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| Predecessor | Society for Beaux-Arts Architects Beaux-Arts Institute of Design National Institute for Architectural Education |
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| Formation | 1894 |
| Type | 501(c)3 |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York |
Van Alen Institute is a Brooklyn [1] -based independent nonprofit architectural organization that works to create equitable cities through inclusive design [2] . It is located at 303 Bond St in Gowanus, Brooklyn. [3]
Van Alen Institute was founded in 1894 as the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects [4] , later the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and National Institute for Architectural Education. In 1995, the institute was named in honor of William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building and recipient of the institute's 1908-1909 Paris Prize.
Van Alen Institute's current executive director is Deborah Marton [5] , who also serves as President of the New York City Public Design Commission. [6]
Van Alen Institute has supported architects, urban thinkers, designers, and scholars through design competitions, fellowships, awards, and public programs. It has has fostered dialogue about architecture as a creative practice. [7]
Van Alen Institute initiatives include Parks for the People [8] and Ground/Work: A Design Competition for Van Alen Institute's New Street-Level Space. [9] The institute was also a partner in Rebuild by Design [10] and Changing Course: Navigating the Future of the Lower Mississippi River Delta. [11]
In 2020, Van Alen Institute collaborated with the Urban Design Forum on Neighborhoods Now, a COVID-19 pandemic response initiative that paired businesses in hard-hit neighborhoods with pro-bono design support. [12] Outcomes included outdoor restaurant seating [13] , a night market in Manhattan's Chinatown, [14] and safety protocol posters. [15]
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. At 1,046 ft (319 m), it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework, and it was the world's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930. As of 2019, the Chrysler is the 12th-tallest building in the city, tied with The New York Times Building.
Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan's first female architect. She is best known for her involvement in the intersection of architecture and social justice. Since her official retirement from architectural practice in 2000, her UN-recognized NGO Heritage Foundation Pakistan has been taking on humanitarian relief work and historical conservation projects in rural villages all around Pakistan. She was awarded the prestigious Fukuoka Prize in 2016 and the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal in 2023.
Esprit Holdings Limited is a global publicly traded retail company incorporated in Bermuda, with headquarters in North Point, Hong Kong, and further major locations in Ratingen, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and New York City. The company offers an assortment of clothing, accessories, footwear, jewelry, and housewares under the Esprit label.
The Tombs was the colloquial name for Manhattan Detention Complex, a former municipal jail at 125 White Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was also the nickname for three previous city-run jails in the former Five Points neighborhood of lower Manhattan, in an area now known as the Civic Center.
The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design was an art and architectural school at 304 East 44th Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan, in New York City. It was founded in 1916 by Lloyd Warren for the training of American architects, sculptors and mural painters consistent with the educational agenda of the French École des Beaux-Arts. The building is now home to Egypt's mission to the United Nations.
Goodhue Livingston was an American architect who co-founded the firm of Trowbridge & Livingston. He designed the St. Regis Hotel, the Hayden Planetarium, and numerous buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City that works to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design.
William Van Alen was an American architect, best known as the architect in charge of designing New York City's Chrysler Building (1928–30).
Norval Crawford White was an American architect, architectural historian and professor. He designed buildings throughout the U.S., but he is best known for his writing, particularly the AIA Guide to New York City. White was widely considered to be one of the great figures of New York architecture.
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray (1861–1917) was a Franco-American preeminent figure in the history of American architecture, both as a gifted designer of landmark buildings and as an influential teacher of the profession of architecture dedicated to the principles of Beaux-Arts architecture.
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century.
The Urban Design Forum is a not-for-profit New York organization devoted to urban design. It seeks to amplify the influence and understanding of urban design's role in creating dynamic, cooperative, competitive, and sustainable cities. The organization was formed from the merger of the Institute for Urban Design and the Forum for Urban Design in March 2014.
The Van Alen Building is a modern apartment and penthouse block on the seafront in Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It was named after William Van Alen, the architect of New York City's Chrysler Building and is designed as a 21st-century interpretation of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles. It was completed in 2001.
Manhattan Village Academy (MVA) is a small, public high school located in the Flatiron District, New York City. It consists of grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 461 students. The school is part of the New York City Department of Education. The school was founded by veteran educator Mary Butz in 1993. The administration is currently headed by principal Christina White.
Annabelle Selldorf is a German-born architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, a New York City-based architecture practice. She is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and the recipient of the 2016 AIANY Medal of Honor. Her projects include the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, Neue Galerie New York, The Rubell Museum, a renovation of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, David Zwirner's 20th Street Gallery, The Mwabwindo School, 21 East 12th Street, 200 11th Avenue, 10 Bond Street, and several buildings for the LUMA Foundation's contemporary art center in Arles, France.
Karla Maria S. Rothstein is an American architect and adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is also the founder and director of Columbia University's trans-disciplinary DeathLAB Rothstein is also the co-founder of Latent Productions, an architecture, research, and development firm in New York City, which she co-founded in 1999 with Salvatore Perry. A significant focus of her architecture practice, research, and teaching has been redefining urban spaces of death and remembrance.
The Carroll Street Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City, crossing the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. It carries a single wooden-decked lane for eastbound vehicular traffic and two sidewalks. Completed in 1889, it is operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, with an average of about one thousand crossings each weekday. It is the oldest of the four remaining retractable bridges in the United States and is an official city landmark.
Susannah Drake is a practicing architect and landscape architect who specializes in addressing contemporary social and environmental issues through design.
V. Mitch McEwen is an American architect and urban planner, cultural activist, and Assistant Professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture. She is co-founder of Atelier Office, a design and cultural practice working within the fields of urbanism, technology, and the arts. McEwen is a co-founder and member of the Black Reconstruction Collective and a board member of the Van Alen Institute in New York. She was given the 2010 New York State Council on the Arts Independent Projects Award for Architecture, Planning and Design.
DXA Studio is a New York City-based architecture firm known for its work on the conversion of the historic William Ulmer Brewery in Brooklyn and the design of The Rowan Astoria, a large new residential development in Queens that set the record in 2021 for the most expensive condominium unit sold in the borough. DXA’s work combines art and the science of architecture, blending a modern outlook with a respect for history and context. DXA’s founders, Jordan Rogove and Wayne Norbeck, also co-founded Liv Connected, a modular home design company that aims to address the country’s housing shortage.
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