November 23, 2010
by: Jessica Sheridan Assoc. AIA LEED AP
11.11.10: The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) celebrated the “High Bridge” exhibition opening at the Center for Architecture and the launch of the publication, HB:BX High Bridge International Design Ideas Competition. The exhibition was designed by Lyn Rice Architects; on view are 58 entries to the HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure international design ideas competition, the fourth biennial competition hosted by ENYA.

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The opening featured a panel discussion with winners, who flew in from as far as Paris to speak. (L-R): Kristina Guist (University of New Mexico), Student Prize; Yekaterina Yushmanova (University of New Mexico), Third Prize; Julien Boulley and Tetsuya Kawano (Paris), Second Prize; Keith VanDerSys, PEG office of landscape + architecture (Philadelphia), ENYA Prize.

Edith Altamiranda

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Competition organizers (l-r): Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP; Joseph E. Hawkins, Assoc. AIA; Brynnemarie Lanciotti, Assoc. AIA; Najahyia Chinchilla, Assoc. AIA; Venesa Alicea, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP.

Edith Altamiranda

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Exhibition designers Lyn Rice Architects: Lyn Rice, AIA, and Astrid Lipka, AIA (left), and Benjamin Cadena.

Jessica Sheridan

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PEG office of landscape + architecture was invited to submit a piece that further explored their ENYA Prize-winning entry. The “Infra Bloom” was produced by Situ Studio for the exhibition.

Edith Altamiranda


11.11.10: The winners of the 18th Annual 2010 CANstruction New York competition were announced, including:

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Juror’s Favorite, “The BabushCAN,” by Thornton Tomasetti.

Kevin Wick

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Best Meal, “Paint the Town ‘Fed,'” by Dattner Architects.

Courtesy Dattner Architects

Feaster Island

Best Structural Ingenuity, “FEASTer Island,” by LERA.

Kevin Wick

Tomato Tornado

Honorable Mention, “Tomato Tornado,” by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Kevin Wick


11.17-19.10: Build Boston 2010 took place at the Seaport World Trade Center. The convention included 200 workshops and professional development opportunities and tours of Boston-area design and construction projects hosted by AIA New England. For the Health & Design workshop, representatives from the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, the NYC Department of City Planning, and AIA New York discussed the nationwide applicability of the NYC Active Design Guidelines and Fit City conferences.

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(L-R): Sean Fischer, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; Robyne Kassen, Assoc. AIA, Urban Movement Design; Skye Duncan, NYC Department of City Planning; and Rick Bell, FAIA, AIA New York Chapter.

Laura Manville

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