May 10 2012

View the Milan Furniture Fair 2012 Photo Gallery

View the latest photo gallery of images capturing the experiences of the NYIT School of Architecture and Design at the SaloneSatellite Exhibition, April 17-22 at the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy.

May 10 2012

Read about NYIT in Metropolis Magazine

"Recycling in Costa Rica" by Assistant Professor of Architecture Tobias Holler is one of the latest blog posts for Metropolis Magazine, a leading publication for architecture and interior design. He discusses NYIT's multidisciplinary project to build a recycling and education center in Nosara, Costa Rica. Read the article.

May 09 2012

NYIT Students Present Sustainable, Community-Driven Design for Boxing Gym

NYIT students from the School of Architecture and Design are using their flair for sustainable design to transform a Long Island boxing gym into an Olympic-worthy community destination for fitness and health education. On May 7, they presented their design for the renovation and expansion of an existing Police Athletic League (PAL) boxing gym in Freeport, N.Y., to the town's mayor Andrew Hardwick. The PAL boxing program is run by Freeport native Joe Higgins, who has been training young men and women as boxers for amateur Golden Glove and Olympic competitions for several years. Some of his boxers will be contenders in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Strong academic performance, proper nutrition, and athletic discipline are the foundation of the gym's training program. Read more and view a photo gallery of architectural renderings of the design by NYIT students.

May 07 2012

Architects Raise $15K and Counting for Costa Rica

In two weeks, NYIT architecture and engineering students have raised more than the target number of $15,000 from 130 supporters on kickstarter.com to fund their trip to Nosara, Costa Rica, this summer to build a recycling and education center. Their efforts continue, with a new goal to reach $24,000 by Monday, May 21. The additional money will be used to support student travel, ground transportation, expensive specialty film equipment needed to shoot during the rainy season, and—best of all—one third of the funds raised above the initial goal will go to the local community as a cash donation to purchase construction materials for the project. Thank you to the NYIT community for its support!

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• Press Release - Students Plan Trip to Build Costa Rican Recycling Center

Apr 27 2012

Congratulations, Award-Winning Student Architects!

NYIT students impressed judges at the New York State Business Plan Competition on April 26 with their pitch for a water-bottle roofing system, an ongoing research project of NYIT's School of Architecture and Design. The interdisciplinary team, including architecture students Brian Strydom and Ishaan Kumar, won the $1,000 Judges' Choice Award. Their presentation stood out among tough competition from other teams, including those pitching doctoral work. Students were coached by faculty mentors Jason Van Nest, assistant professor of architecture; Michele Bertomen, associate professor of architecture; and Farzana Gandhi, visiting assistant professor of architecture.

Apr 26 2012

NYIT Architecture Students Kickstart Fundraiser for Community Service Project

A team of 25 NYIT architecture and engineering students have launched a fundraising campaign on kickstarter.com to raise $15,000 by Monday, May 21 for their trip to Costa Rica this summer to build a community-run recycling and education center. Money raised will help fund their living expenses while in Costa Rica from July 1 to Aug. 31, and cover the cost of a professional documentary about the project. Learn more about the project at a film screening and reception on Thursday, May 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, Manhattan campus. Read more, follow them on Facebook, and check out kickstarter.com.

Apr 26 2012

Interior Design: Raising the Bar with New York Eleven

New York Eleven is a collaboration of 12 prestigious New York state educational institutions offering four-year programs or more in interior design. Each year, the exhibit showcases the projects and accomplishments of their students. This year's showcase is "Interior Design: Raising the Bar." NYIT interior design students featured in this year's exhibit in Albany and Manhattan include Dawn Bunyon, Meagen Carcano, Nicole DeVito, and Nicole Puma.

Apr 24 2012

Architecture Students Prepare for New York State Business Plan Competition

An interdisciplinary team of NYIT architecture, engineering, and M.B.A. students will compete for more than $150K in prizes at the New York State Business Plan Competition on April 26 in Albany, N.Y. They will pitch a business plan for using recycled soda bottles as roofing material. Read more.

Apr 17 2012

SaloneSatellite 2012 in Milan

Faculty, alumni, and students from NYIT's School of Architecture and Design are attending the 2012 SaloneSatellite International Furniture Fair, April 17-22 in Milan, Italy. Read their updates from Milan.

Apr 13 2012

NOMAS Melting Pot Event

NOMAS Melting Pot Event April 19, 2012, 6-8pm, 11th Floor Gallery, Edward Guiliano Global Center This event will represent the diversity among different countries within our NYIT community. We will present our mission statement and the benefits of the NOMAS organization. A buffet will be served.

Apr 13 2012

Felipe Francisco De Souza “Urban Planning or Gentrification Methods?”

Lecture by, Felipe Francisco De Souza, an architect, urban planner an author of several articles and three books. “Urban Planning or Gentrification Methods? Land Readjustment, Urban Redevelopment and Civil Society in the Context of São Paulo” Monday April 30, 2012, 6:30pm, NYIT, 16 West 61st, 11th Floor Auditorium

Apr 04 2012

Architecture Professor Produces Sci-Fi Music Video Series

Mike Nolan, associate professor of architecture, has produced "Lookout Science," the second in a 10-part series of sci-fi music videos released on April 2 on USAToday.com. The video features Erin Hill and Her Psychedelic Harp. Nolan and Hill are a husband-wife band and production team. For the project, Nolan served as musician, recording engineer, programmer, mixer, and producer on the music side and as producer, creative consultant, co-set designer, carpenter, cook, and driver on the video production side. The video series was made possible by the couple's successful fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.com, which is among the all-time top 40 most successful music fundraising campaigns on the Web site.

Watch the video.

Apr 04 2012

Cinema and the Image of the City Film Series

Faculty, students and friends of NYIT are invited to attend the spring film series, "Cinema and the Image of the City," presented by the School of Architecture and Design and the American Institute for Architecture Students (AIAS) chapter at NYIT-Manhattan. All films are free, start at 6:30 p.m., and will be followed by a post-screening conversation and refreshments at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway. The lineup includes:

• Thursday, April 5: Germany Year Zero
• Thursday, April 12: The Cranes Are Flying
• Thursday, April 19: Three Colors: White

Mar 21 2012

Meet Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture John Hill

Writing about architecture is both profession and pleasure for John Hill, adjunct assistant professor of architecture at NYIT-Manhattan. He is an avid blogger and author of the book, Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture. "Architecture infiltrates most aspects of my waking life—work, reading, talking, photographing—so I never really considered writing about anything else," he says. Read more about his book, blogs, and courses at NYIT.

Mar 20 2012

The Friends of NYIT School of Architecture and Design’s 2012-13 Graduating Scholarship

The deadline has been extended to Monday, March 26 for The Friends of NYIT School of Architecture and Design's 2012-13 Graduating Scholarship. Awards will be granted based on merit and will recognize well-rounded, hardworking students who perform well in their area of study. Students must be in good academic standing with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and receive a positive endorsement from their advisor and/or another faculty member.

Mar 15 2012

Masters of Architecture in Urban and Regional Design Newsletter

Download the MAURD March Newsletter (PDF).

Mar 09 2012

The Friends of NYIT Lecture Featuring Bradford Perkins

Bradford Perkins, co-founder and chairman of the award-winning architecture firm Perkins Eastman, will give a presentation on Wednesday, March 14, 6:30 p.m. at the NYIT de Seversky Mansion. Read more.

Mar 07 2012

Response to Explosive Metropolitan Growth: Madrid

Attend a presentation and reception featuring Pedro Ortiz, senior urbanist for the World Bank, on Thursday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. at 16 W. 61st St., 11th floor auditorium, NYIT-Manhattan. Ortiz will discuss Madrid's once burgeoning population and the successful metropolitan growth methodology that he developed for the city.

Mar 06 2012

News 12 Long Island Features NYIT Architecture Project in Costa Rica

NYIT architecture students were interviewed by News 12 Long Island about their design-build project to develop a recycling and education center in the coastal community of Nosara, Costa Rica.
Watch the video.

Mar 01 2012

Meet Benjamin Alling

When fifth-year architecture student Benjamin Alling graduates in May, he will already have an impressive resume. Among his proudest accomplishments are studying architecture in the Netherlands, participating in the Intrepid Design Competition, and his current internship at Gavosto Associates Inc., a Glen Cove, N.Y.-based firm with clients ranging from the U.S. Postal Service to Panera Bread. Read more.