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06.13.12: AIANY celebrated the accomplishments of its community and planned for the future at its 145th Annual Meeting.
(l-r) Michael J. Strauss, Center for Architecture Foundation President; Jeffery Potter, FAIA; Robert Ivy, FAIA, AIA National Executive Vice President and CEO; Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP, 2012 AIANY President
Sam Lahoz
A quorum – and then some – looks on as 2012 AIA National president Jeffery Potter, FAIA, speaks.
Sam Lahoz
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Representative for New York’s 28th District, presented Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP, with the flag that flew over the Capitol during 2012 AIA Grassroots in Washington, DC.
Sam Lahoz
AIANY conferred the George S. Lewis Award to the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability for its work on PlaNYC. David Bragdon (r), Director of the office, accepted the award.
Sam Lahoz
The Storefront for Art and Architecture received a Special Citation. (l-r) Eva Franch Gilabert, Director, The Storefront for Art and Architecture; Charles Renfro, AIA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP
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The AIANY Architectural Tourism Committee received a Certificate of Excellent from the AIANY Vice President for Public Outreach Abby Suckle, FAIA. (l-r) Kyle Johnson, AIA; Arthur Platt, AIA; Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP; Julie Engh, Assoc. AIA; Abby Suckle, FAIA
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Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, received a special citation for ArchNewsNow.com. (l-r) George Miller, FAIA; Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA; Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP
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Bruce Barrett, AIA, received the Public Architect Award. (l-r) Ralph Steinglass, FAIA, and Bruce Barrett, AIA
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(l-r) Jay Bond, AIANY Policy Director; Margery Perlmutter, AIA, AIANY Board member; Jill Lerner, FAIA, 2013 AIANY President-elect
Sam Lahoz
Before the Annual Meeting, Michael Arad, AIA, gave a tour of the 9/11 Memorial to guests including Robert Ivy, FAIA, and Joseph Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP.
Rick Bell
06.18.12: Via Verde’s ribbon cutting – which began with speeches by Mayor Bloomberg and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, and ended with remarks by AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA – was a fitting coda to the project that was initiated by the New Housing New York Legacy competition sponsored by NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), AIANY, NYSERDA, and the Enterprise Foundation.
(l-r): Rick Bell, FAIA; Ronay Menschel, Phipps Houses Board Chair; Adam Weinstein, President, Phipps Houses; Shaun Donovan, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Bronx Borough President Rubin Diaz, Jr.; Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo; Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York; Mathew M. Wambua, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD); Marc Jahr, President, New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC); Frank Bisignano, Chief Administrative Officer and Mortgage Banking CEO, JPMorgan Chase; Jonathan F.P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies
Daniel Fox
(l-r): Robert Garneau, AIA, Grimshaw Architects; Shaun Donovan; Richard Dattner, FAIA, Dattner Architects; Vincent Chang, AIA, Grimshaw Architects; Rick Bell, FAIA
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(l-r) Lance Brown, FAIA; Shaun Donovan; Ronay Menschel; Rick Bell, FAIA
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HPD was represented not just by its top officials, but also by the emerging leadership, including summer interns (l-r) Della Krantz (Columbia, Graduate School of Architecture Planning & Preservation); Francesca Brown (New School); Samuel Filler (New York University Wagner School). Also pictures are Phipps Houses Board Chair Ronay Menschel; Susan Kensky, Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Development, HPD; and Tatiana Pena, Senior Project Manager, HPD.
Rick Bell
Gerard Lordahl, of GrowNYC, tends to the roof-top gardens.
Rick Bell
06.14.12: New Practices New York 2012 Opening: With its fourth biennial competition and exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee recognizes six promising new architecture and design firms working in New York. These firms are featured in an exhibition that opened on 06.14.12 at the Center for Architecture. Check out more photos on our Facebook page.
Sam Lahoz
Sam Lahoz
Sam Lahoz
Sam Lahoz
06.04.12: Students in the ACE Mentor Program, a not-for-profit organization that helps prepare high school students for careers in design and construction, delivered their final presentations at the Center for Architecture. According to AIANY President, Joe Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP, “The students’ poise and polish as they handled a juried panel of industry professionals asking thoughtful questions was most impressive. The team mentors are to be congratulated for their hard work and dedication to their students that these presentations certainly reflect.”
Annika Smith
Annika Smith
06.06.12: openhousenewyork (OHNY) celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the Annual OHNY Benefit at the Claremont Stables on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
(l-r): Honoree Robert Hammond, Co-founder, Friends of the High Line; Hugh Hardy, FAIA, OHNY 10th Anniversary Benefit Honorary Co-chair, Partner, H3 Collaboration Architects; Margaret Sullivan, OHNY Board President, Director of Interiors, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architects; Honoree Tim Tompkins, President, Times Square Alliance; and Honoree Christine C. Quinn, City Council Speaker.
Jay Ackerman
Hundreds attended the Benefit at the Claremont Stables, currently undergoing a renovation designed by Rogers Marvel Architects.
Jay Ackerman
06.07.12: New York Premiere of “Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island”
The film’s premier, organized by the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee, was followed by a panel discussion. (l-r): Frederick Bentel, FAIA, principal of Bentel & Bentel Architects; Christopher Rawlins, AIA, principal of Rawlins Design and author of the forthcoming Sketches in the Sand: The Beach Houses of Horace Gifford; Director Jake Gorst; architectural historian Alastair Gordon, author of Weekend Utopia: Modern Living in the Hamptons; Gwendolyn Wright, Professor of Architecture at Columbia University
Daniel Fox
06.15.12: Met Moroccan Court Tour and Rooftop Cocktails
Achva Stein, FASLA, gives a tour of the new Moroccan Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was followed by cocktails on the roof. The tour was organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee.
Marvine Pierre