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Applications for Round 5 of NYSERDA's #BuildingsofExcellence program are due in September! The $68 million program aims to advance clean, resilient, beautiful, replicable #housing for all New Yorkers. Apply: https://on.ny.gov/3H87JVa #NYSERDA #ZeroCarbon #EnterpriseGreen #PHIUS #EnergyStar #epaAirPLUS

This Thursday, 8/1, join us for Second Chances: Reintegrating into Society: https://bit.ly/3YpPerI Held as part of the AIANY Architecture for Justice Committee's ongoing series on “Reimagining Justice,” we are exploring the way back home: what happens after incarceration. Through sharing their own lived experience in the US criminal carceral system, three formerly incarcerated panelists will set the stage for a deeper investigation into the challenges and hurdles faced by citizens upon their return home. Introductions: Andre Voss, AIA, LEED AP, Project Manager and Senior Associate, DLR Group Speakers: Hector Guadalupe, Founder and Executive Director, A Second U Foundation jerome loach, Supervisor, The LEAD (Lived Experience Activating Dialogue) Fellowship, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (Hidden Lives Illuminated) Ivy Woolf Turk, CPC, Certified Professional Coach, Workshop Innovator/Facilitator, Meditation Practitioner, Keynote Speaker, Social Activist, Champion of Freedom Moderator: Shaun Leonardo, Artist & Co-Director, Recess Art

Did you know a warehouse could be a #passivehouse? Check out the video Passive House Accelerator made to tell the story of Highland Passive House, a project by Michael Ingui and Will Conner of Ingui Architecture! The project is funded by NYSERDA's #BuildingsofExcellence program, which is currently open for Round 5 entries through September! Learn more at https://on.ny.gov/3H87JVa

Watch Passive House Accelerator’s video with Natalie Seagriff, AIA, on Trauma-Informed-Design and NYSERDA #BuildingsofExcellence Round 4 winner Livingston Apartments Phase II by SWBR and WinnDevelopment & Soldier On: https://bit.ly/4cUHv9E Applications for Round 5 of NYSERDA's Buildings of Excellence program are due in September! The $68 million program aims to advance clean, resilient, beautiful, replicable #housing for all New Yorkers. Apply: https://on.ny.gov/3H87JVa #NYSERDA #ZeroCarbon #EnterpriseGreen #PHIUS #NetZeroNow

Join us Thursday, 7/18, for Chile Day 2: Public Scale and Social Impact: https://bit.ly/4cGzJzM CONSTRUCTO Directors Jeannette Plaut and Marcelo Sarovic will introduce 20 projects that have had a positive social impact on communities across Chile. The projects share themes of social programs, multi-use structures, a re-evaluation of heritage, and sustainability. Following the introduction, renowned Chilean architects Sebastián Irarrázaval and Paula Velasco will discuss their design processes, with Irarrázaval focusing on his work on public scale buildings and contemporary use of technology in wood construction, with a focus on sustainability. Velasco will explore issues around resignification and heritage buildings in urban contexts. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear about Chile's remarkable public architecture projects! Speakers: Jeannette Plaut, Director, CONSTRUCTO and Dean of Architecture, Design and Digital Arts, Universidad Gabriela Mistral marcelo sarovic, Director, CONSTRUCTO Sebastian Irarrazaval, Professor, School of Architecture at the Catholic University of Chile; Visiting Professor, Polytechnic University of Milan Paula Velasco, Director and Founding Partner, Cecilia Puga – Paula Velasco Arquitectura

Announcing the "Greetings From..." Postcard Competition! Calling all architects, illustrators, and design enthusiasts—show us a glimpse of the future you imagine for New York City. In tandem with our 2024 Archtober festival theme, Tracing the Future, we challenge creatives from all backgrounds to cast a visionary gaze towards what lies ahead. Perhaps you imagine a focus on sensorial living or biophilic workspaces, or maybe you have an idea around accessible design or mass timber—whatever it is, we want to see! Three winning designs will be selected by the jury and announced in late September. Postcards will be printed and distributed at the Center for Architecture throughout the month of October 2024. Each winner will receive a $500 cash prize! Authors must be 18+ and a resident of NYC's five boroughs. Learn more and submit by 9/3: https://bit.ly/3Y53XrK

We've got two special workshops on the interior applications of leather coming up in collaboration with Lineapelle New York! Join us next Wednesday 7/17 or Thursday 7/18 as a Lineapelle Moderator Color Expert guides us through a deep dive into its textures, typologies, and trends: https://bit.ly/3Y0K8lr In the workshop (offering 1.0 AIA LU), participants will interact with leather color swatches to understand the color scheme of leather skin including different typologies and textures such as matte, brights, metallics, and textured. Registrants of this course must pre-register for the trade show. Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July.

We've got something fun coming up this Wednesday, 7/17, 6–8pm! Join us at the Center for Architecture for the live recording of Person Place Thing featuring Natasha Jen, award-winning designer and partner at Pentagram! Register: https://bit.ly/4eTVhux Person Place Thing is an interview show hosted by Randy Cohen based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Cohen’s guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that is important to them. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Natasha Jen joined Pentagram’s New York office in 2012. A six-time National Design Award nominee and member of AIGA Design, Jen’s work is recognized for its innovative use of graphic, verbal, digital, and spatial interventions that challenge conventional notions of media and cultural contexts. Her work is immediately recognizable, encompassing brand identity systems, packaging, exhibition design, digital interfaces, signage and wayfinding systems, print and architecture. #Pentagram #PersonPlaceThing #CenterforArchitecture #RandyCohen #Design #GraphicDesign

Join us this upcoming Tuesday, 7/16, for Designing Tomorrow: Advocacy in Action: https://bit.ly/3VFfs6o Bringing together representatives from the National Associates Committee and Young Architects Forum, along with other architects and community leaders, this event will explore ways to become more active in the Chapter’s advocacy initiatives as well as identify available resources on a State and National level. We'll review and discuss AIA New York’s extensive advocacy efforts focusing on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity as a case study for architects’ role in advocacy and, specifically, highlight methods for emerging professionals to engage. Speakers include: Wei Wang, AIA, LEED AP BD C, Senior Associate at Dattner Architects; Tooba Jalal, Assoc. AIA, Designer and Co-Chair of ENYA; Bria Donohue, Senior Manager of Government Affairs at AIA New York; Nicole Vlado Torres, AIA, NOMA, Co-Chair of Housing Committee; John Woelfling, Principal at Dattner Architects; and David West, Partner at Hill West Architects

This morning, AIA New York was proud to testify before the City Planning Commission in support of the proposed citywide zoning text amendment, City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. The proposal takes an all of the above approach, making critical changes to the city’s zoning to eliminate antiquated barriers that restrict development and burden our already struggling housing market, enabling every neighborhood to do their part to build affordable housing. Read our combined testimony here from Bria Donohue, Senior Manager of Government Affairs; Jim Wright, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; and Darrick Borowski, Housing Committee: https://bit.ly/3S037bW