Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Matt Blesso’s Blesso Properties is breaking ground on the Pavilion nightclub on Fire Island after it was destroyed in a November 2011 fire; only his second project in the UK, Patron Steven Holl will design a hospital for Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre; David Manfredi unveiled plans to redesign the Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston, adding a casino and resort; former New York Knick Clyde Frazier opened a restaurant in West Midtown designed by Board Member Thom Mayne’s Morphosis Architects (pictured at left); the nonprofit arm of John Palmieri’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority will put on a video and light show to attract visitors to Atlantic City; Robert A.M. Stern will design the American Revolution Center in Philadelphia; Donna Walcavage served as the landscape architect for the newly open Polo Grounds Community Center in West Harlem.
Tags: American Revolution Center, Atlantic City, Blesso Properties, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Clyde Frazier, David Manfredi, Donna Walcavage, East Boston, Elkus Manfredi, Fire Island, John Palmieri, Maggie's Cancer Care Centre, matt blesso, Morphosis, pavilion, Philadelphia, Polo Grounds Community Center, Robert AM Stern, Steven Holl, Suffolk Downs, Thom Mayne, West Harlem, West Midtown
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Our Fellows have been heavily involved in the reconstruction of Ground Zero–Michael Arad and Peter Walker designed the memorial, while Craig Dykers designed the adjacent museum pavilion, and Daniel Libeskind the master plan for the site. Reviews by Justin Davidson, Inga Saffron, and Christopher Hawthorne have appeared in advance of the memorial’s opening this September 11th. Libeskind’s role has also been the subject of some great coverage. Ethel Sheffer contributed an article, “Ground Zero a Decade Later,” to the most recent issue of Planning, Bloomberg Businessweek featured a cover story entitled “The Saving of Ground Zero,” and Architectural Record includes an extensive write-up on the site in their special feature “The Death and Life of a Great American City: New York 2001-2011.” Tomorrow, the Center for Architecture will host the conference Lower Manhattan Rising: Looking Toward 9/11/2021, which features an excellent line-up including Arad, Dykers, Libeskind, and several other Fellows: Rick Bell, Bruce Fowle, Ernest Hutton, Jack Nyman, and Donna Walcavage.
Tags: 9/11 Memorial, Architectural Record, Architecture, Bruce Fowle, Center for Architecture, Christopher Hawthorne, Craig Dykers, daniel libeskind, Donna Walcavage, Ernest Hutton, Ethel Sheffer, Ground Zero, Inga Saffron, Jack Nyman, Justin Davidson, Lower Manhattan Rising, manhattan, master plan, memorial, michael arad, museum, New York City, Peter Walker, Planning, Rick Bell, world trade center
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Monday, November 16th, 2009


The-Institute’s November 6th Fellows Dinner and November 7th Arrested Development: Do Megaprojects Have a Future? symposium were great successes. If you missed the symposium, you can read a review of it at Urban Omnibus, The Atlantic Yards Project, or Architect Magazine. Pictures from both events are on our Facebook page.
Tags: Arrested Development, Bruce Antelman, Donna Walcavage, Facebook, Fellows Dinner, Maria Antelman, New York City, Urban Omnibus
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009

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
Tags: Ada Tola, Alayne Kaethler, Anthony Vidler, Astrid Lipka, Barry Bergdoll, Billie Cohen, Bissera Antikarov, Brian Kenet, Carlo Enzo Frugiuele, Cassim Shepard, Cesare Birignani, Charles McKinney, Christa Blatchford, Christopher Steinon, Craig Kaplan, Denise McLee, Donna Walcavage, Galia Solomonoff, Giuseppe Lignano, Gwendolyn Wright, Jeff Byles, June Williamson, Kick-off Party, Koray Tokdemir, Linda Pollak, Lyn Rice, Maria Elosua, Matthew Blesso, Miquela Craytor, mOrphosis Architects, New York City, Nicole Kotsis, Olympia Kazi, Patrick Head, Renee Kaufman, Richard Sennett, Sara Caples, Sara Stracey, Saskia Sassen, Steven Holl, Susan Chin, Theo David, Thor Snilsberg, Ung-Joo Scott Lee, Vaidila Kungys, Whasoon Lisa Lee, William Ryall, Winka Dubbeldam
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