James Colgate is Assistant Commissioner for Technical Affairs and Code Development at the New York City Department of Buildings, where he works on legislative and technical issues. He has extensive knowledge of the laws and regulations governing housing design and construction in New York City.

Mark Strauss, FAIA is Senior Partner in Charge of Planning and Urban Design at FXFOWLE Architects, where he leads the firm’s Planning / Urban Design work. A key aspect of his interest and talent lies in developing planning approaches to assist communities, institutions, and developers redefine properties in response to design, economic, transportation, and political concerns. He has developed a national reputation for the sensitive and viable repositioning of sites and communities.

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Paul Goldberger, the Architectural Critic for The New Yorker, has written its celebrated “Sky Line” column since 1997. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City. He was formerly Dean of Parsons The New School for Design. He began his career at The New York Times,where in 1984 his architecture criticism was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, the highest award in journalism.

With great thanks to our generous funders for this event: the Japan Society of New York, the Lavanburg Foundation, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the estate of Marian Naumberg and the Charles H. Revson Foundation, and our partners, the American Institute of Architects and the Architectural League.

On November 7, 2011, CHPC and the Architectural League of New York held the Making Room Design Showcase & Symposium at the Japan Society of New York.

Five innovative architectural teams presented their ideas to reshape our housing stock to better meet the needs of our diverse 21st century households. And their work was presented with discussion by leaders from NYC’s housing and real estate community, and international experts in design and architecture.

You watch videos from the whole day here:

Introduction by Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Linda Gibbs

Introduction by Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation.

Introduction to Making Room by Jerilyn Perine.