Paul Goldberger, architecture critic of The New Yorker, will engage commissioners Adrian Benepe (Parks), Amanda Burden (Planning), and David Burney (Design and Construction)

Dan Doctoroff, former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, will discuss his tenure and the challenges facing the city with Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker.
Presented in connection with the exhibit The City We Imagined/The City We Made.

The second evening of lectures by winners of the 29th annual Architectural League Prize.

The Architectural League of New York cordially invites members and their guests to its 129th Annual Meeting at the new Morphosis designed academic building at The Cooper Union.

Exhibition of work by winners of the annual Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers.

The League Prize exhibition opening and first evening of lectures by winners of the 29th annual Architectural League Prize, featuring Jason Austin and Aleksandr Mergold of Austin+Mergold; Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas Toledo of FAR frohn&rojas; and Michael Loverich and Antonio Torres of Bittertang.

A conversation about urban design and New York’s transformation over the past decade, with Alexander Garvin, Michael Sorkin, and Rosalie Genevro.

Join Moss, Schmied, Prix, and Kipnis for a preview of the Austrian Pavilion and a discussion of Austrian architecture around the world as well as international architecture in Austria.

Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss, principals of Weiss/Manfredi, will lead a tour of their newly completed The Diana Center at Barnard College.

Policymakers, planners, and architects from current and former administrations in Medellín, Columbia will discuss the city’s design strategies in relation to its remarkable transformation.

Group tour with exhibition organizer Barry Bergdoll.

How has a policy of emphasizing design quality influenced the planning for, commissioning of, and shape of public architecture during the past six years?

On Sunday, May 16th, do not miss a rare opportunity to explore Roosevelt Island with one of its masterplanners and then enjoy a guided tour of an exhibition that unveils the Island’s best kept secret: it’s trash collection system.

SUPERFRONT and Design in 5 invites you to reconsider the possibilities of public architecture in this moment of temporal-typological crisis.

This program will examine the creation, development, and architectural expression of the libraries, as well as overarching issues such as the benefits and difficulties of this kind of public/private partnership; the role of libraries in education in the digital age; and the role of design in educational environments.

The opening reception for The City We Imagined/The City We Made: New New York 2001-2010, an exhibition about architecture, planning, and development in New York City since 2001.

Louisa Hutton will discuss the firm’s sustainable approach to design in current and recent projects.

Robert Gatje will present an illustrated talk on his new book Great Public Squares, An Architect’s Selection.

Key architects and leadership from the United Nations Capital Master Plan present.

Reservations are closed. Those holding reservations have been notified of the rescheduled program date. Duncan Jackson, managing director and head of the New York office of Billings Jackson Design will host a studio visit.

Join John Margolies in celebration of the publication of John Margolies: Roadside America, a collection of photographs from over 30 years of Margolies’s travels.

A special tour for principals and partners of supporting, sustaining, and League Circle firms

In this new series of reading groups, selected articles by leading architectural critics will shape a conversation about the forms and purposes of architectural criticism.

The fourth and final evening of the 27th annual Emerging Voices lecture series, featuring Tatiana Bilbao and molo.

Film screening of American Masters: Building China Modern. The film follows Pei’s personal and architectural journey from west to east. Panel discussion following screening.

A lecture by Bonnie Yochelson about Abbott’s landmark photography project.

The third evening of the Emerging Voices lecture series, featuring Slade Architecture and UrbanLab.

The second evening of the 27th annual Emerging Voices lecture series, featuring LA DALLMAN and L.E.FT.

In this new series of reading groups, selected articles by leading architectural critics will shape a conversation about the forms and purposes of architectural criticism.

The first evening of the annual Emerging Voices lecture series, with Rojkind arquitectos and studio SUMO.

Alejandro Zaera-Polo | Co-founder of Foreign Office Architects (FOA) will present the firm’s recent work and current projects under design and construction. Tonight’s lecture is currently scheduled to take place as planned. If a cancellation becomes necessary, the League will make a general announcement through @theLeague. Any questions, please call 212.753.1722.

Alberto Pérez-Gómez will present The Cooper Union’s annual Feltman Lecture on lighting design.

Rafael Viñoly | The founding principal and design leader of Rafael Viñoly Architects, will discuss the New York, London, and Los Angeles based firm’s diverse projects and design approach.

Curator-led exhibition tour.

In this new series of reading groups, selected articles by leading architectural critics will shape a conversation about the forms and purposes of architectural criticism.

Snøhetta principals, Craig Dykers and Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, along with exhibition curator Eva Madshus, Senior Curator at the National Museum—Architecture, Oslo, will lead a tour of the exhibition “Snøhetta, architecture—landscape—interior,” an overview of the firm on its twentieth anniversary of practice.

The closing event to Detour, a traveling exhibition documenting notable architecture and design along 18 Norwegian national tourist routes, this symposium features an afternoon panel with architects and artists from Europe and the United States.

Representatives and recent fellowship winners from the American Academy in Rome, the Design Trust for Public Space, and the MacDowell Colony, will discuss opportunities for fellowships and residencies for architects and designers.

David Revere McFadden will lead a group tour of Slash: Paper Under the Knife, an exhibition exploring paper as a creative medium across the arts.

Anne Van Ingen will introduce the program by outlining this year’s grant application process. Two past winners of League-sponsored NYSCA grants will present their research.

League Board and Staff invite members to join them for a glass of holiday cheer in the Leauge’s new offices.

Bjarke Ingels of the Copenhagen-based firm BIG will present the firm’s recent and current work.

Curator Donald Albrecht will lead a tour of the Saarinen’s first ever museum retrospective.

James Corner | The founder and director of Field Operations will present the firm’s recent and current work, including Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island and the High Line. Followed by a conversation with Kate Orff and Ken Smith.

Members tour of an exhibition documenting new architecture and design along 18 Norwegian National Tourist Routes.

What can rest stops, information centers, and observation decks tell visitors about a culture? Detour explores this question with a series of lectures and a traveling exhibition documenting new architecture along 18 Norwegian National Tourist Routes.

Presentation of the annual Franzen Lecture on Architecture and the Environment, moderated by Toshiko Mori.

Andrew Whalley | Whalley, partner in charge of Grimshaw’s New York office, will present the firm’s recent and current work.

Presentations by 2008 Deborah J. Norden Fund Travel Grant recipients Rémy Bertin and Angela Starita.

Curator Barry Bergdoll will lead a tour of the exhibition Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, the first comprehensive treatment by MoMA of the Bauhaus since 1938.

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will present their design for a new home in Philadelphia for the Barnes Foundation’s world renowned art collection.

This event has been canceled.

Join Design in 5 for a combined studio visit to Leroy Street Studio (LSS) and Hester Street Collaborative (HSC), as well as a site visit to their Robin Hood Library project at PS 110.

An Urban Omnibus/WNYC meet-up exploring the Museum of the Phantom City iPhone app, developed by Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder, Saturday, October 31. Cheng and Snyder will discuss their work and lead a tour of some of the sites included in the project.

Chuck Hoberman, Hoberman Associates, and Craig Schwitter, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, introduced and moderated by Walter Chatham | A Current Work lecture in which Hoberman and Schwitter discuss their new joint venture, ABI, which is dedicated to designing a new generation of adaptive buildings.

Sandra Wheeler, Corinne Ulmann, John Kuo Wei Tchen, Cynthia Lee, and Alicia Cheng lead a group tour through the Museum of Chinese in America.

An open design charrette for architects, artists, technologists and related design professionals to engage the themes of the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

Andrew Freear | A lecture on recent projects by the Rural Studio, which teaches students to design and build charity homes and community projects and improves the living conditions in rural west Alabama.

October 17th | An open design charrette on a problem to be announced, aimed at designers of all disciplines five years or less out of school.

David Benjamin, Natalie Jeremijenko, and Soo-in Yang will discuss their project and the interconnected ecosystems of land and water. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

JooYoun Paek and David Jimison will discuss building their high tech robotic street furniture. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

James von Klemperer and Relina Bulchandani give an overview of two master-planning projects by Kohn Pedersen Fox that integrate technology into all facets of urban life. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

October 2 | MIT’s SENSEable City Lab will discuss the extensive research underlying their project to track garbage through the waste stream. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

An Urban Omnibus and WNYC meet-up at the Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street subway station, with a tour led by Fred Bland, who conducted a major masterplan for the station’s renovation in the early 1990s.

The Student Program offers an inside look at the architectural profession. The program highlights the varied and creative career paths open to graduates of architecture school.

Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki lead a one-day workshop in which participants hack obsolete electronics and other equipment to create drawing robots and musical devices.

Laura Forlano, Dana Spiegel, Antonina Simeti, and Anthony Townsend will discuss the inspirations, design, and initial experiences with their experiment with mobile work. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

Artist/Designer Damon Rich and Queens Museum curator Larissa Harris will lead a tour of Rich’s installation, Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, which graphically and experientially explores the financial history of mortgages and housing.

Usman Haque presents Natural Fuse, a project organized in conjunction with the exhibition Toward the Sentient City.

The opening reception for the exhibition “Toward the Sentient City.”

Co-founder and director of Droog Renny Ramakers will lead a tour of “Pioneers of Change,” a festival of Dutch design, fashion, and architecture on New York’s Governors Island, which she both conceived and curated.

A tour led by Ben van Berkel, co-founder of the Dutch architectural design studio UNStudio, as part of the NY400 celebration.

Photographer Chris Payne will discuss and show images from his six-year research and book project, Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals, which explores the architecture, decay, and presence in the American landscape of state mental hospitals.

Brooklyn Digital Foundry, a full-service digital media firm, will host a presentation of recently released work and a few projects that are in development at their DUMBO studio. Informal discussion and drinks at a local bar will follow the presentation and studio visit.

Artist Brooke Singer, advocate Anne Rabe, and historian Sarah Vogel will discuss the history of the Superfund program, the politics of designation, and the changing legal definitions of toxins, risk, and responsibility.