by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
At the 2014 AIA National Convention, Russell A. Davidson, FAIA, was elected 2015 First Vice President/2016 President-Elect; William J. Bates, AIA, and Francis M. Pitts, FAIA, were elected 2015-2016 AIA Vice Presidents; and John A. Padilla, AIA, was elected 2015-2016 AIA Secretary…
The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee-sponsored Head in the Clouds Pavilion by StudioKCA, and Starlight and Small House in an Olive Grove by Cooper Joseph Studio were recipients of the 2014 AIA Small Project Awards…
The winners of the Municipal Art Society of New York’s (MAS) 214 MASterworks Awards include the Weeksville Heritage Center by Caples Jefferson Architects (Best New Building); Englehardt Addition, Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory by Scott Henson Architects (Best Restoration); BRIC Arts Media House & Urban Glass by LEESER Architecture (Best Neighborhood Catalyst); LeFrak Center at Lakeside by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (Best New Urban Amenity); Brooklyn Bridge Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (Best Urban Landscape); The Queens Museum by Grimshaw Architects (Best Adaptive Reuse); NYC DDC Zerega Avenue Emergency Medical Services Building by Smith-Miller Hawkinson Architects (Best New Infrastructure); Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216 by WORKac (Best Green Design Initiative); and P.S. 261 School and Community Playground by SiteWorks Landscape Architecture (Best Green Design Initiative)…
Interior Design’s inaugural HIP Awards honored NYC-based architects Guy Geier, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED AP, FXFOWLE Architects (Architect or Designer – Industry Leader); Robin Guenther, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED AP, Perkins+Will (Architect or Designer – Sustainable Health Care); Lauren Rottet, FAIA, Rottet Studio (Architect or Designer – Hospitality); Koray Duman, Buro Koray Duman Architects (Interior Designer – Retail); Lauren Lisimachio, Gensler (Interior Designer – Honoree); and Stefanie Shunk, Gensler (Rising Star)… NYC-based lighting design firms AKF Lighting Design, Arup, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Cooley Monato Studio, Focus Lighting, Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting, L’Observatoire International, PHT Lighting Design, Renfro Design Group, and Tillotson Design Associates received the Illuminating Engineering Society New York Section/IESNYC‘s 2014 Lumen Awards… Didi Pei, AIA, and I.M. Pei, FAIA, of Pei Partnership Architects were recipients of the 2014 China Institute Blue Cloud Award…
The Benjamin Franklin House Foundation will award its inaugural Medal for Leadership to former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has nominated Larisa Ortiz, Cheryl Cohen Effron, and Bomee Jung to the City Planning Commission, and Marcie Kesner to the Landmarks Preservation Commission… NYC City Planning Commission Chairman Carl Weisbrod announced the appointments of Purnima Kapur as Executive Director of the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP); Howard Slatkin as Deputy Executive Director for Strategic Planning; Beth Lebowitz as Director of Zoning; and Jeffrey Shumaker as Director of Urban Design…Peter Murray, Hon. FRIBA, FRSA, has been named President of the London Society….
Software giant Autodesk has acquired David Benjamin’s design and research studio The Living to form Autodesk Studio, which will focus on the development of new materials and new building typologies through computer-aided software.
William MacIntosh, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the New York office of Perkins+Will as Associate Principal and Higher Education Practice Leader…di Domenico + Partners has announced the appointments of Paul Aber, AIA; Ricky Liu, AIA, LEED AP; and Kenji Suzuki, AIA, to Associate Principals…Christopher Jones, LEED AP BD+C, and AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Co-chair Jen Stencel, AIA, LEED AP, have been promoted to Associates at Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP).