12th annual architecture festival in New York
October 1–31, 2022
Archtober, the month-long festival of architecture and design, returns to New York City from October 1–31. Organized by the Center for Architecture in collaboration with partners and sponsors across the city, the 2022 installment will gather activities across the five boroughs. Despite the challenges of the past few years, Archtober has continued to expand, this year gathering more than 100 partners. New this year: the Archtober Guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app!
“As Archtober celebrates its 12th year, I am thrilled to see how the festival continues to grow, with over 100 collaborating partners and new program offerings,” said Benjamin Prosky, Executive Director, AIA New York Center for Architecture. “This year, the festival feels especially relevant as we celebrate the re-opening of the city. Archtober 2022 provides numerous opportunities for in-person experiences, including our ever-popular Building of the Day series, founded on the principal that architecture should be experienced first-hand.”
2022 program offerings
Archtober 2022 will continue to feature a combination of in-person and virtual programming. Several partners will offer talks in virtual formats to accommodate even larger audiences, including Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s lecture series, “Border Crossings: Architecture and Migration in the Americas.” This year, Archtober has partnered with the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design on a four-part virtual series, “In the Realm of Indigenous Architectures,” exploring the preservation and transformation of Indigenous communities in the US.
The festival will also feature several exhibitions, including Cooper Hewitt’s Mr. Pergolesi’s Curious Things: Ornament in 18th-Century Britain and the Museum of Modern Art’s Life Between Bulidings. Farther afield, don’t miss the site-specific installations for Robert Stadler: Playdate at the Glass House or Pamphlet Architecture at ‘T’ Space.
For 2022, the festival’s popular “Building of the Day” series of architect-led tours will be fully in-person. This year’s selection includes 9 Dekalb (SHoP Architects), The Living Breakwaters Project (SCAPE), offered in conjunction with Open House New York, Pier 57 (Diller Scofidio and Renfro, Handel Architects and !melk), The Peninsula (WXY and Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect), and QPL Steinway Branch renovation (Mario Gooden Studio)
Tours by Archtober partners include Green-Wood Cemetery’s “Grand Designs: Architecture at Green-Wood” exploring the cemetery’s monuments by leading nineteenth-century architects and artists, and NYPL’s Seward Park Branch’s tour of Manhattan’s Chinatown. 2022 also marks Open House New York’s 20th anniversary.
No October celebration is complete without some end-of-month spookiness, and Archtober is no exception! On October 28, architects compete for the Pritzkerpumpkin at Pumpkitecture. Families can also join the fun with Candlelight Ghost Tours of the Merchant’s House Museum, NYBG’s Halloween at the Garden, and Lewis Lattimer House Museum’s spooky scavenger hunt.
Beyond timed and ticketed activities, Archtober will once again include “Anytime Activities,” a section of evergreen resources for architecture lovers, including the Center for Architecture’s “Architecture at Home” resources and the Cooper Hewitt’s “Design It Yourself” series. Podcast lovers can also dive into the BWAF’s “New Angle: Voice,” focusing on stories of women architects, or QPL’s “Queens Memory Project.”
Visit our website to see our lineup of events starting September 14, 2022.
And don’t forget to check out our Archtober Map to New York, available via Glide. Experience the city through the eyes of an architect while being pointed towards nearby architectural and cultural sites (along with spots for a drink or snack!) that help define NYC as the country’s most stimulating design arena.
While visiting our website, stop by the festival’s Archtober Shop, featuring several items for you to explore the city in style.
New this year: discover buildings of the day on Bloomberg Connects
At its core, Archtober is meant to inspire audiences to engage with the architecture and design that surrounds them. Building on our efforts to create year-round experiences, this year the festival has partnered with Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, to develop the Archtober Guide. Over the past 12 years, Archtober has toured hundreds of projects across the five boroughs. Explore a selection of these sites on your phone with the Archtober Guide on Bloomberg Connects and dive deep into some of NYC’s most exciting contemporary and historical projects. View project images and listen to exclusive, app-only interviews with the architects and landscape architects who are shaping the future of New York City!
The Archtober Guide on Bloomberg Connects will launch September 16, 2022.
