by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
NYC-based firms selected for the World Architecture Festival 2014 Shortlist include: Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers (Syracuse University Energy Campus); Perkins+Will (William Jones College Preparatory High School, Shanghai Planetarium); Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (Ga Mashie, Hyatt Serenity Coast, 1021 West Hastings, Centra Metropark); AECOM (North West Cambridge Masterplan); BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group (Danish Maritime Museum); and Woods Bagot (National Australia Bank, Melbourne)…
James Lennox House and Carnegie East House, a not-for-profit for enriched living communities for older adults will honor Ted Moudis, AIA, of Ted Moudis Associates at their annual Autumn Leaves Gala…The Royal Oak Foundation will honor the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art with the 2014 Heritage Award…
Richard Gluckman, FAIA,has created the Mark Robbins Lecture Fund in Honor of former dean of the School of Architecture at the American Academy in Rome…
Amale Andraos, Principal of WORKac, has been named Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), replacing Mark Wigley… The Regional Plan Association’s (RPA) President Robert D. Yaro will retire after 25 years with the organization. RPA Executive Director Thomas K. Wright will succeed Yaro as President…
Stephen Gertz joined the Mancini•Duffy as Director of its Law Firm practice…Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MAGDI) has hired Eddy Viteri as Director of Construction…Spector Group welcomes David Jaffe and Christina Smyrni as Project Managers.