Join us for a talk with award-winning photographer Hélène Binet on Friday, September 30 at 5pm at the Architecture and Design Film Festival. Binet’s acclaimed work has been shown all over the world including a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her work spans over 35 years and documents architectural icons such as Zaha Hadid and Peter Zumthor. Hélène Binet is featured in the film Robin Hood Gardens by Adrian Dorschner & Thomas Beyer which explores the complexities and contradictions of modern architecture and will be screened during the festival. The talk is free of charge but registration is required.

Swiss architect Anne-Rachel Schiffman of Snøhetta will give an exclusive tour of the SUMMIT at One Vanderbilt on Tuesday, October 4 at 11am. The designer of NYC’s newest sought-after tourist destination will guide us through the four-story observation complex that balances stunning views with connective social spaces. This event is sold out but you can join the waitlist here.
Image: SUMMIT One Vanderbilt Observatory. Photo: Michael Grimm

THE LANDSCAPES OF DIETER KIENAST BY ANETTE FREYTAG
OCTOBER 17 AT 6PM

Join us for the book launch of the award-winning publication The Landscapes of Dieter Kienast by Rutgers University Professor of Landscape Architecture Anette Freytag on Monday, October 17 at 6pm at the Center for Architecture. The acclaimed work of Swiss landscape architect Dieter Kienast and the significance of Anette Freytag's book, which received the prestigious John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize and the Most Beautiful Swiss Books award, will be discussed by M. Elen Deming, Professor and Director of the Doctor of Design Program, NC State University, and S. E. Eisterer, Assistant Professor, History and Theory of Architecture, Princeton University as well as Anette Freytag.
Photo: © Buero 146, Zurich

CHRISTINE WALDER RECOMMENDS
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION

Hello! I’m Christine Walder, originally from Zurich. I recently joined the team at the Swiss Business Hub where I’m responsible for compliance and office management. It was my interest in innovation, technology and architecture that brought me to New York, where I had the pleasure to work in hospitality, exhibition design and communication. Discovering my passion for what I would call spatial storytelling leads me to my pick: The National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island, designed by Belprat Partners from Zurich. The exhibition is an immersive environment that invites viewers to learn more about the narratives of the individuals who arrived in New York, their reasons for immigrating and their paths before and since their arrival in New York. Read more about this moving experience here and enjoy your visit!
 Image: Christine Walder