by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
2016 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2015 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect in practice or by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, Oculus wants to hear from you! You may submit projects/topics from anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Please submit story ideas/projects by the deadlines indicated below to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA: kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.
Spring: Institutional Urban Campuses / New York – Science + Research City
How educational, health-care and other institutions fit into the city’s urban fabric; how they are evolving; what are the challenges they face. How can architecture make these large campuses good neighbors? What amenities can they share?
Deadline for story ideas: 10.30.15
Summer: 2016 AIANY Design Awards
Fall: Tech in the City
Why cutting-edge industry loves older buildings. How technology businesses transform neighborhoods and the city at large. Adaptive Reuse & Interiors.
Deadline for story ideas: 05.16.16
Winter: Preservation & Reinvention / Rethinking Preservation / Preservation & Urbanism / Preservation Today
Projects with a unique take on history and how to reconcile it with contemporary needs. Focus on daylight and natural ventilation as city becomes more dense; historic preservation as zoning tool; quality vs. scale. Is city preserving too much in historic districts?
Deadline for story ideas: 08.19.16
12.11.15: Call for Entries: AIANY New York New Design – Member Show
12.11.15: Request for Proposals: NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Housing New York RFP for Former Slaughterhouse Site on Far West Side
12.13.15: Call for Ideas, Questions, and Session Proposals: CNU New England 2016 New England Urbanism Summit – Getting it Built: Connecting Ingenuity to Opportunity, 04.28-29.16, Providence, Rhode Island
12.14.15: Call for Entries: China International Exchange Committee for Tall Buildings (CITAB) and Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) China Tall Buildings Award
12.15.15: Call for Entries: Institute of Classical Architecture & Art New England 6th Annual Bulfinch Awards
12.15.15: Call for Applications: Next City Vanguard 2016 Conference, 05.10-13.16, Houston, TX
12.15.15: Call for Submissions: Outsider Art Fair 2016 Wide Open Arts Imaginary Towers
12.23.15: Call for Expressions of Interest: NYC Economic Development Corporation – Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal
12.31.15: Call for Entries: Black Rock City Street Plan Design Competition
01.04.16: Request for Qualifications: Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL) A Museum in the Making
01.06.16: Call for Entries: NoVo Foundation and Goren Group’s The Women’s Building International Design Competition
01.06.16: Call for Nominations: Municipal Art Society 2016 Brendan Gill Prize
01.08.15: Call for Entries: AIANY New Practices New York 2016
01.12.16: Call for Ideas: Storefront for Art and Architecture Taking Buildings Down – An Expansion of Architectural Protocol
01.15.16: Call for Entries: 2016 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition
01.18.16: Call for Entries: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and FabLab Barcelona’s 6th Advanced Architecture Contest – Productive City
01.19.16: Call for Entries: eVolo 2016 Skyscraper Competition
01.22.16: Call for Entries: Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence
01.25.16: Call for Proposals: The Architectural League and Socrates Sculpture Park Folly 2016
01.25.16: Call for Applications: Citizens Committee for New York City Neighborhood Grants
01.27.16: Request for Proposals: NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) seeks qualified developers for the lease of site on the eastern side of 1250 East 229th Street in the Bronx for recreational and community facility
01.29.16: Call for Entries: AIANY 2016 Design Awards
01.31.16: Call for Entries: ICFF Emerging Design Professionals 2016 Studio Competition
02.01.16: Call for Entries: Metals in Construction Magazine 2016 Design Challenge
02.08.16: Call for Nominations: Harvard University Graduate School of Design 2016 Wheelwright Prize
02.26.16: Request for Proposals: NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) seeks qualified developers for long-term lease and redevelopment of 124 East 14th Street
03.01.16: Call for Entries: FIGMENT NYC Minigolf 2016 – Mini is the New Big
03.01.16: Call for Entries: Autism Speaks House to Home Prize
03.15.16: Call for Nominations: DOCOMOMO US 2016 Modernism in America Awards