Institute for Public Architecture
The IPA, based in the historic Block House on Governors Island, uses design to address social, physical and environmental inequities in the city through our signature Selected Topic Fellowship and Independent Project Residency programs, and related public lectures, exhibits, and publications.
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The Story of the BQE Team Announced
The Institute for Public Architecture, in partnership with the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, is excited to launch The Story of the BQE, an online repository of stories told by residents who have lived adjacent to the polluting and divisive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE).
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Visit an Open [Block] House and meet our Spring Fellows
Join us on April 13 and May 11, 12pm–4pm for Open [Block] House. See work in progress by the 2024 Spring Residency Fellows as you stroll our 185-year old Block House.
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2024 Independent Project Residency Open Call
The IPA is now accepting applications for the 2024 Summer and Fall Residency programs, taking place June 1–August 17 and September 3–November 17, 2024 respectively. Spend 11 weeks living and working at the Block House.
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The Story of the BQE
The IPA’s TSOTBQE project will create an on-going resource of cross-generational oral histories to foster conversations about the history and future of neighborhoods along the BQE.
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Learn more about our Independent Project Residency and Selected Topic Fellowship programs, and related public lectures, exhibits and publications.
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