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We are thrilled to announce a new event in NYC in November 2025!
On Wednesday, November 5, at 6:30 pm at Brickworks Design Studio in NYC, we will bring together two prominent architects who will talk about their personal experiences and the influences that impacted them as architects in the most important creative periods in their lives:
– Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects, Boston, safdiearchitects.com
– Deborah Berke, TenBerke, NYC, tenberke.com
This event is kindly supported by Fisher & Paykel, Brickworks, and FSB.
Tickets
Program live
18:00
“Doors open” & Get-Together
18:30 – 18:45
Welcome
18:45-19:45
Speakers (20-minute talk & 10-minute interview)
19:45 – 20:15
Break. Get-Together & Fingerfood
20:15 – 21:45
Round table discussion & Q&A
Design for Kitchen Perfection
Kitchen Perfection comes from the interplay of performance, style, and design. Whether you are designing your own kitchen or actualising your client’s vision, Fisher & Paykel is right here with you. We work closely and collaborate with the architectural and design communities, creating a partnership that brings every kitchen concept to life. Our new Trade Resources provide you with a complete set of tools to help you specify the right appliances and create the ideal kitchen. More info >>
Brickworks Design Studio
A place to experience Glen-Gery’s entire collection of brick products, have a one-on-one expert color consultation, attend premier educational events, and browse premium product samples that are sure to provide architects and designers with innovate ideas for their next project. Find out more >>
FSB
For over 100 years, FSB has been producing door and window handles exclusively made in Germany. FSB makes partly-handcrafted, end-to-end products in a variety of materials and surfaces for all areas of application. FSB wholeheartedly commits to sustainability by embracing innovation, as most recently demonstrated by its resource-conscious finish Aluminium Pure and is active in the USA since the end of the 1980s.
The event venue
Silent Green Kulturquartier is an event venue and independent project that has found a unique home in Berlin in the historic premises of the former crematorium in Wedding. The heart of silent green is the Kuppelhalle, with its 17 meter tall dome. The architectural layout, pyramid-shaped mansard roof, and the historical terrazzo floor of the hall make it a distinctive venue that instantly turns every event into an extraordinary experience.
About the Speakers
Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Over a 50-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design through a comprehensive and humane design philosophy. His wide range of completed projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks; housing; mixed-use urban centers and airports; and master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities. A citizen of Israel, Canada, and the United States, Safdie’s projects can be found in North and South America, the Middle East and throughout Asia.
Safdie has been the recipient of numerous awards, honorary degrees, and civil honors including the Companion of the Order of Canada, the Gold Medal from both the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the American Institute of Architects, the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian, and recently the Wolf Prize in Architecture—awarded for a career motivated by the social concerns of architecture and formal experimentation.
Deborah Berke, FAIA, LEED AP is an architect, educator, and the founder of New York-based architecture firm TenBerke. Among the firm’s most significant works are the Residential Colleges at Princeton University, the Cummins Indy Distribution Headquarters, the Rockefeller Arts Center at SUNY Fredonia, the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut, and the 21c Museum Hotels across the South and Midwest. In 2017, TenBerke was honored with a National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Deborah is the J. M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture and the Edward P. Bass Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, the first woman to hold the position. She has been a Professor at Yale since 1987. She is the recipient of the 2025 AIA Gold Medal, the Institute’s highest honor recognizing individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. She was also the recipient of the 2022 AIA/ ACSA Topaz Medallion, the highest honor for architectural education. In 2012, she was the inaugural designate of the Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize at the University of California at Berkeley, which is given to an architect who has advanced the position of women in the profession and whose work emphasizes a commitment to sustainability and the community. She is a board member of the James Howell Foundation, and an advisor to the Norman Foster Foundation. She serves on the jury for the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in the field. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design. Deborah is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and The City University of New York. In 2005, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design. tenberke.com