Archtober, At the Center for Architecture | 10/30/18
Pritzkerpumpkin Winner: Alloy. Photo: Erik Bardin.

The Center for Architecture hosted its third-annual Pumpkitecture! Architectural Pumpkin Carving Competition, kicking off Halloween weekend in NYC. Twenty New York...

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Archtober, At the Center for Architecture | 10/3/18
Archtober launch party. Photo: Erik Bardin.

On Monday, October 1, the eighth-annual Archtober, a month-long celebration of architecture and design, kicked off with the opening night party for the exhibition Close...

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Archtober | 9/4/18
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Archtober 2018 is coming! The Center for Architecture and over 60 partner organizations will be bringing you a jam-packed month of architecture and design activities....

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At the Center for Architecture | 9/4/18
On their way to designing a house of the future, students learned about NYC’s historic houses and created their own model rowhouses. Photo by Leo Ku.

This summer the Center for Architecture welcomed 272 students to our K-12 Summer Programs, including 57 students who received $24,000 in financial aid to attend the week...

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Exhibitions | 8/22/18
Richard Haas, "Manhattan View, Governor's Island”, Etching and Aquatint, Edition 5 of 85, 1999. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Ingbar Gallery.

Michael Ingbar Gallery is proud to host a benefit exhibit for the Center for Architecture, which will receive 20% of artwork sale proceeds during the opening reception....

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Learning by Design | 8/6/18
Lily tests out her proscenium arch and frames her stage curtains. Credit: Center for Architecture.

Last week, the Center for Architecture offered a week-long Summer Program for middle school students to investigate the architectural topics of theater and set design....

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At the Center for Architecture | 7/24/18
Sarah Saad, 2018 Walter A. Hunt, Jr. Scholarship recipient. Courtesy of Sarah Saad.

The Center for Architecture is pleased to announce the recipient of the Walter A. Hunt, Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a high school senior attending a...

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Archtober | 7/11/18
First-place #ArchtoberSelects 2017 entry by @babkwth

Once again, Archtober has partnered with the Four Freedoms Park Alliance to host a Manhattanhenge event on Thursday, July 12. Twice a year, the sun sets perfectly in...

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At the Center for Architecture | 7/11/18
AIANY and the Center for Architecture's sevent-annual Golf Classic. Credit: Center for Architecture

Thank you to all who joined us on Monday, July 9 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ to support the Center for Architecture and AIA New York at the seventh-annual...

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Learning by Design | 6/27/18

June 27 marks the first day of summer vacation for NYC’s public school students, and the culmination of a very successful school year for the Center for...

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At the Center for Architecture | 6/26/18
The winners of the 2018 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals.

The Center for Architecture is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals. This year, the Scholarship Committee granted...

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At the Center for Architecture | 5/1/18
From the portfolio of Allwork Scholarship Recipient Mireya Fabregas, The Cooper Union. Credit: Mireya Fabregas.

We are proud to announce that, so far in 2018, the Center for Architecture, in conjunction with AIA New York, has awarded a total of $62,500 in scholarships to students...

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Learning by Design | 5/1/18
Toy designed by Gabriel Munnich, fifth-year architecture student. Credit: Center for Architecture.

Each year, professor and author Tamar Zinguer leads a seminar at The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture that investigates the relationship between...

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At the Center for Architecture | 4/17/18
Construction of the University of Havana Staircase.  Courtesy of Information Center Restaura, Ministry of Public Works, Cuba.

The Center for Architecture is proud to announce the recipients of the 2018 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research: Beatriz del Cueto, FAIA (Guaynabo,...

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At the Center for Architecture | 3/7/18
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Try your luck at Guess-A-Sketch! This Friday, March 9, architects, architecture enthusiasts, and young professionals will gather at the Center for Architecture for an...

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Archtober, At the Center for Architecture | 2/21/18
New York State Pavilion, 2016 Building of the Day. Credit: Center for Architecture.

Archtober is accepting submissions for projects to be included in New York City's month-long festival of architecture and design. Each day in October 2018, we will...

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Learning by Design | 1/22/18
Dustin Atlas, School Programs Coordinator, leads a discussion about the structure of scaffolding. Credit: Center for Architecture.

The K-12 Education team planned an exciting start to 2018 for Shore Road School in Long Island. As students returned from the winter holiday, seven 5th grade classes...

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At the Center for Architecture | 1/3/18
Topiary Tango. Courtesy of Mark Zlotsky.

The Center for Architecture and AIANY are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant. The Scholarship Committee awarded $15,000 to...

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Learning by Design | 12/12/17
Design Educator Breanna Katsman assists Maya with her model. Credit: Center for Architecture.

This fall, the Center for Architecture’s After-School program investigated “Places We Live.” This eight-week program focused on designing places to live and...

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Learning by Design | 11/27/17
Lex and his brother Max worked together to build a Suspension Bridge. Photo Credit: Erik Bardin

On November 17th, we celebrated the opening of the 21st-annual Building Connections Exhibition, highlighting the imaginative work of our K-12 students, design educators,...

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Exhibitions | 11/16/17
Concrete Buildings rendering. Credit: Nicole Paul Popovich, University of Florida.

On 11.14.17, Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd opened at the Center for Architecture. Curated by Claude Armstrong, Architect, and Donna Cohen, Associate...

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At the Center for Architecture | 11/16/17
Deans' Roundtable 2018. Credit: Center for Architecture

Following short introductions by AIANY and Center for Architecture Executive Director Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, at the thirteenth-annual Deans' Roundtable, AIANY 2017...

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Learning by Design | 11/15/17
Nearly 250 students attended the 5th annual Architecture and Design College Fair on Saturday, November 4th. The Center for Architecture was a forum where prospective architecture students conversed with their future alma maters. Credit: Center for Architecture

The Education team at the Center for Architecture hosted the fifth-annual Architecture and Design College Fair on 11.04.17, an important event serving high school...

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At the Center for Architecture | 11/1/17
Heritage Ball 2017 Honorees: Claudia Gould, Annie Tirschwell, Jill Crawford, Sara Caples, Andrea Kletchmer, Everardo Jefferson, and Jeffrey Sachs. Credit: Sam Lahoz.

On 10.26.16, 1,000 architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate professionals joined us at Chelsea Piers Pier 60 to celebrate AIA New York and the Center for...

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At the Center for Architecture | 11/1/17
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group's pumpkin tower lantern. Credit: Daniel Cole.

The Center for Architecture hosted its second-annual Pumpkitecture! competition, kicking off Halloween weekend in NYC. 18 New York City-based firms (and one staff team)...

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At the Center for Architecture | 10/31/17
Teens work on constructing their models from toothpicks and marshmallows. Credit: Center for Architecture.

On 10.20.17, the Center for Architecture participated in our third Teens Take The Met! event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This free event drew more than 2,377...

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Archtober, At the Center for Architecture | 10/19/17
Siblings show off their Family Market. Photo: Center for Architecture.

The Center for Architecture was happy to once again host our Archtober FamilyDay@theCenter as part of Open House New York Weekend. At this free drop-in program on...

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Archtober, At the Center for Architecture, Exhibitions | 10/4/17
"Scaffolding," October 2, 2017 - January 18, 2018. Photo: Erik Bardin.

On 10.02.17, the Center for Architecture kicked off Archtober, NYC's Architecture and Design Month, with the opening of "Scaffolding." Curated by Greg Barton, the...

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Archtober, At the Center for Architecture | 9/21/17

“What an exciting time to be a New Yorker!” exclaimed Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Commissioner Finkelpearl joined the...

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Learning by Design | 9/19/17

The Center for Architecture’s K-12 Education Department takes great joy in partnering with cultural institutions both near and far as a way to deepen our engagement...

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