Sauerbruch Hutton Wins Award

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Institute fellow Matthias Sauerbruch and his firm Sauerbruch Hutton won the first prize at the competition for Zero-energy Office Building in Langelinie, Copenhagen. More

Architecture and Institutions, Center for Architecture, New York

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The Institute curated a discussion about the value of institutions for Common Room, one of the 2008 winners of the New York New Practices AIA Award in New York. The panel discussion was moderated by Institute executive director Olympia Kazi and featured Damon Rich, Beth Stryker and Gwendolyn Wright. The panelists responded to Kazi’s Common Room Circular essay “Architecture Etc.”  [PDF]

The New York 2030 Notebook, Urban Center, New York

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

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Urban Center Books hosted a launch of The New York 2030 Notebook. Institute fellows and the board members Enrique Norten and Michael Sorkin joined the editors and many of the Notebook contributors for a toast and a discussion about Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC, the basis for the publication.

Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson

Monday, December 1st, 2008

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Wiley Press released Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs by acclaimed architects Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson, Institute fellow and contributor to The New York 2030 Notebook. More