Guided tours of significant buildings in New York City and the Tri-State area are organized by AIA New York Program Committees.
Led by architects, these intimate tours offer greater detail about a given site or building including its initial design and construction. Building tours are an opportunity to see inside some of the city’s most notable new projects and important historical sites that have made a sustained impact on the built environment.
Recent sites have included a tour of the Park Avenue Armory led by its restoration team; Congregation Beit Simchat Torah led by Stephen Cassell of Architecture Research Office; a private tour of NYC’s City Hall led by Richard Southwick of Beyer Blinder Belle; the Cary Leeds Tennis Center led by Peter Gluck of Gluck+; and the East Hampton Library and Guild Hall of East Hampton led by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and LHSA+DP.
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Upcoming Building Tours
Building Tour: The Amateur Club and Historic Sniffen Court
In-Person - Student with Valid ID: $10
In-Person - General Public: $15
In-Person: AIA Member (not AIANY): $15
Join one of our two exclusive tours at 10:00 AM and 12:30 PM of The Amateur Comedy Club and Historic Sniffen Court.
This is a rare opportunity to explore Sniffen Court, a mid-19th-century mews tucked away in Murray Hill, whose 10 brick carriage houses form the Sniffen Court Historic District and are listed on the National Register. Built in the 1860s, Sniffen Court is one of the few surviving examples of a purpose-built courtyard in Manhattan. Featured on the tour will be The Amateur Comedy Club that in 1918 adapted two of these carriage houses for its theater club. The Club is the oldest continuously operating theatrical society of its kind in the nation. Tours will include a look inside the Club’s historic spaces, such as Green Room, Prohibition-era liquor lockers, and its archive of theatrical art and memorabilia.
The same tour will be offered two times on the same date; please select your tour time in the registration process.
- Tour 1: 10:00–11:45 am
- Tour 2: 12:30–2:10 pm
Guests will also enjoy refreshments and a surprise performance.
Building Tour: 113 Spring
In-Person - Student with Valid ID: Free
In-Person - General Public: $15
In-Person: AIA Member (not AIANY): $15
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee for a guided tour of 113 Spring Street, an adaptive retail and community space in SoHo designed by Snøhetta. Located within a landmarked cast-iron building, the project transforms a traditional storefront into a flexible “living laboratory” that blends retail, wellness, and educational programming. The tour will highlight how modular systems, minimal material interventions, and integrated digital strategies support evolving uses while respecting the historic envelope. Attendees will gain insight into the project’s approach to adaptive reuse, sustainable interior architecture, and experiential design in a dense urban context.
Speaker:
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann, AIA, LEED AP, Discipline Director, Interior Architecture, Snøhetta
About the Speaker:
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann, AIA, LEED AP, is Discipline Director of Interior Architecture at Snøhetta in New York, where she leads the firm’s interior practice across cultural and commercial projects. Her work focuses on sustainable, human-centered environments that integrate architecture, interiors, and experience. She brings expertise in adaptive reuse, spatial strategy, and collaborative design leadership.