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MISSION
The Institute for Public Architecture uses design to challenge social and physical inequities in the city. We address urgent issues of design and policy by mobilizing our network of activists, professionals, government officials and community stakeholders. The IPA's collaborative process involves a focused design residency and related programs.
VISION
The Institute for Public Architecture believes in a future in which design is used as a tool for facilitating social justice and the public has a voice in all decisions that shape our built environment.
WHO WE ARE
Bevin Savage Yamazaki leads Gensler's Civic+Culture practice. Prior to working at Gensler she worked on the construction of the contemporary art museum Dia:Beacon, in Beacon NY.
Bevin Savage-Yamazaki
Board Member
Robert Marino is the founder of Robert Marino Architects.
Robert Marino
Treasurer
Deborah Gans is the founder and principal architect of Gans studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Deborah Gans, FAIA
Secretary
Mr. Crainer is counsel in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP focusing his practice in the area of tax law
Steven Crainer
Legal Counsel
Fred Harris was named Managing Director for Real Estate Development of Jonathan Rose Companies in 2016. Mr. Harris is responsible for directing the expansion and diversification of the Companies’ nationwide development portfolio.
Fred Harris
Board Member
Tom Bishop has practiced architecture for over 35 years in a variety of firms and covering a
broad array of client and project types. His current firm, BRB Architects, has designed
educational facilities for secondary school and colleges and universities throughout the New
York metropolitan area.
Tom Bishop
Board Member
Jonathan Kirschenfeld is the founder of the IPA, and principal of Jonathan Kirschenfeld Architect PC.
Jonathan Kirschenfeld, AIA
Founder / President
Philippe Baumann RA founded Baumann Architecture PLLC in 2000, an architectural design studio with interests ranging from competitions to urban infill to global urbanism.
Philippe Baumann
Board Member
PARTNERS
Friends of the High Line
Gehl Institute
Plaxal Art Gallery
National Public Housing Museum
Great Cities Institute, University of Chicago
Gensler
NYDCP
Queens museum
Center for Urban Pedagogy
Center for Architecture
NYCHA
Pratt Institute
Buell Center for American Architecture at Columbia University
Simcenter
LIC Arts
Columbia GSAPP
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Noguchi Museum
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Architectural League of New York
