Press Releases
Read press releases from The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter and the Center for Architecture about new exhibitions, policy statements and Chapter news here.
October 12, 2017
Zero Waste Design Guidelines to Launch October 18, 2017
Members of the press are invited to a press preview with Q&A from 5:00 – 6:00 PM
September 14, 2017
Scaffolding opens at the Center for Architecture October 2, 2017 – January 18, 2018
The exhibition explores the transformative potential of scaffolding, a pervasive but often-maligned element of our city.
July 18, 2017
This Future Has a Past opens at the Center for Architecture, July 25 – September 12, 2017
The installation reopens the case of Gregory Ain’s missing house for the MoMA Garden.
June 27, 2017
Announcing the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee’s Civic Leadership Program 2017 Class
Ten young professionals selected by AIANY to participate in a year-long civic leadership development program
May 30, 2017
Center for Architecture Announces "Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia," June 22-August 26, 2017
The exhibition explores the architecture of Kaneji Domoto in Usonia, the only exurban community Frank Llyod Wright designed in the United States.
May 18, 2017
Center for Architecture Summer 2017 Exhibition Preview
The Center for Architecture is excited to announce its exhibition schedule for summer 2017. This season will kick off with the opening of Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia on June 22 at 6:00 PM.
April 20, 2017
Center for Architecture Announces El Helicoide: From Mall to Prison May 9 – July 13, 2017
The exhibition traces the development and downward spiral of a Modernist icon.
March 13, 2017
2017 City of Dreams Pavilion Competition Winner
FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architects Committee of the AIA New York Chapter, and SEAoNY are pleased to announce the seventh annual architectural pavilion competition on Governors Island for the 2017 summer season.
March 6, 2017
The American Institute of Architects Elevates 18 AIANY Architects to the College of Fellows
AIA Fellowship Recognizes Significant Contributions to the Profession of Architecture and Society
March 6, 2017
AIA New York Announces 2017 Design Awards Winners
Diller Scofidio + Renfro recognized with Best in Competition Award for the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at Columbia University.
February 9, 2017
Center for Architecture, with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation, to Produce Design Guidelines for Zero Waste
The Center for Architecture announces new initiative to develop guidelines that will help New York City achieve OneNYC plan, released in April 2015, which outlined a goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2030.
February 6, 2017
AIA New York Releases Position Statements to Respond to Presidential Administration
Functioning as a set of guiding principles, the statements will help determine how the organization responds to upcoming federal policies affecting the built and natural environment
January 19, 2017
Follies, Function & Form: Imagining Olana’s Summer House
The Center for Architecture, in collaboration with The Olana Partnership, is pleased to announce the opening of Follies, Function & Form: Imagining Olana’s Summer House, on Tuesday, January 31, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Center for Architecture.......
January 10, 2017
SAY IT LOUD: Distinguished Black Designers of NYCOBA | NOMA – January 26 – April 1, 2017
20 accomplished black designers will be featured in the Center for Architecture’s first exhibition of 2017, co-organized by NYCOBA | NOMA
January 10, 2017
Architecture of Independence – African Modernism February 16 – May 27, 2017
Nearly 80 buildings explore the use of modernist architecture as a tool for expressing national identity in five Sub-Saharan African countries.
December 12, 2016
American Institute of Architects New York to Welcome 2017 Board of Directors at Inaugural
Under the leadership of President David Piscuskas, FAIA, LEED AP, 2017 promises to be a year of institutional renewal, engaging discourse, and focused advocacy.
October 28, 2016
AIA New York and Center for Architecture Honor Four Design Leaders at Heritage Ball
Over 1,100 guests revel at annual gala at Chelsea Piers, raising money for Center for Architecture exhibitions and educational programs
October 24, 2016
The American Institute of Architects New York Committee on the Environment (COTE) announces winners of the 2016 AIANY COTE Awards
Awards ceremony and winner presentations will be held at the Center for Architecture on November 1, 6-8 pm
September 15, 2016
The Center for Architecture to present Reading Room: A Catalog of New York City’s Branch Libraries - September 22, 2016 – January 7, 2017
This unprecedented five-year project presents all 210 locations of New York City’s public library systems, photographed by Elizabeth Felicella
September 13, 2016
The Center for Architecture to kick off Archtober with Authenticity and Innovation, September 30, 2016 - January 14, 2017
28 adaptive reuse projects explore preservation beyond the preservation law.
June 15, 2016
The Center for Architecture and CONSTRUCTO present EXTRA-ORDINARY: New Practices in Chilean Architecture
Exhibition will feature works by 15 Chilean architects, including a dedicated gallery of original work by acclaimed architect Smiljan Radic.
May 25, 2016
Celebrating FitCity 2016: Conference Brings Together Architects, Community Groups, and City Agencies to Reimagine a Healthy and Inclusive City
Multidisciplinary practitioners to discuss best practices and bold new ideas for promoting place-based health on Wednesday June 8, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY
May 5, 2016
New Practices New York 2016 exhibition to feature work by New York City’s emerging firms
The exhibition showcases winners of New Practices New York 2016, a competition that recognizes and promotes new and innovative architecture firms in New York City.
April 27, 2016
Guess-A-Sketch Returns to the Center for Architecture - May 13, 2016
Center for Architecture gathers notable architects to raise money for K-12 design education programs in NYC
April 26, 2016
AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee Publishes Report on Extreme Heat Adaptation and Mitigation
The AIANY Committee Issues Report from Conference on the Increase of Extreme Heat in Cities; Focus is on Mitigation, Adaptation, and Concrete Actions Against the Threat
March 1, 2016
AIA New York Announces 2016 Design Awards Winners
Jurors awarded 31 awards, including 20 in the Architecture category, 5 in the Interiors category, 4 in the Projects category, and 2 in the Urban Design category.
February 19, 2016
AIA New York Announces the Founding of Two New Program Committees
The AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee and the Science and Research Facilities Committee join AIANY’s 27 program committees
February 17, 2016
AIA New York announces 2016 Honors and Awards Luncheon Honorees
The luncheon on Friday, April 15 will celebrate recipients of the Chapter’s honors and 2016 Design Awards winners at Cipriani Wall Street
February 10, 2016
Annual Rings: A New Generation of Wood Architecture in Finland, opens at the Center for Architecture on February 16, 2016
The exhibition showcases 14 innovative Finnish wood architecture projects from the past 20 years
February 3, 2016
AIA New York’s Annual Member Show Returns to the Center for Architecture
New York New Design Showcases the work of more than 100 NYC architects
