The Center for Architecture - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Center for Architecture. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“CAMPUS AULA: Educational Architecture in Latin America” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents CAMPUS AULA: Educational Architecture in Latin America, in conjunction with the AIANY 2023 Design Awards exhibition. Curated by Jeannette Plaut and Marcelo Sarovic,...More »
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“Fairy Tale Architecture” Exhibition
Fairy Tale Architecture presents designs for unbuilt structures that explore the relationship between fairy tales and speculative architecture, melding art, architecture, and literary critique. Initially...More »
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“New Practices New York” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents New Practices New York, opening on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 6:00 pm. The exhibition will showcase the six winners of the most recent cycle of the competition,...More »
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“Cairo Modern” Exhibition
Cairo Modern showcases works by Egyptian modernists from the 1920s to the 1970s, half a century of rich architectural production that complicate our present understanding of global modernism. The exhibition...More »
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“AIANY Design Awards 2020-21” Exhibition
AIANY Design Awards 2020-21 features the winning projects from two competition cycles, exhibited together for the first time. AIANY is excited to celebrate the 24 winning projects from 2021 and the 35...More »
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“Public Works: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents its exhibition schedule for 2020. The year will begin with the opening of Public Works: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City. Public Works...More »
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“Single-Story Project” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents the exhibition Single-Story Project. The exhibition, curated by Alan G. Brake, Assoc. AIA, with exhibition design by Vanessa Lam, presents photographs of the East Village...More »
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“Fringe Cities: Legacies of Renewal in the Small American City” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents the exhibition Fringe Cities: Legacies of Renewal in the Small American City. The exhibition, curated by MASS Design Group, explores the Fringe City, defined as an...More »
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“Big Ideas Small Lots” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents the exhibition Big Ideas Small Lots. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), presents the...More »
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Mark Zlotsky “Topiary Tango”
Based on research by 2017 Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel grant recipient Mark Zlotsky, the exhibition explores the architectural possibilities of this changing medium, capable of breathing new life into...More »
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“Mapping Community: Public Investment in NYC” Exhibition
Mapping Community: Public Investment in NYC exhibition demystifies the complex process of capital planning in New York City while highlighting the points at which everyday New Yorkers can get involved...More »
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“2019 AIANY Design Awards” Exhibition
The 2019 AIANY Design Awards exhibition features winning projects in the categories of Best in Competition, Architecture, Interiors, Projects, Urban Design, and Sustainability. AIA New York’s annual...More »
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“Syria Before the Deluge” Exhibition
The exhibition presents photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron, documenting ancient and historic monuments before the Syrian Civil War. The Center for Architecture presents Syria Before the Deluge. The...More »
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“Patchwork: The Architecture of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak” Exhibition
The exhibition presents works by the architect for the first time in the USA, shining a light on the architecture of Communist-era Poland. The Center for Architecture, in collaboration with the Museum...More »
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“Design and the Just City in NYC” Exhibition
Five case studies explore urban justice in New York City. The Center for Architecture is proud to announce the opening of Design and the Just City in NYC. The exhibition, curated by the Just City Lab...More »
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Paul Rudolph “The Hong Kong Journey”
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...More »
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“Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture” Exhibition
“Don’t push me ‘cause I’m close to the edge. I’m trying not to loose my head. It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder why I keep from going under” - from “The Message,” Grandmaster Flash and...More »
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“A Call to Act!ivism: Echoing Whitney Young 50 Years Later” Exhibition
A Call to Act!ivism: Echoing Whitney Young 50 Years Later opens on Tuesday, July 10 at 6:00 pm. The exhibition, organized by the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee (D&I) and curated by D&I...More »
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“Social Housing – New European Projects” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents Social Housing – New European Projects. The exhibition, curated and designed by Karakusevic Carson Architects, brings together 25 projects by 20 practices to showcase...More »
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“The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion: New York Edition” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion: New York Edition. The exhibition, curated and designed by Interboro Partners, focuses on New York City as a laboratory where...More »
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“Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents the opening of Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd. The exhibition is curated and designed by Claude Armstrong, Architect and Donna Cohen, Associate Professor...More »
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“Scaffolding” Exhibition
Scaffolding curated by Greg Barton, examines the extraordinary applications of scaffolding as a kit-of-parts technology to provide novel forms of inhabitation and access. Through an installation designed...More »
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“This Future Has a Past” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture is proud to announce This Future Has a Past, a multimedia installation brought to New York City in cooperation with Anyspace, the new pop-up architectural exhibition program...More »
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“5x5 Participatory Provocations” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture is proud to announce 5x5 Participatory Provocations, an exhibition featuring models by 25 young architecture firms. Curated by Kevin Erickson, Julia van den Hout, and Kyle May,...More »
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“Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture presents Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia. Curated by Lynnette Widder, Lecturer in Discipline, Sustainability Management, at Columbia University, and designed by...More »
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“ASLA-NY 2016 Design Awards” Exhibition
The Annual Design Awards held by the American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter represent excellence in professional accomplishment by ASLA New York members in five categories: General...More »
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“AnnualRings: A New Generation of Wood Architecture in Finland” Exhibition
Finland prides itself on its long-established woodworking tradition and widespread appreciation for quality craftsmanship, but the last twenty years have seen particularly remarkable development in Finnish...More »
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“New York New Design” Exhibition
Founded in 1857, AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects with 5,536 architect, allied professional, associate, emeritus, corresponding, international associate,...More »
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“Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change” Exhibition
The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 has highlighted the vulnerability of urban coastal areas to the effects of catastrophic storms and climate change. Coastal communities must adapt...More »
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“Un/FairUse” Exhibition
Un/fair Use is an exhibition of research and proposals related to copying and copyright in architecture. Appropriation is as much a part of architecture as the expectation of novelty, and so it is at...More »
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“Designing Affordability: Quicker, Smarter, More Efficient Housing Now” Exhibition
Designing Affordability: Quicker, Smarter, More Efficient Housing Now examines how architects, engineers, planners, policy makers, tenants, and homeowners are crafting innovative ways to reduce the cost...More »
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“Then and Now: Ten Years of Residencies at the Center for Book Arts” Exhibition
Organized by Alexander Campos, Executive Director & Curator, Center for Book Arts, and Erin Riley-Lopez, Curator, Freeman Gallery, Albright College This exhibition examines two of the Center’s core...More »
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“Built by Women” Exhibition
Built by Women (BxW) is a social and educational initiative, celebrating women’s contributions to the built environment. In addition to recognizing and supporting the diverse women working in these professions,...More »
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“Prague Functionalism: Tradition and Contemporary Echoes” Exhibition
The Center for Architecture opens Prague Functionalism: Tradition and Contemporary Echoes on February 12th, 2015. This is the exhibition’s US premiere, and the first major exhibition at the Center for...More »
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Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance’s Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines(WEDG)” Exhibition
Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG) is a tool and scorecard for creating resilient, accessible waterfronts. MWA developed WEDG as a way to achieve real and necessary change at the waterfront. With...More »
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“Arch Schools 2014” Exhibition
The AIA New York Chapter announces 2014 Arch Schools, our annual exhibition of exemplary student work from thirteen area architecture schools. Participating Schools: The City College of New York Columbia...More »
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“Building Connections 2014” Exhibition
Building Connections 2014 is the Center for Architecture Foundation’s annual exhibition of K - 12 student design work from our Learning By Design:NY in-school residencies and Programs@theCenter vacation...More »
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“The QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm” Exhibition
The QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm exhibition presents entries to the latest ideas competition developed by the AIANY Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee. Entrants were challenged...More »
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“Designing Free Speech: A Call to Design New York City Public Spaces for First Amendment Rights” Exhibition
Theatrum Mundi, in partnership with the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, asked architects, designers, activists, artists, and anyone interested in imagining new spaces in the city for...More »
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“Affording Resilience: Housing Retro Fits for Climate Threats” Exhibition
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, there has been a great deal of design thinking about how to retrofit affected buildings. Some creative ideas include increasing building volumes to make up for the...More »
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“Open to the Public: Civic Space Now” Exhibition
What makes public space compelling and enjoyable? What, in fact, makes it public? Government funding? Municipal policing? The recent “occupation” of parks, plazas, and squares, including POPS (privately...More »
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“Polis : 7 Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space [2000-2012]” Exhibition
The European Prize for Urban Public Space aims to recognize and make known successful examples of different applications of the democratic conception of the city. Over its history, the Prize – which is...More »
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“Copenhagen Solutions” Exhibition
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is internationally recognized for its green profile as well as its leadership and excellence within the field of integrated urban solutions. For decades these solutions...More »
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“Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge” Exhibition
Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge explores the elegant, and oftentimes elusive intersection between the aesthetics of architectural form and the technicality of structural design, through...More »
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"Beyond Zuccotti Park" Exhibition
“Where are the spaces in which we act as a community? Who governs them? Who decides on their design? Their use? And should we blur the controls, the boundaries, the authority, and the thresholds between...More »
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"New Practices New York 2012" Exhibition
New Practices New York, a biennial competition since 2006, serves as the preeminent platform in New York City to recognize and promote new and innovative architecture and design firms. The juried portfolio...More »
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"The Harlem Edge | Cultivating Connections" Exhibition
The Harlem Edge exhibition presents entries to the latest ideas competition developed by the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee. Following previous waterfront sites that included Groen Hoek,...More »
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"V'SOSKE Rugs by Architects: Architecture in Transition, 1979-1993" Exhibition
From its inception in 1924, V'SOSKE has been committed to the understanding that the rug is a vital component of space and an extension of the architects' design philosophy. The American Institute of Architects...More »
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"AIANY Design Awards 2012" Exhibition
AIA New York’s annual Design Awards Program recognizes outstanding architectural design by New York City-based architects, designers, landscape architects, and planners and exemplary work in New York City...More »
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"NEWLY DRAWN - Emerging Finnish Architects" Exhibition
NEWLY DRAWN-Emerging Finnish Architects introduces young, upcoming Finnish architects, their latest projects, visions, and ways of working. It is a joint project by the Hollemen Reuter Sandman, Verstas,...More »
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"A Plague Remembered: AIDS Memorial Park Design Competition" Exhibition
Founded in 2011, AIDS Memorial Park (AMP) is a coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to the recognition and preservation of the ongoing history of the AIDS crisis. Although there have been...More »
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"CHANGE: Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East, 2000-Present" Exhibition
Architectural production in the Middle East ranges from the preservation of heritage, social housing, governmental buildings, and tourist resorts to mega theme parks, supertall towers, knowledge cities,...More »
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"City of Mirages: Baghdad, 1952-1982" Exhibition
The history of modern architecture in Baghdad has been relatively underexplored and is still not well known. Though specialists in Iraq, and in exile throughout the world, have already undertaken detailed...More »
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"LIVE FEED: Middle East Collaborations, 2005-2012, Columbia University GSAPP+CUMERC"
In the biggest transformation in human history, 70% of the world’s 9 billion people will live in cities by 2050. As the fabric of our shared world changes so radically, a whole new kind of intellectual...More »
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"Smarter Living - The 2,000-Watt Society" Exhibition
In 2008, the citizens of Zurich approved a referendum that set the goal of reducing energy consumption by each person from the current 6,500 watts to 2,000 watts by 2150. Smarter Living—The 2,000-Watt...More »
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"Buildings = Energy" Exhibition
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, currently about 40% of the energy consumed in the United States is attributed to buildings. Buildings = Energy explores how critical choices by people in the...More »
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"Building Connections 2011" Exhibition
The Center for Architecture Foundation brings built environment awareness to kindergarten through twelfth grade audiences. Our Learning By Design:NY in-school residency program began in 1991 and serves...More »
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"Seen Since 9/11: Interviews and Photographs of New Yorkers by Tibo" Exhibition
"The photographs by Tibo of people and buildings seen since 9/11 in New York show the strength and resilience of our city. Our lives intersected that day, and the strands woven in Tibo’s narrative show...More »
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"Building the Burble Bup" Exhibition
Burble Bup, designed by Bittertang, is the earthen and inflatable answer to the second annual FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY City of Dreams Pavilion Competition. Built of tactile materials the pavilion is a place...More »
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"New Practices Sao Paulo" Exhibition
New Practices São Paulo is the most recent juried portfolio competition and exhibition of the biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. New Practices São...More »
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"Mapping the Cityscape" Exhibition
Mapping the Cityscape will focus on the role of emerging digital technologies in transforming our perception of our environment. Traditionally, mapping has been viewed as a tool to convey information graphically...More »
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"Swimming to Manhattan" Exhibition
The Winter Term ‘Swimming to Manhattan’ for third-year students at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam takes the form of a competition that features competing teams, a critical jury, and a real prize....More »
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"GLIMPSES of New York and Amsterdam in 2040" Ehibition
New York and Amsterdam are exploring their long-term futures. Each city is affected by shifting demographics, changes in climate, energy transitions, and global economic patterns. They share extensive...More »
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"An Eye on Architecture, Photographs from the Archive of Norman McGrath" Exhibition
An Eye on Architecture, Photographs from the Archive of Norman McGrath is an exhibition of architectural photographs, some dating back to the 1960s, including black and white silver prints from the film...More »
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"AIANY Design Awards 2011" Exhibition
AIA New York's annual Design Awards Program recognizes outstanding architectural design by New York City architects and also honors exemplary work in New York City done by architects from around the globe....More »
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"High Performance Landscape Guidelines: 21st Century Parks for NYC" Exhibition
The High Performance Landscape Guidelines: 21st Century Parks for NYC stand as a radical act by an enlightened municipality. Created by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, in partnership...More »
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"Jugaad Urbanism: Resourceful Strategies for Indian Cities" Exhibition
Set in the radically uneven urban landscapes of Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Pune, India, Jugaad Urbanism explores how the energy of citizens “making-do” is translated by architects, urban planners, and...More »
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"Design for Decades" Exhibition
Design for Decades is an initiative of the AIA National Component, in collaboration with AIA New York, to feature, archive and exhibit significant projects by AIA members. Work is displayed online in...More »
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"High Bridge:Bronx (HB:BX) Building Cultural Infrastructure" Exhibition
The 2010 High Bridge:Bronx (HB:BX) Building Cultural Infrastructure competition, hosted by the Emerging New York Architects Committee, AIA New York Chapter, explored the intersection between physical and...More »
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"Building Connections 2010" Exhibition
Architecture and design become powerful teaching tools when they combine real-world problem solving with core curriculum subjects, empowering students to take an active role in shaping the world around...More »
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"Innovate : Integrate - Building Better Together" Exhibition
Innovation in construction materials and methods has, in the past, evolved incrementally. Today, however, a surge in technological breakthroughs, shifting expectations, and a demand for high-performance...More »
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"Sukkah City" Exhibition
Sukkah City is an international design competition that re-imagines an ancient form. The winning schemes and many of the entries develop new methods of material practice and propose radical possibilities...More »
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"Building the Living Pavilion" Exhibition
Living Pavilion is the culmination of the first annual international design/build competition co-hosted by the participatory arts program FIGMENT, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA),...More »
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"New Practices New York 2010" Exhibition
New Practices New York 2010 is the third juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform...More »
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"Our Cities Ourselves: The Future of Transportation in Urban Life" Exhibition
Our Cities Ourselves: The Future of Transportation in Urban Life explores the creation of better cities through better transportation and demonstrates what is possible when we design our cities for ourselves. By...More »
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"Sunny Memories" Exhibition
Initiated by the EPFL+ECAL Lab, the Sunny Memories international design workshop offers a new vision of solar energy. This workshop is based on a new technology of dye solar cell invented at the Ecole...More »
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"Design Awards 2010" Exhibition
AIA New York’s annual Design Awards Program recognizes excellence in architectural design for projects in New York City and by New York City architects worldwide. Design Awards are given in four categories:...More »
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"Helfand Spotlight Series: The New Domino" Exhibition
The New Domino is part of the Center for Architecture’s Helfand Spotlight Series, which features current topics in New York architecture. The future of the Domino Sugar site, the Williamsburg neighborhood...More »
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"Modernism At Risk" Exhibition
Modernism represents the defining movement of twentieth-century architecture and design; yet, every day, important works of modern architecture are destroyed or inappropriately altered. The solutions for...More »
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"Back on the Map - Revisiting the New York State Pavilion at the 1964/65 World's Fair" Exhibition
The New York State Pavilion was considered one of the best architectural designs at the 1964/65 World’s Fair and is certainly one of the most iconic of structures to survive. Back on the Map: Revisiting...More »
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"Finnish Films on Architecture: Three Houses" Film Program
In anticipation of the Center for Architecture's inaugural participation in MUSE's annual Art on Screen Film Festival, the Center for Architecture presents three Finnish films on architecture. - Tadao...More »
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"urbanSHED International Design Competition" Exhibition
More than 6,000 sidewalk sheds flank New York City’s buildings and construction sites. They span more than 1,000,000 linear feet and typically remain in place for over a year. While these sheds protect...More »
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"Context/Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967-2009" Exhibition
New York is often imagined as a perennially new city, yet in the four decades since the 1965 passage of the New York Landmarks Law, it has become one of the strongest forces for historic preservation in...More »
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"New York Now" Exhibition
New York Now will include works of all scales and types – small, large, commercial, residential, public, private, interiors, historic preservation, engineering, landscape and urban design – presenting...More »
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"Arch Schools: Visions of the Future" Exhibition
The AIA New York Chapter announces Arch Schools: Visions of the Future, our fifth annual exhibition of exemplary student work from fourteen area architecture schools. Participating Schools: The City...More »
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"Building Connections" Exhibition
Join us in celebrating our young designers! This annual exhibition of K-12 explorations into the built environment showcases models and drawings from Learning By Design:NY, our school based residency program,...More »
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"New Practices San Francisco" Exhibition
New Practices San Francisco is the 2009, West Coast premiere of AIA New York’s annual portfolio competition and exhibition. New Practices San Francisco is a platform for recognizing and promoting new and...More »
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"The Global Polis: Interactive Infrastructures" Exhibition
What is infrastructure? For much of the twentieth century, the answer to this question was guided by the ideology of functionalist urbanism, a school of thought that said that all healthy cities served...More »
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"Helfand Spotlight Series: Max Bond 1935-2009" Exhibition
Max Bond: 1935 - 2009 was organized by AIA New York with Davis Brody Bond Aedas to commemorate the life and work of J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA This exhibition is made possible through the generous support...More »
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"2009 Design & Building Type Awards" Exhibition
AIA New York’s annual Design Awards Program recognizes excellence in architectural design for projects in New York City and by New York City architects worldwide. Design Awards are given in three categories:...More »
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William Baker "Creating New Architecture: Studies in Structural Topology"
William Baker, Partner in Charge of Structural and Civil Engineering at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, will present recent and on-going research conducted under his leadership by a group of structural...More »
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"Helfand Spotlight Series: OMA NY's 23 East 22nd Street Tower" Exhibition
The Center for Architecture is premiering its Helfand Spotlight Series in the newly renovated storefront Margaret Helfand Gallery. The first project selected for this honor is OMA's tower at 23 East 22nd...More »
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"Global Dialogues: Seoul, Newark, and New York" Conversation
Seoul Deputy Mayor Young Gull Kwon will be joined in conversation by Newark Deputy Mayor Stefan Pryor and New York City Chief Urban Designer Alexandros Washburn to discuss the integration of environmental...More »
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"Make It Work. Engineering Possibilities" Exhibition
Today's engineers are working across disciplines and driving innovation. MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities looks at how engineers are envisioning and realizing the future of our built environment...More »
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"+Housin" Panel
+Housing focuses on eight current examples which illustrate this phenomenon: public uses combined with, and often financed by housing. The essential urban institutions – parks, schools, places of worship,...More »
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2009 AIA Board Inaugural
AIA New York Chapter invites you to celebrate the 2009 Board Inaugural. The event will feature a passing of the gavel from James McCullar, FAIA, to Sherida Paulsen, FAIA. The Inaugural will kick off the...More »
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"2008 Procrastinators' Days" Lecture Series
With 26 HSW AIA/CES registered educational sessions from which to choose, Procrastinators' Days is an opportunity for our members - and non-members! - to fulfill their Continuing Education requirements...More »
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"Albi Cathedral & the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn" Lecture
The program will present Albi Cathedral and explore Louis Kahn's life-long fascination with and inspiration by the paradoxical ideal of thick-walled structures as givers of light. The lecture will focus...More »
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Matthew Buckingham "Muhheakantuck"
Filmmaker Matthew Buckingham will be screening and discussing his film Muhheakantuck – Everything Has a Name, an installation piece and mapping project that explores the history and territory of the Hudson...More »
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"ARCH SCHOOLS 2008" Exhibition
ARCH SCHOOLS 2008 is the AIA New York Chapter’s fourth annual architecture schools exhibition, and will feature exemplary student work, including drawings and models, from 14 Tri-State area schools. Participating...More »
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"+Housing" 2008 AIA New York Designs for Living" Exhibition
In the coming decades, New York will confront the challenge of housing another million people in a built-up city with limited area for new construction. Aging infrastructure and environmental concerns...More »
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"New Practices New York 2008" Exhibition
New Practices New York 2008 is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform...More »
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"South Street Seaport - Re-envisioning the Urban Edge" Exhibition
The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) presents the Third Biennial Ideas Competition, South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge. This competition encouraged participants to envision...More »