08.19.09 Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri spoke to a packed house at Not Business as Usual: Competitions. LiMandri and AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, spoke about the new urbanSHED International Design Competition, while ENYA Co-Chair (and e-Oculus’s own) Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, previewed ENYA’s 2010 Ideas Competition.

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Construction of The New Amsterdam Pavilion in Battery Park is underway. Designed by Ben van Berkel/UNStudio, with Handel Architects as Executive Architect, fabricated by x2 US, and locally constructed by Richter+Ratner, the official unveiling ceremony will take place 09.09.09, with the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of The Netherlands in attendance. The sculpture is a gift from The Netherlands to New York in honor of 400 years of friendship.

Photo by Richard Koek, courtesy UNStudio

08.26.09: The 9/11 Memorial Preview Site opened at 20 Vesey Street, designed by Thinc Design, to visitors of all ages and nationalities.

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