This week's picks for NYC architecture and design events

Wondering what architecture and design events are happening around New York City? Bustler rounded up a snappy list of event recommendations worth checking out. Our picks this week include lectures by Amanda Levete and Charles Waldheim, the book launch of “The Future of Public Space”, and the opening of the New Practices New York 2018 exhibition. Read on for our latest weekly event recommendations.

Amanda Levete: A Tale of Two Museums | April 11

In this Current Work lecture, Amanda Levete will discuss two of her firm's prominent cultural projects: the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum Exhibition Road Quarter and the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT).

The Future of Public Space | rescheduled to April 11

Join in on celebrating the release of The Future of Public Space with a live panel that folds this conversation back onto the world of design. The latest volume of SOM Thinkers, the book reflects on these possibilities beyond typical contexts, exploring a wide variety of impacts that different types of public space – urban and rural, real and virtual – can have on everyday experiences in an increasingly privatized world. 

New Practices New York 2018 | April 12

New Practices New York 2018 presents works by this year's winners of the AIANY New Practices New York competition. This year's winners were: Agency—Agency / Tei Carpenter, MABU / Matt Burgermaster, N H D M / Nahyun Hwang + David Eugin Moon, Only If Architecture, and P.R.O. – Peterson Rich Office.

Charles Waldheim: The New Heliomorphism | April 12

In this talk at the Skyscraper Museum, Charles Waldheim will discuss a hypothetical Heliomorphic Manhattan, formulated on ideas of revising and and extending the ecological urbanism agenda by returning to values of solar performance. 

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