by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP
The Rockefeller Foundation announced the 2008 recipients of the Foundation’s $2.7 million NYC Cultural Innovation Fund awards, including Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator of the Museum of Arts & Design; David Thorpe, Senior Partner and Global Director of Innovation, Ogilvy Worldwide; and Andrew Zolli, Founder, Z + Partners… The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum has appointed David van der Leer as the new Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design; previously he was publications and exhibition manager for Steven Holl Architects…
The first place winners of the CityRacks Design Competition are Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab), based in Copenhagen, Denmark; third-place winner is Ignacio Ciocchini of New York…
Architectural Record‘s Design Vangaurd 2008 winners include NYC-based Urban A&O, on of AIANY’s 2008 New Practices New York winning firms…
McGraw-Hill Construction’s Architectural Record, in collaboration with BusinessWeek, has launched the first issue of HQ, a new publication and website for corporate executives, architects, owners, and developers…
Al D’Elia, AIA, has joined Butler Rogers Baskett as a Partner… Andrea O’Neill has been appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement, a new position for NY School of Interior Design… Ted Moudis Associates announced the promotion of Monica Larsen Wetherell to Design Management Director…