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10.24.13: During a timely Building of the Day tour on United Nations Day, Assistant Secretary-General Michael Adlerstein, FAIA, Executive Director of the UN Capital...
On 10.23.13, the organizers of the FAR ROC: For a Resilient Rockaway gathered in Far Rockaway to unveil the winner of the design competition for the development of a...
The annual meeting of leaders of the dozen largest AIA Chapters took place last week in Boston, as the American League Championship Series, the Head of the Charles...
Nearing the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the AIA New York Chapter, Architecture for Humanity, and Cooper Union organized a symposium to report on and measure...
The audience was young and old, but all interested in the myriad of ways that we can improve the ability of seniors living in NYC to age in-place. “Age-Friendly...
On 11.05.13, AIA Chicago will be honoring the life of Natalie de Blois, FAIA, the 2010 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award winner, who passed away on 07.22.13 at the...
(Slideshow Above) In this issue: - Uncommon Student Commons in the New Yorker Hotel - Sandy Hook for Design Miami 2013 - Brick and Glass Science Building Updates Tech...
The Preservation League of New York State will honor Elizabeth Barlow Rogers and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the Pillar of New York Award on...
10.25.13: Call for Submissions: 31st Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards 10.28.13: Call for Submissions: West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA)...
10.09.13: Thomas Balsley, FASLA, Principal Designer, Thomas Balsley Associates, and Michael Manfredi, FAIA, Co-founder, WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism,...
Correction: In “AIANY Celebrates Design Excellence at the 2013 Honors and Awards Luncheon,” featured in e-Oculus issue 04.18.13, Medal of Honor designer João Duarte...
NORWAY At the invitation of the Royal Norwegian Consulate, I travelled to Norway to participate in the Oslo Architecture Triennale. This conference attracts a large...
No one attending the United Nations conference for World Habitat Day needed convincing about certain key principles: that climate change and extreme weather events are...
Arriving late can be unsettling; arriving late to the opening keynote presentation of the 2013 AIA New York State Convention by Roman Mars, host of “99% Invisible,”...
Then the hand seeks other hands to help, A community of hands to help- Thus the dream becomes not one man’s dream alone, But a community dream. Not my dream alone, but...
In Donald Judd’s 1994 New York Times obituary, Roberta Smith wrote: “By the late ‘60s, his sleek cubic and rectilinear works had helped redefine the direction of...
For the 13th annual Oberfield Memorial Lecture, Marion Weiss, FAIA, of Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, spoke before an overflowing, rapt audience at the...
(Slideshow Above) In this issue: - Eye Candy for Downtown Brooklyn's Cultural District - A Design for Rockaway's Recovery - Shining a New Light on Art and Art...
AIA New York State’s 2013 award winners include: Ayres Cowley Architects (Corbin Building Restoration); Cooper, Robertson & Partners (Richard Rodgers Amphitheater...
10.09.13: Call for Submissions: Spirited Artist Show in Beacon, New York – Mediums accepted include sculpture, architectural models and designs, photography and other...
