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Upcoming: APA Panel on Public-Private Mega-Projects

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:55:27 +0000

The APA NY Metro Chapter’s Economic Development Committee, in collaboration with the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, will present a panel discussion on Public-Private Mega-Projects Shaping the Region on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM. The event will take place at the NYU-SCPS Midtown Center @ 11 West 42nd Street, Room 421.

Panelists will include Lynn Kelly, President of the Coney Island Development Corp., Paul Januszewski, President of the Queens West Development Corp., Bronson Fox, Vice President of the Moynihan Station Development Corp., and Andrew Manshel, Executive Vice President of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.

The event is being organized by IfUD Fellow Bissera Antikarov along with her APA NY MCEDC co-chair Tom Jost, and will be moderated by James P. Stuckey, Divisional Dean, Clinical Professor, Klara and Larry Silverstein Chair. 2.0 AICP CM Credits will be offered. RSVP by Friday, June 25, 2010 to Jason Kaye, JKaye@seedco.org

Upcoming: Planning For a Sustainable Future

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:58:40 +0000

On March 22nd, APA NY Metro Chapter and AIA NY will host a panel discussion called Planning for a Sustainable Future: Can We Achieve Integration at the Regional Level? The discussion will take place at 6:30pm at the Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, NYC). RSVP here.

Institute fellow Bissera Antikarov will serve as moderator along with Tom Jost, co-chairs of the APA NY Economic Development Committee.

1.5 AICP CM Credits pending, CES LUs 1.5; HSW 1.5; SD 1.5

Institute Fellows’ New Ventures

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:00:19 +0000

Institute fellow Christopher Stienon has founded Urban Matrix, a New York-based practice for urban design, planning, and environmental sustainability.

Bissera Antikarov has founded a new New York-based planning, urban design, and re/development consulting practice called UrbanVision Consulting.

2009 Kick-Off Party, New York

admin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:00:18 +0000

Friends and fellows gather to toast the Institute.

Fellows, friends, and supporters of the Institute for Urban Design gathered at the New York studio of mOrphosis Architects to celebrate the new board of directors and chart an expansive next phase of critical urban engagement. Generously hosted by board member Thom Mayne, the event marked one year of transition, building upon the legacy of the Institute’s past while looking toward the future. More