Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis announced the 10 winning projects for Sukkah City STL, which included the submissions from two New Yorkers, Filip Tejchman and Sean Corriel…

The Institute for Urban Design (IFUD) has been selected to organize U.S. representation at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012. The exhibition, “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good,” will be co-curated by Cathy Lang Ho, architecture writer and IFUD board member, and Ned Cramer, editor-in-chief of Architect magazine, with David van der Leer, assistant curator of architecture and urban studies at the Guggenheim, as curatorial strategist. The advisory team includes Paola Antonelli, senior design curator at MoMA, Zoe Ryan, curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago, Michael Sorkin, critic, principal of Michael Sorkin Studio and president of the board, and Anne Guiney, journalist and IFUD’s executive director…

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Patrick Foye, a state economic development official, will head the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ). He succeeds Chris Ward who served as executive director for three years. In addition, PANYNJ has taken operational control of Moynihan Station Development Corp and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp…

Dr. Ellen Fisher has been appointed vice president for academic affairs/dean at the New York School of Interior Design…

The Friends of the High Line announced Cecilia Alemani has been appointed the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. curator and director of the High Line Art Program…

At the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat‘s 2011 World Conference in Seoul, South Korea, Timothy Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, a partner at NBBJ, was appointed Chairman of the CTBUH; he is the first architect to serve in a leadership role in the council’s 42-year history…

Janson Tsai Design, a firm specializing in the design of broadcasting, film, and recording studios, and entertainment venues has merged with Perkins Eastman…

Parsons The New School for Design has announced three new graduate programs: MS in Design and Urban Ecologies; MA in Theories of Urban Practice; and MA in Design Studies. The programs will launch in Fall 2012…