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02.05.08
Well the NY Giants have defeated the supposedly undefeatable New England Patriots — in the Eisenman Architects
-designed Cardinals Stadium, no less! As we settle into February, rest assured spring is here, or so said Staten Island
Chuck (despite rival Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter). So emerge from your holes and
check out some of the great events at the Center for Architecture.
Also, make sure you check out the new President’s
Column in the Around the AIA + Center for Architecture section. Once a month, James McCullar, FAIA, 2008 AIANY
President, will offer his take on events happening at the Center.
- Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Event: 2008 Architecture:
Designs for Living; Public Lecture Series: New Design Directions for Education
Location: Center for Architecture, 01.22.08
Speakers: Stephen Thomson, AIA, LEED AP — President, Thomson Architects; Paul Broches, FAIA, LEED
AP — Partner, Mitchell/Giurgola Architects; Henry Myerberg, AIA — Principal, HMA2; Timothy Dufault, AIA,
LEED AP — President, Cunningham Group; Chris McVoy — Senior Partner, Steven Holl Architects
Moderator: David M. Steiner — Dean, School of Education, Hunter College
Organizer: AIANY Architecture for Education Committee
Sponsors: Champion: Studio Daniel Libeskind; Supporters: Gensler; Humanscale; James
McCullar & Associates; Friends: Costas Kondylis & Partners; Forest City Ratner Companies; Frank Williams
& Associates; Hugo S. Subotovsky A.I.A. Architects; Mancini Duffy; Magnusson Architecture and Planning; Rawlings
Architects; Ricci Greene Associates; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Syska Hennessy Group; Trespa North America; Universal
Contracting Group
(l-r): P.S. 156/I.S. 392 (Mitchell/Giurgola Architects); Interdistrict Downtown School
(Cunningham Group); School for Art & History, University of Iowa (Steven Holl Architects).
(l-r): ©Kevin Chu/KCJP, courtesy Mitchell/Giurgola Architects; photo by Peter
Batianelli Kerze, courtesy Cunningham Group; ©Erid Dean, University of Iowa, courtesy Steven Holl Architects
Educational facilities should be built around how students learn, agreed a panel of professionals designing for
academia. Principals of five architectural firms presented recent projects that illustrate varying approaches to design
and programs for public and private educational facilities. The program is a sequel to last year’s School
Buildings — The State of Affairs exhibition and symposium at the Center for Architecture that featured
innovative designs from Zürich and other European cities (See Architects Return to School, by Carolyn Sponza, AIA, 02.23.07).
Projects should foster creativity and aim to improve academic performance, according to Stephen Thomson, AIA, LEED
AP, president of Thomson Architects. In the CUNY School of Journalism, a new program in the former Tribune Building,
placing print and broadcast journalism classroom areas next to each other created an open, interactive environment for
learning. A media wall/screen that displays student work divides and organizes the space.
The Robin Hood Foundation Library Program for Public Schools, places learning spaces within older NYC schools and
engages acclaimed architects — including HMA2 — to reshape the image of the library through graphics, color,
and light. Libraries typically occupy 5% of schools’ real estate but serve 100% of the school community, pointed
out HMA2 principal Henry Myerberg, AIA. Children learn best in a collaborative setting, and these libraries are not
places to be quiet; rather, they are “playgrounds for learning.”
Paul Broches, FAIA, LEED AP, a partner at Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, believes there is a gap between teaching
strategies and building standards for schools. P.S. 156/I.S. 392 Annenberg School of the Arts in Brooklyn, a K-9 public
school for 1,500 students, seeks to bridge this gap while also engaging the community. Rather than place the playground
at the back of the school, the designers located it prominantly in front near the street so the community can see and
feel the energy of active children. The glazed lobby showcases a monumental stair and mural — part of the
“Percent for Art” program where large scale development projects help fund and install public art —
and lights the playground at night to create a safe space.
Flexibility is key to educational facilities, argues to Timothy Dufault, AIA, LEED AP, president of the Cunningham
Group. The Interdistrict Downtown School (IDS), in Minneapolis, MN, is an example of a new educational approach. A
“lab school,” IDS serves 650 kids in grades K-12. The school lacks traditional elements such as a music
room, gym, and theater; instead, it has formed partnerships with downtown organizations such as the YMCA to meet those
roles. A glass lobby serves as the “retail portion” of the building, placing learning on display. One lab
has glass garage doors that roll up to create a stage/performance and gathering space.
The School for Art & History, University of Iowa, is a hybrid instrument for theory and practice. Chris McVoy,
senior partner at Steven Holl Architects, described it as a “tough building” designed for the making of art.
The school has an open center and open exterior. A library component is cantilevered above a lagoon, and a double-height
reading room at the end provides space for reflection.
These schools, though different in program and purpose, show that good design can improve education. Flexible,
stimulating environments increase students’ test scores and attitudes as well as foster creativity. This
discussion was the first of 12 monthly programs by AIANY committees to explore current design directions that will form
the “building blocks” for new growth envisioned by and as a response to PlaNYC. The next panel on 02.11.08
will focus on justice facilities including courthouses, police stations, and detention facilities.
Murrye Bernard is designer with TEK Architects in NYC and Director of Forward, the
quarterly publication of AIA’s National Associates Committee.
Event: “Green
Affordable Housing” screening
Location: Center for Architecture, 01.24.08
Speaker: Jonathan Rose — Jonathan Rose Companies
Moderator: Jessica Strauss, AIA, LEED AP — Co-Chair, AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE)
Sponsors: COTE; Jonathan Rose Companies; Autodesk; Natural Resources Defense Council; Enterprise
Via Verde in the South Bronx — a sustainable, affordable housing project by Phipps Rose
Dattner Grimshaw.
Phipps Rose Dattner Grimshaw, courtesy AIANY
The success of a sustainable and affordable housing development hinges on the community in which it resides, not on
the building itself. This insight has helped Jonathan Rose of Jonathan Rose Companies develop a portfolio of successful
affordable housing projects, some in areas that initially fought the idea with a not-in-my-backyard mentality. With the
Burnham Building, David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, and the upcoming Via Verde, Rose has proven that sustainable
architecture can thrive in the intensely budget-conscious arena of affordable housing.
“Green Affordable Housing” is one of a handful of documentaries in the PBS series dedicated to
sustainable design, Design e2. The film opens with examples of our past misguided attempts at affordable
housing — specifically the isolated brick tower planted on a swath of dying grass with little or no community
social life. Previously, the goal was to provide as many housing units as possible, as cheaply as possible, creating a
monoculture in these towers. This model was doomed to failure as it ignored the critical biological principle of
strength in diversity. A sustainable community should support a poly-culture of individuals and families.
In his quest to strengthen communities through diversity, Rose’s recent sustainable, affordable housing
developments all include a mix of uses. In the adaptive reuse of the Burnham Company’s abandoned boiler and
greenhouse plant in Irvington, NY, Rose with Steven Tilly Architects not only engaged in a housing renovation, but also
inserted the town library into the ground floor. This allowed the existing community to interact with the low-income
residents enough to realize that “they” are a lot like “us.”
With David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens in Harlem (expected to come in at $170-per-square-foot), Rose, in partnership
with non-profit Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI), built on the idea of diversity. Not only does the
building mix uses with the Youth Construction Trades Academy and the Learning Garden on the ground floor, but also mixes
the types of affordable housing — one-third of the units are reserved for 18-year-olds who have aged-out of foster
care, and the remaining two-thirds are for low-income residents.
Finally, Rose’s current affordable housing project is the highly publicized Via Verde, winner of the New
Housing New York competition with Phipps Houses and architecture firms Dattner Architects and Grimshaw, collectively
PRDG. Located on an abandoned lot in the South Bronx, Via Verde will include 139 rental units and 63 co-op apartments,
designed sustainably with an emphasis on health. The project will include a Montefiore community health center, an
exercise facility, and an organic food co-op, promoting community contacts not only at street level, but also vertically
within the project via stepping roof gardens and linked paths.
A strong community, like an ecosystem, consists of a network of multiple linked systems where greater complexity
leads to a richer social and cultural experience for those living there. In Via Verde, the South Bronx will have a
symbol of a new way forward, repairing the fabric of a community, and Rose, a man who believes in the potential of
people regardless of their social or economic standing, has set a precedent of success.
Max Driscoll is a junior architect at Croxton Collaborative Architects and is a member of
the U.S. Green Building Council.
Event: Design Heroix Kick-
off: Mary Lou Jepsen
Location: Center for Architecture, 01.30.08
Speakers: Mary Lou Jepsen, PhD — CEO/CTO, Pixel Qi & Former Chief Technology Officer, One
Laptop Per Child (OLPC); Idit Harel Caperton — President & Founder, World Wide Workshop, CEO & Founder,
MaMaMedia; Allan Chochinov — Partner, CORE77, Editor-in-Chief, Core77.com, & Strategist, Coroflot.com and
DesignDirectory.com; Gabriella Coleman — Anthropoloigst, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication,
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, NYU; (Introduction) Natalie Jeremijenko — Artist,
Director of xDesign Environmental Health Clinic, NYU & Assistant Professor in Art, NYU
Organizer: Center for Architecture; NYU; Buckminster Fuller Institute
Sponsors: Center for Architecture; Environmental Health Clinic, NYU; Buckminster Fuller Institute
The One Laptop Per Child XO laptop.
Courtesy laptopgiving.org
Giving children in developing countries an opportunity to learn is not easy, as Mary Lou Jepsen, PhD, CEO/CTO of
Pixel Qi, can attest. As the former chief technology officer of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program, she has
persevered trying to bring the idea that every child should be able to be educated on an easily accessible, affordable
laptop. Challenges included bringing the price of each laptop down to $100; designing an artifact that uses a minimum
amount of energy; and developing a network that will work anywhere in the world, has a long lifetime, and can be easily
distributed.
Called the XO laptop, this computer is the greenest laptop available. It uses a fraction of the energy consumed by a
mainstream laptop because the motherboard is set up to sense when it is not in use. If someone is watching something and
not using the keyboard, then only the power for the screen remains on. The XO can also last longer than five years and
is made from biodegradable materials. According to Jensen, the XO is 15 times more sustainable than EnergyStar
standards.
Computer screens are the most expensive, power-hungry component, and the most liable to break. Together with Quanta,
the world’s largest laptop manufacturer, OLPC reduced the energy needs of the LCD screen so the computer runs on a
mere two watts of power. To run the computer, communities can obtain a five-watt solar panel, use hand cranks,
windmills, or even animals.
To make the XO easily accessible for novice computer users, the MaMaMedia Creative Center developed a system designed
to enable students and teachers to immediately understand how to interact with the laptop through tutorials and an
intuitive interface. The Internet runs via a mesh network system — one computer obtains access with far-ranging
wireless technology, and then the connection is transferred among other laptops in short range. Also, portals are built
into the mesh allowing students to communicate and do research together internationally.
Although the XO laptop has not been introduced to all developing countries, OLCP has received positive feedback from
the communities that are participating in the testing program. Jepsen has lofty goals for the XO laptop as well, as she
has started to develop a similar computer for high-end users to help fund the OLPC program. If her plans pan out, the
$100 cost could be reduced to $75 or even $50.
Event: New York Modern
Lecture Series: “Hugh Ferriss: Prophet of Metropolis”
Location: The Skyscraper Museum, 01.29.08
Speaker: Carol Willis — Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum
Organizer: The Skyscraper Museum
Hugh Ferriss, “Skyscraper Hangar in a Metropolis,” 1930.
Courtesy skyscraper.org
Hugh Ferriss applied his Washington University architectural training to delineate other architects’ buildings,
but he arguably influenced American visions of urbanity more than he might have through actual construction. The second
talk in the Skyscraper Museum’s series on the futurist visions of early 20th-century NY, Carol Willis, founder,
director, and curator of the Skyscraper Museum, gave a detailed overview of what Ferriss (working mainly with Harvey
Wiley Corbett and Raymond Hood, after an early apprenticeship with Cass Gilbert) contributed to American architecture
and culture — even though the Great Depression stifled the influence of his masterpiece, The Metropolis of
Tomorrow (1929).
A softer focus distinguished Ferriss’s drawings from those of contemporaries, as he developed his theatrical
nocturnal visions in charcoal. For all the rationalism of his geometries, Willis explained, Ferriss always had a strong
romantic streak, using fog, spotlights, and shadows to imbue imposing masses, like Raymond Hood’s winning entry
for the 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower competition, with emotional force. Taking a line from Stephen Colbert (who promised
to “feel the news at you”), Willis aptly described Ferriss as feeling buildings, acting as an
affective antenna for a population not yet accustomed to skyscrapers’ imposing scale. His “Four
Stages” series of sketches in the same year, published with his article “The New Architecture” in the
New York Times Book Review, clarified NY’s 1916 zoning law and setback requirements by visually linking
the sculptural envelopes permitted by the new legal templates to the Egyptian pyramids and Near Eastern ziggurats.
The economic boom/bubble of the Jazz Age helped fuel the optimistic futurism expressed in Ferriss and Corbett’s
“Titan City” exhibition at the Wanamaker department store and the hybrid typologies imagined by Hood —
skyscraper airports, apartment blocks integrated with bridges, layered multi-modal transportation to separate human
bodies from hurtling cars. The Metropolis of Tomorrow melded Ferriss’s visions with a utopian rhetoric
about a city of crystalline towers and function-based zoning (”Night in the Science Zone,” a Tower of
Philosophy, etc.).
Credible for a moment, then buried beneath Hoover-era capitalism’s collapsing financial base, Ferriss would
later look on his 1920s work with embarrassment, suffering what Willis called “skyscraper remorse.” His
style meshed only awkwardly with the European-style Modernism of mid-century. Still, his work helped animate the
Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs (ancestor of today’s Regional Plan Association), and he remained a
prominent figure within the Architectural League’s “three-hour lunch club” until his death in
1962.
We didn’t get a Hugh Ferriss city, but to a large degree we inhabit a city built by people who saw the aspects
of Ferriss’s imagination that were serious and worthy of emulation. As assorted post-Modernisms try to sort out
the implications of the Modernist experiments, including many that were never built, we could do a lot worse than
recover the capacity for awe that Ferriss expressed during his brief, unique moment.
Bill Millard is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in OCULUS,
Icon, Content, The Architect’s Newspaper, and other publications.
Event: 2007-8 Franzen
Lecture on Architecture and the Environment
Location: The Cooper Union, 01.22.08
Speaker: Shigeru Ban, Hon. FAIA — Principal, Shigeru Ban Architects
Organizer: The Architectural League of New York; The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The
Cooper Union
Shigeru Ban Architect’s Centre Pompidou Metz.
Courtesy archleage.org
In his Architectural League talk in Cooper Union’s Great Hall, Shigeru Ban, Hon. FAIA, scarcely allowed time
for in-depth reflection and, for those familiar with his designs, offered little in the way of new insights. However,
the existing work reinforces his architectural ingenuity with new technologies, material creativity, an aesthetic
emphasis, and most notably, a profound environmental conscience. Whether through single-family houses for high-end
clients or emergency shelters for earthquake victims in Rwanda, Ban’s “reduce, reuse, and recycle”
philosophy has guided all his work.
Ban’s version of sustainable architecture kicks in at the onset of the design process, as in his concept for
the Nomadic Museum. As a museum intended to travel the world, Ban found inspiration in the industrial cargo containers
used for its transport. On site, the shipping containers are stacked to form the building’s walls, while on the
road they carry the structural elements, such as paper tube columns. This building-block solution allows the structure
to respond to unique site conditions and minimizes waste once the show has run its course.
Though Ban is always concerned with the afterlife of his structures, his design for the Japanese Pavilion at the
Hanover Expo 2000 is a particular triumph. He knew its life there was short, so he developed a grid shell structure
using his signature paper tubes, then arranged for the tubes to be returned to the manufacturer and made into pulp when
the event finished. Likewise, the foundation was made of wooden boxes filled with sand and ready for re-use, rather than
a more permanent and non-recyclable concrete.
Lest his innovations appear too effortless, Ban is quick to discuss the bureaucratic difficulties when seeking to
prove the integrity of both his material and structural choices. Though it may require extra effort, the outcome can
lead to substantial change in construction processes, which is crucial to the future of sustainable design. As Ban puts
it: “Ultimately out of crisis comes architectural opportunity.”
Rachel Schauer is concentrating her studies on architecture and sociology at New York
University Gallatin School. She also is e-OCULUS’ graphic designer.
There is a surfacing mass of architects no
longer willing to isolate themselves in the office at all hours every day. They are planning social events, looking to
network beyond the panel discussions and exhibition openings. In the past couple of years, emerging designers are making
architecture more exciting, and considering the popularity of the events, their community will only keep growing.
The AIANY Emerging NY Architects Committee (ENYA) is a pioneer in this movement. With a 750-member database (and
contacts worldwide), it holds the largest number of events — competitions, a book club, sketching program,
building tours — in addition to panel discussions and presentations. Pecha Kucha organizes presentations in a
fast-paced social environment (See “20/20 Hindsight on
Pecha Kucha NY,” by Rachel Schauer, 10.30.07), and LVHRD holds an annual architects duel (See Architects Duel Praises ‘ikOnyk’ Tower, by B.A.
Cook, in this issue). The USGBC Emerging Green Builders NY hosts fashion shows, competitions, and participates in
monthly “Green Drinks” happy hour events.
Latest to join the list is Design in 5, a committee of the Architectural League of New York that focuses on designers
within the five boroughs and within five years of graduation (open to graphic, industrial, and fashion designers,
artists, as well as architectural designers). They have begun an annual charrette event (See “Designers Rethink Cityscape — One Scaffold at a
Time,” by Bill Millard, 08.07.07), and last week held a “Drinks with a Designer” program where G
TECTS principal and New Practices New York finalist, Gordon Kipping, AIA, gave a tour and presentation of Miyake
Madison, followed by a social hour at the nearby Phoenix Park Bar. Farzana Gandhi, chair of Design in 5, said there were
more than 80 people on the waiting list.
I hope, and suspect, these young architect groups will continue to gain momentum in the city, enhancing the already
vibrant architecture community. My hope is that the next step for these groups is to join forces and begin to cross-
germinate, not only among themselves but also among other emerging professional groups citywide.
Event: DEWAR’S MASTER
-DISASTER ARCH DL IV
Location: Music Hall, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 01.29.08
Competitors: Representing KOnyk: Sean Bailey, David Ideri; Representing FXFowle Architects: James
Adams, Paul Kim
Organizers: LVHRD
Team KOnyk sketched (left) then created a model (right) of its vision for a wildlife and
research center in Alaska at the fourth annual architects duel.
B.A. Cook (left); Jessica Sheridan (right)
This year’s LVHRD Architects Duel was set in 2029, when oil is no longer used, and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
will be dismantled. The structure’s steel will be used for a wildlife and research center as a “monument to
mankind’s commitment to preserving earth’s natural resources,” stated the Lumberjack hosting the
event. In “Iron Chef”-like style, each team had 30 minutes to sketch followed by an hour to create their
monument out of plastic drinking straws. James Adams and Paul Kim of Team FXFowle Architects created a low-profile
space-frame structure formally resembling a smiley face. Sean Bailey and David Iseri of Team KOnyk constructed a
Tatlinesque tower of straws. Both proposals integrated sustainability to some extent, but the overall light-hearted
nature of the event kept proposals upbeat and fun. By the end of the night the crowd had to decide the winner. It came
down to squat versus phallic, and in skyscraper-obsessed NYC, the tower from Team KOnyk won.
In this issue:
· Battery Park Takes Action to End World Hunger
· Not Just Books for DUMBO Warehouse
· Winged Victory for a Historic Preservation Project
· Williamsburg Builds Green with an Agenda
· Former Home of AMEX Faces Repairs
· Theater and Dance Plans at Princeton are in Motion
Battery Park Takes Action to End World Hunger
Training towers in The Action Center to End World Hunger.
ESI Design
Mercy Corps, an organization with an entrepreneurial approach to international relief and development work, announced
that its new 4,000-square-foot center, designed ESI Design, will be called The Action Center to End World Hunger. Post
9/11, the organization, which was nominated for a 2007 Nobel peace prize, was chosen by the Battery Park City Authority
(BPCA) to create a public space that will complement the nearby Irish Hunger Memorial. Included in the plans are
interactive training towers with in-depth features on key areas in the world; a news bureau to enable visitors to view
live feeds from various countries in which Mercy Corps is offering assistance; a flexible film screening space;
presentations that will highlight people and countries in need; and action stations that provide immediate and long-term
opportunities to make a difference. The $5.4 million center is aiming for LEED Platinum rating and is expected to open
in the fall of 2008.
Not Just Books for DUMBO Warehouse
Melville House.
Jeri Coppola
Melville House, a small, independent publishing company has opened a new multi-use space in a warehouse building in
DUMBO, Brooklyn, that is part office, bookstore, art gallery, and event space. Artist Jeri Coppola designed the space
featuring a wall of revolving bookcases that cordon off the company’s offices. The spare, industrial design
includes furnishings made of raw wood, unpainted and exposed conduits, and epoxy-coated stone and concrete floors.
Display tables constructed of unfinished plywood tops with unfinished two-by-fours as legs are on wheels to add to the
space’s flexibility.
Winged Victory for a Historic Preservation Project
Restored cupola at 48 Wall Street.
Courtesy Swig Equities
Repair and restoration work on the 11-foot-high gilded copper eagle atop the 36th floor of 48 Wall Street, formerly
the Bank of New York building, has been completed. Built in 1927 and designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris, the NYC
landmark-designated office tower features a multi-leveled crown, ornamented with classical detail, Doric columns, bronze
grilles, and topped by the eagle. The restoration process was overseen by Swig Equities, Hoffman Architects performed
the work — using both historic and modern architectural and construction practices, advanced technologies,
conservation science, restoration draftsmanship, and architectural history.
Williamsburg Builds Green with an Agenda
Greenbelt.
Courtesy Greenbelt
Greenbelt, a new eight-unit condo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, designed and co-developed (with Derek Denckla of
Propeller Group) by Gregory Merryweather is expected to receive a LEED Gold rating. In addition to incorporating
sustainable features into the building’s design, each resident is promised a one-time green lifestyle consultation
from Deep Green Living, a welcome kit explaining the benefits of green living, plus an array of other goodies. Beginning
this month, Greenbelt will host a series of free public events focused on green living. And, to sustain local arts and
artists, Contemporary Performance Research, a not-for-profit arts organization, purchased the ground-floor space to
provide low-cost rehearsal spaces and host performances featuring local artists.
Former Home of AMEX Faces Repairs
Rendering of lobby at 65 Broadway.
Lester Evan Tour
As part of a multi-million dollar capital improvement program, 65 Broadway, a 21-story, historically significant
property built in 1917 as the world headquarters for American Express, is undergoing a massive renovation of its lobby,
common areas, and a façade restoration, designed by Lester Evan Tour. To reflect the lobby’s original
grandeur, a 40-year-old stone wall at the entrance will be removed to open up the space, and a two-story faceted glass
wall will be added. The Landmark Preservation Commission approved the façade restorations that include a new
masonry stairway and separate entrance for the retail portion of the building. In addition, solid granite stairs at the
building’s entrance will be restored and several bronze entry doors replaced. The work constitutes the second
phase of the building-wide improvements for the 351,000-square-foot office tower, including a chiller system with a
built-in, environmentally-friendly co-generation facility and complete replacement of the elevator motors and cabs.
Theater and Dance Plans at Princeton are in Motion
Steven Holl Architects has been selected to design the first academic buildings for the new arts and transit
neighborhood at Princeton University. The neighborhood is included in the University’s Campus Plan, a
comprehensive effort to guide development through 2016 and beyond that was produced over the last two years by Beyer
Blinder Belle Architects and Planners. The firm will be responsible for designing several buildings to house the Program
in Theater and Dance, components of the Department of Music, the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Society of Fellows
in the Creative and Performing Arts. Encompassing an estimated 135,000 gross square feet, the preliminary plans include
a black box theater, large dance studio, orchestral rehearsal space, smaller studios, music practice rooms, classrooms,
support spaces, café, and offices. Other arts facilities proposed, for which different architects will be named,
are an experimental media studio and a satellite for the Princeton University Art Museum.
In this issue:
· AIANY President’s Column: January at the Center
· NCARB Releases Monograph: Sustainable Design II
AIANY President’s Column: January at the Center
By James McCullar, FAIA
In the 01.09.08 issue of e-Oculus I described the 2008 theme Architecture: Designs for Living. The concept of an
overarching annual theme reflects the remarkable transformation of our mission since the Center for Architecture opened
in 2003. With 15,000 square feet of gallery and lecture spaces, the Center provides a public forum for the presentation
and discussion of current architecture and urban design issues that affect our neighborhoods and city. Throughout the
country, AIA chapters are developing Centers for Architecture and public programs like ours. At the national level,
Marshall Purnell, FAIA, is the first African-American president of the AIA, and his theme “We the People”
reaches out to increasingly diverse audiences. At the international level, the Union of International Architects, whose
theme is “Communicating Architecture,” will hold its triennial conference in Turin, Italy, designated as the
2008 World Design Capital. NYC is part of an emerging global community, which places us at the epicenter of world
architecture.
January at the Center included a mix of excellent programs and the first theme exhibition opening — Project Showcase: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant
Park. The opening was preceded by a presentation in Tafel Hall by the design team with an audience that
filled the Center. The innovative exhibition design leaves the center of the First Floor space open and visible from the
street, emphasizing the floor and wall surfaces, and places the core of the exhibit information in the newly designated
Margaret Helfand Gallery. The exhibition space worked really well for a reception held for the
Fontainebleau Schools (of which I am an alum) on January 29 and drew rave reviews.
The debut of the Public Lecture Series — New Design Directions for Education drew a standing
room audience and generated a lively discussion on the need for more innovative school design in NYC. The next Public
Lecture, New Justice / New York, will be on February
11, so do plan to attend.
There were also excellent committee-sponsored events that drew large crowds. From New Issue for Senior
Housing: What do Baby Boomers Want? I learned that this demographic, comprising 75 million people with
substantial economic influence, prefer to retire in urban settings centered on public transit — a positive trend
for the revitalization of older cities. In Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Robin Guenther, FAIA,
presented her book featuring new best practices in healthcare design from around the world. Green Affordable
Housing showcased Jonathan Rose Companies projects including Via Verde (winner of the New Housing New York
competition and AIA150 legacy project) and other green housing in the latest Design e2 film series.
Berlin-New York Dialogues Film Screenings drew diverse audiences to the Center. The series is part
of the current Berlin-New York Dialogues exhibition that closed January 26 and re-opens at the German Architecture
Center (DAZ) in Berlin on March 6. Design Heriox presented an amazing “green” laptop
developed for children in emerging countries that costs only $100 and can be powered by mini solar panels, bicycles or
even animal power — a vanguard of a green global revolution.
February promises to be just as exciting. Look at the calendar for
upcoming programs, and don’t miss the Building China: Five Projects l Five Stories exhibition
opening February 26. I look forward to your comments. Please contact me at president@aiany.org anytime.
To read more about January events check out the following articles:
Education Takes New Design Directions, by Murrye
Bernard, Assoc. AIA, 02.05.08.
Housing: Aging Baby Boomers Know What They Want; But What Do
They Need? by Anne Lefferson, IIDA, 01.22.08
One Laptop Combats Large Corporations to Provide for
All, by Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, 02.05.08.
Sustainable Affordable Housing Is No Myth, by Max
Driscoll, 02.05.08.
NCARB Releases Monograph: Sustainable Design II
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) published a monograph on building green.
Sustainable Design II examines important new developments, tools, and techniques that have occurred since the
publication of NCARB’s Sustainable Design in 2001. The monograph takes an in-depth look at the green
building rating systems, most notably the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification. It also examines the
costs and benefits of green buildings and integrated design strategies. Included is a web-based quiz that earns 12
professional development units (PDUs) and/or AIA learning units in health, safety, and welfare. Order online at the
publication section of NCARB’s website. NCARB record
holders receive a discount.
What do you think is the most important architecture/design/planning issue
of 2008?
Note: Results from this poll are non-scientific.
Which congestion plan do you think would be the most successful?
Note: Results from this poll are non-scientific.
It being Super Tuesday, you may be interested
to know where the presidential candidates stand on environmental issues. The environmental news and commentary blog, Grist, has made it easy. The site outlines the
candidates’ positions and includes interviews, fact sheets, videos, audio clips, and a chart that allows for easy
comparisons. The website also has information about former candidates.
Contract magazine announced winners
of the 29th Annual Interiors Awards. NY winners include: for Large Office, Gensler (Bartle Bogle
Hegarty); Hotels, Jeffrey Beers International (The Cove Atlantis Resort); Restaurant, Bentel
& Bentel Architects and Planners (Craftsteak New York); Education, Architecture Research
Office (Susan P. & Richard A. Friedman Study Center, Brown University); Sports & Entertainment,
Perkins+Will / Eva Maddox Branded Environments (George & Helen Smith Athletics Museum, University
of Cincinnati, and Environmental: Haworth Showroom in Washington, D.C.)…
Dattner Architects won First Place for the Bronx Public Library Center in the Beyond Green2007 High
Performance Building Awards Program… Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners won the
City of the Future: A Design and Engineering Challenge for Washington, D.C…
This year’s recipient of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Interior Design Department’s Lawrence
J. Israel Prize is AvroKO… New York City Economic Development Corporation has chosen the
Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to redevelop Pier A…
Orlando T. Maione, AIA, has been elected 2008 President of American Institute of Architects New York
State…
Tomas Alvarez, is now Principal at Swanke Hayden Connell Architects… Sydness Architects
promoted George Chin, AIA, to Principal… Gensler announced the appointment of Brian
Berry, AIA, CSI, LEED AP, and E.J. Lee as Principals in its New York office…
Lisa Chamberlain has been named executive director at the Forum for Urban Design; and outgoing
director, David Haskell, returned to journalism as deputy culture editor at New York
magazine… 2007 AIA national president RK Stewart, FAIA, has left Gensler to join NY-based Perkins
+ Will as Associate Principal…
01.28-29.08: Sighted & Sited: Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park: Panel, Party, and Hard
Hats
Kristen Richards
Just prior to the exhibition opening last Monday, the Center for Architecture was filled to overflowing for
“Collaboration and Green Design,” a panel discussion among key players involved in the design of the 2.1
million-square-foot, 52-story Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. (l-r): Rocco Giannetti, AIA, Gensler; Francesca
Bettridge, IALD, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design; Scott Frank, PE, LEED AP, Jaros Bolles & Baum; Edward
Depaola, PE, Severud Associates; Jody Durst, Durst Organization; Richard Cook, AIA, Cook + Fox; and Carol Willis,
Skyscraper Museum (moderator, not pictured).
The next day, USGBC-NY hosted a hard-hat tour of the building, slated to be the first LEED Platinum skyscraper, led
by Cook + Fox Associate Partner Serge Appel, AIA, LEED AP. This included walking through the thermal storage and
cogeneration plants located three stories underground, a walk-through of an almost completed trading floor to review the
under floor air distribution systems – and spectacular views from the 50th floor that as yet has not been glassed
in.
Kristen Richards
View from the 50th floor and the high-performance glass curtain wall.
Kristen Richards
Main chiller plant.
Kristen Richards
Chilling plant system includes 40 centrifugal chiller tanks that range from 600 to 1,200 tons
capacity.
Justin Stanwix
Thermal storage room.
Kristen Richards
Flat plate heat exchanger (”A somewhat standard piece of equipment,” Appel said,
“but I like the way they look”).
Kristen Richards
View from the top.
Justin Stanwix
12.08.07: The AIANY Emerging NY Architects Committee (ENYA) held a jury for the Schedium Call for Portfolios competition. Jurors included professor Lance Jay Brown,
FAIA, artist Nancy Golding, architect Sherida Paulsen, FAIA, and The Architect’s Newspaper editor-in-
chief, William Menking. Three winners — Francis Hur, Manole Voroneanu, Evangelique Zhao — and three
honorable mentions — Bogdana Frunza, Alessandro Ayuso, and John Arthur Liu — were announced. Winners will
take part in an evening drawing event pairing an established architect with the emerging winner, the first will be held
this Spring at the Center for Architecture. The series’ sponsors are Richter+Ratner and The Architect’s
Newspaper.
(l-r): Jurors Nancy Golding, William Menking, and Sherida Paulsen, FAIA.
Megan Chusid
Juror Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, discusses emerging drawing talent.
Megan Chusid
Oculus 2007 Editorial
Calendar
If you are an architect by training or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning
scene, note that OCULUS editors are looking for writers for the Fall and Winter issues. The themes:
Fall OCULUS: Practice. Focus of this year’s Practice issue is on the architectural office
— the culture and decision-making structure of NY-based practices, how the office’s design reflects the
culture, along with the views key players in the firm.
Winter OCULUS: Competing for Space. Explore the growing competition between expansionist
institutions on limited sites and the interests of adjacent communities, many in residential areas with moderate-income
families.
If you’re interested, please contact OCULUS editor-in-chief Kristen
Richards. with a brief outline and full contact information.
Spring 2008: closed
Summer: Design Awards — AIANY Design Awards (02.08.08
registration deadline); AIANY/BSA Building Type Design Awards (03.01.08 registration deadline)
06.01.08 Fall 2008: Practice
08.01.08 Winter 2008-09: Competing for Space
02.15.08 Call for Entries: Share a New Vision: Redesign the
Bank Branch of the Future
This international design competition asks young designers and architects to contemplate banks of the future, including
ways to make them more comfortable and relaxing environments. The challenge is to design a space in which customers can
obtain information and feel in control, thanks to visual itineraries, interactive zones, self-service technologies, and
entertainment areas.
02.25.08 Call for Entries: 2008 ARCHI-TECH
AV Awards Competition
This program honors the creative and effective integration of technology into otherwise traditional construction
projects. Award winners will be prominently featured in the July/August 2008 issue of ARCHI-TECH and showcased
at the InfoComm International Exhibition. Each winning project will be the subject of its own educational “e-lunch
and learn” webinar offered to architects for continuing education credits.
02.29.08 Call for Entries: Millennium School
Competition
Part of the Be Better Build Better Campaign, this international competition seeks designs for school buildings in
tropical developing countries. The competition will facilitate the emergence of new sustainable design solutions and
appropriate technologies to improve the quality of school buildings — particularly in areas that face natural
disasters such as typhoons, flash floods, and earthquakes.
03.01.08 Call for Nominations: 2008 National
Preservation Awards
Each year the National Trust celebrates the best of preservation by presenting awards to individuals and organizations
whose contributions demonstrate excellence in historic preservation. Nominated projects must have been completed in the
past three years.
03.07.08 Call for Proposals: Van
Alen Institute New York Prize
Fellowship
The Van Alen Institute welcomes proposals for public projects from emerging scholars and practitioners in the design and
planning disciplines and other fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Up to five Resident Fellowships and one
Partnered Fellowship with the Social Science Research Council will be awarded for three-month-long residency periods in
2008-2009. Fellowship awards include project support, work, and gallery space at the Institute, publication in
Public Practice, stipend, and a range of project production, research, and programming resources.
03.07.08 Call for Entries: AIA Los Angeles Design
Awards
The AIA Los Angeles Chapter encourages any architect who has completed projects in the Los Angeles area to enter the
2008 AIA/LA Design Awards, NEXT LA Awards, and the Cultural Affairs Commission (CAC) Awards. In addition to projects by
Los Angeles-based architects, projects that are located in the Los Angeles area are also eligible for awards.
03.10.08 Call for Entries: 2008 COD Ideas Competition:
Branding the American House
The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students, and allied design professionals to submit that examine
parallels between design professions and the automobile industry. Winners will be funded to attend the COD Spring Design
Conference in Detroit and have their work exhibited at the 2008 AIA National Convention in Boston.
03.31.08 Call for Entries: Promosedia
International Design Competition: Caiazza Memorial Challenge 2008
Architects and designers under 40 and students are invited to submit indoor chair designs made predominately of timber.
The competition seeks unpublished, original, and technically feasible designs with due attention to ergonomics,
function, materials, and the requirements for mass production. The First Prize of €3,500 will be awarded and up to
two special recognition awards (€500 as expense reimbursement). Prototypes will be made of the winning entries and
they will be on display at the Promosedia2008 — International Chair Exhibition.
03.31.08 Call for Submissions: Flip a Strip
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has launched a national design competition and exhibition calling for
visionary renovations of the small-scale strip shopping plazas found throughout the U.S. Aimed at inspiring new ideas
and creativity, the initiative is billed as an idea-generating competition, not a design/build project. Three cash
prizes will be bestowed. Participants must be architects with at least five years professional experience and are asked
to develop a model that makes strip malls “economically viable, aesthetically interesting, and communally
meaningful.”
03.31.08 Call for Entries: Deborah J. Norden
Fund
The Deborah J. Norden Fund, administered by the Architectural League of New York, awards a total of up to $5,000
annually in travel/ study grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history,
and urban studies.
04.20.08 Call for Ideas: 2008 Storefront / Control Group White
House Redux Design Competition
What if the White House were to be designed today? In celebration of this election year, the Storefront for Art and
Architecture in association with Control Group, seeks designs for a new residence for the President. The best ideas,
designs, descriptions, images, and videos will be featured in a month-long exhibition at Storefront in July 2008. All
three winners will be flown to NY to collect their prizes at the opening party.
Center for Architecture Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday: 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: CLOSED
Join an Architalker for a Hosted Tour of Center for Architecture
Exhibitions
Join us for free Architalker-hosted tours of the Center for Architecture exhibitions Fridays at 4:00pm. To join
one of these tours, meet in the Public Resource Area on the ground floor of the Center for Architecture.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
January 28 — May 3, 2008
Project Showcase: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park
Galleries: Margaret Helfand Gallery, Gerald D Hines Gallery, Public Resource Center
Under the growing pressure of the climate crisis, how we design, as well as what we design has become a critical
issue. The new office tower at Bryant Park, designed by Cook+Fox Architects and developed by the Durst Organization and
Bank of America, is an example of how the design of tall buildings can be fundamentally rethought, serving the client
and the planet with equal efficiency and respect. This exhibition explores One Bryant Park as a living ecosystem
composed of the elements Light, Air, Water, Fire and Earth. These primary forces, when thoughtfully addressed as
integrated and sustainable systems, contribute to a substantial reduction in the environmental impact of tall buildings,
as well as to worker health and productivity. Anticipating a LEED platinum rating (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design), the highest level of sustainable design recognized by the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council),
the crystalline faceted 54-story tower is at once both an iconic corporate presence and an emblem for the green design
movement. Project Showcase: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park asks design professionals to look more
deeply at how architecture can engage natural systems and infrastructure, how sustainable measures can be more user-
friendly, and how we can raise awareness for the urgent need of comprehensive green building solutions.
Exhibition and related programs organized by the AIA New York Chapter and the Center for
Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (IESNY)
Curator: Margaret Maile Petty
Exhibition Design: Morris | Sato Studio
Graphic Design: WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll
Lead Sponsor: A. Esteban & Company
Sponsors: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (IESNY),
Severud Associates, Tishman Construction Corporation
Supporter: Jones Lang LaSalle
Related Events
Saturday, February 9, 2008, 10:00 – 12:00pm & 1:00 — 4:00pm
FamilyDay@the Center: Green Light, Go!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Symposium: Sustainability and the Lighting Profession
Diptych 9, Module CCCXXII, Module CCCXXIII. Chromogenic color prints, each 52.4 x 31
in. (133 x 79 cm)
Courtesy Galerie Fons Welters and Luis Campaña Gallery, ©Photo Atelier Jan De
Cock
Through 4.14.08
Jan De Cock
Artist Jan De Cock photographed works in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection and the building’s
architecture and spaces within. The images are juxtaposed with images culled from the history of photography,
architecture, and film, creating a portrait of MoMA through an interdisciplinary lens. Hundreds of photographs and
photomontages are hung floor-to-ceiling and are accompanied by both free standing and wall-mounted plywood sculptures
informed by the aesthetic of early twentieth-century Constructivism and 1960s Minimalism.
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
The State of New York, aerial survey of the floor of the New York State Pavilion from
the World’s Fair of 1964–65, work in progress, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 12 October 2006.
Anthony Auerbach, courtesy Queens Museum of Art
Through 5.04.08
Back on the Map: Revisiting the New York State Pavilion at the 1964/5 World’s Fair
The companion exhibition to Anthony Auerbach, Empire State Pavilion, Back on the Map seeks to inform and engage
the public about architect Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion. Its main feature is a large-scale, terrazzo
floor replica of the Texaco Road Map of New York State. Built as a temporary structure for the Fair, the map and the
pavilion have suffered from over 30 years of weather exposure and vandalism. The exhibition features restored sections
of the map explained through text and an interactive website. It also allows visitors to witness the restoration process
up close as conservators restore portions of the map in the museum’s galleries.
Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY
Ramak Fazel’s van.
Courtesy Storefront for Art and Architecture
Through 03.08.08
Ramak Fazel: 49 State Capitols: A Touch-and-go Portrait of the US Today
Photographer Ramak Fazel set out on a road trip across the U.S. in a third-hand conversion van, used both as a traveling
home and studio, with the purpose of photographically documenting the capitol building of each state and the everyday
lives of the people in and around it. Equipped with a stamp collection from his childhood, at each stop Fazel prepared a
handmade postcard, which he then mailed to himself at the general post office of his next destination. The entire
narrative of his journey, presented through photographs, postcards, documents, and memorabilia, offers a vision of
contemporary America.
Storefront for Art and Architecture
97 Kenmare Street
Under New York Skies: Nocturnes by Yvonne Jacquette
Ola II, 1994, Oil on canvas, 77 x 59 inches, Collection of Robb and Mary Ann Peglar.
Courtesy Museum of the City of New York
Through 05.04.08
Under New York Skies: Nocturnes by Yvonne Jacquette
For 30 years, Yvonne Jacquette has made night paintings from aerial vantage points of cities such as San Francisco,
Chicago, Washington, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. This exhibition presents 30 paintings and pastels of the New York
City’s architecture, neon signage, bridges, streets, and waterways.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Avenue
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Urbahn Architects, a midtown Manhattan practice, has a significant backlog of design work in education, healthcare,
justice, transportation and facilities for urban infrastructure. Current work involves new buildings, additions, and
renovations. We are accepting inquiries for the following design and technical positions:
Senior Architect — 10+ years experience with skills in project management, technical
production, and construction administration. Fluency required in MS Word, Excel, Project. AutoCAD knowledge
required.
Intermediate Architect – 5+ years experience in design and technical production.
AutoCAD proficiency required. Experience/skills in 3-D modeling are a plus.
Junior Architect — 3+ years experience in design and 3-D modeling. Fluency required
in AutoCAD, 3-D Studio MAX, and Adobe Creative Suite.
All positions require professional architectural degree. For all positions the following are considered a plus: Revit
or other BIM platforms, MS Office Suite, InDesign, LEED accreditation, and writing skills. Candidates for all positions
must be energetic and motivated team players, with design orientation and technical proficiency. Competitive salary and
benefits offered, with opportunities for growth and development.
Please email your letter of inquiry and resume to uabusman@yahoo.com. Limit
work examples to 2 attachments. EEO-A/A. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
fd2s is looking for extraordinary environmental graphic designers to join our growing firm.
We’re based in tech-capital, music-capital, idea-capital, cool-capital Austin, Texas, (ranked on everyone’s
“Best Places to Live” lists) and working on projects across the U.S. and around the world. Operating at the
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the public realm. Join us as we invent the next generation EGD practice. Send us your resume and work samples.
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We seek senior architects to join our group of architects and construction experts for fulltime and part-time
assignments. Must be degreed, registered and NCARB certified; with 10+ years hands-on construction experience; strong
technical, analytical and communication skills. Construction defect and/or premises liability experience highly desired.
Send CV and cover letter to Nancy Chillas at jobs@robsonforensic.com. Ref:
AIAny-010708. EOE
THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PERFORMANCE
OF EXPERT PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICES
FOR OFFICES AT 4 WORLD TRADE CENTER
The Port Authority of NY & NJ is pleased to announce that seventeen submissions were received in response to our
RFQ for performance of the subject services. As a result of our review, the following six firms have been identified and
shall be requested to submit proposals in response to a formal RFP: DMJM ROTTET Interior Architecture; Gensler
Architecture, Design, and Planning, P.C.; HELLMUTH, OBATA + KASSABAUM, Inc. (HOK); PERKINS + WILL; STUDIOS Architecture,
D.C., P.C.; and Swanke Hayden Connell & Partners LLP.
Congratulations to the selected firms. Sincere thanks to all firms that submitted proposals, for their commitment to
design excellence, and their continued interest in working with The Port Authority of NY & NJ.
THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
PERFORMANCE OF EXPERT PROFESSIONAL
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR
NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
TERMINAL B MODIFICATIONS
Firms meeting the requirements for providing the subject services as detailed on t Authority’s Web site: www.panynj.gov. are encouraged to respond to this RFP. Joint Ventures/Teams are
acceptable. The specific information and qualifications details are set forth in the document entitled “Expert
Professional Architectural and Engineering Services for Newark Liberty International Airport - Terminal B
Modifications.”
A copy of this RFP will be furnished to interested firms upon request at askforbids@panynj.gov. It can also be obtained directly via download at www.panynj.gov. Upon requesting the RFP, please reference RFP Number:
#13757 in the subject line. Your e-mail should include: firm name, email address, contact person, mailing
address, and telephone number. Proposals are due on or about February 19, 2008.
Project Architect/Project Manager — LOUVRE LENS Museum
Imrey Culbert is seeking a Project Architect to join our team in New York for the Louvre Lens museum project. This
international competition was won by Imrey Culbert and Sanaa in the fall of 2005, and we are now in the Design
Development phase for the museum, due to be completed at the end of 2010.
5-7 years experience in an architectural firm, and at least 2 years in a large firm. Fantastic organizational skills,
experience working with clients and consultants, and a true team spirit are all basic requirements. A great design
capability for detailing, especially in the museum field, will also be essential.
MUSEUM DESIGNER Junior Architect 2-3 years
Imrey Culbert is seeking a junior architect to join our team in New York for three currrent museum projects. Candidates
with 2-3 years experience in an architectural firm and with advanced architectural degrees will be considered. High
level of motivation, independence and team spirit are all basic requirements. This is museum design work, so great
design capability for detailing, especially in the museum field if you have it, will also be essential. Experience
putting together drawing sets in AutoCAD is also a must.
Qualified candidates should submit Letter of Interest, CV, salary requirements, at least two professional references,
and availability to ic_louvre@imreyculbert.com
Our green office is state-of-the-art, in downtown Manhattan.
www.imreyculbert.com
AmeriCorps VISTA member-Common Ground is seeking Design and Construction member to work on program
replication and green initiatives in supportive housing design and construction. This is a one-year VISTA position with
a living allowance, housing, and an end of service education award. To learn more about CG, visit www.commonground.org. To learn more about VISTA visit www.americorps.org. For more information or to begin app process, e-mail tsherman@commonground.org.
Director of Codes
National permit expediting firm seeks to enhance code consulting services in our Manhattan office. Applicants should
have 10+ years of experience reviewing NYC codes and standards, and possess an intricate knowledge of all related
municipal submittal processes. This is a leadership position, which will also involve business development duties, as
well as liaison activities with municipalities and trade organizations. Benefits package includes: 80-150K (based on
experience), PPO, dental, vision, 401K, etc. EOE. Send resumes to: mfoley@burnhamonline.com
DRAFTER, ARCHITECTURAL
Full-time position in an Architectural firm; BS in Architecture plus two years experience; Multiple positions
available; fax resume to (212) 290-1425 or mail to Ismael Leyva Architects, P.C., 48 W. 37th Street, New York, NY 10018,
Attn: Manish Chadha, Senior Associate
Growing Soho design studio seeks Junior Architects with 1-4 years’ experience. Must be
proficient in Autocad and familiar with the production of construction drawings. 3D Max experience a plus. Projects
include renovation and new construction, at multiple scales. Contact Henry Weintraub at hweintraub@spivakarchitects.com. Come join a creative, energetic and
cooperative work environment.
NBBJ, a growing international design firm, has opportunities for a Design Leader, Project
Manager, and Corporate Interior Designer 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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