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 May 11, 12pm–4pm for the final Spring Open [Block] House and the opening of the 2024 Spring Residency Exhibition at the Block House.
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IPA Fellows’ Project Receives AIANY Merit Award
Prospect Trace: Transforming an Expressway into Civic Space has received a Merit Award at the 2024 AIANY + ASLA-NY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards.
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Janet Fink named Executive Director of the IPA
Ms. Fink’s involvement with the IPA extends back to 2020 when she joined as residency director, leading selected topic fellowships that explored alternatives to 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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