by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
The AIANY 2014 Heritage Ball honored Robert De Niro, Actor and Co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival; Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, CBRE, Inc., New York Tri-State Region; Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA, Dean of the School of Design and Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania; and Adam Weinstein, President and CEO, Phipps Houses.
The National Academy Museum & School will induct Peter Bohlin, FAIA, Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Michael Manfredi, FAIA, and Marion Weiss, FAIA, Founding Partners, Weiss/Manfredi, and Charles Renfro, AIA, Partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, as National Academicians on 10.28.14…Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, Principal, Alexander Gorlin Architects, will be honored at Common Ground’s 2014 Annual Gala celebrating home & community…Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, was awarded the 2014 ULI JC Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development at the Urban Land Institute’s 2014 Fall Meeting…The Supportive Housing Network of New York honored NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Commissioner Vicki Been (Government Partner of the Year), and The Anderson, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning (Residence of the Year for Innovation in the Field) at their 2014 Network Gala…
The winner of the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge is Living Breakwaters by SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE…
Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Sarah Carroll as the new Executive Director of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission…
James Malloch Taylor has been promoted to Partner at Peter Pennoyer Architects…