01.17.08: Neither rain nor sleet nor snow kept about 500 people away from the 55th Annual P/A Awards celebration hosted by
Architect magazine at the Center for Architecture. New York was well represented among the eight winners, including SHoP Architects (East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project); Weiss/Manfredi (Barnard College Nexus); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/SOM (Al Sharq Tower, Dubai); and Stan Allen Architect (Taichung Gateway Park, Taiwan). All winning projects can be reviewed at
www.architectmagazine.com.
Across the decades: Ned Cramer, editor-in-chief of Architect magazine, current custodian of the P/A Awards, with John Morris Dixon, FAIA, P/A editor-in-chief, 1972-1996, and Carol Dixon.
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SHoP winners: Chad G. Burke, Cathy E. Jones, Gregg A. Pasquarelli, and Ned Cramer.
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Weiss/Manfredi winners: Mike Harshman, Clifton Balch, Lisa Gamsu (from Barnard College), Ned Cramer, and Michael Manfredi, FAIA.
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There for the party: Gwendolyn Wright, Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University; architectural publicist Elizabeth Kubany; Ned Cramer; and Allison Held, director of new business, The Rockwell Group.
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01.07.08: Panelists for New Issue for Senior Housing: “What Will Baby Boomers Want?” (l-r): Richard S. Rosen, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Perkins Eastman; Louise Braverman, AIA; Paul Cogley, AICP, Director of Development and Projects, Churches United Corporation; Michael Gelfand, AIA, Partner, MHG Architects; and Sarelle Weisberg, FAIA, S.T. Weisberg, Architect (see report “Housing: Aging Baby Boomers Know What They Want; But What Do They Need?” above).
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