A Simple Idea Garden Walk Buffalo began in 1995 with a simple idea of fostering community through gardening. The event has grown to over 400 gardens and is a premier event in the City of Buffalo, occurring the last weekend of July, rain or shine, every year. To any architecture and planning enthusiasts, its worth strolling […]
#HaikuForBuffalo
Dear Buffaloves, Hope you have enjoyed our Summer of Love, walked a garden story, and indulged in some Canalside fun with us. Now, it is time to celebrate our award winning Architecture and Education program and tell the story in 6 minutes. That’s right… you guessed it. Our strategic planning session earlier this year revealed […]
BAF at the AIA Design Awards
Award: verb, \ə-ˈwȯrd\: to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration; to confer or bestow as being deserved or merited. I had the pleasure of attending the 2015 AIA/ WNY Design Awards . The exquisite venue, the esteemed company of the architecture and design industry and excellence achieved in design, one might think this can’t […]
BAFulous!
Whether it is solidifying our presence in the Buffalo community through our newly launched website, twitter, and Instagram or receiving the coveted Margaret Wendt Funding for our programming, the Buffalo Architecture Foundation has been anything but quiet this year. We started strongly with yet another successful 6Minute building stories speaker series at the Hotel at […]
BAF Vice President Linsey Graff Receives the AIA NYS Associate Award
Congratulations to our BAF Vice President Linsey Graff, Assoc. AIA, who has received the 2014 Associate Award for the AIA NYS Chapter! If you know Linsey, whether through BAF, the Architecture + Education Program, or her myriad of her other endeavors, you know she is exceptionally qualified for this State-wide award. As one of the […]
Families Learn About Preservation at BAF’s Youth + Family Tour
The Buffalo Architecture Foundation, in partnership with Explore Buffalo, braved the rain and gave the first free youth + family tour of the season. We all gathered at the ECC city campus building- a Buffalo landmark originally used as a post office building. Our guide discussed the building’s adaptive reuse to meet the needs of […]
BAF Board Member Courtney Creenan-Chorley Named “Top 30 Under 30” in Buffalo Business First
Courtney Creenan-Chorley has been selected from more than 100 nominations as a young leader in the Buffalo community. The “Top 30 Under 30” list considers factors such as career achievements, leadership and initiative, community engagement and each nominee’s potential to become a community leader on a grand scale. Courtney has been a member of […]
Call for Nominations: Pro Bono Publico Award
The Pro Bono Publico Award will be presented at the 2013 AIA Buffalo/Western New York Design Awards in recognition of exemplary pro bono services provided to not-for-profit clients by Architects or allied practitioners in the construction industry, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and planning. This award honors achievements in the categories of Design Excellence and […]
