The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner Robert Venturi as recipients of the 2016 AIA Gold Medal, the organization’s highest honor. Seattle’s LMN Architects received the Firm of the Year Award
Echoing the pro-business message USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi touted at the Greenbuild 2015 opening plenary, the closing session featured four executives whose industry-leading companies have made sustainability a core part of their operations.
That the Greenbuild 2015 celebration party was held at Washington, D.C.’s Newseum — a 2008 building by Polshek Partnership Architects (now Ennead) that sits across the street from the city’s monumental core — shouldn’t have been much of a surprise.
The performing arts center that was part of Daniel Libeskind’s original master plan for Ground Zero has come a step closer to being built, but at one-third of its original size.
The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Center for Architecture today announced Benjamin Prosky as its new executive director.