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Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly formally presented the NYPD's cogent book of design guidelines, Engineering Security: Protective Design for High Risk Buildings, at...
Rick Bell, FAIA, with Governor Patterson. Marissa Shorenstein On Thursday, 04.02.09, New York State Governor David A. Patterson came to a breakfast meeting...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at ABNY. Rick Bell Senator Kirsten Gillibrand opened by thanking the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) and its chair, William...
In his 2009 State of the City Address, delivered at Brooklyn College on January 15th, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke of creating jobs, strengthening the quality of...
(Continued from above) Mayor Bloomberg recalled those years in his State of the City speech: "Until recently, the New Deal and the 1930s seemed like a distant memory --...
Philadelphia's new Center for Architecture. Courtesy AIA Philadelphia AIA Philadelphia celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremonial opening of its Center for...
On May 6, the Governmental Operations Committee of the New York City Council tacitly agreed with the architects and engineers packing the City Hall committee hearing...
Frances Hesselbein speaks at Grassroots about breaking down hierarchies. Karen Plunkett, AIA "I don't know what to say, I have no speech," were the opening words of...
(continued from above) We all learned from some top word-warriors, including General Henry Shelton, the retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who defined...
(l-r): Consul General Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, Daniel Libeskind, AIA, Nina Libeskind, and Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit. Courtesy...
Dara McQuillan of Silverstein Properties counts down until CD sets for the east bathtub are complete. Rick Bell Larry Silverstein's remarks were on target. He spoke...
Access Living’s new headquarters in Chicago. Courtesy www.accessliving.org In describing the building he designed in Chicago for Access Living, a national...
Speaking at the New York Building Congress breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental on June 19, The Port Authority of NY & NJ Executive Director Anthony E. Shorris led off...
Jean Nouvel, Hon. FAIA, gives a tour of 40 Mercer Street, under construction. Rick Bell, FAIA Architect Jean Nouvel, Hon. FAIA, was honored April 9, on the...
Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez. Doug Gordon Grassroots, the AIA's annual legislative and leadership conference, took place this month in Washington,...