In the October 25th edition of the New York Times Marble Fairbanks with over 400 architects and design professionals and in solidarity with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), participated in a full-page ad supporting the Architect’s Foundation Diversity Advancement Scholarship to uplift underrepresented minority architecture students for a more equitable future.
Learn more here.
On October 20th, Marble Fairbanks celebrated the opening of Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center with a special in-person and Facebook Live event. Karen spoke to the audience about the incredible community activism that served as the foundation for the project and made the library a reality. Brooklyn Public Library’s website touts Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center as a space that will, “serve as both a full-service library and a community hub for environmental awareness, activism and education.” Special thanks to Linda Johnson, the entire team at the Brooklyn Public Library, our immensely talented collaborators and the Greenpoint Community for your trust in us to lead the design of the library!
Learn more about the project with a video featuring MFA Organization Director Jason Roberts here.
The new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is open for limited lobby service! Learn more about the history of the library from the community activists that put the project in motion and about the design from our very own Organization Director, Jason Roberts in the recently released Brooklyn Public Library video here.
In honor of the library opening to the public, staff writer Melissa Guerrero highlights Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in the “New York Today” section of the Times. The article, “And finally: A green library in Greenpoint,” starts with the following description of the library, “There’s a well-landscaped outdoor plaza to lounge in, and two types of gardens (one specifically for pollinators). Planted channels called bioswales can help reduce flooding, and a cistern collects rainwater. No, the area is not a public park or a private green space for a luxury building — it’s a new, eco-friendly library in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.” We are proud to be featured and excited for the library to be open to the public.
Read the full article here – scroll down to “And finally: A green library in Greenpoint”
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.