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October 1, 2018 - January 12, 2019

Hip-hop is a cultural movement established by the Black and Latino youth of New York’s South Bronx neighborhood in the early 1970s. Over the last five decades, hip-hop’s primary means of expression—deejaying, emceeing, b-boying, and graffiti—have become globally recognized creative practices in their own right, and each has significantly impacted the urban built environment. Hip-Hop Architecture produces spaces, buildings, and environments that embody the creative energy evident in these means of hip-hop expression. Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture exhibits the work of students, academics, and practitioners at the center of this emerging architectural revolution.

Exhibition Curation & Design: Sekou Cooke
Graphic Design: WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA)
Graffiti: Chino

  • Benefactor
  • Patron
  • President's Circle

    Sponsors:
    Arup Consulting Engineers; Ennead Architects LLP; Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP; Herman Miller Cares; Langan; Sciame Construction LLC; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP; Thornton Tomasetti; Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP

    Supporters:
    AKF Group LLC; Anchin; Architecture Research Office; Barco; Benhar Interiors; Capalino + Company; Dagher; Ingram, Yuzek, Gainen, Carroll & Bertolotti; James McCullar Architecture PC; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; O’Donnell & Naccarato Structural Engineers; Prosurance Redeker Group; Sage and Coombe Architects; STUDIOS Architecture; Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.; Tillotson Design Associates, Inc.

    Friends:
    Cameron Engineering & Associates of New York, PLLC; Cameron MacAllister Group; COOKFOX Architects, DPC; Dan Kaplan, FAIA; Eve Klein Consulting; Hausman LLC; Heidi Blau; Henry Zachary; ikon.5 architects; John Schuyler; Levien & Company; M. Kathryn Devlin; Mark Strauss and Jaye Medalia; Roslyn Consultants, LLC; Sylvia Smith; Tom Krizmanic, AIA

  • Grants and Public Funding

    Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture is supported, in part, by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

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  • Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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October 1, 2018 - January 12, 2019

Hip-hop is a cultural movement established by the Black and Latino youth of New York’s South Bronx neighborhood in the early 1970s. Over the last five decades, hip-hop’s primary means of expression—deejaying, emceeing, b-boying, and graffiti—have become globally recognized creative practices in their own right, and each has significantly impacted the urban built environment. Hip-Hop Architecture produces spaces, buildings, and environments that embody the creative energy evident in these means of hip-hop expression. Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture exhibits the work of students, academics, and practitioners at the center of this emerging architectural revolution.

Exhibition Curation & Design: Sekou Cooke
Graphic Design: WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA)
Graffiti: Chino

  • Benefactor
  • Patron
  • President's Circle

    Sponsors:
    Arup Consulting Engineers; Ennead Architects LLP; Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP; Herman Miller Cares; Langan; Sciame Construction LLC; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP; Thornton Tomasetti; Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP

    Supporters:
    AKF Group LLC; Anchin; Architecture Research Office; Barco; Benhar Interiors; Capalino + Company; Dagher; Ingram, Yuzek, Gainen, Carroll & Bertolotti; James McCullar Architecture PC; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; O’Donnell & Naccarato Structural Engineers; Prosurance Redeker Group; Sage and Coombe Architects; STUDIOS Architecture; Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.; Tillotson Design Associates, Inc.

    Friends:
    Cameron Engineering & Associates of New York, PLLC; Cameron MacAllister Group; COOKFOX Architects, DPC; Dan Kaplan, FAIA; Eve Klein Consulting; Hausman LLC; Heidi Blau; Henry Zachary; ikon.5 architects; John Schuyler; Levien & Company; M. Kathryn Devlin; Mark Strauss and Jaye Medalia; Roslyn Consultants, LLC; Sylvia Smith; Tom Krizmanic, AIA

  • Grants and Public Funding

    Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture is supported, in part, by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

    • GrantFoundation 2Line Logo Black For Web2017
  • Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

    • Logo of the Department of Cultural Affairs of New York City
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