2013 OCULUS Editorial Calendar Announced!
The Oculus 2013 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! Projects/topics may be anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas by the deadlines indicated in the calendar to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.

2013 marks the 75th Anniversary of Oculus (launched 1938!), and 10th Anniversary of the magazine’s current iteration.

Note: The Arnold W. Brunner Grant application deadline is 02.01.13.

01.07.13 Call for Proposals: The 2nd Annual Folly Competition —Socrates Sculpture Park and the Architectural League of New York

01.11.13 Call for Nominations: Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards —The New York Landmarks Conservancy

01.11.13 Call for Housing Research Proposals: How Housing Matters to Families & Communities 2012-2013 Competition—MacArthur Foundation

01.18.13 Call for Entries: Coverings 2013 PROJECT: Green

01.18.13 Call for Proposals: International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Enlighten Americas 2013 Conference (10.03.13 – 10.05.13, Montreal)

01.25.13 Call for Presentations: 2013 Healthcare Design Conference, 11.16.13—11.19.13, Orlando, FL

01.31.13 Call for Entries: Flat Lot Competition: Re-Imagine the Parking Lot — AIA-Flint and Flint Public Art Project

01.31.13 Call for Entries: 4th Biennial International Trimo Urban Crash Competition (Students)

02.01.13 Call for Applications: Arnold W. Brunner Grant—Center for Architecture

02.04.13 Call for Entries: Green Line Ideas Competition

02.06.13 Call for Submissions: AIA Diversity Recognition Program

02.06.13 Call for Presentations: 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting (011.15.13—011.18.13, Boston)

02.08.13 Call for Abstracts: The 6th Making Cities Liveable Conference in Melbourne, Australia (06.10.13 – 06.12.13)

02.08.13 Call for Entries: 2013 Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards

02.08.13 Call for Entries: ASLA 2013 Professional and Students Awards (Student deadline is 04.26.13)

02.15.13 Call for Submissions: National Associates Committee (NAC) Forward Design Journal

02.18.13 Call for Entries: Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge—City of New York

02.19.13 Call for Entries: The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects & Designers 2013: “Range”

03.01.13 Call for Proposals: FIGMENT 2013 Minigolf Course: “State of the Art” on Governors Island

03.06.13 Call for Entries: 3 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Student Competitions: Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition; Steel Design Student Competition; and Preservation as Provocation Ideas Competition: Castle Pinckney for the 21st Century

03.11.13 Call for Entries: Visionary (re)generation Open International Competition—University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus in Winnipeg

03.14.13 Request for Proposals: Adaptive Re-Use of Historic District Buildings— Trust for Governors Island

[Ongoing] Call for Applications: TH!NK:Art+Architecture Design-build Camp, Abetenim Arts Village, Ghana