MAS is now accepting nominations for our annual MASterworks awards. Each year, MAS honors the major players behind the year’s top building projects in New York City. The awards are presented to people and projects that exemplify excellence in architecture and urban design, and that make a significant contribution to New York’s built environment.

Last year’s winners included a tie for Best New Building between Hypar Pavilion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Sperone Westwater by Foster + Partners; Queens Theatre [...]

Join MAS as we celebrate Joan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson, at our annual gala on April 19, at the New York Public Library. Married since 1980, Ms. Cooney and Mr. Peterson will be awarded the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal for their enormous contributions to the quality of arts and culture in New York City, to the celebration of urban life and to making New York a global capital of finance and education.  Ms. Cooney created the beloved television [...]

On January 23, 2012, the City Planning Commission (CPC) voted to approve the application submitted by the Rudin Management Company to redevelop the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital on West 12th Street and Seventh Avenue. The development includes 450 apartments with retail on the East Site and new open space on the Triangle Site (see map below). For more background information on the project, including MAS’s previous work, click here.

With the approval by the CPC, the St. Vincent’s [...]

We’re off to an exciting start to 2012 as we launch an exciting year with an expanded line-up of innovative new programming and social opportunities for Urbanists in their 20s and 30s.

On February 21, Urbanist Emily Sottile will lead us on a comprehensive tour of EverGreene Architectural Arts studio, which is the preeminent architectural conservation and restoration firm in New York.  1.25 CEU credits are available for qualified participants. Register now and enter “urbanist” for a $10 discount.

Two landmarked buildings on the Upper East Side are threatened with demolition because the owner is making a claim of economic hardship. The two buildings in question were built at the turn of the 20th century, and as part of First Avenue Estate complex, are important for their innovative design as well as in their role in social housing reform. MAS has long been a supporter of its designation and even filed an amicus brief upholding their landmark status.

The owners [...]