NUYORICAN POETS CAFE PASSES 50 PERCENT COMPLETION MARK
02/20/26The Nuyorican Poets Cafe expansion project has passed the 50% completion mark. Two performances spaces are taking shape within the enlarged building footprint supported by integral bar, rehearsal, education & administrative spaces distributed over the facility's original four levels and onto an added fifth level. Central to the project are the original coarse brick walls that have framed performances for more than fifty years and that are imbued with the Cafe's history and sense of unfiltered innovation. New large window openings are cut into the existing facade reflecting the contemporary programmatic arrangement within. more>
CONTINENTAL DIALOGUES THIS WEEK AT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
11/17/25Join Astrid Lipka and the Council on Vertical Urbanism in collaboration with the Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK) this Thursday, Nov 20 for Continental Dialogues - Architecture Between Europe and America. The panel, moderated by Andrew Haas, brings together experts from Europe and the United States to explore how practices evolve, adapt, and collaborate across borders. Joining Astrid on the panel will be Oliver Schaper, Paul Bart, Lukas Utzig, & Juergen Reihm. The event is 7-9pm at the Goethe-Institut. register here>
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL RECEIVES PDC DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
10/30/25RL joins with artist Justin Valdes in celebrating his site-specific work, The Feeling is Mutual, which was honored last night with a NYC Public Design Commission's Award for Excellence in Design in a ceremony at New York City Hall. The Feeling is Mutual is a generous work comprised of a series of hand drawings fused into glazing and onto ceramic tile, reaching throughout RL's new Arverne Library community building, designed for Queens Public Library. The PDC, which advocates for innovative, sustainable, and equitable design in the public realm, recognizes the work's themes of mutal aid, protest and community action central to Valdes's activism and creative practice. more>
