Archtober Lounge Opens at the Center for Architecture

This weekend Open House New York will make hundreds of the architecturally significant buildings, homes and landmarks around the city accessible to the public. The event is part of Archtober, the month-long festival of architecture and design presented by the Center for Architecture and the America Institute of Architects New York Chapter. For the month, the Center itself has opened the Archtober Lounge, a special space for festivalgoers to drop by and get up to date on the latest goings on. Pentagram’s Luke Hayman and team have designed the graphics for the space, part of the identity they created for the festival.

Archtober features over 100 lectures, conferences, films, tours, programs, exhibitions and other events, and these are the focus of the lounge graphics. The designers created a giant wall-size “page-a-day” calendar where staff kick off each day by ripping off the calendar’s previous page. A map of the city pinpoints locations of the “Building of the Day,” 31 recent recipients of the AIA New York Chapter Design Award that are open for special tours. Digital displays highlight these buildings and other daily events.

Hayman and his team also created the official Archtober program guide. Download your copy and join us at the lounge!