February 6, 2013
by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP

Contract magazine announced the winners of the 34th Annual Interiors Awards, including the Grand Hyatt New York by Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners (Hotel); Untitled by Rockwell Group (Restaurant); 22squared by Gensler (Sustainable); and Confidential Multimedia Entertainment Company by FXFOWLE (Adaptive Reuse); Michael Graves, FAIA, was honored with the 2013 Legend award…

Graves was also appointed by President Barack Obama as a member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (a.k.a. U.S. Access Board)…

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 15 recipients for the 2013 AIA Young Architects Award, including Susannah Drake, AIA, ASLA

The Architectural League of New York announced the winners of its 2013 Emerging Voices recognition program, including Susannah Drake, AIA, ASLA, of dlandstudio, and Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL

desigNYC announced the 2013 Built Environment Projects and Teams under the theme of Healthy Communities, paring three nonprofitss with pro-bono designers and advisors: nonprofit Central Harlem Senior Citizens’ Council with design partner Alison Duncan Landscape Architect, and advisor Rob Goodwin of Perkins+Will; nonprofit el Puente with design partner FGDesign Studio with Pablo Decan, and advisor Michael Piper of DUB-studios; nonprofit Weeksville Heritage Center with design partner MAD Matiz Architecture & Design and advisor Joan Krevlin of BKSK…the five 2013 Communications Projects and Teams include: nonprofit Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health with design partner WSDIA and advisor Fernando Music of Spring Creative; nonprofit City Life Is Moving Bodies (CLIMB) with design partner Youarethecity with AILW (Aki Ishida and Lynnette Widder), and advisor Alfred Zollinger of Matter Architecture Practice; nonprofit Fourth Arts Block (FAB) with design partner Field Office with Default, and advisor Dan Latorre of The Wise City; nonprofit FoodFight with design partner Gabriele Wilson Design and advisor Roman Luba of Publicis Kaplan Thaler; and nonprofit Two Bridges Neighborhood Council with design partner TODA and advisor David Kohler of OTTO NY…2013 desigNYC Lab Participants are Milk Not Jails, First Street Green, and Sustainable South Bronx…desigNYC is also collaborating with Parsons School of Design Strategies…

The Bruner Foundation, sponsor of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA), announced the five finalists for the 2013 Rudy Bruner Award, including Via Verde, an affordable housing project in the Bronx designed by Grimshaw Architects with Dattner Architects

Bruce Ratner will step down as chief executive of Forest City Ratner and MaryAnne Gilmartin, AIANY Board Member, will succeed him in this role…

The World Trade Center Performing Arts Center has been granted nonprofit status and has named as its director Maggie Boepple, former president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and government affairs consultant for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies….

Yvonne Thurman-Doğruer has been named as the new director of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF)…

HLW New York announced that Debra Cole has joined the office as Client Relations Director…

BROWSER UPGRADE RECOMMENDED

Our website has detected that you are using a browser that will prevent you from accessing certain features. An upgrade is recommended to experience. Use the links below to upgrade your exisiting browser.