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• Rhythm and Blueprints

  Senior Planning Partner Mark Strauss continues to surprise us with his enthusiasm for improving urban transit; Today, on his 60th birthday, he voic...

• Snapshots: NYFW Whitney Pozgay

  One of the highlights of New York Fashion week, Whitney Pozgay's WHIT Fall 2013 Presentation, inspired by a romantic Marianne Faithfull, brought to...

• NOMA Crafting the Interview 3.0

  On October 13th, the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects [nycobaNOMA] held their 3rd annual Portfolio + Resume Rev...

• Inside the Artist's Studio

  Glass craft never fails to impress me.  In fact, I've been attending glassblowing demonstrations since I was seven.  However, despite having visi...

• Note to Self: Construction Graffiti

  During my daily walk-thru of the Hunters Point South School construction site, I take photos for my weekly field report to the owner.  As I compos...

• Future Fabulous

  When I received Sylvia Smith's invite to attend a forum hosted by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation I immediately RSVP'd – even with...

• I am a Mark Maker and Nothing More

  Glass and Paintings by John Brekke is currently on view in the FXFOWLE Gallery. I recently had the opportunity to speak with John about his work an...

• Spring Greening

  "Green April," FXFOWLE's month-long celebration of sustainability and sustainable design, has now ended. Events and educational programs throughout...

• Living Green: Part I

  FXFOWLE was founded over 34 years ago and is deeply rooted in conservationist values. Today, our projects continue to set new standards in environm...

• Haiti: Mission Possible

  Recently, I was fortunate enough to combine two of my passions: mentoring high school students and helping Haiti move forward in its recovery. This...

• Note to Self: The Dress Rehearsal

  If you ask 100 architects the goal of Quality Assurance (QA), you'll get 100 different responses. Here's mine: 'The objective of QA is to reduce ch...

• The Kitty Pod Hotel

  As architects, most of us spend our entire careers designing buildings, and if we are lucky it's a structure that stimulates, inspires, and contrib...

• Zoning the City

  In mid November I attended the "ZONING THE CITY: Addressing NYC's 21st Century Challenges" conference, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the pa...

• A Bird Eat Bird World

  I may be far from waking up to birdsong in the mountains of Vermont, but occasionally something reminds me that even New York City has a significan...

• I Spy Ballerinas at Lincoln Center

  Lincoln Center has always existed to me as a vaguely defined area near my friend's apartment on the Upper West Side. As a kid walking by I was inte...

• Artistic and Waterfront Neighborhoods, Migration and Densification

  Last weekend I walked across the Williamsburg Bridge and couldn't help but think of all the hub-bub around waterfront development. Manhattan's west...

• On the Ground at the AIA Convention: Day 2

  Day 2 of the AIA National Convention was a chilling experience. By that I mean that the Convention Center operator finally found the "on" button fo...

• The Impact and Importance of New York's New Green Building Legislation

  Last December, New York City passed the legislative component of its landmark Greener, Greater Buildings Plan to improve energy efficiency in large...

• Looking Back on the City We Imagined and Made

  Last Friday, I stopped by the latest exhibition presented by The Architectural League, The City We Imagined.  I mainly went to check out the photo...