When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 22 Where: At The Center Please join us for the opening of Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia. The exhibition presents the houses by Japanese American architect and Taliesin student Kaneji Domoto in Westchester County’s Usonia, a small community for which Frank Lloyd Wright designed the site
AIA CES 2.0 LU | 2.0 HSW When: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SUNDAY, JULY 9 Where: AIANY Tours Meet at the north side of the fountain in City Hall Park. Explore the rich history of NYC’s Civic Center area, highlighting its urban planning and development and its architecture. From City Hall Park to Foley Square, to
In 5x5 Participatory Provocations, 25 young architects engage controversial issues in an imagined future, producing physical expressions or provocations. Each team responds to one of five prompts, contemplating the future of drone deliveries, the consequences of luxury high rises as financial investments, luxury tourism on the moon, the fictional development of NSA community branches, and
AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SATURDAY, JULY 29 Where: AIANY Tours Meet at the fountain in the plaza of Lincoln Center. Discover the evolution of this pioneering cultural complex of the mid-20th Century. Explore its origins as a Robert Moses urban renewal project announced in 1956, through its design
AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 Where: At The Center It is important for design professionals to understand and consider the impact of proposed construction upon adjacent properties and the obligations project owners have to adjacent property owners. All parties should understand building code requirements to protect
The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion: New York Edition will present 156 “weapons” utilized by architects, planners, policymakers, developers, real estate brokers, activists, and other urban actors to restrict or increase access to urban space. Based on a book, The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion, the exhibition examines how these weapons have been used and speculates
Please join us for the opening of the Social Housing – New European Projects! Across Europe, a new generation of architecture practices are transforming affordable housing. Responding to continued need, changing clients, and new funding methods, architects are once again addressing how homes can be delivered at scale while piloting new methods to achieve high standards of
Across Europe living habits and architectural traditions differ from country to country, but uniting the continent is a renewed focus on embracing new methods and innovative refurbishment strategies to achieve new standards of exemplary social housing design. This half day explores shifting national attitudes, housing traditions, recent experiences and pan-European challenges. With Paul Karakusevic (Karakusevic
The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion (Actar, 2017) is an encyclopedia of 202 tools—or “weapons”—used by architects, planners, policy makers, developers, real-estate brokers, activists, and other urban actors in the United States to restrict or increase access to urban space. The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion inventories these weapons, examines how they have been used,
Probing deeply into national identity, architect Mina Chow investigates the controversy surrounding US participation at World’s Fairs for the last 25 years. The film asks important questions about the country’s role in the world and perceptions of the American image. With our diminished presence at World’s Fairs, have we lost sight of what it means to
Please join us for a related program for Design and the Just City in NYC. This program will take a closer look at the case studies presented in the exhibition. Speakers: Julia D. Day, Associate, Gehl – Making Cities for People Susannah C. Drake, FASLA, AIA, Founding Principal, DLANDstudio Quilian Riano, Assoc. AIA, Founder and Principal,
CFA Lab: Seeking Refuge and Making Home in NYC will feature the Center for Architecture Lab’s 2023 residents. The residents were selected from over 50 applicants who responded to the idea of “Home,” a concept that can take on many different meanings, especially in post-COVID New York City. The Center for Architecture Lab is a
