by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP
The winning team of the FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY City of Dreams Pavilion competition is Ann Ha and Behrang Behin for their “Living Pavilion.” The design will be assembled on Governors Island this summer. The three finalists include ECHOMATERICO (Berardo Matalucci, Fabiano Spano, Guillermo Ivan López Dominguez, Enrico Crobu); Unchung Na and Sorae Yoo of NAMELESS ARCHITECTURE; and Lonn Combs, RA, of EASTON+COMBS. For more information, click here.
Design Trust for Public Space announced the selection of two fellows for their Five Borough Farm project: Nevin Cohen, an urban food policy expert, and Rupal Sanghvi, a public health evaluation expert…
Paul Lewis, AIA, Marc Tsurumaki, and David Lewis, the three principals of LTL Architects, have been honored with the annual Lawrence Israel Prize for outstanding architects and designers from the Fashion Institute of Technology…
Five teams have been selected to advance to the design phase of St. Louis Gateway Arch international competition, including NY teams: the MVVA Team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; SOM, Hargreaves, BIG; and Weiss/Manfredi, Architecture/Site Design/Urbanism; for a complete list of finalists, click here…
Robert Ivy, FAIA, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record, has been named a “Master Architect” by Alpha Rho Chi… The Professional Women in Construction National Association 2010 Honorees include David J. Burney, FAIA, Commissioner, and David A. Resnick, AIA, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Design + Construction…
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the Songdo Convensia, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, a LEED NC 2.2 “Certified” rating, making it the first building in Korea more than 1,000 square meters — and the first convention facility in Asia — to achieve certification…
Anna Torriani, AIA, principal of Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani and co-chair of the AIANY Public Architecture Committee, has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Capital Master Plan… The National Endowment for the Arts announced that Jason Schupbach will become the Director of Design at the end of May…