AIANY taps Cynthia Kracauer for deputy director post.The American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chapter (AIANY) announced that Cynthia Kracauer, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture , LEED has been named deputy director of AIANY. Kracauer was most recently a partner at Butler Rogers Baskett Architects, where she was responsible for projects that included the Private Bank for the Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. , and the master plan for Ferry Point There are many places named Ferry Point in the world:
She previously served as managing principal of the New York office of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects. "Cynthia's background and expertise will be an excellent addition to the staff of the Chapter," says Rick Bell, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , Executive Director. "Because she has been a practicing architect in New York for twenty-five years, she has a deep understanding of the issues important to the profession and the city. "She will also serve as a much needed bridge between our members and the Chapter itself. Her understanding of professional practice will help us reach out and better serve our members." Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, LEED, president-elect of: the New York Chapter has cited Kracauer's longstanding interest in design excellence and professional practice issues: "Cynthia has a firm grasp of what it means to be in practice today, and she will help us reach out to architects across the profession and in related fields. "She will bring intelligence, humor and expertise to the task of improving the way we serve our audience as a professional practice organization. I am looking forward to working with her in the coming year." A graduate of Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities , Kracauer received undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture. Following teaching positions at the University of Virginia and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, she returned to Princeton as a visiting assistant professor. Kracauer is on the Board of WX: New York Women Executives in Real Estate. She is a member of the Small Museum Association, received the Historical Society of Bay Head Preservation Award (2002), and the Ocean County Cultural and Historical Commission Award (2003) for the restoration of her home. |
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