Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
In an Abitare article, Justin Allen wrote about David van der Leer’s Stillspotting exhibit (pictured at left); Rick Bell talked to Metropolis about the building boom in the Middle East; Blouin ArtInfo profiled Meta Brunzema’s “Building Exhibition Hudson Valley/Erie Canal” project; Sara Caples served on the jury that determined the AIA 2012 Housing Awards; Craig Dykers’ Snøhetta endowed a scholarship for undergraduates at the UT Austin School of Architecture; for the latest installment of his CityWide talk show, Ken Fisher interviewed former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer; Daniel Libeskind discussed ‘healing’ architecture in Metropolis; John Palmieri contemplated the future of Atlantic City in the Washington Post; Urban Omnibus recapped their Public Space Potluck with Linda Pollak at Dutch Kills Green.
Tags: Abitare, AIA NY, Architectural League, Atlantic City, Blouin Art Info, Caples Jefferson, CityWide, Craig Dykers, daniel libeskind, David van der Leer, Dutch Kills Green, Fernando Ferrer, Guggenheim Museum, John Palmieri, Justin Allen, Ken Fisher, Linda Pollak, Meta Brunzema, Meta Brunzema Architects, Metropolis, New York City, Rick Bell, Sara Caples, Snohetta, Stillspotting, Studio Daniel Libeskind, Urban Omnibus, UT Austin School of Architecture, Washington Post
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
The latest issue of Architect magazine includes a feature on Sara Caples’ modernization of the Queens Theatre in Flushing, NY (pictured at left); New York’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” was unveiled two weeks ago, a project on which Susan Chin’s Design Trust for Public Space collaborated extensively over the past seven years; Ken Fisher interviewed New York State Assemblyman Keith Wright of Harlem for the latest installment of his CityWide talk show; as Fenway Park turns 100, Anthony Flint writes about historic preservation in The Atlantic Cities; in an op-ed in the Toronto Star, Ken Greenberg contemplates the future of the city’s waterfront; work by Mary Miss is included in the new book, The New Earthwork: Art, Action, Agency; the Observer profiles Board Member Claire Weisz‘s renovation of the Drawing Center; Andrew Whalley’s Grimshaw Architects have been chosen as finalists to design a new medical school at SUNY Buffalo.
Tags: Andrew Whalley, Anthony Flint, Architect Magazine, Assemblyman Keith Wright, Caples Jefferson, CityWide, Claire Weisz, Design Trust for Public Space, Drawing Center, Fenway Park, Grimshaw Architects, Ken Fisher, Ken Greenberg, mary miss, Queens Theatre, Sara Caples, SUNY Buffalo, Susan Chin, Taxi of Tomorrow, The Atlantic CITIES, The New Earthwork, The New York Observer, Toronto, Toronto Star
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Cosentini Associates has just appointed Gretchen Bank as their Director of Business Development and Marketing; Andrew Bernheimer has been announced as the new director for Parsons’ Master in Architecture program; Ken Fisher interviewed Camille Rivera, a leader In the Working Families Party in New York, for his CityWide talk show on 2/15; as part of their AEC Knowledge series, the AIANY released “Sustainable High Density Affordable Housing,” a new digital course presented by Mark Ginsberg; Chris Hardwicke’s Ravine City concept is featured in the new book Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture (pictured at left); Patron Steven Holl and Board Member Thom Mayne are finalists to design the first academic building on Cornell’s new Roosevelt Island campus (Holl’s Zaituny Bay project was also recently profiled in the New York Times); David Manfredi recently presented Elkus Manfredi’s proposed “Ink Block” mixed-use development to a public forum in Boston; The Architect’s Newspaper profiled the Queens Plaza revamp designed by Linda Pollak’s firm; the March issue of Dwell features the ‘Ghost Houses’ project by Ted Shelton; Ethel Sheffer has been selected to join the AICP College of Fellows and will be inducted at the National Planning Conference in April; finally, congratulations to Beverly Willis, whose Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary on 2/21.
Tags: AEC Knowledge, AIA NY, Andrew Bernheimer, Beverly Willis, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Boston, Camille Rivera, Carrot City, CCNY, Chris Hardwicke, CityWide, Cornell, Cosentini Associates, David Manfredi, Dwell, Elkus Manfredi, Ethel Sheffer, FAICP, Ghost Houses, Gretchen Bank, Ink Block, Ken Fisher, Linda Pollack, Mark Ginsberg, Master in Architecture, mixed-use, National Planning Conference, New York Times, Parsons, Queens Plaza, Ravine City, Roosevelt Island, Steven Holl, Sustainable High Density Affordable Housing, Ted Shelton, The Architect's Newspaper, The New School, Thom Mayne, Working Families Party, Zaituny Bay
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
A study by Tom Angotti and Picture the Homeless revealed that New York City is home to enough vacant lots and buildings to house its entire homeless population–with room to spare; Deborah Berke’s Yale architecture students are designing an urban bourbon distillery in downtown Louisville; Rick Bell was profiled by the Epoch Times; the latest episode of CUNY-TV’s Citywide program features Ken Fisher interviewing Working Families Party leader Camille Rivera; Chadwick Floyd is designing the expansion of Waterford, Connecticut’s Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; MLive.com interviewed Board Member Toni Griffin about the long-term strategic planning initiative she’s leading for the Detroit Works Program; Patron Steven Holl was selected to design the expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Dallas Morning News walked through Board Member Thom Mayne’s almost-complete Perot Museum of Nature & Science with the architect; Board Member Enrique Norten gave a presentation on how sustainable architecture can catalyze community development at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos; Gregg Pasquarelli’s firm has just released its first monograph, SHoP: Out of Practice; Matthias Sauerbruch’s Low2No complex in Helsinki’s former docklands (pictured at left) is cited as an exemplary mixed use project in a Telegraph piece on the greening of residential architecture; and Achva Benzinberg Stein’s dazzling new Moroccan Courtyard at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is featured in this month’s Landscape Architecture Magazine.
Tags: Achva Benzinberg Stein, Architecture, books, bourbon, Camille Rivera, Chadwick Floyd, CityWide, Connecticut, CUNY-TV, Dallas, Davos, Deborah Berke, Design, Detroit, Detroit Works, education, Enrique Norten, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, green buildings, Gregg Pasquarelli, Helsinki, homelessness, Housing, Houston, Kenneth K. Fisher, Landscape Architecture Magazine, long-term planning, Louisville, Low2No, Matthias Sauerbruch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mixed-use, monograph, Moroccan Courtyard, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, museums, New York City, Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Picture the Homeless, profile, redevelopment, residential, Rick Bell, Sauerbruch Hutton, SHoP Architects, SHoP Out of Practice, Steven Holl, strategic planning, Telegraph, Texas, Thom Mayne, Tom Angotti, Toni Griffin, vacant space, Waterford, Working Families Party, World Economic Forum, Yale SoA, Yale University
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Since it opened this past September, more than one million visitors have passed through Michael Arad and Peter Walker’s 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero; a Wall Street Journal article on regional minimalism noted Deborah Berke’s influential residential work in New England; on the latest episode of Citywide, Ken Fisher interviews Manhattan Media CEO and first-in-the-ring NYC mayoral candidate Tom Allon; Anthony Flint appeared on the Callie Crosby Show to discuss the redevelopment of the former Filene’s Basement site in Boston; Beth Greenberg, who leads the Dattner Architects team working on Manhattan’s 7-train extension, spoke to ENR New York [PDF] about the project (which, Inhabitat reports, is ahead of schedule and under budget); Gothamist got a peek inside the construction site for the new Fulton Street Transit Center, which is managed by Gregory Haley; Next American City Editor-in-Chief Diana Lind cited Olympia Kazi’s success in establishing the Van Alen Bookstore as a social anchor for New York’s urban design community as a chief inspiration for NAC‘s new Storefront for Urban Innovation in Philadelphia; Hugh Pearman raved about Daniel Libeskind’s expansion of the Military History Museum in Dresden (pictured at left) in Architectural Record; John Palmieri’s CRDA launched the website Revitalize Atlantic City to encourage public participation in the Tourism District Master Plan process; Artforum reviewed the V&A’s Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970-1990, which features the work of Robert A.M. Stern and Patrons Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown; and new renderings were released of the 8 Washington development on the San Francisco waterfront, featuring landscapes by Peter Walker.
Tags: 7-line extension, 8 Washington, 9/11 Memorial, Anthony Flint, Architectural Record, Architecture, Artforum, Atlantic City, Beth Greenberg, Boston, Callie Crosby Show, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, CityWide, construction, daniel libeskind, Dattner Architects, Deborah Berke, Denise Scott Brown, Diana Lind, Dresden, Filene's Basement site, Fulton Street Transit Center, Gothamist, Gregory J. Haley, Hugh Pearman, John Palmieri, Kenneth K. Fisher, landscape architecture, Manahttan, Manhattan Media, mass transit, michael arad, Military History Museum, minimalism, MTA, New England, New York City, next american city, NYC mayoral race, Olympia Kazi, Peter Walker, Philadelphia, Postmodernism, public engagement, recession, redevelopment, reflecting absence, residential, Revitalize Atlantic City, robert a.m. stern, Robert Venturi, San Francisco, Storefront for Urban Innovation, subway, Tom Allon, Tourism District Master Plan, Urban Design, Van Alen Books, Van Alen Institute, victoria and albert museum, wall street journal, waterfront
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Cleveland’s ParkWorks cut the ribbon on Perk Park, a new green space designed by Thomas Balsley; in a post reflecting on what Jeanne Gang’s recent MacArthur win means for women in architecture, Flavorpill noted the accomplishments of Deborah Berke, Board Member Winka Dubbeldam, and Galia Solomonoff in this historically-male-dominated field; Omar Blaik has been hired by the University of Kentucky to help better integrate several universities into downtown Lexington; the New York Times interviewed David Cooper as he celebrated his 30th year with WSP Flack + Kurtz; Craig Dykers had a big November: the Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University became Snøhetta’s first building completed in the US, while the firm also unveiled new, detailed renderings of the SFMOMA expansion and won a competition to design the subway entrances for the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián (pictured at left); Kenneth K. Fisher interviewed former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green for this month’s episode of Citywide; Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman’s latest column, on re-thinking housing for contemporary New York, included a nod to Deborah Gans‘ work for the Architectural League’s recent Making Room symposium; Gregg Pasquarelli’s SHoP (which was recently profiled in New York Magazine) released much-anticipated renderings of the modular residential towers planned for Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards site; the Hartford Business Journal talked to Jonathan Schrag about the effectiveness of Cap & Trade programs; Paul Schmidt reaffirmed CADA’s committment to the organization’s R Street warehouse project in the Sacramento Bee; and Barbara Wilks‘ new The Edge Park along the Williamsburg’s rapidly-changing waterfront was a featured project on Landezine.
Tags: Affordable Housing, Architectural League, atlantic yards, Barbara Wilks, Basque, Bowling Green State University, brooklyn, CADA, cap & trade, CityWide, Cleveland, Craig Dykers, CUNY-TV, David Cooper, Deborah Berke, Deborah Gans, design competition, Donostia-San Sebastián, downtown, Galia Solomonoff, Gregg Pasquarelli, Jeanne Gang, jonathan schrag, Kenneth K. Fisher, Landezine, landscape architecture, Lexington, MacArthur, Making Room, Mark Green, Michael Kimmelman, modular, New York City, New York magazine, New York Times, Ohio, Omar Blaik, ParkWorks, Paul Schmidt, Perk Park, R Street warehouse, renderings, Sacramento, sfmoma, SHoP Architects, Snohetta, subway, The Edge Park, Thomas Balsley, universities, University of Kentucky, waterfront, Williamsburg, Winka Dubbeldam, Wolfe Center for the Arts, women architects, WSP Flack + Kurtz
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
We’ve seen so many wonderful interviews with Fellows in the past couple of weeks; in lieu of pulling just a couple of quotes this time around, we recommend that you take a look at these recent interviews with Susan Chin (pictured at left) in Metropolis and the New York Observer, Board Member Winka Dubbeldam in Lookbooks, Daniel Libeskind in Time Out Hong Kong, John Portman in the New York Times, and Moshe Safdie on PBS’s Newshour. And to catch a Fellow on the other side of the table, don’t miss Ken Fisher interviewing political consultant Joseph Mercurio on the latest episode of his Citywide program on CUNY-TV.
Tags: CityWide, CUNY-TV, daniel libeskind, Design Trust for Public Space, Hong Kong, interview, john portman, Joseph Mercurio, Kenneth K. Fisher, Metropolis, moshe safdie, New York Observer, New York Times, Newshour, PBS, quotes, Susan Chin, Winka Dubbeldam
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
Deborah Berke will serve on one of the resource teams at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design in Charleston in September; Architizer included Matt Berman’s “Studio Retreat” (pictured at left) in its round-up of modern interpretations of the cabin-in-the-woods; a preview of Re-Definitions, the publication featuring work from a design studio led by Theo. David, is available on Blurb.com; Philadelphia’s TASHAN restaurant, designed by Board Member Winka Dubbeldam, is getting ready to open to the public; on the latest episode of Citywide, Ken Fisher interviews singer and activist Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, & Mary fame; eOculus recapped a panel on NYC’s waterfront that was moderated by Ernie Hutton; Daniel Libeskind opined about his love of flight (and his “lucky charm” wife, Nina) in the NY Times; Michael Manfredi’s firm was one of six finalists chosen to compete to revamp St. Petersburg, FL’s City Pier; SFGate picked John Portman’s Hyatt Regency Hotel as one of the ten most impressive buildings in San Francisco; Park City, UT’s Kimball Art Center hired Don Stastny to manage a new design competition for its expansion; Board Member Clare Weisz presented the master plan for Manhattan’s Sherman Creek; and the Wall Street Journal spoke to John Wong about his “most personal project”–the renovation of his own home in San Francisco’s Sea Cliff neighborhood.
Tags: Architizer, books, Charleston, City Pier, CityWide, Claire Weisz, daniel libeskind, Deborah Berke, design competition, Don Stastny, eOculus, Ernest Hutton, flight, Florida, Hyatt Regency Hotel, interiors, john portman, John Wong, Kenneth K. Fisher, Kimball Art Center, manhattan, Matt Berman, Mayors Institute on City Design, Michael Manfredi, modernism, New York City, New York Times, Nina Libeskind, Park City, Peter Yarrow, Philadelphia, publication, Re-Definitions, renovation, residential, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Sea Cliff, Sherman Creek, Studio Retreat, TASHAN, Theo David, wall street journal, waterfront, Weiss Manfredi, Winka Dubbeldam
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Executive Director Anne Guiney was recently interviewed by Brian Lehrer about By the City / For the City design competition–don’t miss the clip (pictured at left). Meanwhile, LandmarksWest talked to Richard Dattner about adventure playgrounds, Ken Fisher interviewed NYC Comptroller John Liu, and Board Member Thom Mayne took an Architectural Record camera crew on a tour of his San Francisco Federal Building.
Tags: adventure playground, Anne Guiney, Architectural Record, Architecture, Brian Lehrer, By the City For the City, CityWide, comptroller, Federal Building, John Liu, Kenneth K. Fisher, Morphosis, New York City, Richard Dattner, San Francisco, Thom Mayne, tour, video
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
Civic watchdog Tom Angotti reviews the latest changes to the Bloomberg administration’s PlaNYC 2030 in the Gotham Gazette; Greg Baldwin sat on the jury for the Urban Land Institute’s 2011 Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award; DesignShuffle visited a “whimsical” Nantucket home designed by Matt Berman; you can watch Ken Fisher interview Junior Achievement of New York director Joseph Peri on the latest episode of CUNY-TV’s Citywide; Anthony Flint argued for a re-write of Massachusetts’ state zoning law on Boston.com; the initial reviews of Ken Greenberg’s book Walking Home could generally be described as “glowing,” with the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and Treehugger all sounding off; the Tribune’s Blair Kamin reviews Helmut Jahn’s just-opened Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago (pictured at left); NYC’s Village Alliance, led by Fellow William Kelley, is undertaking a detailed survey of local residents and merchants to revive West 8th Street; Daniel Libeskind just finished an addition to his first completed project, the Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück, Austria; and Michael Stepner spoke to the Voice of San Diego about the streamlining of that city’s charter.
Tags: Amanda Burden, Anthony Flint, Architecture, Austria, award, Blair Kamin, Chicago, CityWide, CUNYTV, daniel libeskind, Felix Nussbaum Haus, Greenwich Village, Gregory Baldwin, Helmut Jahn, Joseph Peri, Junior Achievement, jury, Ken Fisher, Ken Greenberg, manhattan, Mansueto Library, Massachusetts, matthew berman, Michael Stepner, Nantucket, New York City, Osnabrück, PlaNYC, San Diego, Tom Angotti, Toronto, University of Chicago, Urban Land Institute, Village Alliance, Walking Home, West 8th Street, William Kelley, zoning
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In an Abitare article, Justin Allen wrote about David van der Leer’s Stillspotting exhibit (pictured at left); Rick Bell talked to Metropolis about the building boom in the Middle East; Blouin ArtInfo profiled Meta Brunzema’s “Building Exhibition Hudson Valley/Erie Canal” project; Sara Caples served on the jury that determined the AIA 2012 Housing Awards; Craig Dykers’ Snøhetta endowed a scholarship for undergraduates at the UT Austin School of Architecture; for the latest installment of his CityWide talk show, Ken Fisher interviewed former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer; Daniel Libeskind discussed ‘healing’ architecture in Metropolis; John Palmieri contemplated the future of Atlantic City in the Washington Post; Urban Omnibus recapped their Public Space Potluck with Linda Pollak at Dutch Kills Green.
