125th Anniversary

 
Click here to view PICTURES from the 125 Anniversary Weekend


Click here to view the article in Architectural Lighting online about the lighting project by GSAPP students
and Tillett Lighting Design, Inc.


Click here to view exciting news about the 125 GSAPP Trusset Project published at ArchitectureWeek







OCTOBER 27-29, 2006


Thank you to all who attended for making GSAPP 125 Anniversary an incredible success!

There were over 300 attendess - from 6 countries and across the United States.




SCHEDULE


Friday, October 27

6:30 pm
Lecture
Peter Eisenman ('60)
Wood Auditorium
Avery Hall

8 - 11 pm
125: The Anniversary Party
Low Library
Columbia University
Environment created by Linnaea Tillett Lighting Design Inc.
in conjunction with Avery Material and Fabrication Laboratory + GSAPP Students,
with music by DJ Larry Tee


Saturday, October 28

9 am
Registration
Cafe
Avery Hall

10 am
Three Deans Wigley, Tschumi, Polshek
Wood Auditorium
Avery Hall

2 pm
The 21st Century Classroom
Avery and Schermerhorn Halls
with presentations by:
Ken Frampton, Reinhold Martin, Laurie Hawkinson
Architecture and the World: Rethinking the Global City
Elliott Sclar and Jason Corburn
Public Health: Reinventing Urban Planning
Richard Plunz, Kate Orff, Andrea Kahn and Brian McGrath
Urban Ecology: New Directions in Urban Design
Michael Buckley
Form and Finance: New Directions in Teaching and Research in the MsRED Program
Paul Byard and Andrew Dolkart
Architecture and Historic Preservation: The Common Ground

3:30 pm
Lecture
Antoine Predock ('62)
Wood Auditorium
Avery Hall

4:30 pm
Toast to 125 years
Cafe
Avery Hall

Sunday, October 29

Mimosas and Roundtable Discussion
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, New York City
11 am - 1 pm
Re-exhibiting architecture
Barry Bergdoll
Incoming Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MOMA
Chairman, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Sarah Herda
Director, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago
Former Executive Director/Curator, Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC

Frederic Migayrou
Directeur de l'Architecture, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Joseph Rosa ('90)
John H. Bryan Curator of Architecture and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago
Henry Urbach ('90)
Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA
Mirko Zardini
Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
Mark Wigley, Moderator, Dean of GSAPP
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Exhibition on view: arch schools-public view(ing)
The AIA New York Chapter exhibition showcasing emerging talents from the NYC metropolitan area's 13 architecture schools.
For more information, click here.


Additional activities in conjunction with the 125:

Friday, October 27
Avery Hall, Room 114
12:30 pm
Giving a Damn: Architects' Initiatives in Response to World Crisis
A panel discussion sponsored by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture

This event is being held in conjunction with Havel at Columbia residency which explores the connection between art and citizenship.

Participants:
Cynthia Barton
Director of Development of the New York Chapter of Architecture for Humanity;
contributor, Design Like you Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises, Metropolis Books, 2006

Michael Bell
Associate Professor, Graduate School Architecture, Planning
and Preservation, Columbia University

Deborah Gans
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Pratt Institute;
principal, Gans Studio

Sumila Gulyani
Assistant Professor and Director of Infrastructure and Poverty Action Lab,
Graduate School Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University

David Turnbull
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Mabel Wilson (M.Arch '91)
Chair of Visual Criticism and Associate Professor,
California College of the Arts

Moderator:
Laura Kurgan (M.Arch '88)
Assistant Professor and Director of Visual Studies,
Graduate School Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University

Free and open to the public
For more information, please call 212.854.8165 or visit www.arch.columbia.edu/buell


Thursday, October 26
Historic Preservation Alumni Party
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Salmagundi Club at 47 Fifth Avenue (between 11th and 12th)
For more information, visit www.preservationalumni.org


Thursday, October 26
MsRED Alumni Event
For more information, contact realestate@arch.columbia.edu



special thanks to the
125 Alumni Committee
Melissa Baldock 2002
Grace Han 2003
Laura Heim 1984
Leslie Klein 2004
Bryan Mike Latham 2000
Sharon Liebowitz 1991
Frederick McCarthy 2006
Claude Samton 1956
Seri Worden 2002
Frank Zisa 2000




ALUMNI WORK/PHOTO SUBMISSION

All alumni are invited to submit images of recent work and photos of their time at GSAPP.
Guidelines are as follows:

Send your work to alumniwork@columbia.edu
or
Office of Development and Alumni Relations
403 Avery Hall, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10027

- Please submit 3 images maximum , in TIFF or JPEG format
- Minimum size is 5" x 7" at 200dpi, RGB Color
- Please try to keep your images below 10mb each
- YOU MUST name your files with the following format:
Firstname_Lastname_program_year_01.tif, ...02.tif, etc.
(ie : John_Doe_AAD_88_01.tif)
- Be sure to provide the name and location of the work
- Include your Name, Program and Graduation Year in the body of the email as well as required image credits, if necessary.

Images may be edited or cropped for space.
Improperly formatted images will not be used.





CLASS/PROGRAM EVENTS

Below is a list of class events that will be held during the 125 weekend and are being organized by individual class members.
To receive more details about the following class events, please contact the alum/ni below:

Paul Monardo and Christopher Jarrett - M.Arch & Building Design 1986

Marty Zelnik - M.Arch 1965

M.Arch 1966
40th Anniversary Reunion Dinner

Saturday, October 28th
Terrace Restaurant
400 West 199th Street @ Morningside Drive
6:30 pm
For more information, please contact Tony Spencer '66 at 914.698.7210

Claude Samton - B.Arch & M.Arch 1956

John A. Stuart and Sharon Liebowitz - M.Arch 1991

Amelie Chai - M.Arch 1997

Shannon Roberts, Gary Roth, Siobhan O'Kane - Urban Planning 2004

Grace Han - Urban Planning 2003

Seema Malik - Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) 2006




THE FOLLOWING ARE NYC HOTEL SUGGESTIONS.
Please check with the Hotel for Seasonal Rates.



Institutional guest rooms within the Columbia neighborhood
(Please note that most of the following have a maximum of 7 nights stay.
These rates do not include tax and are subject to change seasonally.)

International House
500 Riverside Drive (at W. 122 St.)
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 316-8436
ihouse-nyc.org
11 Guest Rooms (maximum stay is 20 days)
Single: $120
Double: $135
Triple: $150
Quadruple: $175

Teachers College - NEW RESIDENCE HALL
1230 Amsterdam Ave. (at W. 120 St.)
www.tc.columbia.edu
(212) 678-3235
Email: housing@tc.edu
12 Guest Rooms; complex pricing structure from $70 - $105 per night for singles, doubles, and suites with kitchen/bath.
Call for details M-F 9am-5pm

Union Theological Seminary - Landmark Guest Rooms
3041 Broadway (at W. 121 St.)
212-280-1313, everyday 10am-4pm
www.uts.columbia.edu
25 Guest Rooms. Rates begin at $135/single, $155/double per night, plus tax.
Complimentary breakfast included M-F. Local calls are free, air-conditioning, cable, mini-refrigerator, daily housekeeping.


upper west side

Lucerne Hotel
www.newyorklucernehotel.com
201 West 79th St. (@ Broadway)
New York, NY 10024
212-875-1000

Beacon Hotel
www.beaconhotelnewyork.com
2130 Broadway (@ 75th Street)
New York, NY 10023
212-787-1100

On The Ave Hotel
www.ontheave-nyc.com
2178 Broadway at 77th street
New York, NY 10024
Phone 212-362-1100 Fax 212-787-9521
Info@ontheave-nyc.com
Reservations: reservations@stayinny.com
Toll Free 800-497-6028
Local 212-651-3351
fax 917-441-0295

midtown

Hudson Hotel New York
www.hudsonhotel.com
356 West 58th Street (between 8th and 9th ave)
New York, New York 10019
Tel. 212-554-6000 Fax 212-554-6001
Reservations 800-697-1791

The Westin New York at Times Square
www.westinny.com
The Westin New York at Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-201-2700 Fax: 212-201-2701
Reservations: 866-837-4183

Hyatt New York
www.grandnewyork.hyatt.com

W New York - Times Square
1567 Broadway at 47th Street
New York, New York 10036
Phone (212) 930-7400 Fax (212) 930-7500
www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels

Courtyard Manhattan Times Square South
www.courtyardtimessquare.com
114 West 40th Street
New York, New York, 10018
Phone: 212.391.0088 Fax: 212.391.6023

downtown

The Gershwin Hotel
www.gershwinhotel.com
7 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-545-8000
Fax: 212-684-5546 E-Mail: reservations@gershwinhostel.com

Soho Grand
www.sohogrand.com
310 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Reservations: 800-965-3000

Tribeca Grand
www.tribecagrand.com
2 Ave of The Americas
New York, NY 10013
Reservations: 877-519-6600

W New York - Union Square
www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels
201 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10003
Phone (212) 253-9119 Fax (212) 253-9229


upper east side

The Bentley Hotel
www.bentleyhotelnewyork.com
500 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Reservations: 954-252-3416

The Franklin Hotel
www.franklinhotel.com
164 East 87th Street (off Lexington Avenue)
New York, NY 10128
Reservations: (800) 607-4009
Tel: (212) 369-1000
Fax: (212) 369-8000 Email: info@franklinhotel.com
Reservations: (800) 607-4009

Marriott Hotels

Days Inn

Hampton Inn Suites

New York Holiday Inn

alumni.columbia.edu

Prefer a bed and breakfast in the city?
www.manhattanlodging.worldweb.com/BedBreakfasts


The following websites are helpful for planning air travel and hotel:

www.threedayweekends.com
www.nyc.com
www.travelocity.com
www.orbitz.com
www.tripadvisor.com

Useful Links
Newspapers & magazines: Online editions
The New York Times
New York Daily News
New York Post
The New Yorker



PARKING GARAGES


Below is a list of commercial garages in the University Morningside Campus area, provided by Columbia University Parking Services. Please note that this list should not be interpreted as a recommendation of these establishments.

E & B OPERATING CORP. 137 W. 108th Street (212) 865-8315

HRF OPERATING 151 W. 108th Street & Amsterdam Avenue (212) 865-2314

GGMC PARKING 512-520 W. 112th Street
Between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue (212) 865-1754

RIVERSIDE CHURCH Claremont & W 120th Street (212) 870-6736

GMC 532 W. 122nd Street (212) 961-1075

COLUMBIA WATERFRONT 69 St. Claire Place a.k.a. 712 W 125th Street (212) 531-4400

GMC 603-11 W. 129th Street (212) 749-2548

NOHAR REPAIR 615 W. 129th Street (212) 666-1067

MTP 3300 Broadway at 129th Street (212) 280-7487

MTP 635 W. 131 Street (212) 368-2579

EDISON PARKING CORP. Riverside Drive & W. 134th Street (212) 283-8212

59TH STREET PUBLIC PARKING, INC. 641 W. 59TH STREET
Between 11th & 12th Avenue (212) 265-1189
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