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02.01.12: A celebration was held to honor the hard work and effort of the students of studioENYA for the fall ideas competition The Harlem Edge | Cultivating Connections. This mentoring and networking event featured the display of competition entries and presentations from select student group finalists.
(L-R): Arthur Platt, Ruben Ramales, Tim Hayduk, Nafiul Prodhan, Arturo Torres, Zaki Abdelrahman, Armani Valdez, Georgiana Haynes, Siena Shaw, Amanda Rivera, and Venesa Alicea, AIA
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(L-R): Amanda Rivera, Tim Hayduk, Venesa Alicea, AIA, Fahima Jahan, Aleksander Popovic, Carlos Carino, Arturo Torres, Naiful Prodhan, Zaki Abdelrahman, Armani Valdez, Georgiana Haynes Siena Shaw, Arthur Platt, and Ruben Ramales
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02.16.12: Architect magazine celebrated the 59th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards with the winners, jurors, and a few good friends at The Modern.
(L-R): Sara Hart, journalist; Architect magazine’s Senior Editor Katie Gerfen and Editor-in-Chief Ned Cramer; former AIA National and AIANY President George Miller, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; and John Morris Dixon, FAIA, former Editor-in-Chief of P/A Magazine and Oculus contributing editor.
Kristen Richards
Georgeen Theodore (left) and Tobias Amborst (right), co-founders of 2006 New York New Practices winner Interboro Partners, with Cristobal Correa, Associate Director at Buro Happold.
Kristen Richards
02.16.12: “RE: Think | Smart Environments” at the Center for Architecture convened a panel of interactive designers and architects to discuss the role of digital media in spatial design.
Michael Szivos, Director, Softlab
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Phillip Tiongson, Potion
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02.17.12: “Climate Change: Inevitable Changes and Potential Opportunities” at the Center for Architecture, organized by the Design for Risk and Recovery Committee, invited David Dixon, FAIA, to discuss possible urban responses to climate change.
David Dixon, FAIA, Director of Urban Design, Goody Clancy
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02.22.12: The Center for Architecture welcomed 500 guests for the opening of “CHANGE: Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East, 2000-Present” and “City of Mirages: Baghdad, 1952-1982.”
“City of Mirages” includes a site model of the entire city of Baghdad built by students at the University of Baghdad.
Sam Lahoz
The evening featured music by Salaam (shown) and Heather Raffo, poet and actress.
Sam Lahoz
A model of a tower for the University of Baghdad, now the tallest building in the city, by Gropius and The Architects’ Collaborative.
Sam Lahoz
(L-R) AIANY Managing Director Cynthia Kracauer, AIA; AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA; AIANY President Joseph J. Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP; Pedro Azara, curator of “City of Mirages.”
Sam Lahoz
02.24.12: The Iraq Film Series at the Center for Architecture kicked off with the film About Baghdad (2004). The film was followed by a discussion between director Sinan Altoon and Pedro Azara, curator of “City of Mirages: Baghdad, 1952-1982.”
Pedro Azara in discussion with Sinan Antoon, poet and director of About Baghdad.
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02.25.12: openhousenewyork (ohny.org) held the first of a new series called ‘openstudios’ in DUMBO, organized in collaboration with The Architect’s Newspaper, Two Trees Development, and the DUMBO Improvement District. More than twenty-five established and emerging architecture and design firms opened their studios to discuss their practices.
(L-R): Manifold Architecture Studio co-founders and principals Phillip von Dalwig and Kit von Dalwig, AIA, with Chris Leong, Assoc. AIA, partner Leong Leong
Eric Ball
(L-R): Principles of Bade Stageberg Cox, Martin Cox, AIA, Tim Bade and Jane Stageberg
Linda G. Miller
Tim Bade (Bade Stageberg Cox), Alfred Zollinger (Matter
Architecture Practice) and James Garrison (Garrison Architects)
Linda G. Miller
02.25.12: “Change in the Middle East: Preserving the Past, Inventing the Future” brought together architects and heritage experts to discuss the balance between conservation and change in the region.
AIANY President-elect Jill Lerner, FAIA, welcomes guests to the symposium.
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(L-R): Pedro Azara, curator of “City of Mirages: Baghdad, 1952-1982;” Yiannis Avramides, Program Assistant, World Monuments Fund; Khaldun Bshara, Acting Executive Director, Riwaq; Dr. Suad Amiry, Founder, Riwaq; Michael Luongo, journalist (moderator, at podium).
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Mohamed Al Assam, Chairman/Managing Director, Dewan Architects and Engineers, showing a photo of Frank Lloyd Wright visiting Baghdad.
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