Center for Architecture to host festival.The Center for Architecture, the public gallery of 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, will be the home base for this year's Architecture Week, a seven-day festival of contemporary design. Events for architecture professionals, children, city strollers, and anyone interested in design will fill the schedule, which runs October 4-10, with a pre-festival conference on October 2. Architecture Week focuses this year on the theme of design collaboration and also celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Center for Architecture, as New York City's public center for information and dialogue about design. Kicking off the week, the gallery at the Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place) will house the annual exhibition of winning projects of the AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture New York Chapter Design Awards. The awards program recognizes excellence in three categories: architecture, interior architecture, and projects. Winners of this year's awards, including Allied Works Architecture, Caples Jefferson Architects, Richard Meier Richard Meier (born October 12 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is an influential, contemporary American architect known for his rationalist designs and the use of the colour white. and Partners, Polshek Partnership, Rogers Marvel Architects, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Weiss/Manfredi Architects, will be honored at a reception on Monday, October 4, immediately following the opening of the exhibition at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, October 5, the Center for Architecture will host a Design-In Marathon: 12 hours of uninterrupted dialogue about collaboration, considered as an integral feature of creativity in architectural practice, design, and the arts. Team presentations, ranging from intimate dialogues to round-table discussions will begin at 9 a.m. Topics to be discussed range from the Second Avenue Subway to the Highline, from the Robin Hood Robin Hood, legendary hero of 12th-century England who robbed the rich to help the poor. Chivalrous, manly, fair, and always ready for a joke, Robin Hood reflected many of the ideals of the English yeoman. Foundation's Library Initiative to New York City's building code. Panelists and presenters include developer Frank Sciame, REBNY's Marilyn Davenport, Creative Time's Anne Pasternak, and architects and designers too numerous to mention. The marathon concludes with Lincoln Center's John Goberman and his very special presentation of the film Metropolis and an 11:00 p.m. reception. Wednesday, October 6, is kids' day, as Architecture Week presents "Play by Design" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, organized by the New York Foundation for Architecture in partnership with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, invites students from grades K-12 to work with professionals from the New York City Parks This is a list of parks in New York City. There are three entities that manage parks within New York City. Each agency has its own responsibilities for its own parks. The three agencies are as follows: Federal Department to design and build models of their ideal playgrounds for Washington Square Park. The night of Thursday, October 7, is set aside for the Heritage Ball: the annual gala of AIA New York Chapter and the New York Foundation for Architecture. This year's ball, held at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers Chelsea Piers, officially Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex, is a series of sports and entertainment buildings constructed on four adjoining piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. , celebrates civic spirit and design excellence, as exemplified by four guests of honor: Edward A. Feiner, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , Chief Architect, General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. ; Bruce S. Fowle, FAIA, Principal, Fox & Fowle Architects; Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. ; and Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA, Commissioner, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Buildings. Following the ball, the Center for Architecture becomes an urban circus, complete with D.J., for an after-party, from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. On October 8, the Center for Architecture will launch a new film series, at 6:30 p.m., with Eames Demetrious introducing two of his films--one on Samuel Mockbee's Rural Studio and the other on the story of the Eames office. A surprise feature will follow and free popcorn will be available throughout the evening. October 9 and 10, are the dates for free tours of new and historic buildings throughout the five boroughs, organized by the independent, not-for-profit organization openhousenewyork. In this its second year, openhousenewyork will include more than 100 sites--from cemeteries to light houses, arsenals to meeting houses, power plants to swimming pools, Times Square to private apartments. The Center for Architecture will serve as the welcome center for the tours, which are described at www.ohny.org and on the event hotline, 917.583.2398. |
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