Contract Furniture
Patron: Certified of New York
Lead Sponsor: Zumtobel Lighting
Sponsor:: BBG-BBGM; Spartech Corporation; STUDIOS Architecture
Supporter:
Jack L. Gorden Architects; Perkins + Will
Supporters:
InterfaceFLOR
Knoll
Mancini Duffy
Perkins + Will
Steelcase
STUDIOS Architecture
The Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners entry envisioning the future of Hudson Square.
Courtesy Z-H Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects
Through 11.26.07
Envisioning Hudson Square Design Charrette
Friends of Hudson Square (FOHSQ) launched the “Envisioning Hudson Square” design charrette as a local planning initiative to explore the possibilities for the Hudson Square district — bounded by Leroy to Canal Streets and West to Hudson Streets. Endorsed by Manhattan Community Boards One and Two, the exhibition is designed to be a conversation starter. This grass-roots initiative will inform and encourage local elected officials to ask city officials to study zoning changes more carefully. The five NY-based firms that participated in the charrette were: Arquitectonica GEO, FLAnk, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects, SPaN, and Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects in association with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners.
The St. Johns Center
550-570 Washington Street, NYC
Tulip Goblet designed by Nils Landberg, 1953. Produced by Orrefors. Promised gift of Aviva and Jack Robinson.
Courtesy Museum of Arts & Design
11.08.07 through 03.09.08
Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets
To celebrate its 50th birthday and new home at Two Columbus Circle (opening in September 2008), the Museum of Arts & Design is assembling celebratory goblets in all mediums — glass, metal, clay, fiber, wood, and mixed media, made by more than 100 artists from around the world. Works by Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, and Ginny Ruffner are on view, as well as works by emerging artists. Many pieces were created expressly for the exhibition, and are on public display for the first time.
Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street, NYC
Mattia Bonetti, working with master embroiderers in China, has created a full-size sofa, covered entirely with stitched depictions of pages from popular Chinese magazines.
Courtesy Museum of Arts & Design
11.08.07 through 03.09.08
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
Stone, digital prints, even human hair and skin are some of the materials used by 47 artists from 14 countries to create embroidered works featured in this exhibition. Showcasing the diversity of new approaches to the time-honored needle working technique, Pricked explores how centuries-old handcraft traditions are reinvented in the mainstream of contemporary art and design. Featured are pieces by artists such as Elaine Reichek and Angelo Filomeno alongside those of emerging talents. In addition, works by Mattia Bonetti document the use of embroidery techniques in the sphere of contemporary design.
Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street, NYC
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You will be able to get into events with press passes and all articles will be bylined. With a mailing list of over 10,300 subscribers, and an audience including all NY-based architects and design devotees, this is a great opportunity to gain exposure, network, and get your word out.
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Intermediate/Senior Architects
Santiago Calatrava (New York office) is seeking intermediate and senior architects for large-scale projects in the U.S. and abroad. Applicants should have 6+ years experience, proficiency in AutoCAD and the ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
Please send cover letter, resume and 2-3 work samples in PDF format to job.newyork@calatrava.com.
INTERMEDIATE AND PROJECT ARCHITECTS
3-7 years experience required. Must be able to take responsibilities and have good communication skills.
Design oriented published architectural firm. Project Types; Residential thru Commercial; New Construction; Adaptive Reuse; High Performance Sustainable Design; paul@castrucciarchitect.com
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal seeks independent individual to fill the position of Senior Architect in our NYC Office. Must have two years of architectural experience involving the preparation or review of complex plans and designs for large institutional buildings or for projects involving a team of other architects, engineers and/or contractors. In addition, must have a NYS Architect’s License and registration.
Must possess a valid NYS driver’s license or otherwise demonstrate ability to meet the transportation needs of the job. Appointment to this position is provisional, pending examination. Starting salary $61,517 plus $1,302 location pay. Excellent benefits package. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Send resume to:
NYS DHCR, Personnel, 38-40 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, Fax (518) 486-5007,
or Email dhcrinfo@dhcr.state.ny.us
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal seeks independent individual to fill the position of Senior Landscape Architect in our NYC Office. Must have two years of landscape architecture experience; demonstrate knowledge and experience specifically in site development and site improvement projects in order to: review plans; visit and troubleshoot projects; oversee the duties of consultants and contractors to verify work being performed as specified in the construction documents for rehabilitation of State supervised multi-family housing developments.
In addition, must be a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA), licensed to practice in NYS.
Must possess a valid NYS driver’s license or otherwise demonstrate ability to meet the transportation needs of the job. Appointment to this position is provisional, pending examination. Starting salary $61,517 plus $1,302 location pay. Excellent benefits package. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Send resume to:
NYS DHCR, Personnel, 38-40 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, Fax (518) 486-5007, or Email dhcrinfo@dhcr.state.ny.us
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN GLOBAL DESIGN FIRM IN NEW NYC HEADQUARTERS
SEEKING ENERGETIC AND TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WITH
A DESIRE TO GROW AND BECOME THE FUTURE OF THE FIRM
SENIOR DESIGNERS (7-15 YRS EXP)
PROJECT MANAGERS (8-12 YRS EXP)
PROJECT ARCHITECTS (5-8 YRS EXP)
INTERMEDIATE ARCHITECTS (3-5 YRS EXP)
INTERIOR DESIGNERS — FF&E (3-5 YRS EXP)
PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (1-2 YRS EXP)
WE DESIGN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL, CORPORATE WORKPLACE AND MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT (BROADCAST & MISSION CRITICAL FACILITIES)
YOU WILL WORK IN A BEAUTIFUL OFFICE & EXCELLENT LOCATION.
Experience in Design and Construction Detailing. Software skills to include:
Microstation or Autocad, Sketchup, Form-Z, Photoshop, Excel, Powerpoint
Send Resumes to resume@wpa-works.com and indicate position sought in Cover Letter.
LEASE Opportunity to Design and Construct your company’s custom architectural office suite in Greenwich Village / NYU Washington Square campus. 3,100 total s.f. on floors 1 and 2 in a wonderful historic loft building. High-traffic location.
Ragone-realestate.com
212-691-4753 Ext. 11
Significant opportunities exist for resourceful, talented project architects and intermediate level architects to contribute to our firm’s award-winning projects in NY, China and India. Candidates must have a professional degree, a minimum of 5 — 10 years of experience with a full range of project responsibilities, ability to lead and motivate fellow team members, and proficiency with AutoCAD and other graphics programs.
The studio environment at Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects is recognized for its creative and pragmatic approach to design at a variety of scales. Our current work embraces commercial, residential, educational, public and transportation projects as well as historic structures.
Please email your cover letter and resume to mjames@lhparch.com. No phone calls please.
OWP/P is seeking principal-level Architectural Design Leader to join our expanding Retail Studio. Responsibilities include vision and leadership, developing character and context of design within Retail Studio, and leading design staff, processes, and products. For information, go to www.talentstar.com/owpp.html or e-mail owpp@talentstar.com.
TRANSEPT RECRUITERS specializes in architectural design job placement. Work with recruiters with actual design experience. Clients include top firms in the greater NYC area and nationwide. Please contact at transeptr@gmail.com for more information or call Terry at 908.580.0198. NO FEES!
PM/Leader for significant design firm with a new office in New York City
One of the nation’s most respected design firms quietly opened a New York City office at the end of last year. Now with seven people, the office has multiple opportunities for new work… primarily with very prominent clients with complex programs. They are seeking an individual who can bring at least 10 years of predominantly New York experience to the mix in the office and potentially lead the practice within the next couple of years.
If you are a registered architect who is ready to display leadership within the context of one of the nation’s best design firms, this could be an excellent career move for you. Warning: this firm is understandably careful in selecting its team members. You should have worked for a firm with outstanding credentials… particularly in the institutional community (e.g. colleges and universities, museums, labs, healthcare) and your own background must be able to demonstrate an ability to organize complex projects and assume a leadership role quickly. If you would like to learn more, please send your resume in confidence to maryboltz@breuerconsutling.com.
The New York City office of one of the largest US-based planning/landscape practices seeks leader for the landscape portion of their practice. The practice of eight professionals is embedded within a larger design firm offering many other services. But the Planning/landscape practice is one of the most successful: it has several high profile clients and projects around the New York metro area and other parts of the world.
The practice is varied, as a designer, the ability to work at a variety of scales for a variety of client from developers, to large corporations, to municipalities, colleges and universities. You should demonstrate leadership ability, since half of the New York practice is comprised of landscape architects who are in search of a mentor. Your leadership abilities should extend beyond small team management, to include a project and business development focus as well, though not a large portion of your responsibilities.
Joining this team, you’d be part of a unified collection of experienced, enthusiastic individuals who are entrepreneurial. If you have a Masters in Landscape Architecture and would like to obtain more information, please send your resume in confidence to mary@breuerconsulting.com.
Senior Interior Designer
Award winning New York City based Workplace Architectural/Interior Design Firm, seeks a knowledgeable and energetic Senior Interior Designer. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of experience with 5 years in Corporate Interiors. This individual will be charged with a variety of tasks such as programming, space planning, furniture selection and specifications, color and materials selections and installation follow-up. This position represents an exceptional opportunity, with a clear path to the Design Director position, for the experienced individual that shares our vision for quality and excellence. Established in 1975, we have an award-winning roster of Fortune 500 clients and a 80%+ client retention rate. Qualified individuals are encouraged to visit our web site at ‘www.theswitzergroup.com‘ and e-mail a resume, including salary requirements to rschortemeier@theswitzergroup.com. Hard copy resumes can be mailed to The Switzer Group, Inc. 535 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017 or faxed to (212)
542-8966.
Architectural Project Designer NYC, NY: Prep, devlp, & rvw arch plans, drwngs, or lyts to prov svc & cost ests to Chinese clients; prep, rvw, and/or edit firm prpsls or svc contracts; coord & facilitate arch projs; confer w/Chinese clients on dsgn issues & bldg code reqs; solve & consult on dsgn probs & coord drwngs w/consultants; draft & rvw docs using 3D modeling/rendering by AutoCAD, 3D max, Photoshop, Rhino. Req: M.Arch or B.Arch w/5 yrs exp. Familiar w/lg-scale multi-functional complexes, comm & res. high-rises projs. & curtain wall design & specs; prof. in metric & imperial sys. Email CV & work samples to KPF: dnmt@kpf.com. Ref job code PAEO. EOE.
Award winning design-oriented, high profile firm seeks talented Architect with 3-5 years office experience. A professional degree, strong technical skills, AutoCAD & Form Z or 3-D Studio proficiency and experience with CD’s required. Send resume w/samples of work to info@helfandarch.com.
Junior Architect for Immediate hire at Energy Conscious Architecture Firm
Seeking applicants with 2 to 6 years experience for immediate hire at a mid-sized firm recognized for work in energy-conscious architecture, sustainable design, and preservation. Work includes a wide variety of public, private, commercial, residential, institutional and historic renovation/preservation projects.
Intelligent and motivated; strong inter-personal skills a must. Previous work experience with all phases of design and construction administration a plus. Opportunity to be involved in all phases of projects, and in all aspects of the work.
Please e-mail resume to info@nelliganwhite.com. With resume, applicants must also include salary requirements (annual) and earliest date they are available to start work. No phone calls please.
ARCHITECTURE FT/PermPosition
Street-Works, an entrepreneurial, award-winning, and design-oriented development & development consulting firm, is seeking architects for an exciting range of large-scale retail-oriented mixed-use projects. Candidate must be geared toward working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams. Architecture degree and 2-5 years of ACAD + 3D-modeling experience req. Hand drawing skills and interest in the “bigger picture” a plus.
Street-Works is located in White Plains, NY adjacent to the N. White Plains train station. Excellent growth opportunities, competitive salary and benefits.
Send CVs to info@street-works.com.
Atelier Ten New York is looking for a senior environmental designer/project manager who will provide environmental design consulting, building energy optimization, daylight and shading design, and LEED consulting.
Required: degree in architecture, engineering, and/or building technology; 3 years’ experience in environmental design; English fluency. Preferred: LEED Accreditation, experience with energy simulation tools.
We are an environmental design consulting firm with offices in London, New York, New Haven, and Baltimore. See www.atelierten.com for more information. Contact: usa.recruitment@atelierten.com.
Engineer or Architect
Over 1 billion customers every year depend on MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), the nation’s largest transit system, and we in turn, depend on a dedicated team of professionals to help us meet the needs of the organization.
New York City Transit’s Department of Buses is looking for experienced licensed Engineers or Architects to contribute to and/or lead a variety of facilities/construction projects. Specifically, we are looking for licensed Engineers in the following disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Architectural.
Qualified candidates must have a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer or Architect and at least four years of relevant full-time experience. One year of your experience must have been as a major contributor or project leader on a complex project.
Ms. Marie Erla Jabon
Personnel Coordinator
Human Resources, Departmental Operations
180 Livingston Street, Room 639C
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Or Fax to (347) 643-8489, or e-mail Resume@nyct.com
Please reference job code: EngArch-AIANY
EOE
Project Architect/Project Manager
NBBJ, a growing international design firm, has opportunities for qualified professionals to join teams working on innovative healthcare projects and exciting international commercial projects. To learn more or apply, please visit http://www.nbbj.com/#join/openings.
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