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Nearly everything important in a living democracy takes place in public space: expression that's politically or artistically consequential, transactions that drive the...
“So you’re off to the circus,” Lars Lerup, professor of architecture at the Rice School of Architecture, admonished me the evening before I left for Venice. From...
The June Oculus Book Talk was introduced by AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, who presented a short, well-produced film on the newly opened “Open to the...
On 06.09.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Hillary Brown, FAIA, principal of New Civic Works, professor at the Spitzer School of Architecture...
If the right to freedom of speech could be described as the integral value in American society, perhaps the analogous value would be the right to housing in Spain. That...
Museums are an architect's playground, both in designing and visiting. More than with other building typologies, museum patrons encourage design exploration,...
On 5.20.14 the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) hosted Samuel Carter, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Associate Director for Resilience. Carter,...
(Slideshow Above) In this issue: - Post-Disaster Housing Solution - An Intellectual Hub for Arts and Sciences Amidst the Oak and Redwood Trees - Touchable 3-D Models...
I.M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is the recipient of the International Union of Architects (UIA) 2014 Gold Medal… The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
2014 OCULUS Editorial Calendar The Oculus 2014 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New...
06.14.14: Chrisitine Bram, Executive Director of the Office of Parks and Open Spaces for the City of Zurich; AIANY 2014 President Lance Jay Brown, FAIA; NYC Planning...
On 05.27.14, just a few weeks after Massimo Vignelli’s son invited designers who were influenced by the graphic designer to send him a letter of support and gratitude,...
Energized by a love of “anonymous architecture” – and unfazed by the New York Public Library's recent decision to return his firm's redesign of the 42nd Street...
On a misty day last week, the city's newest active recreational facility, Pier 2 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, opened with a flourish of eloquence, and a day of basketball...
As the City introduces new policies and initiatives, AIANY wants to ensure that the public is properly informed and prepared. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the NYC...
“‘Nature’ is simply another 18th- – and 19th-century fiction.” – Robert Smithson This is one of the quotations that AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell,...
AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, introduced Françoise Astorg Bollack, AIA’s 05.12.14 Oculus Book Talk at the Center of Architecture by proclaiming that her...
On 05.12.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Françoise Astorg Bollack, AIA, DESA, author of Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in...
Nine of this year's AIANY Design Award winners lined up for an evening of presentations "pecha kucha" style – 20 slides at 20 seconds each. It's the fast-paced format...
“Big Data.” The concept seems to be on the minds and lips of those even remotely interested in business trends in the 21st century. And yet, as alluded to by Matthew...
