Building Tours

Malabar Residences reimagines Midtown residential living through ODA’s signature approach to massing, porosity, and experience. The 28-story tower is articulated as a series of cascading volumes, creating private terraces and loggias while bringing light and outdoor space deep into the residences. Visitors will explore the building’s distinctive façade, five-story arrival sequence, landscaped courtyard, interiors, and interconnected amenities—all designed to foster a sense of community within the vertical city.

Architect: ODA Architecture

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

[Please note: this tour is not accessible by wheelchair.]

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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 first purpose-built, all-electric academic research lab building in New York City, the Vagelos Innovation Laboratories expands Columbia University’s research capacity with laboratory and office space. Designed to use significantly less energy than similar buildings of its kind, the Vagelos Innovation Laboratories performs 30% more efficiently than the ASHRAE 90.1 2010 standard and outperforms the emission limits set by New York City’s Local Law 97. The project aligns with the University’s Plan 2030 climate goals to introduce no new fossil fuel infrastructure into campus buildings. Rising eight stories, the building houses biomedical research and lab facilities, as well as symposium and community engagement spaces.

Architect: KPF

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

[Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.]

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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.

Brooklyn Community District Garage 3 is a 220,000 sf DSNY facility in Bedford-Stuyvesant that houses 68 sanitation vehicles and 120 workers behind facades of glass and faceted precast concrete, topped with a 46,000 sf green roof and PV canopy.

Dattner Architects brings its long-standing expertise in the design of essential architecture to a project that treats infrastructure as civic space—meeting DSNY's operational demands while offering a materially considered, transparent presence within its residential context.

Architect: Dattner Architects

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

[Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.]

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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.