By Matt Chaban 11/15/12 1:55pm

recovery mode

Never forget. (Getty)

Michael Kimmelman and the AIA Debate New York After Sandy Tonight

Want to pitch in on the Sandy recovery and get in touch with your design-y, wonk-y self? Then head over to the Center for Architecture in the Village tonight, where Michael Kimmelman will host a panel of experts to debate the future of the city after Superstorm Sandy. The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of $10. All proceeds will go to the Mayor’s Fund for New York, which has been raising money since the storm hit to help with the recovery effort. Full details below. Read More

By Sarah Hucal 9/28/11 11:26am

on the waterfront

It's the one at left, without all the nice park land on it—yet! (ArchitectureLab.net)

Wasteful Thinking: Young Designers Clean-Up a West Harlem Garbage Depot

The typically shaggy-haired DJ resonated bass frequencies into the sleekly designed white basement of the Center for Architecture last night as cliques of bespectacled and artfully dressed 20- and 30-something architects and designer types sipped complimentary Coney Island brews and snacked on carrots and hummus. There was a buzz in the room, both literally and figuratively, as the eager young professionals prepared to take on the Emerging New York Architects design challenge.

The talk of the evening was a massive abandoned building belonging to the department of sanitation, which continues to rot atop the Hudson at 135th street in West Harlem. Perhaps even more unappealing in its current state than during its tenure as a waste management facility (as if it’s proper title ‘marine transfer station’ really fooled us) this, believe it or not, could be Manhattan’s next Sunday picnic hotspot. Read More

By Staff 10/06/05 2:40pm

Lunchtime Face-Off


Even without
Sign-waving,
“We’re taking something that has been dead, and bringing it back to life,” said Mr. Cloephil who criticized Stone’s design as representing a “moment in style,” but not a pivotal work. Elsewhere inside the Center for Architecture, placards described the building in its current state as Read More

By Staff 10/04/05 9:16am

Brown Bag Protest


Tom Wolfe’s preservationist friends are taking their “Save 2 Columbus Circle” campaign to the street this Thursday. A lunchtime demonstration is planned to take place outside the Center for Architecture, at 536 LaGuardia Place. The Center for Architecture/AIA New York Chapter will be gathering for a private reception in support of the new Read More