Join AFH this Friday for the kick-off meeting of the new Coleman Oval Skatepark project.
Located under the Manhattan Bridge, the site is a small park empty except for a few planters and trees. The space is adjacent to a Nike-Sponsored skate-park and currently has no function within the overall scheme of the park.
Our goal will be to activate the space with temporary - and maybe even permanent - interventions.
If you are interested in pop-up art, furniture design, or urban design this project may be for you.
Hey New York!
Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our Happy Hour and Gallery Event at Bentley Prince Street's NY showroom. We are featuring some amazing projects designed by Pratt Graduate Interior Design students.
Guided by professor and Architecture for Humanity Community Builder, Yutaka Takiura, the students have worked over the past semester to develop viable design solutions to improve living conditions for transitional housing residents who lost their homes to Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami.
Come One, Come All!
It's been a while, but Design DEYS is back!
The Design DEYS team is back and excited to announce their first Volunteer Forum! We've got some great stuff cooking up, so if you're interested in getting involved with the educational outreach program, we encourage you to come out, meet our team, and get a little information about how you can get involved. We are prepping for a very big event that will be launching early May, and we will need your help!
We will be meeting this Thursday, April 26th 7-9PM at:
Architecture for Humanity New York is excited to announce that the "Food Fence" design proposal for the Red Hook Vendors Marketplace has been awarded a $10,750 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Architecture for Humanity New York invites you to attend a design charrette held by Transdisciplinary Design MFA students from Parsons the New School for Design, with support from the Horticultural Society of New York.
Our Happy Hour event on February 16 was one of our most successful to date! The winning design was announced and we immediately began receiving orders for the commemorative t-shirts. The design was created by Jennifer Dunn.
For anyone who missed the event or would like to order a shirt, please email loveafhny@afhny.org with your desired (adult) size. Shirts will be $16.
Many thanks to FENWICK KEATS and all our supporters for helping us make this happen.
The Architectural League of New York has two great upcoming events of interest to Architecture for Humanity NY.
First, Francis Kere, who has won the Aga Khan and a Holcim Award and was in the Small Scale, Big Change exhibition at MoMA, is speaking on February 9, 2012.
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