by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
2016 Oculus Editorial Calendar
The Oculus 2016 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
Summer: 2016 AIANY Design Awards
Deadline: 02.05.16; click here for submission details
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
01.31.16: Call for Entries: American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter (ASLA-NY) 2016 Design Awards
01.31.16: Call for Entries: ICFF Emerging Design Professionals 2016 Studio Competition
02.01.16: Call for Applications: Arnold W. Brunner Curatorial Scholarship
02.01.16: Call for Entries: NEW AARCH Open International Competition for the design of a new Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark
02.01.16: Call for Entries: Metals in Construction Magazine 2016 Design Challenge
02.05.16: Call for Entries: AIANY 2016 Design Awards
02.08.16: Call for Nominations: Harvard University Graduate School of Design 2016 Wheelwright Prize
02.08.16: Call for Entries: Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC) 2016 Lumen Awards
02.08.16: Call for Entries: New York Transit Museum’s PLATFORM – Creative Musings on Mass Transit
02.09.16: Call for Applications: Design Trust for Public Space Future Culture Photo Urbanism Fellowship
02.17.16: Call for Entries: 2016 Architectural League Prize for Young Architect + Designers | (im)permanence
02.21.16: Call for Entries: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum #ThinkOutside Student Design Challenge
02.22.16: Cal for Entries: CCCB European Prize for Urban Public Space
02.26.16: Call for Entries: AIANY Interiors Committee Speed Presentations, Edition 7 – Consider Light
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
02.29.16: Call for Entries: Il Parco Centrale di Prato, Italy
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
03.01.16: Call for Proposals: Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Fuller Challenge
03.04.16: Call for Entries: Dupont Underground Re-Ball! Design Competition
03.09.16: Call for Entries: Bee Breeders’ Charlie Hebdo Portable Pavilion
03.15.16: Call for Nominations: DOCOMOMO US 2016 Modernism in America Awards
03.15.16: Call for Entries: ASA International Design Competition 2016
03.21.16: Call for Entries: SMPS-NY 2016 Marketing Communications & Chapter Leadership Awards
04.01.16: Call for Entries: AIA National Photography Competition
04.04.16: Call for Entries: Urban Green Council 2016 EBie Awards
04.04.16: Call for Entries: Arch Out Loud NYC Aquarium & Public Waterfront Competition
04.06.16: Call for Entries: 2016 Core77 Design Awards
04.22.16: Call for Proposals: The Architectural League of New York’s Deborah J. Norden Fund
04.24.16: Call for Entries: Berlin University Residences (BUR) International Competition
04.29.16: Call for Entries: AARP’s Re-defining Home: Home Today, Home Tomorrow Design Challenge
Early spring 2016: Call for Entries: NYSCA Architecture + Design Independent Projects