The AIANY Board of Directors recently issued a powerful statement calling on architects to no longer design spaces of incarceration. Read the full statement here.
Our founding partner, Karen Fairbanks, is a member of the AIANY Board of the Directors, and she notes that this call to architects is a first step in the work of the AIANY to address this unjust system. Link to related resources can be found here.
Scott is the current “Featured Member” on AIA New York’s website. In his interview with the Editor, Scott discusses what is influencing his work right now, how he decided to pursue architecture and his thoughts on architectural education.
Read the full article here.
In a slight variation to the online article “Building Public Places for a Covid World,” Marble Fairbanks currently appears in the printed article “Designs The Heal Ruptures In Spaces We Share.” Karen was interviewed along with architects and other designers who, “have devoted efforts to creating public places that encourage gathering and sociability (now tasked with) making congregating in these spaces possible again.” A pull quote from Karen’s interview is centered on the fold stating, “Now that we can’t use shared spaces, we realize how critical they are.”
Read the full online article here.
Marble Fairbanks is currently featured in the The New York Times article, “Building Public Places for a Covid World.” Excerpts from Karen’s interview on the important role libraries play in fostering and supporting community are included and the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is touted as a, “place that helps us thrive.” Glen Oaks Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are also featured as spaces that engage and activate community.
We are working with the GSA and the Northeast Region of the National Park Service (NPS) on a macro-level diagnostic study for regional museum storage solutions. The final report at the end of 2020 will provide recommendations for the 76 park units in the region that, “manage, preserve, protect, exhibit, and store more than 36 million museum objects and archival items.” Our team is currently in the process of engaging with Curators, Superintendents and Facilities managers on site visits spanning the 13 states in the region.