Live Events fills you in on upcoming meet-ups and recaps of past happenings presented by Urban Omnibus.
A cocktail reception, art auction and benefactors’ dinner to support Urban Omnibus. Tickets now on sale!
Before Urban Omnibus went live, we co-hosted a weekend-long event that invited teams to design a project in the public interest and build it from found materials in two days. The event was led by Bryan Bell, on the occasion of the launch of his 2008 book Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, which surveys the field of “creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good.” Bell, founder of Design Corps and co-founder of SEED, has been working towards a better understanding…
This week, two exhibitions opened at the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) that celebrate the evolving legacy of Manhattan’s street grid. In one of the Museum’s ground floor galleries, urban historian Hilary Ballon has curated The Greatest …
When we spoke to landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh in December 2009 about Brooklyn Bridge Park, just before the first phase of the project opened to the public, he spoke about what it means to design something that continues to …
Earlier this month we introduced you to Making Room, a research, design and advocacy project to shape the city’s housing stock to address the changing needs of how we live today.
This week, the Citizens Housing and Planning Council …
Last week, a group of leading New York City designers met to discuss the future of New York City at New York Next: The Future City, hosted by the Architectural League and Architectural Record. The panel…
Architectural Record has devoted its September issue, entitled “The Death and Life of a Great American City,” to New York’s transformation over the past decade. A significant portion of the issue is dedicated to rebuilding efforts after 9/11, …
Tickets are now on sale for the Architectural League’s 2011 Beaux Arts Ball! The Ball, an annual benefit for the programs of the League (that includes Urban Omnibus), is an event not to be missed. Each year, the …
Get your dancing shoes on! On Wednesday, April 27 at 9pm, the After Party for the Brooklyn Artists Ball will be taking over the Great Hall of the Brooklyn Museum — and Urban Omnibus is pleased to be one …
Last Thursday, the teams from Urban Omnibus and the Design Trust for Public Space met dozens of our fellow public space enthusiasts to enjoy snacks and beverages under the bamboo of the 590 Madison Avenue Atrium. This space is …
