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The Architectural League of New York supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. Stay tuned for our future events, lecture recordings, and updates via the League weekly newsletter 📨

Sign up at the link in bio! by @archleague

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The League been busy this year! To help share the scope of our meaningful work, the League has published a complete record of the League’s activities from 2025–2026—including a look at those who’ve made this work possible.

The 86-page report provides a bird’s-eye view of League programs and presentations, from special events at MADE Bush Terminal and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, to archival research and publications, to lectures, panels, and site and studio tours held in New York and across the country.

The report also spotlights the incredible cohort of design and built environment leaders that help our community grow across disciplines, mediums, geographies, and design focuses.

📖 Read the full document at archleague.org/annual-reports by @archleague

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This is The Architectural League of New York (@archleague)
taking over Archtober’s Instagram feed for the day, and extending an invite to ⌂ Beaux Arts Ball 2026: Home Sweet Home ⌂

Shining a light on the collective imagination and anxiety imbued in the idea of home, this year’s Ball feature an original commissioned installation by TAKK (@we_are_takk), directed by Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, lighting designed by Joel Fitzpatrick Studio, sound by DJs @bojaq_ and @madre_guia, and a graphic identity designed by Eddie Opara and his studio at Pentagram.

🗓️ October 23, 9:30 p.m.
📍 Andrew Freedman Home

Tickets are now available! Become a League member to receive a $50 discount on party tickets. Learn more at the link in bio.

#BAB26 #archtobertakeover

Photography by Leandro Viana by @archleague

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Meet TAKK (@we_are_takk), the Barcelona and New York–based architecture and design studio founded by Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, who will create an original installation for ⌂ Beaux Arts Ball 2026: Home Sweet Home ⌂

The installation will translate one of the most intimate symbols of home into a communal register, turning a familiar domestic ritual into a shared experience for Ball attendees.

📍 Andrew Freedman Home, the Bronx
🗓️ Friday, Oct 23. Party begins at 9:30 p.m.
🎟️ Learn more and get tickets to the Ball at the link in bio.

🎨 @we_are_takk taken in Andrew Freedman Home by @archleague

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Mark your calendar: New York City School Construction Authority (@nycscagram) is inviting League members to its Long Island City office.

🗓️ Thu, Oct 29 @ 6 pm
📍 25-01 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY
🎟️ League members-only

Established by the New York State Legislature in 1988 as a public-benefit corporation, the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) is responsible for designing and constructing New York City’s public schools. Across its 13 departments, the SCA manages the New York City Public Schools Capital Plan and oversees real estate, budgeting, scoping, and the design, construction, and renovation of projects throughout more than 1,400 school buildings in all five boroughs. Framing schools as “vital community landmarks… hubs of connection, safety, and growth” in its mission statement, the SCA has delivered more than 333,000 new school seats citywide since its creation.

The host of the evening, the SCA’s Department of Architecture & Engineering, which includes the In-House Design Studio, Design Consultant Management Studio, and Operations and Small Business Consulting Unit, develops scope, design, and construction documents for capital improvement projects and provides construction administration services.

Register at the link in bio.

The League’s monthly members-only #ArchLeagueAfterHours events are informal social gatherings that allow members to visit the offices of leading design practices. Not a member? Join at archleague.org/membership

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SCA | New York Hall of Science, Queens, New York, 2022. Image courtesy SCA
SCA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners | St. John Villa, Staten Island, New York, expected completion 2030. Image credit: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
SCA, Dattner Architects | Q578, Queens, New York, expected completion 2030. Image credit: Dattner Architects by @archleague

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Urban Design Forum and @urbanomnibus/@archleague are excited to announce the 2026–2027 New City Critics Fellows.

Our fellows this year — writers, researchers, dancers, book artists, and urban planners among them — will spend the next nine months training a critical gaze on New York City. Congratulations to Dean Labowitz, Judy Park Lee (@judyparklee), Zoe Voss Lee, Jasmine Liu (@jasmineliu1998), Tash Nikol (@tallglassofmatter), and Thandi Nyambose (@thand.di)!

Get to know the New City Critics at the link in our bio.

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New City Critics was launched through the founding support of Joan Copjec, in honor of Michael Sorkin. The fellowship is made possible through the lead support of the Mellon Foundation, with additional ongoing support from Critical Minded, the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Paul Goldberger, Carol and Mark Willis, LEVENBETTS, Cathleen McGuigan and David Berridge, Nat Oppenheimer, Karen Stein, Calvin Tsao, and Siqi Zhu.

We are also grateful to the founding donors of the program: Stella Betts, Joan Copjec, Vincent Chang, Critical Minded, Rosalie Genevro, Mario Gooden, Paul Goldberger, Graham Foundation, Tami Hausman, Mary Margaret Jones, Astrid Lipka & Lyn Rice, Thom Mayne, Zach Mortice & Maria Speiser, Eric Owen Moss, Nat Oppenheimer, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Moshe Safdie, Karen Stein, Calvin Tsao, Mark Willis & Carol Willis, and Siqi Zhu. by @archleague

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In 2019, students from the University of the South Pacific formed Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (@pisfcc) and launched a campaign seeking an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Inspired by this, youth from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe organized World’s Youth for Climate Justice (@wy4cj), aiming to secure state support for the initiative in their respective regions. And in 2021, the Government of Vanuatu began a diplomatic process to build support among nations for a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution, which was adopted by consensus on March 29, 2023.

In response, in July 2025, the ICJ delivered its landmark advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change, clarifying, under international law, the legal obligations of states to protect the climate system as well as the legal consequences should states breach those obligations.

Following the advocacy of @pisfcc and @wy4cj and the 2026 UNGA resolution backing the ICJ advisory opinion, and with the clarification of states’ legal obligations regarding climate change, built environment professionals have a significant role in helping to shape the implementation of international climate law, in practice and policy.

At the League’s Architecture, Planning, and International Law: Building Postcarbon Futures, built environment and climate policy experts Billy Fleming (@joobilly), Daniel Aldana Cohen (@aldagrams), Keller Easterling (@kellereasterling), and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò will spotlight model projects around the world and draw a roadmap for the future of our cities, landscapes, and communities that advances compliance with international climate law in accordance with the ICJ’s findings.

Learn more at the link in bio.

📹What is Owed: Taking the Climate Crisis to the World’s Court (2025), by @suneil_sanzgiri, @pisfcc, @wy4cj, the University of Chicago Global Human Rights Clinic, and @situ_nyc by @archleague

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: 2027 Paul Gunther Prize For Inclusive Public Space

The Paul Gunther Prize is a new award that supports the design and research projects of individuals or teams focused on inclusive public space, with a special emphasis on New York City. Named after cultural leader, preservationist, and public realm activist Paul W. Gunther (1956–2022), this annual Prize awards a grant of $20,000 to one individual or team to pursue a proposal for creating, improving, or preserving inclusive public space in New York City.

Jury
Anne Rieselbach (Chair)
Keller Easterling
Mario Gooden
Joel Sanders
Vicki Weiner
Mabel O. Wilson

Interested in submitting a proposal to the 2027 Paul Gunther Prize? Join the League for an online information session in October to learn more about the Prize, eligibility, and submission requirements. Participation is voluntary.

🗓️ Submission Deadline: Wed, Dec 16 @ 11:59 pm ET
🗓️ Information Session: Thurs, Oct 15 @ 12:30 pm ET

The Gunther Prize is support by the Paul Gunther Fund, which depends on the generosity of those who believe in the value of strengthening shared urban spaces. From now until the end of the year, all donations up to $20,000 are being matched. Double the impact of your contribution by donating today!

Learn more about the Paul Gunther Prize For Inclusive Public Space, register for the information session, and contribute to the Gunther Fund at the link in our bio!

Graphic identity: @pentagramdesign by @archleague

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⌂ Tickets now available! Beaux Arts Ball 2026: Home Sweet Home ⌂

The 2026 Ball will be held at the Andrew Freedman Home (@afhbronx) on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. TAKK (@we_are_takk), directed by Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, will unveil a commissioned installation responding to this year’s theme, and @bojaq_ and @madre_guia will shape the soundscape for the celebration.

Become a member to receive a $50 discount on party tickets. Learn more at the link in bio.

🗓️ October 23, 9:30 p.m.
📍 Andrew Freedman Home

Graphic design by @pentagramdesign
#BAB26 taken in Andrew Freedman Home by @archleague

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🗓️ Mark your calendar: Student Program 2026 will take place on Saturday, September 26!

The League’s Student Program brings together close to 200 architecture students from our nationwide network of academic partners for a day-long program highlighting the varied and creative career paths that can follow an architecture degree.

This year, the day will begin at Thornton Tomasetti (@thorntontomasetti) with a panel featuring Sarah Beaudoin, Celia Chaussabel, Amanda L. Miller Amankona, and Gina Morrow, four dynamic emerging design leaders who will present their distinct career paths in the field.

In-person attendees will then travel to one of eight leading design studios for a tour and Q&A with firm associates: Foster + Partners (@fosterandpartners); Hargreaves Jones (@hargreavesjonesla); MBB Architects (@mbbarchitects); MKCA (@mkcarchitecture); OMA (@omanewyork); Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture • Design (@str.architecture); Think! Architecture & Design (@think.arc); and WORKac (@work.ac).

Online attendees will attend a virtual tour of Los Angeles–based architecture studio Johnston Marklee (@johnstonmarklee) and conclude the day with a League meet-and-greet. The in-person event track will conclude at SHoP Architects (@shoparchitects) for a final studio tour and reception.

Participation is open to students from the League’s academic partners. Beyond the Student Program, students at academic partner schools enjoy free admission to League lectures, symposia, and discussions; access to student-only programs; discounts and special opportunities with select partners; and invitations to members-only events such as After Hours studio visits, among others.

Are you an educator or student at an academic institution and want to connect with the League? Find out more about academic partnerships and join the network at the link in bio! by @archleague

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