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ICLEI USA has unveiled a 55-page Comprehensive Toolkit for Greening Cities and Counties, modeled after the PlaNYC guide. It is comprised of best practice examples,...
The 2009 Queens & Bronx Building Awards winners include, in the category of Residential One, Two, Three Family & Apartment Buildings, The Sequoia by Raymond Chan...
12.08.09: AIANY celebrated its 2010 inaugural. (L-R): Tony Schirripa, AIA, IIDA, 2010 AIANY President; George Miller, FAIA, 2010 AIA President; and Sherida...
"Remembering Hoving's Service as Parks Commissioner," by Ralph Blumenthal, in the New York Times City Room blog, memorializes the life of Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving,...
2010 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, OCULUS editors...
12.08.09 Editor's Note: With the United Nations Climate Change Conference happening in Copenhagen this week, it is time to highlight what we as design professionals are...
Event: Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture: Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces / David Harvey Lecture Location: Gair Building No. 6, Dumbo, 11.21.09 Speaker: David Harvey...
Event: The Legacy of Saarinen's Office Location: Museum of the City of New York, 11.19.09 Speakers: Kevin Roche, FAIA -- Former Saarinen Colleague & Co-founder,...
After a few weeks of excitement over Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious proposal to require all buildings 50,000-square-feet or more to be audited for energy efficiency, I was...
In this issue: · 9/11 Casualty Breaks Ground in Lower Manhattan · New Window to Complete Eldridge Street Synagogue's Restoration · Harlem Goes...
The DESIGN.STARTS.HERE Team. Courtesy DESIGN.STARTS.HERE A down economy calls for creative strategies, and now four New York architecture firms have...
The AIA has selected recipients for its three most prestigious awards: CA- and NC-based Pugh + Scarpa Architects has been selected for the 2010 AIA Firm Award; Peter...
12.04.09: George Miller, FAIA, was inaugurated as 2010 President of the AIA in the Board Room of AIA Headquarters. He is the first NYC-based architect to head the AIA...
"The AIA Guide to New York City: In Search of Green Places," by Norval White, FAIA, and Fran Leadon, AIA, appeared in the 12.04.09 issue of AIArchitect. The article...
2010 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, OCULUS editors...
As firms make an effort to find new avenues in their work, some are making strides in research and development that is proving to be a valuable resource for the...
In this issue: · Lincoln Squared: Koch Theater Opens, David Rubenstein Atrium Awaits Debut · Architects, Engineers Fight Rising Currents · A New...
Courtesy Museum of the Phantom City Every architect has at least one project that never came to be. Instead, it is memorialized forever on the drawing...
The Sam Fox School announced the winners of the 2009 Skandalaris Awards: Rick Lowe, the founder of Project Row Houses won the Award for Excellence in Art + Architecture;...
11.17.09: The architects and engineers who competed in CANstruction NY 2009 used 100,693 food products (mostly canned goods) to build 30 diverse and whimsical...