6/28/10 super-interesting!'s Heat Rises, Haiti Rises proposal is recognized as a recommended flagship entry for the Haitian School Block competition organized by Architecture for Humanity
6/18/10 kian presents red hook initiative project and research on homeless LGBT youth shelters at Towards a Just Metropolis conference in Berkeley
6/1/10 super-interesting! is designing and overseeing 5 separate projects at barnard college, all under construction this summer!
6/1/10 kian is awarded a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Independent Projects Grant for queer|space|home, an architectural and urban design research and design project for homeless LGBT youth shelters in NYC
3/27/10 kian participated as a resource person for the Greening Western Queens Fund visioning session in astoria, queens. great work by Western Queens Power for the People and North Star Fund to garner community participation and advice on how to use funds from settlement between ConEd and community groups in queens
3/24/10 kian presents architecture and activism work at QPenn Pecha Kucha as part of University of Pennsylvania's weeklong celebration of LGBT culture
3/8/10 super-interesting!-designed red hook initiative community center opens to the public!
2/15/10 super-interesting! wins fourth place prize in the newark visitor center international architectural design competition, sponsored by AIA newark & suburban. view the project here
2/10/10 super-interesting! announces luvmud the heart-shaped gift that grows. free giveaway at Spring in Dumbo friday, feb 12. see more at www.luvmud.net
1/04/10 super-interesting! is now a certified minority and woman-owned business (M/WBE) in New York City, New York State, and New Jersey, allowing us to better serve our nonprofit, city, and state clients
09/12/09 red hook initiative community space under construction!
08/18/09 Design To Go pop-up store by Areaware opens at BLANK SL8 in the port authority bus terminal. BLANK SL8 was designed and constructed by super-interesting! in collaboration with the Times Square Alliance and the Fashion Center
06/22/09 barnard college faculty apartment is under construction! more info to come
05/28/09 kian is interviewed in Citizen Architect, the AIA Angle's feature on architectural practice and civic engagement. listen to the mp3 interview here
05/20/09 BLANK SL8 is on topophilia and e-oculus. thanks to kaarin at topophilia and jessica at e-oculus for the shout outs!
05/01/09 BLANK SL8 opens at the port authority bus terminal! the space kicks off with the month-long Save Fashion event organized by Refinery 29. see times square alliance and fashion center for more
04/06/09 kian presented on queerspaces: LGBT Youth and an Architectural Activism - focusing on our pier 40 lgbt center project - at Unspoken Borders 2009 The Ecologies of Inequality conference at the university of pennsylvania on april 3-4. a paper on the same topic will appear in the accompanying publication. Architect's Newspaper blogs about the event
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