Oculus 2008 Editorial Calendar
If you are an architect by training or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, note that OCULUS editors are looking for writers for the Winter issue. The theme:

Competing for Space. Explore the growing competition between expansionist institutions on limited sites and the interests of adjacent communities, many in residential areas with moderate-income families.

If you’re interested, please contact OCULUS editor-in-chief Kristen Richards. with a brief outline and full contact information.

08.01.08 Winter 2008-09: Competing for Space

07.25.08 Request for Proposals: Planning and Facilitation Services – Broadway Triangle
The Broadway Triangle is located in Brooklyn at the nexus of Williamsburg, Bedford Stuyvesant, and Bushwick. A group of faith-based, community development, civic, and community-based organizations joined together as the Broadway Triangle Steering Committee and are proposing a one-day community planning charrette to take place 09.03.08. The Steering Committee has issued an RFP seeking a professional/firm to facilitate the charrette and summarize recommendations that can be used to guide elected officials and government agencies on policies and actions to guide development.

08.11.08 Call for Entries: Design Vanguard 2008
Every December, Architectural Record publishes its Design Vanguard issue featuring the work of 10 emerging architects/firms from around the world. Although there is no age limit for candidates, selected architects tend to have been out of architectural school for 10 years or less.

08.28.08 Request for Proposals: Governors Island
Governors Island will expand its uses to include more arts and entertainment. The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) issued two separate RFPs for a temporary entertainment and dining venue, and for artists’ studio and exhibition programs.

09.15.08 Call for Entries: Diversity in Architecture
The AIA Diversity Recognition Program seeks to recognize architects for exemplary commitment and contributions to diversifying the profession of architecture. Up to 12 submissions will be recognized as Diversity Best Practices. A commemorative graphic work to celebrate these efforts will be presented to each selected architect, whose efforts will also be featured in AIA publications, and on AIA websites. This call for best practice submissions is open to all members of the AIA.

09.19.08 Call for Entries: National Museum of African American History and Culture Competition
The Smithsonian Institution issued a call for ideas to build the newest museum on the National Mall. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is scheduled to open in 2015, and officials hope to name an architectural team by spring 2009. This is to be the Smithsonian’s first museum to be certified as environmentally friendly. The Smithsonian is encouraging minority architects to participate, but teams submitting proposals are not required to include minorities.

09.19.08 Call for Entries: AIA New Jersey 2008 Design Awards
The AIANJ Annual Design Awards Program brings public and professional recognition to architectural projects that exhibit design excellence. Winners will be announced at the AIA/NJ Design Conference 2008 and awards will be presented at an awards ceremony, 01.10.09.