Panelists Julie V. Iovine, Executive Editor, Architects Newspaper, Robert Ivy, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record, Michael Sorkin, Principal, Michael Sorkin Studio, writer/editor/design critic John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture, and moderator Kristen Richards, editor, Oculus and www.ArchNewsNow.com at the 04.26.10 event “The Changing State of the Design Press: Now what?”

Emily Nemens

Synopsis:
As a follow up to the 04.26.10 Design Press panel, Marketing and PR Committee Member Tami Hausman caught up with panelists. She interviews John Hill, the force behind “A Daily Dose of Architecture,” and Kristen Richards, Hon. ASLA, who edits www.ArchNewsNow.com and Oculus magazine.
Interview: John Hill
 

Interview: Kristen Richards
 
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Related Link:
“Pressing Questions: What’s next for Design Media,” by Murrye Bernard, LEED AP, e-Oculus, 05.04.10.

David Krantz interviews a member of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture at the Salk Institute.

Ian Harris

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Synopsis:
Oculus Committee member Miguel Baltierra, AIA, interviews filmmakers Ian Harris and David Krantz about their film, Archiculture. The filmmakers won the 2010 Brunner Grant, administered by the Center for Architecture Foundation.

Related Links:
“Archiculture: Documentary Receives 2010 Brunner Grant,” by Glenda Reed, Center for Architecture Foundation, e-Oculus, 04.06.10.
“A New Generation of Designers Speaks Up,” by Jacqueline Pezzillo, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, e-Oculus, 09.15.10

Event: The New Domino
Location: Center for Architecture, 04.22.10
Speaker: Rafael Viñoly, FAIA — Rafael Viñoly Architects
Organizer: Center for Architecture; with Rafael Viñoly Architects; Community Preservation Corporation

Rafael Viñoly, FAIA

Emily Nemens

Interview:
 

Synopsis:
e-Oculus reporter Jacqueline Pezzillo, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviews distinguished architect Rafael Viñoly, FAIA after his presentation at the Center for Architecture.

Related Links:
“A New Domino Effect in Williamsburg,” by Jacqueline Pezzillo, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, e-Oculus, 05.04.10.

Event:Panel Discussion on New Architecture in Historic Neighborhoods
Location: AIA National Headquarters, 03.03.10
Speaker: Tersh Boasberg — Chair, Historic Preservation Review Board, Washington, DC; Anne McCutcheon Lewis, FAIA — Architect, Washington, DC; Sherida E. Paulsen, FAIA — Principal, PKSB architects, NYC; Robert Tierney — Chair, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission; Introduction by Anthony Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA — 2010 AIANY President
Moderator: Rick Bell, FAIA — Executive Director, AIANY
Organizer: AIANY with AIA DC and AIA National

Tersh Boasberg, Chair, Historic Preservation Review Board, Washington, DC

Emily Nemens

Listen to the panel:
 

Synopsis:
Preservationists and practitioners from New York and DC met at the AIA’s National Headquarters to discuss the approval process for new architecture in the cities’ historic districts.

Related Links:
“Historic Districts of Columbia, Meet the Old Neighborhoods of New York,” e-Oculus, 03.09.10.

Event: First Annual Oculus Lecture on Design — Moshe Safdie: Megascale, Order an Complexity
Location: Center for Architecture, 02.04.10
Speaker: Moshe Safdie, FAIA — Principal, Moshe Safdie and Associates
Moderator: Fred Schwartz, FAIA — Principal, Frederic Schwartz Architects
Organizer: AIANY Oculus Committee

Fred Schwartz, FAIA, and Moshe Safdie, FAIA.

Kristen Richards

Interview:
 

Synopsis:
After his presentation, architect Moshe Safdie, FAIA, had a conversation with Fred Schwartz, FAIA, at the Center for Architecture.

Related Links:
“Safdie Delivers Treatise on the Future of Architecture & Urbanization,” e-Oculus, 02.23.10.

Event: New Architecture in Moscow
Location: Center for Architecture, 01.04.10
Speakers: Andrey V. Bokov, Ph.D. — President, Union of Architects of Russia, & General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise, Moscow Scientific Research and Design Institute for Culture, Leisure, Sports and Health Care Buildings (”Mosproject-4″);
Introductions: George Miller, FAIA — President, AIA National; Vladimir Belogolovsky — Architect, Tatlin correspondent, & curator
Moderator: Rick Bell, FAIA — AIANY Executive Director
Sponsors: Center for Architecture

Andrey Bokov.

Emily Nemens

Interview:
 

Synopsis:
e-Oculus reporter Bill Millard interviews distinguished Russian architect Andrey Bokov before his presentation at the Center for Architecture.

Related Links:
“Bokov Brings Russian Architecture to Light ,” by Bill Millard, e-Oculus, 01.12.10.

Event: Discussion of urbanSHED jury selections, 10.07.09
Location: NYCTV studios, 10.13.09
Speakers: Robert D. LiMandri — Commissioner, NYC Department of Buildings; Amanda M. Burden, FAICP, Hon. AIA — Chair, NYC Department of City Planning; Janette Sadik-Khan, Hon. AIANY — Commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation; moderated by Susanna Sirefman — Competition Advisor
Producer: New York City Department of Buildings
Organizers: New York City Buildings Department; American Institute of Architects New York Chapter; with Alliance for Downtown New York; New York Building Congress; Illuminating Engineering Society New York Chapter; Association for a Better New York Foundation. Additional support from the Structural Engineers Association of New York; the Municipal Art Society; NYC Department of Planning; NYC Department of Transportation.

Interview:
 

Synopsis:
Jurors/ New York City commissioners Robert LImandri, Amanda Burden, and Janette Sadik-Kahn discuss the three finalist designs — Urban Cloud, Urban Umbrella, and Tripod(MOD)ule.

Related Links:
“Around the AIA,” by Emily Nemens, e-Oculus, 12.08.09.

Event: How Do We Design Successful Cities? Challenges and Solutions
Location: Center for Architecture, 10.27.09
Speakers: David Burney, FAIA — Commissioner, NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC); Richard Plunz — Professor of Architecture & Director, Urban Design Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, & Director, Urban Design Lab, The Earth Institute
Introductions & Responses: Michael Plottel, AIA — Project Executive, DDC; Anna Torriani, AIA — Partner, Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani
Organizers: AIANY Public Architecture Committee

David Burney, FAIA, and Richard Plunz.

Emily Nemens

Interview:
 

Synopsis:
e-Oculus reporter Bill Millard interviews New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner David Burney, FAIA.

Related Links:
“They’ve Seen the Future, and Some of it Works ,” by Bill Millard, e-Oculus, 11.10.09.

Event: Heritage Ball
Location: Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, 10.08.09
Speakers: Robert Silman, PE, Hon. AIA — Principal, Robert Silman Associates
Organizers: Center for Architecture for Architecture Week

(Time 03:12):
 

Related Links:
“Robert A. Silman: Technology and Values in Architectural Form,” by Linda G. Miller, e-Oculus, 10.14.09.

Event: Heritage Ball
Location: Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, 10.08.09
Speakers: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Organizers: Center for Architecture for Architecture Week

(Time 03:08):
 

Related Links:
“DS+R Straddle Architectural Lines,” by Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, e-Oculus, 10.14.09.