Robert F. Herrmann, attorney and AIANY professional affiliate just published the book Law for Architects: What You Need to Know (Norton 2012)…

The AIA and Architecture for Humanity announced the recipients for the 2012 Disaster Response Plan Grant, including NYC Safety Assessments Trainings; in partnership with AIANY and the NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Architecture for Humanity NY (AFHny) will develop a disaster response network and offer periodic trainings in the post-disaster Safety Assessment Program (SAP)…

New York-based recipients of 2012 Grant Awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) include: Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP); Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation; New York Foundation for Architecture (Center for Architecture Foundation); openhousenewyork (OHNY); Pratt Institute; Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Architectural League of New York; Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation; City Futures;. (Center for an Urban Future); City Lore; Design Trust for Public Space; Pamphlet Architecture; and Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture (VAI)…

Winners of the the 2012 Lumen Awards, presented by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC), are Fisher Marantz Stone (Award of Excellence for the National September 11 Memorial), and Office for Visual Interaction (Award of Excellence for the Rookery); a Citiation for lighting that supports the architecture was awarded to Tillotson Design Associates (Cornell Milstein Hall), and a Citation for integration of dayligthing and electrical went to Arup (Sidwell Friends School Meeting House); L’Observatoire received two Awards of Merit (Cité de l’Ocean et du Surf Museum, and the second section of the High Line); other Merit Awards went to Lumen Architecture (Claremont University Consortium), RS Lighting Design (Elizabeth Arden Offices), Randy Burkett Lighting Design (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial), and Focus Lighting (Yotel)…

The 2012 Brick Industry Association Awards (BIA) honoring projects that incorporate genuine clay brick include VIP Community Services, Mens Residences by WASA/Studio A and Wylie Civic Complex by Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture…

New Yorkers took home two of 10 trophies at the Urban Green Council’s first nationwide EBie Awards, including a “Shine a LIght on Me” award for John Sarich, resident manager at the William Beaver House, and Glenn Neville, director of engineering at Deutsche Bank’s 60 Wall Street headquarters…

The National Academy announced its newest members, who will gain the title of “Academician,” including Stan Allen, FAIA, Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA, M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA, Jeanne Gang, FAIA, Michael Graves, FAIA, Steven Holl, FAIA, Gregg Pasquarelli, AIA, Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, and Bernard Tschumi, FAIA…

The Madison Square Park Conservancy has appointed Adam D. Glick, current Associate Curator of the Mad. Sq. Art program, as the Park’s new Martin Friedman Curator…

After joining the Aedas global practice, the Davis Brody Bond New York office became an independent practice once again in March, and returned to its legacy name; the Davis Brody Bond Seattle office will be rebranded as Aedas Seattle…

Joseph Montalbano, AIA, LEED AP, has been promoted as Principal at Mancini Duffy…Thornton Tomasetti has promoted Gary F. Panariello, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., to Managing Principal, and Michael Gerasopoulos, P.E., and Julio C. Ravelo, R.A., to Vice President…Vassilis Papayannaoulis, Ph.D., has joined Gruzen Samton IBI Group as Regional Manager for Transportation Systems Planning…