by: jchristie
04.23.15: Renzo Piano, Hon. FAIA, taking a break from the media-zoo preview of the new Whitney Museum of American Art.
04.23.15: Taking a break on a terrace at the new Whitney Museum of American Art (l-r): Oculus and ArchNewsNow.com Editor-in-Chief Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA; Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA; Cathy Lang Ho, writer, editor, organizer of the Wheelwright Prize; and architectural historian, critic, and journalist Jayne Merkel.
04.21.15: Storefront for Art and Architecture 2015 Spring Benefit: Jessica Sheridan, AIA, LEED AP, and Louise Braverman, FAIA.
04.15.15: Artists, designers, and scholars discussed experimentation in tubular furniture at an event hosted at the Czech Center’s Bohemian National Hall, inspired by the Center for Architecture’s exhibition “Prague Functionalism: Tradition and Contemporary Echoes.” (l-r) Allen Glatter, Artist; Barry R. Harwood, Curator, Decorative Arts, Brooklyn Museum; Brent Lewis, Director, Wright New York; William Pedersen, FAIA, FAAR, Design Partner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; and Jeffrey Osborne, Former Vice President of Design, Knoll.
04.14.15: John David, Virtual Design and Construction Regional Manager for Turner Construction, discussed building information models (BIM) from a construction manager perspective at an event organized by the AIANY Technology Committee.
04.13.15: Rob Rogers, FAIA, partner at Rogers Partners, presented his latest book Learning Through Practice at the Center for Architecture.
04.12.15: Center for Architecture Managing Director Cynthia Kracauer, AIA, LEED AP, with Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the memorial for Michael Graves.
04.12.15: At the memorial for Michael Graves, FAIA, Peter Eisenman, FAIA, called the recently-deceased architect a hero, and recalled a time when Michael was the “top dog.”
04.08.15: AIANY Interim Executive Director David Burney, FAIA, at the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee’s (DfRR) event “Extreme Heat: Cooling the Public Realm and Climate-Resilient Urban Design,” with speakers Jeffrey Raven, FAIA, LEED BD+C, Director, RAVEN A+U; Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA, Founding Co-chair, DfRR; and Anne Marie Sowder, Assistant Professor, CUNY City Tech.