— AIA New York

December 21, 2010
by: Jessica Sheridan Assoc. AIA LEED AP

12.16.10: IBEX Construction Holiday Party held at the Center for Architecture.

Andy Frankl, President of IBEX Construction (left) with Rick Bell, FAIA, AIANY Executive Director.

Sam Lahoz

Margaret Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, 2011 AIANY President with Illya Azaroff, AIA, party designer.

Sam Lahoz

Henry Zachary, AIANY Finance Director (left) with Tony Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA, 2010 AIANY President.

Sam Lahoz

AIANY Staff (l-r): Suchi Paul, AIANY Exhibitions Coordinator; Christina Jung, AIANY Events & Marketing Coordinator; Jennifer Apple, AIANY Development Manager; Rosamond Fletcher, AIANY Director of Exhibitions; Jay Bond, AIANY Policy Director.

Sam Lahoz

12.15.10: New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (NYASLA) Merry Mixer at the Center for Architecture included members of AIANY, the American Institute of Lighting Designers (IALD), American Planning Association (APA), and Society of Professional Engineers.

Charles McKinney, Affil. ASLA, NYC Parks & Recreation Chief of Design/Capital Projects, with NYASLA President-elect Denisha Williams, ASLA, of Abel Bainnson Butz Landscape Architects.

Kristen Richards

Kim Nielsen, RLA, ASLA; Bonnie Harken, AIA, President, Nautilus International Development Consulting; and bio-sculptor Jackie Brookner.

Kristen Richards

Michael Spitzer, RLA, LEED AP, Principal, LANDGARDEN; Signe Nielsen, FASLA, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects; and Adrian Smith, ASLA, LEED AP.

Kristen Richards

Nicholas Quennell, FASLA, Partner, Quennell Rothschild and Partners, and 2010 NYASLA President’s Award for Service to the Profession; Susannah Drake, ASLA, Principal, dlandstudio; and Charles McKinney, Affil. ASLA, NYC Parks & Recreation Chief of Design/Capital Projects.

Kristen Richards

12.07.10: An interdisciplinary team of 11 students from New York Institute of Technology’s architecture, engineering, and other academic programs won a competition to design an energy-efficient hangar for the historic U.S.S. Intrepid. Their design features five descending tiers representing the five kamikaze attacks the vessel sustained throughout World War II, and incorporates renewable energy through wind turbines and solar panels.

Rendering of the winning design.

Team Alphabet Soup

The members of the winning team, Alphabet Soup, include Ryan Metz, Antonella Verderosa, Samuel Franck, Nde Tene, Ben Alling, Zach Sanzo, Luke Ferland, Katerina Skiadas, Jobin George, Kevin Bruno, AIAS, Dominic Tetro, and Nicholas Zangiacomi.

Natasha Jahangir

12.07.10: The Architects for Animals Event benefited the NYC Feral Cat Initiative, a program of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. Design firms were invited to create shelters for homeless, stray, and outdoor cat populations.

Tietz Baccon took home first place.

Courtesy Davis Brody Bond Aedas

12.07.10: New York Institute of Technology Students Propose Solutions for the Hudson Square District

NYIT’s fourth-year community design studio students investigated the Hudson Square neighborhood, identified opportunities and constraints, and developed programs for making a more sustainable community.

Courtesy Davis Brody Bond Aedas

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