February 8, 2011
by: Emily Nemens
by: Emily Nemens
02.02.11: AIANY and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with the NYC Department of Planning, the NYC Department of Design and Construction, and the AIA Washington DC Chapter with support from the American Institute of Architects National and the American Architectural Foundation, organized “Fit Nation DC: Promoting Healthy Communities Through Design” at the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, DC.
02.03.11: The AIA New York Chapter sent a delegation to Capitol Hill to lobby legislators as part of AIA National’s Grassroots Leadership Conference.

(back row): AIANY Partnership Programs Coordinator Laura Trimble; AIANY Active Design Guidelines National Training Manager Kate Rube; AIANY Policy Director Jay Bond; AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA; (middle row): Regional Associate Director Venesa Alicea, AIA, LEED AP; AIANY Vice President for Design Excellence Mary Burke, AIA, IIDA; AIA Regional Director Susan Chin, FAIA; AIANY Associate Director Mark Behm, Assoc. AIA, LEED; (front row) AIANY First Vice President Joe Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP; and AIANY President Margaret Castillo, AIA, LEED AP.
Courtesy AIANY
02.04.11: The American Architecture Foundation’s Accent on Architecture gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. brought together four hundred from the design profession.
01.28-29.11: The Center for Architecture and MUSE Film and Television hosted “Architecture on Screen,” two days of films from the 2010 FIFA festival.
01.27.11: Metropolis magazine’s 30th Anniversary fete at Snøhetta’s office in the Cunard Building.