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02.11.13: The February Oculus Book Talk was dedicated to the Grand Central Terminal Centennial, with a gathering of the four authors of three new tomes on this...
As architects confront the new economic, environmental, and political realities of the 21st century, the essential practice of building design is called into question....
The contribution of school facilities to the quality of education is difficult to determine, not only because so many other variables affect a school's performance...
Gisue and Mojgan Hariri have collaborated for nearly all of their lives. Born in Iran, the two sisters officially founded their architectural practice, Hariri &...
David Baker enjoys rising to the challenge of revitalizing tough and gritty neighborhoods in decline. Many of his projects seize upon the potential in such situations,...
On 01.14.13, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Robert Geddes, FAIA, the longtime Princeton professor and author of FIT: An Architect's Manifesto,...
Danforth W. Toan, FAIA, recently died at the age of 94. He was an architect and founding partner of Warner Burns Toan & Lunde Architects & Planners in New York,...
(Slideshow Above) In this issue: - King of Kings County Opens in 2014 – Loew’s Kings Theatre - Manhattan’s First New Synagogue in 50 Years Opens – Lincoln...
Contract magazine announced the winners of the 34th Annual Interiors Awards, including the Grand Hyatt New York by Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners (Hotel);...
The Oculus 2013 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning...
As the second program in this year’s 2013 presidential theme “Global City/Global Practice,” this discussion at the Center for Architecture focused its attention on...
The results of the adAPT NYC competition for innovative small-scale housing were announced at the Museum of the City of New York yesterday by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg,...
"We are literally, today, building a bridge," said John Zuccotti, chairman of Brookfield Properties Corporation, at the start of a groundbreaking ceremony on 01.15.13...
Fifty members of the AIANY Interiors Committee immersed themselves in a Mid-century Modern ethos at Yale University's cultural meccas on Sunday, 01.13.13. A serious...
FIT: An Architect's Manifesto Robert Geddes, FAIA Princeton University Press, 2013 As 2012 drew to a close, conversations at the Center for Architecture were ever...
How do you design a cocktail based on architecture? For cultureNOW and AIANY Architecture Dialogue Committee’s second session of Cocktails & Conversations, Toby...
(Slideshow Above) In this issue: - Party Up to the Party Wall - Times Square [Hearts] Victims of Superstorm Sandy - Icing on the Anniversary Cake - The People’s...
The 2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture include The Barnes Foundation by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects; Boat Pavilion for Long Dock Park by...
The Oculus 2013 Editorial Calendar has been set. If you are an architect by training, or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning...
01.14.13: Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, met with NYC DCAS Commissioner Edna Wells Handy at the Center before her talk "Architecture in the Public Realm: DCAS Mission and Role...
