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Founded in 1881, the Architectural League is a leading forum for the presentation of new work and ideas in contemporary architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines.

Meet Vitra Circle, the Swiss furniture maker ’s initiative to keep used Vitra furniture in circulation through buy-back ...
05/13/2026

Meet Vitra Circle, the Swiss furniture maker ’s initiative to keep used Vitra furniture in circulation through buy-back and refurbishment. Vitra Circle will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

Vitra Circle is a circular economy program through which Vitra buys back, refurbishes, and resells its furniture, keeping the product in use and out of landfills. Vitra Circle serves business customers with a full suite of services, including take-back, professional restoration using original parts, and resale. It delivers authenticated Vitra products at a discounted cost and reduces the carbon footprint of new production.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

The trade fair and the Current Work lecture are currently at capacity. To join the waitlist, email [email protected].

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05/12/2026

Join us at “Drawing Together,” the League’s 145th Annual Meeting & Party at !

“Drawing Together” gathers people from different walks of life to celebrate the city we collectively dream and make. The party, organized in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library, will include music and dancing led by Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, refreshments, opportunities for drawing, “Ask-an-Architect” Q&A sessions, and information sharing by NYC DOT officials regarding the proposed Grand Army Plaza redesign. The evening serves as a reminder that imagining and building the world around us is a shared, joyful endeavor.

🗓️ Tue, Jun 16
🕑 Meeting @ 5:30 pm; Party @ 6:30 pm
📍 Brooklyn Central Library
🎟️ Free and open to all

The program will begin at 5:30 pm at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center at the Brooklyn Public Library. It will include a brief report on the past year’s activities at the League, with a highlight on the League’s Next Generation programs. In particular, we’ll be celebrating Anne Rieselbach, the League’s outgoing program and membership director, whose four decades of dedication have helped shape the careers and voices of generations of architects and designers.

The party will gather outside on the BPL plaza at 6:30 pm for a celebration of design and the public imagination.

RSVP and learn more at the link in bio. Stay tuned for more information!

🎨 John Moody

Due to changes in the timeline of the studio move, After Hours: is postponed, to be rescheduled for early fall with a g...
05/12/2026

Due to changes in the timeline of the studio move, After Hours: is postponed, to be rescheduled for early fall with a greatly increased capacity.

Existing reservations will be honored; new reservations will open in late summer (currently waitlisted registrants will receive priority).

Stay tuned for more updates.

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Meet , the first Repair Café in New York City, which will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Wo...
05/11/2026

Meet , the first Repair Café in New York City, which will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

Repair Café El Barrio is an East Harlem–based community space dedicated to repair as both a practical skill and a cultural practice. Through free monthly repair sessions and educational workshops, the volunteer-powered organization brings neighbors together to fix broken items, exchange knowledge, and reimagine consumption, working toward a more circular and connected New York City.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

Stay tuned to learn more about other organizations and vendors at the circularity trade fair, including , , RECLAIM NYC, , and Circle. To join the waitlist, email [email protected].

Meet , a Brooklyn-based research, design, and fabrication studio, which will be part of the circularity trade fair that ...
05/08/2026

Meet , a Brooklyn-based research, design, and fabrication studio, which will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

Tri-Lox is a Greenpoint-based design and fabrication studio that creates architectural surfaces and elements from locally sourced wood. Working with experts in forestry, conservation, and building technology, the studio sources material through three distinct pathways—sustainably harvested timber, reclaimed wood from deconstruction, and salvage from the urban forest—to produce durable, regionally rooted products in service of a more sustainable and circular built environment.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

Stay tuned to learn more about other organizations and vendors at the circularity trade fair, including , , RECLAIM NYC, , and Circle. Register at the link in bio.

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Meet the Reuse Exploratory Committee on Legislative Acts Impacting Materials (RECLAIM NYC), an interdisciplinary group t...
05/06/2026

Meet the Reuse Exploratory Committee on Legislative Acts Impacting Materials (RECLAIM NYC), an interdisciplinary group that develops circular economy policy proposals for New York City’s construction and building removal industry, which will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

RECLAIM NYC is an interdisciplinary coalition working to develop circular economy policy for New York City’s construction and building removal industry. Bringing together architects, engineers, deconstructors, reclaimed material stockists, and policymakers through monthly meetings and ongoing research, the group advocates for redirecting construction and demolition waste toward higher-value, lower-impact uses. Its policy proposals aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from material use, create local jobs, and build a more resilient material supply chain for New York City.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

Stay tuned to learn more about other organizations and vendors at the circularity trade fair, including , , , , and Circle. Register at the link in bio.

📸 Courtesy RECLAIM NYC

Hear from Dan Stubbergaard, the founder of , on how adaptive reuse, urban repair, and a deeply contextual approach to de...
05/05/2026

Hear from Dan Stubbergaard, the founder of , on how adaptive reuse, urban repair, and a deeply contextual approach to design can guide the regeneration of cities across scales.

🗓️ Mon, Jun 22 @ 6:30 pm
📍 The Great Hall at
🎟️ Free for League members and Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff; $20 general admission.

Founded by Stubbergaard in 2006, Cobe is an architectural practice known for its work in urban regeneration and adaptive reuse. Based in Copenhagen and inspired by the Danish capital’s evolution from a port city to a global model for livability, the firm gained international attention in 2008 with its master plan reshaping Nordhavn, Copenhagen’s former industrial harbour, into a lively waterfront district. The firm has developed a widely awarded, multi-scale portfolio of projects that range from strategic master plans and cultural institutions to public spaces, united by a rigorous commitment to revitalization through design excellence, and the creation of places that are rooted, livable, and built to endure.

At this Current Work lecture, Stubbergaard will unpack Cobe’s belief that “architecture must be built for people, shaped by its context, and designed to stand the test of time,” which guides the firm’s work across urbanism, landscape design, and architecture.

This event will be moderated by Karen Stein, architectural advisor and critic.

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1) Cobe | Krulli Kvartal, Tallin, Estonia, ongoing. Image credit: Cobe
2) Cobe | The Tip of Nord, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2025. Image credit: Cobe
3) Cobe | The Opera Park, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023. Image credit: Cobe

Meet , New York City’s premier creative reuse center that provides arts nonprofits, public schools, and city agencies wi...
05/04/2026

Meet , New York City’s premier creative reuse center that provides arts nonprofits, public schools, and city agencies with access to materials free of charge. Materials for the Arts (MFTA) will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

A program of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, MFTA is New York City’s largest reuse center, dedicated to keeping millions of pounds of supplies out of landfills and in the hands of those who can put them to use. The organization collects and redistributes materials free of charge to nonprofits with arts programming, public schools, and city agencies. Beyond materials redistribution, MFTA operates an education center and gallery, and offers Artist- and Designer-in-Residence programs and Third Thursday public programming.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

Stay tuned to learn more about other organizations and vendors at the circularity trade fair, including , RECLAIM NYC, , , and Circle. Register at the link in bio.

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1) Courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean,
2) Courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean,
3) Courtesy Neil Constantine,
4) Courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean,

Meet CO Adaptive Disassembly, a division of that specializes in material salvage and deconstruction, who will be part o...
05/01/2026

Meet CO Adaptive Disassembly, a division of that specializes in material salvage and deconstruction, who will be part of the circularity trade fair that precedes Current Work: Toward Circular Construction, with .heisel.

CO Adaptive is an unbuild, design, build practice that converts existing buildings from a linear economy to a circular one. Through CO Adaptive Disassembly, the firm offers early salvage assessment and deconstruction services at the start of construction and renovation projects, helping teams identify reuse potential, connect salvaged materials with new users, and navigate the market for reclaimed building components.

🗓️ Thu, May 14 @ 5:30 pm
📍 Lobby outside the Rose Auditorium at
🎟️ Free and open to all, advanced registration required

Stay tuned to learn more about other organizations and vendors at the circularity trade fair, including - , RECLAIM NYC, , , and Circle. Register at the link in bio.

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At our latest event, League members got to visit ’s New York office and see many of the firm’s most iconic designs. Th...
04/29/2026

At our latest event, League members got to visit ’s New York office and see many of the firm’s most iconic designs. Thank you to our host for having us, to our volunteers for the support, and to everyone who joined.

Congratulations to the two League members who won the book raffle 🎁

Next up: After Hours will visit the brand new office and gather space of on May 21. This event is currently at capacity. Stay tuned for more After Hours updates!

04/28/2026

Celebrating the Deborah J. Norden Fund

The Deborah J. Norden Fund was established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah J. Norden (1954–1994) to award travel grants to students and recent graduates committed to the study of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies. As Deborah’s sister Linda Norden reflected, the fund’s initial aim was to “enable young working architects to experience firsthand those buildings or communities or construction details that especially excite them.”

In 30 years, the fund supported 40 travel research projects spanning the globe, from the decentralized street layout in the Tibetan city of Lhasa and federal housing projects in Butare, Rwanda, to coastal infrastructure in Chilean Patagonia and the historic “Freedom Village” in Brooklyn, Illinois.

Timothy Kohut, whose research on resident-led community development in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, received the fund’s inaugural grant in 1995, said of its lasting impact: “The grant touched my life, continues to touch my life and the work that I’m doing today.” And .arch, the most recent awardee who traveled to Japan to study the revitalization of its post-industrial regions, echoed that sentiment: “The Deborah Norden grant helped me bridge everything together in preparation for my future career.”

After three decades, The Deborah J. Norden Fund concluded in 2025. Explore the Norden Fund travel reports on our website.

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