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ASLA-NY: Environmental Justice through a Landscape Lens

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, New York 10012 Environmental justice addresses issues of: (1) unequal distribution of resources such as clean air and water, healthy food, homes, parks, places to walk and sit in public, etc.; (2) inaccessibility of public goods and resources because of transportation, cost or discrimination; and (3) exclusion

Free – $20

Cocktails & Conversation: Hayes Slade and James Slade with Fred Bernstein

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture and design issues. Each program includes a custom-crafted cocktail—one inspired by the architect’s work and created especially for this event. Speakers: Hayes Slade, AIA, 2019 AIANY President; Co-Founder and

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Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen featuring Jeffrey Sachs

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Cohen’s guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them. The result: surprising stories from great speakers.

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Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

On the occasion of Paul Rudolph’s Centennial, The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation and The Center for Architecture are pleased to present Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey, an exhibition of previously unseen drawings, sketches and renderings highlighting a fascinating chapter in the architect’s dynamic and productive architectural career. “This is because we must use architecture, and

Toward a Livable City: New York and the Municipal Art Society (1893-Present)

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Presented on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Municipal Art Society (MAS), Toward a Livable City explores this organization’s profound impact on the metropolis we live in today. From its foundations in aesthetics in 1893, MAS quickly scaled up its efforts to respond to a bigger and increasingly more complex metropolis. It has addressed the challenging

Quality Affordable Housing in NYC

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Since Mayor de Blasio launched the Housing New York plan in 2014, New York City has greatly accelerated the construction of affordable housing. A number of these significant projects will be on city-owned property and will now come under the Public Design Commission’s (New York’s design review agency) jurisdiction. The PDC has traditionally been responsible for the

$10

Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

November 14, 2017 - March 5, 2018 Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd is an exhibition focusing on built and unrealized architectural projects by Judd, one of the most recognized artists of the 20th Century. The exhibition reveals how drawing and building cultures impacted his art and suggests how his work has influenced contemporary architecture. Obdurate

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Swiss Touch presents: Media Architecture and the Transformation of the City

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

This panel discussion explores various facets of media architecture, from theoretical and conceptual urban planning and design challenges to visions of the future cityscape. Media architecture transforms urban spaces by seamlessly embedding digital media into the built environment. It uses new, responsive technologies such as the internet of things, big data and other spatial sensing

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Franco Purini: In (the) Space of Drawing: Reason and Imagination

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the NYIT Department of Interior Design invites you to Franco Purini: In (the) Space of Drawing: Reason and Imagination. Opening Night Reception: October 16, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. R.S.V.P. to archevents@nyit.edu. LOCATION AIA Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY 10012 EXHIBIT HOURS October 16 –

11th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Farshid Moussavi: Thoughts on New Architecture

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Farshid Moussavi RA, RIBA is this year's speaker for the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee's Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial lecture which focuses on excellence in museum design. Moussavi is Founder of the London-based international firm Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She will share her thoughts on a new

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God’s Business: Religion and Development in New York City

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Religious institutions in New York City face both financial strain and rising land values, and are engaging increasingly in development deals through the sale of property and development rights. These transactions potentially have profound architectural, cultural, civic, and theological implications that are reshaping communities throughout the city. How do architects best serve these religious institutions,

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Park Avenue Armory: Gilded Landmark as Experimental Art Platform

AIANY Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

How are the design interventions and preservation work to the historic interiors of the Park Avenue Armory enabling this landmark to become New York’s newest cultural venue featuring music, dance, theater and visual arts? Whether against the backdrop of the highly decorative Gilded Age rooms or in the more industrial Drill Hall, artists’ creations are

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