07.31.12: adAPT HPD Pre-Submission Conference: The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) held a pre-submission conference at the Center for Architecture to answer questions about the adAPT NYC Competition. For more information and to download the RFP, visit www.nyc.gov/HPD/adAPT. All questions received at the conference and via e-mail will be answered and made public in mid-to-late August.

07.27.12: A public lecture and viewing party was held at the Center for Architecture for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics. The event was organized by the AIANY Global Dialogues Committee and led by Committee Co-chairs Bruce E. Fisher, AIA, and Jeffrey A. Kenoff, AIA. The event drew nearly 600 during the course of the night, more than almost any other event we’ve ever had at the Center. The first-half lecture stretched the Center’s audio-visual capabilities with video produced by John Mcintyre, ANZIA, and a Skype call-in, and the high-quality widescreen projection was one of the largest in the City.

07.24.12: Design Trust for Public Space, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving New York’s public spaces, released the Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York. The book provides a detailed survey of New York City’s urban agriculture movement, and “provides a roadmap for public- and private-sector partners to leverage existing programs and expand urban agriculture citywide.”

07.23.12: AIANY First Annual Golf Outing at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey

07.19.12: The AIANY Historic Buildings Committee and AIANY Interiors Committee organized a tour of the Portico Gallery at The Frick Collection, with Selections of Meissen Porcelain from Henry H. Arnhold’s Promised Gift and Two Sculptures by Houdon. The tour guide was Nathan Hoyt, FAIA, who led the project while Principal and Director of Interiors at Davis Brody Bond.