Building Tours

Architecture Research Office’s new 17,000 square foot building will strengthen visitors’ experience of The Green-Wood Cemetery as a cultural institution for nature, art, and history. Nestled around a restored historic Victorian greenhouse, the L-shaped volume, clad in terra cotta, will consolidate previously disparate programs and offices into one accessible location, support existing and expanded public programs, and orient visitors before they chart their own paths through the main entrance across the street. The project opens Spring 2026.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Architecture Research Office

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Archtober is going on the road! Calder Gardens is located at 2100 Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Calder Gardens builds on the legacy of Alexander Calder (1898–1976), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Set within a landscape of more than 200 varieties of plants created by Piet Oudolf, the 18,000-square-foot building designed by Herzog & de Meuron features a series of Calder’s sculptures chosen for their responsiveness to the environment.

Archtober will not provide transportation for this tour. Attendees are responsible for getting themselves to and from Calder Gardens. 

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Herzog & de Meuron

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Built in 1891 as a freight hub linking rail to river, Terminal Warehouse once housed freight, self, and nightlife. Now reimagined as a high-performance workplace, its renovation preserves heavy timber, brick, and steel while introducing a lush central courtyard and 6 new overbuilt floors. Historic materials were repurposed and new systems will help achieve LEED Platinum and WELL Gold goals. The restored tunnel and terraces revive its role as a vibrant connector in the city.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: COOKFOX Architects

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

505 State Street is a mixed-use residential and retail tower that is part of the first phase of a larger full block development in Downtown Brooklyn that is on track to become the most sustainable block in Brooklyn. 505 State Street is New York's first All-Electric skyscraper powered by local renewable energy. Completed Spring 2024 the project includes 441 rental apartments, 45 of which are affordable and retail at grade and below along Flatbush Avenue.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Alloy

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Located at 25 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, SoMA is the country's largest completed office-to-residential conversion to date. With 1,320 apartments and 100,000-plus square feet of amenity space, a tour of this building highlights the transformative potential of adapting underutilized commercial space for housing. It also illustrates the remarkable design achievements making these initiatives possible, from light wells in the building core, to a 10-story rooftop addition and the insertion of thousands of new windows.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: CetraRuddy

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Holistic renewal of landmarked Harlem River Houses modernizes the buildings and enhances the spacious grounds, restoring or recreating character-defining features including a natural amphitheater and historic public art. The much-needed restoration and rehabilitation brings energy and safety improvements promoting personal health and social well-being in the community with new social services, management offices, and refreshed retail. Harlem River Houses received a 2025 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award and 2025 SARA NY Design Award of Merit.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

The design of Jack Shainman Gallery explores the synergy between art and architecture. A dynamic, adaptive environment, it transforms with each artist’s needs, inviting visitors into immersive experiences. More than a gallery, it is an ever-evolving ART–ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY, where each transformation offers insight and inspiration to shape future temporary structures.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Design Architect: Gloria Vega Martín AOR- VIQ architecture

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Replacing an underutilized parking lot at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses, this 204-unit affordable senior building is named for the Justice’s mother, Celina Baez. A variety of social spaces; fitness room with adjacent rooftop terrace, lounges on each floor, a library, laundry and community rooms aim to prevent isolation, a frequent challenge for seniors. At the ground floor, social services are available to eligible community members and storefront windows ensure visual connections to the neighborhood.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Magnusson Architecture and Planning

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

The new Pier 1 Entry Pavilion serves as both an accessible meeting space and a welcoming gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park. A collaboration with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the Pavillion is an inviting place of calm amid city life. Architecture and landscape are integrated through curving pathways and plantings on the raised bosque. New public amenities, including restrooms and concessions, are housed in separate stone structures allowing for porous movement through the space.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Join the AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture, in collaboration with the Fallingwater Institute, for an immersive and interactive weekend at Fallingwater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We're inviting design professionals to join us—on their own or with friends and family of all ages—on October 24 and 25 to explore the principles of organic architecture expressed in Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's crowning achievement built in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. Through an intensive exploration of this landmark structure, attendees will learn how and why organically inspired architecture, in harmony with its natural habitat, continues to captivate generations and inspire awe.

Fallingwater stands as one of the most recognizable and admired designs for homes and gardens globally, having inspired many poets, playwrights, novelists, and artists to reflect on the qualities of nature that make life truly worth living. Why are we so captivated by the woodlands, waterways, and cliffs that inspired the construction of this cantilevered, stone-and-glass shelter? This symposium delves deeper into the profound impact of organic architecture on our cultural development as a nation. 

Even if you’ve already experienced Fallingwater, this symposium is uniquely designed to allow design professionals to bring friends, family, and children for a multigenerational learning event.

*To register for the optional tours on either day, at least one adult in a group registration must be signed up for the main Fallingwater Grounds Tour and Activities. Registration will be limited to 35 attendees.

Friday, October 24:

Polymath House Optional Tour (2 LU / 2 HSW)
8:30 am to 11:00 am. Polymath House Tour. $45 per person. Ages 9 and up. Children ages 9–12 may accompany an adult at no additional charge.
Join us for a tour of Duncan House and Mantyla House at Polymath Park, a Mid-century Modern Usonian-style community development plan. This plan features shared common areas and 5-acre lots for each homeowner, designed according to the organic principles pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright Studio.

Fallingwater Grounds Tours and Activities (6 LU / 6 HSW)
11:30am to 6:00pm. Fallingwater. $280 per person. All ages. Children up to age 12 may accompany an adult at no additional charge. Includes box lunch.
Design professionals and their friends and family will gather for an exciting series of interactive activities and optional tours of the historic grounds of Fallingwater. In collaboration with the Fallingwater Institute, the AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture has developed an extensive program that immerses participants in a profound exploration of passive solar and organic architecture. This program, meticulously crafted, enables children of all ages to accompany an adult throughout the entire visit. Additional tour choices will include:

– In-depth Fallingwater Private Architectural Guided House Tour (ages 9 and up)
– Gnome-eye Fallingwater Institute Design Challenge and Tour (ages 8 and up, accompanied by an adult)
– Design Symposium: Preserving Fallingwater (ages 12 and up)
– Outback Tour on The Geology of Fallingwater (all ages, children up to 12 must be accompanied by an adult)

Speakers will be provided by the Fallingwater Institute and will include experts in architectural conservation, preservation, FLW Studio history, and landscape restoration and sustainability. Guest speakers will moderate interactive discussions throughout all programs and activities, sharing their knowledge and experiences on various building sciences related to passive solar and organic architecture. 

Saturday, October 25:

Kentuck Knob Optional Tour (2 LU / 2 HSW)
9:30 to 11:30am, Kentuck Knob Tour. $95 per person, limited availability. Ages 6 and up. Children ages 6–12 may accompany an adult at no additional charge.
Gather at Kentuck Knob—the historic house and grounds designed for I.N. and Bernadine Hagan by Frank Lloyd Wright Studios. Construction began in 1953 on Kentuck Knob, an impressive residential structure perched 2,050 feet above sea level. It seamlessly blends into its surroundings, almost as if it were an integral part of the mountain itself. The organic floor plan, designed on a hexagonal module, features cantilevered overhangs and expansive areas of glass. This remarkable feat showcases the innovative power of imaginative building sciences. Additional tour choices will include:

– Outback Tour on The Geology of Fallingwater (all ages, children up to 12 must be accompanied by an adult)

*To register with one payment for multiple people, please enter the primary registrant first, save changes, and then use the "Add Another Registrant button" for each additional attendee so their name is associated with the sessions they will attend. Select the registrant type: "Attendee ages 13 and up", or "Attendee ages 12 and under (child)" then enter their name and tour selections; fees will be added as tours are selected. When you are done you should have as many registrants as people in your party.

Located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, Bruckner House sits at the intersection of a historic district and a new generation of development along the Harlem River. The building is designed to bridge those contexts, reinterpreting the area’s industrial character into a modern loft aesthetic. A sunken indoor garden anchors 30,000 square feet of amenities, while interiors pair loft-inspired design with a classic New York material palette. The building includes 365 residential units, 110 of which are designated affordable.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: S9 Architecture

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Come tour the new home for the historic Calvary Baptist Church congregation, nestled within a new Class-A office tower on West 57th Street. Designed by FXCollaborative, this unique project balances the modern needs of a growing congregation with the demand for dynamic commercial development in midtown Manhattan. Occupying 8 of the project's 30 stories, the church's new home doubles its worship space and creates new ones for education programming, community outreach, and other ministries. Its architecture and interior design are inspired by the symbolism of water and reflection, with a double-curved, wood-clad sanctuary conceived as a precious, protected object within the larger space.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: FXCollaborative

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

The Davis Center brings architecture and landscape together to create a new recreational experience integrated into Central Park’s historic landscape and accessible to the public throughout the year. The project is a capstone effort of a decades-long commitment to reestablish the northern end of the Park as a vital resource for the surrounding community. The design is a collaboration between the Central Park Conservancy, Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture • Design, and Mitchell Giurgola Architects.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture • Design; Mitchell Giurgola Architects

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

The redesign of Robert F. Wagner Park raises the level of the landscape and structures to conceal a flood wall and to decrease vulnerability from storm inundation and flooding. Thomas Phifer and Partners’ Wagner Park Pavilion will provide a welcoming sanctuary with a community room, restaurant, restrooms, parks storage, and an accessible roof deck that provides sweeping views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. The Pavilion will achieve ILFI Net-Zero Carbon Certification.

Please note: this tour is not accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Following a multiyear renovation, The Met’s collections of the arts of Africa, the ancient Americas, and Oceania, returned in May 2025 in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.

Designed by WHY Architecture in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, and with The Met’s Design Department, the reimagined galleries have been designed to transform the visitor experience and incorporate innovative technologies that allow The Met to display objects in new ways.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architects: WHY Architecture; Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour.

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.