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“The only thing I ain’t travel is time…” Summer 2026
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Etna the brooding & beautiful. she gave us clear skies and fresh lava rocks for our 11,000 foot date

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On August 6th, Join SARA, AIA Brooklyn, and the Greater Design Community In Support of Judy “Chie” Hasegawa.
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Judy “Chie” Hasegawa, AFF. SARA, has long been one of the people who helps bring our #architecture and #design community together. Through her work with Society of American Registered Architects, SARA NY, AIA Brooklyn, and the broader AEC community, Judy has created space for connection, mentorship, student support, fundraising, and professional community. She has hosted events, organized gatherings, welcomed
students and emerging professionals, led walking tours, attended programs across New York City, and continually gone above and beyond to support the people around her.

Now Judy is facing a serious heart-health journey and needs the support of the community she has so often supported.

Judy was rushed to Mount Sinai after a medical emergency and has been in the hospital receiving care. While she is thankfully no longer on life support, her recovery remains significant, and those close to her are hopeful that she will continue to improve and avoid the need for a heart transplant.

SARA’s mission is Architect Helping Architect. But that mission does not stop at architects alone. It is about architects helping the community, strengthening the relationships that sustain our profession, and showing up for the people who have shown up for us.

Judy is a leader in that community. She is a national affiliate board member of SARA, a fixture within AIA Brooklyn, and someone who has helped create the spaces where our members, students, sponsors, and friends come together. It is now time for our industry to support one of our own and give back.

Please join us on August 6 at the Brickworks showroom in New York City from 6-8pm for a fundraising event in support of Judy “Chie” Hasegawa.

Food and drinks will be provided, and raffle prizes will be available. More than anything, this will be an opportunity to gather as a community, celebrate Judy, and help support her recovery.

We look forward to celebrating Judy with you. You can register for the August 6th

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The 2026 SARA NY Design Awards are this Thursday, June 4th, 2026 at The New Yorker Hotel. Today is the final day for ticket purchases to this event. We hope you will consider attending to celebrate the winning #architecture firms and students.

Tickets to this event can be purchased via the link in our bio.

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Congratulations to @enneadarchitects for receiving a @saranycouncil Special Award for their project The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

The Delacorte Theatre is home to The Public Theater’s iconic "Shakespeare in the Park." After 62 years of bringing Shakespeare to New York City, Ennead’s design to revitalize the 1,872-seat theater brings a previously unseen level of accessibility, resilience, and sense of place to this much-loved cultural space.

Nestled among the trees, the theater’s setting informs the design. The thoughtful sense of procession begins from the moment the theater becomes visible and continues to the moment you arrive at your seat. The stage opens up a previously unseen view of Belvedere Castle, cultivating a sense of discovery and awe that sets the tone for the performance.

The exterior is made of reclaimed redwood from decommissioned water towers sourced from all five boroughs. The textured, vertical wood façade is canted slightly outward to create a sense of movement, playing with light and shadow to evoke the organic beauty of the surroundings. The rugged texture of the exterior wall is juxtaposed with the smooth, dynamic geometry of the new covered canopy, sweeping across the entryway to cultivate an entry experience that balances subtlety and grandeur. The facade grounds the structure in its natural landscape and symbolically ties it to the broader urban context and history of the city.

Ennead has a long-standing partnership with The Public. Centered around a long-term master plan, Ennead has been designing and executing multi-phased improvements to The Public’s flagship location on Lafayette Street, creating a new rehearsal hall annex and now completing the revitalization of the Delacorte.

Join us at the 2026 SARA NY DESIGN AWARDS on June 4th @newyorkerhotel to hear from the #specialaward winning firms and share in celebrating these amazing achievements in the spirit of #architecthelpingarchitect
Tickets can be purchased via link in bio.

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Congratulations to @selldorfarchitects with @beyerblinderbelle for receiving a SARA NY Special Award for their project The Frick Collection.

Honoring the architectural legacy and unique character of The Frick Collection, the expansion and enhancement project by Selldorf Architects, Design Architects, with Beyer Blinder Belle as Architects and Planners provides unprecedented access to the original 1914 home of Henry Clay Frick, enhances the visitor experience with new galleries, amenities and ADA access and restores the 70th Street Garden. Conceived to address pressing institutional and programmatic needs, the plan creates critical new resources for permanent collection display, special exhibitions, conservation, education, and public programs, while upgrading visitor amenities and overall accessibility. The project marks the first comprehensive upgrade and expansion to the Frick’s buildings since the institution opened to the public more than eighty years ago.
Join us at the 2026 SARA NY DESIGN AWARDS on June 4th @newyorkerhotel to hear from the #specialaward winning firms and share in celebrating these amazing achievements in the spirit of #architecthelpingarchitect
Tickets can be purchased via link in bio

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Congratulations to @thomasphiferandpartners for receiving a @saranycouncil Special Award for their project The Wagner Park Pavilion, for the South Battery City Resiliency Project.

The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project, along with other Lower Manhattan Resiliency Projects, is designed to protect one of New York City’s most densely built environments against future storms and sea level rise. The flood risk reduction projects and interior drainage improvements focused on Battery Park City provide protection for both this neighborhood and adjacent areas. Engineered to withstand a 100-year storm in 2050 and anticipated sea level rise, the project delivers world-class public spaces that are built to last.
The project provides a comprehensive flood risk reduction alignment in a way that continues to provide public access to the waterfront while using as many static structures as possible to reduce risk of operational complexity or failure. The South Battery Park City site includes four different project areas which integrate the flood risk reduction alignment according to their specific challenges and constraints: Museum of Jewish Heritage, Wagner Park, Pier A plaza, and The Battery.

Join us at the 2026 SARA NY DESIGN AWARDS on June 4th @newyorkerhotel to hear from the #specialaward winning firms and share in celebrating these amazing achievements in the spirit of #architecthelpingarchitect

Ticket link in bio.

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Congratulations to @str.architecture & @mitchellgiurgola for receiving a @saranycouncil Special Design Award for their project @daviscentercentralpark

Join us at the 2026 SARA NY DESIGN AWARDS on June 4th @newyorkerhotel to hear from the #specialaward winning firms and share in celebrating these amazing achievements in the spirit of #architecthelpingarchitect Ticket link in bio.

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SARA NY would like to introduce you to Christina Galati, @christina_galati of Gensler, who was one the jurors who aided in the selection of the 2026 SARA NY Design Award Winners.

Christina Galati is a licensed architect with a strong interdisciplinary foundation in both Interior Design and Architecture. Since joining Gensler in early 2025, she has contributed to complex, design-forward projects within the Cities practice, shaping environments that respond to evolving urban needs and human-centered priorities. Christina is driven by a passion for design. Throughout her career, she has worked across a wide range of project types—including workplace, commercial interiors, institutional, educational and healthcare, spaces—developing design solutions that operate at multiple scales and address complex programmatic needs. Her approach to every project is to understand the specific goals of her clients and deliver spaces that are innovative, engaging, and strive to improve well-being. Her experience spans interior fit-outs, renovations and adaptive reuse, as well as ground-up new construction, allowing her to bring both technical rigor and design sensitivity to every project.

Prior to joining Gensler, Christina worked at leading design firms including Ennead Architects, HOK, and FXCollaborative. Her portfolio includes notable projects such as the Columbia University School of Nursing, PS384 in Hunter’s Point South, workplace projects for Spotify, Royal Caribbean, and NYCEDC, as well as innovative healthcare environments for the Mayo
Clinic. Christina holds a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University. She is a member of AIA, AIANY Interiors Committee, and has served as a visiting critic at FIT, Pratt Institute, and the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID). She is an active mentor and believes in supporting the next generation of architects and designers.

Meet Christina TONIGHT @metrowallnyc Meet the Jury Social. RSVP in bio.

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@saranycouncil would like to introduce you to Alexander Lavecchia, @alexanderlavecchiaarchitect of Alexander LaVecchia Architect, who was one the jurors who aided in the selection of the 2026 SARA NY Design Award Winners.

Alexander is the founder and principal of Alexander Lavecchia Architect, an architecture and interiors studio based in Jersey City, New Jersey, working across high-end residential and select commercial projects.
A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he began his career at Studio Sofield and Peter Marino Architect, where he spent eight years contributing to rigorously detailed residential, retail, and hospitality projects. His work includes projects for Coach and, notably, Bulgari, with flagship locations on Fifth Avenue in New York and Place Vendôme in Paris.

His studio’s work is defined by a focus on proportion, materiality, and clarity of space. Recent projects include a 10,000-square-foot penthouse renovation in SoHo, a private equity office in Manhattan, a loft in the historic Police Building, a ranch residence in Jackson Hole, and multiple penthouses in Miami Beach. Licensed in New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Wyoming, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Registered Architects New York chapter.

Meet Alex and other jurors at our MEET THE JURY Social to be held at MetroWall’s NYC showroom next Thursday, May 14th from 5:30-8:00pm. RSVP via the link in the bio.

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