New York: The Latest Architecture and News

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In the face of an urgent and ongoing climate crisis, the future of the built environment increasingly depends on adaptive reuse. For today's emerging architects and designers, the work of continuously transforming existing buildings—a process known globally as umbau—may indeed become the crux of professional practice for many. So what will it take to produce the next generation of umbau innovators?

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On May 20, join MAP (Metropolitan Architecture Practice) co-founders Katherine Lambert, AIA, and Christiane Robbins in conversation at Rizzoli Bookstore to mark the release of the firm's new monograph. Created between 2022 and 2024, Architecture x Architecture: A Dialectic captures a pivotal moment when architecture began to grapple with its own synthetic reflection and traces how machine vision and generative AI are shaping multidisciplinary design practice in the 21st century. Edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda (ORO Publishers) with project direction by Christiane Robbins, the volume includes a foreword by Kum-Kum Bhavnani, essays by Bill Seaman, Katherine Lambert, Christiane Robbins, Kyle Steinfeld, and Amanda Wasielewski, and an afterword by Aaron Betsky.

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Join us at MoMA for our unmissable free-to-attend all day convening of architecture's most inspiring now, near and next!

ICFF returns to the Javits Center from May 17–19, 2026, under the theme Common Ground, uniting the global design community for three days of inspiration and discovery. The fair showcases innovative products, immersive exhibits, and forward-thinking ideas from both emerging and established designers, all within a dynamic environment that fosters connection, creativity, and dialogue. This year introduces new partnerships, including a first-time collaboration with Habitat for Humanity NYC and Westchester, focused on housing equity.

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Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design is a four-part series that presents prominent architects, critics and scholars to reflect on Scandinavian and Nordic design's enduring impact in shaping modern American design since the 19th century.

The architecture exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York titled “Architecture of Connection”, a major solo exhibition dedicated to the work of internationally renowned Austrian architect Dietmar Feichtinger and his studio.

In 2026, the annual Paul Mellon Lecture will be given by architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya. Drawing on decades of experience, she will explore the idea that architecture is not just about buildings and aesthetics but also about people, politics and social responsibility.

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Organized by ASF with Susan Chin of DesignConnects, in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects New York, and American Institute of Architects Continental Europe, Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design is a four-part series that presents prominent architects, critics and scholars to reflect on Scandinavian and Nordic design’s enduring impact in shaping modern American design since the 19th century.

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Organized by ASF with Susan Chin of DesignConnects, in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects New York, and American Institute of Architects Continental Europe, Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design is a 4-part series that presents prominent architects, critics and scholars to reflect on Scandinavian and Nordic design's enduring impact in shaping modern American design since the 19th century.

What is risk worth? Architecture is inseparable from uncertainty—sometimes embraced, sometimes resisted, but always present. We invent bold forms that may fail. We propose brighter futures that may falter. To practice architecture is to take on risk—with capital, with reputation, with the city, with the lives shaped inside it. For the innovator, risk is agency, progress, recognition, and the chance to improve lives. For those who mitigate risk, it’s value is inseparable from the scaffold that protects progress from catastrophe. For those outside the conventional practice, such as architect-developers, design-builders, and others, risk is currency, the price of control. Each stance reveals a different measure of what risk means and what makes it worth taking. These tensions will enliven the conversations at the heart of this event.

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