Professor Frank Melendez has been awarded a 2020 New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) Grant, through the sponsorship and support of the Van Alen Institute. He is one of five recipients in the 2020 NYSCA Architecture + Design, Independent Projects category, and the sole recipient sponsored by Van Alen. This funding will go
Dean Lokko is a 2020 Selector for Domus’ 50 Best Architecture Firms Worldwide Guide. Joining four other selectors, Rahul Mehrotra, Dean Sarah Harding, Luis Fernandez-Galiano and Wowo Ding, the team were asked to nominate up to 10 firms worldwide whom they felt we should be watching. Counterspace were nominated last year, but the four African practices that Dean Lokko
Fifth-year B Arch student Isabella Joseph was invited as a student juror on the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge competition. She will join an interdisciplinary jury that includes leadership from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, SOM, and Transportation Alternatives. The New York City Council and Van Alen Institute are collaborating on this international design competition to rethink
Twenty-five Spitzer School of Architecture undergrads and graduate architecture students are participating in this inaugural year of a collaborative mentorship program with the Architectural League. These student mentees and their mentors had a wonderful evening on February 24 at Leroy Street Studios, organized by the League’s Mentorship Program. The group enjoyed an enlightened presentation of
The FiDi Arsenale opens Friday, February 28, in a 6,000-square-foot abandoned Irish pub just blocks from the World Trade Center. Presented by the curatorial projects Hot Air and Mery Gates, and curated by adjunct assistant professor Bika Rebek, the exhibition features 16 emerging artists and architects. The show highlights work that explores or develops clever
Adjunct Professor Jeffery J. Roberson was selected as one of 10 residents to attend the 2020 Art Omi: Architecture Residency. While in residency, he will be exploring the practical applications of the Nine-Square Grid configuration within architecture — a defining problem of the Brooklyn-based design practice OFFICE ONTIC (co-founded by Jeff Roberson and Jin Kim