‘Architecture and Institutions’ – Olympia Kazi with Linda Norden, Damon Rich, Beth Stryker and Gwendolyn Wright will talk about the role architectural institutions, from museums to membership organizations to schools, play in the dissemination of architectural education. The event will take place on Friday December 12 at 6:30pm at the Center for Architecture. This discussion is organized by common room as part of the installation for the New Practices New York 2008 exhibition at the Center for Architecture, which for the month of December addresses the theme Institutions.
(12/05/08)

'Communist Guide to New York City' by Yevginiy Fiks, published by common books, is the first exhibition for the Barnard College / Columbia University basement mailroom hallway space. Exhibition design is by common room + Geoffrey Han. The exhibition will be on display from December 3, 2008 until January 23, 2009.
(12/05/08)

Form Groups! an exhibition by ifau & Jesko Fezer at common room 2, November 21 - December 20, 2008. Opening Reception: Friday November 21, 6-8pm.
(11/13/08)

‘EVERY DAY THE URGE GROWS STRONGER TO GET HOLD OF AN OBJECT AT VERY CLOSE RANGE BY WAY OF ITS LIKENESS, ITS REPRODUCTION’ – David Reinfurt of Dexter Sinister with David Senior, Bibliographer at the Museum of Modern Art, will discuss a recently commissioned short-run book composed of texts previously published online as Portable Document Formats in the Library at www.dextersinister.org. The event will take place on Friday November 14 at 12:30pm at the Center for Architecture. This discussion is organized as part of the common room installation for the New Practices New York 2008 exhibition at the Center for Architecture, which for the month of November addresses the theme Publishing.

(11/07/08)

The first common books publication 'Communist Guide to New York City' by Yevgeniy Fiks is released. The publication was edited by common room, designed by Geoffrey Han, and includes texts by Olga Kopenkina, Kim Förster, and Yevgeniy Fiks. The book launch is on Thursday November 6, 6-7pm at common room 2.
(10/31/08)

common room has been invited by the Center for Architecture to participate in Park(ing) Day, an international event that reclaims parking spots in 50 countries around the world and transforms them into engaging public spaces for one day a year. common room will be collaborating with the AIA New Practices Committee on the event which will take place on September 19, 2008 from 8am – 8pm in a parking spot in front of the Center for Architecture.
(08/12/08)

common room is one of six winners of the New Practices New York 2008 portfolio competition sponsored by the AIA New York. The New Practices exhibition opens at the Center for Architecture on September 05, 2008.
(06/04/08)

common room will be coordinating this year’s annual thesis competition studio at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture.
(08/06/08)

‘Public and Private Space Around Us’ - Guido Hartray will discuss Jose Luis Sert’s work in relation to public and private space in the surroundings of the Center for Architecture. The event will take place on Friday September 26 at 6pm at the Center for Architecture. This discussion is organized as part of the the common room installation for the New Practices New York 2008 exhibition at the Center for Architecture, which for the month of September addresses the theme Local context ‘Center for Architecture’.
(09/23/08)

‘Place and Progress – Contextualizing common room’ – Anthony Schuman with David Burney will talk about the cooperative movement and specifically community centers within cooperative housing as a way of associating place with progress. The event will take place on Friday October 10 at 6pm at the Center for Architecture. This discussion is organized as part of the common room installation for the New Practices New York 2008 exhibition at the Center for Architecture, which for the month of October addresses the theme Local context ‘common room’.
(10/03/08)