10.08.09: As part of Architecture Week 2009, AIANY and the Center for Architecture Foundation hosted the Heritage Ball, the annual black-tie gala at Chelsea Piers. Music, dancing, and drinks continued at the after-party, Party@theCenter.
Heritage Ball at Pier 60.
Sam Lahoz
Student work, made in the Center for Architecture Foundation’s educational programs, adorned the tables.
Stacy Sideris
Heritage Ball Dinner Chair Laurie Beckelman, Hon. AIA.
Sam Lahoz
Honoree NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and AIANY President Sherida Paulsen, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
Center for Architecture Foundation President Roberta Washington and Honoree Make It Right’s Executive Director, Tom Darden.
Sam Lahoz
Honoree Robert Silman, PE, Hon. AIA.
Stacy Sideris
Honorees Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Stacy Sideris
Rick Bell, FAIA, Executive Director of AIANY, and Tony Schirripa, AIA, IIDA, AIANY Vice President.
Sam Lahoz
Party@theCenter.
Sam Lahoz
10.17.09: El Museo del Barrio re-opened to the public following a renovation by Gruzen Samton Architects.
(L-R): Julio Marrero, Director of Capital Projects, El Museo del Barrio, Client-user; Susan Chin, FAIA, Assistant Commissioner, Capital Projects; and William M. Singer, AIA, LEED AP, Gruzen Samton Architects.
Gruzen Samton Architects
(L-R): Assistant Commissioner Bogdan Pestka, AIA, NYC Dept. of Design & Construction, Cultural Unit; Michael Patraulea, Gruzen Samton Architects; William M. Singer, AIA, LEED AP, Gruzen Samton Architects; Jordan L. Gruzen, FAIA, Gruzen Samton Architects; and Commissioner David J. Burney, FAIA, NYC Dept. of Design & Construction.
Gruzen Samton Architects