by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
09.17.15: Curator Thomas Mellins led a preview tour of “Affordable New York: A Housing Legacy” at the Museum of the City of New York, on view through 02.16.16.
09.18.15: AIANY and Center for Architecture leadership gathered at the newly-christened Silman Room to celebrate the Center for Architecture’s Renovation Project.
09.18.15: Center for Architecture President and Silman President Joe Tortorella, PE, at the Center for Architecture’s Renovation Project unveiling. Silman has been a steadfast partner to the Center for years, contributing to help build a first-rate institution.
09.22.15: A hard-hat tour of Governors Island’s new Hills was led by (l-r) Ronay Menschel, Chair, Trust for Governors Island; Leslie Koch, President, Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC); and West 8’s Adriaan Geuze.
09.22.15: A rather “Planet of the Apes” moment on Governors Island.
09.24.15: The Dryline team members celebrated winning the Global Bronze prize in the 2015 LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. The design consortium is led by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, NYC, and One Architecture, Amsterdam, and includes Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects, James Lima Planning + Development, Project Projects, Buro Happold, Green Shield Ecology, AEA Consulting, Level Agency for Infrastructure, and Arcadis.
Credit: LafargeHolcim Foundation
09.24.15: Daniel Zarrilli, Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, highlighted the importance of The Dryline in building social and infrastructural resilience at the LafargeHolcim Awards program.
Credit: LafargeHolcim Foundation