by: Jessica Sheridan Assoc. AIA LEED AP
AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, takes the podium at the Urban Umbrella prototype unveiling press conference. From l to r: Mayor Bloomberg; Rick Bell, FAIA; Richard Anderson, President, New York Building Congress; Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri; and Elizabeth H. Berger, President, Downtown Alliance.
Samantha Modell
Rick Bell, FAIA (l), joined (from l to r) City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden; Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri; City Council Member Margaret Chin; Mayor Bloomberg; designers Andrés Cortés, R.A., Sarrah Khan, P.E., and Young-Hwan Choi; and Richard Wagman, Managing Partner, Madison Capital, and others at the Urban Umbrella unveiling outside 100 Broadway
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Castillo passed the gavel to Aliotta.
Nicole Friedman
Rick Bell, FAIA, AIANY Executive Director, gave Castillo a special gift as a token of the Chapter’s appreciation for her year of service as AIANY President.
Nicole Friedman
Lauren Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP, was presented with the second annual ENYA Merit Award.
Nicole Friedman
Actors who presented the staged reading (l-r): Stage Manager Laura Trimble, AIANY Partnership Programs Coordinator (seated); Fajer Al-Kaisi as “Anthony;” Rachel Feldman as “Abby;” Kim Howard as “Jane;” Joe Pallister as “Tad.”.
Nicole Friedman
One of the bikes to be provided by the NYC Bike Share program, set to launch next year, is on display in the Helfand Gallery in anticipation of this week’s DOT Bike Share Open House, to take place Thursday, 12.08.11. The open house was organized by the NYC Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Center for Architecture, Manhattan Community Board 2, the Village Alliance, and Councilmember Margaret Chin.
Nicole Friedman
(L-R): NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe; Eric Goshow, AIA, LEED AP, Goshow Architects; Susanna Drake, ASLA, AIA, dlandstudio; and 2011 AIANY President Margaret Castillo, AIA, LEED AP.
Kristen Richards
At the event, the committee honored all of the women who became licensed within the last year. Shown here are 12 recently licensed members.
Lori Apfel Cardeli
(L-R): Rosemarie Islieb, AECOM, for A Condominiums, Jersey City, NJ (Islieb is now with Superstructures); Mark Thaler, Gensler, for St. John’s University D’Angelo Center for Student Life, Queens, NY; Awards Emcee Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, Editor, OCULUS; Karl Smith, Ammann & Whitney, for Beach Channel High School, Rockaway Park, NY; and Leonard Rampulla, AIA, Leonard Rampulla Associates, for Staten Island Private Residence. Winners, but not pictured: Populous for Citi Field, Flushing, NY; NY City School Construction Authority In-House Design Studio for Public School 184, Flushing, NY; and Perkins Eastman for Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY. Also honored: Trump Organization (Developer/Private Sector); William C. Thompson, Jr., Chairman, Battery Park City Authority (Government/Public Sector Work); Jeremiah Sullivan, Jr., President, Bricklayers Local Union No. 1 (Dedication to the Industry); and Saverio Morelli, Former President, Morelli Masons (Lifetime Achievement Award).
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