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Nelson Glass House – 2023 IIDA PANJDE Design Award – Living Category
Nelson Glass House is the recipient of the Best Overall Award in the Living (Residential/Multifamily/Dormitory/Senior Living) category; Senior Interior Designer, Nancie Allen, NCIDQ, IIDA, accepted the award at the 18th Annual IIDA PANJDE Chapter Design Awards in Philadelphia on June 22nd.
Sukkah Village 2021 – Award for Faith Community Civic Engagement: Visual Arts, Performing Art, and Other Creative Collaborations
Sukkah Village is the recipient of the 2022 Faith & Form Award for Faith Community Civic Engagement Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Other Creative Collaborations; Joshua Zinder, AIA accepted the award at 2023 AIA Convention in San Francisco.
“This is a community-based project, reaching out to engage local people with visual art and creativity. It brings the community together through the making of architecture. The project is ambitious, well-intended, and beautifully designed and executed.” – Faith & Form Jury
In Princeton, a New Bar for the Yankee Doodle Tap Room
“Asked to restore a bar in Princeton’s Yankee Doodle Tap Room, architects at JZA+D were all set to move forward when they ran into an unforeseen obstacle.
The Norman Rockwell painting behind the bar could not be moved.”
In This Small New Jersey Town, Sukkahs Pop Up in Unlikely Places
“The unusual structures of Princeton’s Sukkah Village were created in response to some of the most pressing issues of our day. … Princeton has momentarily transformed itself into Sukkah Village, full of sukkahs created in response to some of the pressing issues of our day: homelessness, hunger, refugees, sustainability and affordable housing. Most of the structures on display were designed by local architecture and design firms; two were built by contest-winning student design teams from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.”
Architects Explore Sukkah Designs for City Life
“The exhibition Sukkah Village, on view in Princeton, New Jersey, was several years in the making, delayed by the death of Rabbi Adam Feldman, who had initially championed it, and then by Covid. The program features 11 architect teams’ original sukkahs. Proceeds from an auction of the pieces will go to a range of nonprofits that focus on homelessness, affordable housing, refugee resettlement and sustainability.”
Sukkah Village 2021: Cultural Event Blends Design and Spirituality, Raising Awareness of Social Issues
“With the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel now clearly visible, students, teachers and parents are looking ahead to a return to in-person school as soon as possible. While airborne contagion remains an issue, facilities teams, administrators and school boards are assessing academic buildings’ ventilation to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff, according to architect Mark A. Sullivan, AIA, LEED AP.”…
Lighting Design +Application
The May issue of LD+A Magazine is out from the Illumination Engineer Society, and Joshua Zinder’s Q&A about post-COVID synagogue design graces page 14.
To reopen schools, cracking a window is not enough
“With the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel now clearly visible, students, teachers and parents are looking ahead to a return to in-person school as soon as possible. While airborne contagion remains an issue, facilities teams, administrators and school boards are assessing academic buildings’ ventilation to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff, according to architect Mark A. Sullivan, AIA, LEED AP.”…
How architects are tackling New Jersey’s housing gap
“Architects in New Jersey are striving to increase the availability of affordable residences with creative, innovative approaches that reflect each town’s culture and character. Designs and plans for these solutions are the product of bringing together developers, city planners, government officials, neighborhood associations, grassroots-level stakeholders, and design professionals.”…
Former Tannery Becomes Industrial Chic Office Space
“Adapting the former tannery for commercial office use required assessing the chemicals used previously throughout the space as part of the leather tanning process, as well as addressing the potential impact on air quality and end-user health and comfort. The chemicals stained the existing timber but none were deemed hazardous so the design benefits from the rich history of the building.”…
As AIA New Jersey 2021 President, Architect Joshua Zinder to Promote Mentorship, Growth for Emerging Firms, and Housing Solutions
“The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) has announced the inauguration of Joshua Zinder, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB as AIA-NJ President. Zinder will lead the chapter’s Executive Committee in this volunteer position for a one-year term spanning the 2021 calendar year, in support of the organizational mission to boost public understanding of architecture “through advocacy, education and service,” while advancing the priorities of the building design profession statewide.”
Re-Envisioning Hotel Amenities for the Pandemic and Beyond
“Eight months into a global pandemic, owners and operators in the hospitality sector face critical choices about strategy and planning for the future. The initial shutdowns have receded in most markets leaving capacity restrictions in their place and the early scramble to create and adopt social distancing and sanitation practices has settled into a routine.”…
