Monthly Archive for October, 2010

AAP NYC Buzz word #1

Adaptive Reuse – OK if you were in attendance during the first week’s High Line analysis presentations this word would have been the free space in your architecture bingo card. Not a novel idea at all simply one of those things that reached its tipping points in studios. Meant to refer to any building re-purposed [...]

Mid Reviews (sort of)

you cannot make architecture without adobe illustrator any longer

City Walks 101016

Being in New York sometimes you want to get away from everybody – and all you really need to do is put on a pair of headphones and start walking. Last Friday I did just that. It was an incredibly satisfying serendipitous jaunt through midtown and I thought it could make for a great blog serial – [...]

NYC Event: Sukkah City

Still playing a little bit of catch up; Sukkah City took place about a week ago and was heralded as one of the largest entered design competitions in New York – we have top men working on verifying that little factoid. The top Sukkahs and award ceremony was conveniently held at Union Square – making it hard for AAP [...]

New Semester, New City, New Blogger

It’s almost a month into the semester, so introductions will have to be brief: I’m Ryan. Being a third year grad student (it still feels weird to say that) I can present my perspective on all the happenings in the AAP NYC studio as well as what’s happening in this great city. First, a little [...]