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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10th Annual Fall Fête: Tickets on Sale Now
Please join us at the 10th Annual Fall Fête to celebrate a decade of IPA programs and public engagement that use design to address social, physical, and environmental inequity in our city. Tickets are now available for the Benefactors Dinner on October 11th.
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Peterson Rich Office: NYCHA
Join us for a conversation with Peterson Rich Office (PRO), a Brooklyn-based architecture and design practice recognized for its cultural, publicly engaged, and social impactful projects.
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2023 Summer Exhibition
Open weekends through September 24: the exhibition is the culmination of the 2023 Summer Independent Project Residency. Fellows have developed a series of interdisciplinary projects in art, architecture, design, ecology and history.
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BQE 2053 Symposium
View the full recording of the BQE 2053 Symposium. Four diverse panels focused on community engagement in deciding the future development of a potential ‘land bank’ between existing neighborhoods and a radically re-imagined Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (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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