2009 Oculus 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 want to hear from you! Projects/topics may be anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. The themes:

Spring Issue: Elevating Architecture / Design Literacy for All. Closed.

Summer Issue: AIANY 2009 Design Awards and AIANY/BSA Biennial Design Type Awards. Closed.

Fall Issue: Carbon Neutral Now. The new green frontier, carbon neutrality, researched, explored, planned, and designed at all scales by New York architects.
06.01.09: Suggestion Deadline

Winter Issue: Health & Architecture. Architecture designed to promote fitness, health, and wellness will be profiled. Projects selected from within this growing field will demonstrate sensitivity to generational and demographic issues, sustainability, and technology.
08.01.09: Suggestion Deadline

If you have suggestions, please contact OCULUS editor-in-chief Kristen Richards.

03.31.09 Call for Nominations: CTBUH Chair Search
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) seeks a new chair to oversee its strategic steering and direction in conjunction with the CTBUH Board of Trustees. The position is a two-year tenure, ideally preceded by a one-year position as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. There is no fixed profile, but prior involvement in the conception, design, construction, and/or operation of tall buildings is a pre-requisite.

05.15.09 Call for Entries: Maxmix Cities: Celebration of Cities 3
This ideas consultation is open to architects and architecture students internationally. It is a response to the multiple contradictions of contemporary cities: high density and anonymity; man’s distance from nature and his desire to retrieve it; opposition between the urban world and the rural world, between the past and the present. A grand prize of 5,000 Euros will be awarded in each category (students and professionals).

09.04.09 Call for Nominations: MAPA Design 09
The Mid-Atlantic Precast Association (MAPA) announces a new awards competition with two categories to honor architect and student designs that incorporate precast concrete in the mid-Atlantic region. Winners will receive a custom plaque and recognition in a variety of MAPA communications.