MASterworks Explorations: Far Rockaway Library

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2024 Winner for Best New Building

This fall, MAS is celebrating design excellence in New York City with our 2024 MASterworks Awards! We have curated a selection of in person explorations and online in-conversations with this year’s honored projects.

On Tuesday, October 15 from 5-6 PM, join MAS for a visit to the Far Rockaway Library, 2024 MASterworks winner for Best New Building. Team member Nathan McRae from Snøhetta will lead attendees throughout the new library. The structure’s exceptional and creative design is enhanced by artistic contributions by Brooklyn-based contemporary artist José Parlá. Join us for an exploration of this exciting new resource in the Far Rockaway neighborhood (and bring your QPL library card!).

In the aftermath of the Hurricane Sandy, the original Far Rockaway Library provided vital disaster relief for local residents. With the design of the new building, Queens Public Library and the designers aim to provide an inviting space for learning, reading, and community. Learn more about the project >

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Tuesday, October 15
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM

Far Rockaway Library
1637 Central Avenue
Far Rockaway, NY 11691

Tickets:
Free!

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2024 MASterworks Honoree: Far Rockaway Library. Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto.

About the MASterworks Awards:

All nominated projects must be located in New York City and have been completed in the previous year. Projects can be nominated in up to two of the following categories:

  • Best New Building for outstanding architectural design
  • Best Urban Landscape for a new or revitalized open space that contributes to livability and resilience
  • Best Restoration for a project that expertly enhances the original qualities of a significant historic building or structure
  • Best Adaptive Reuse for a project that demonstrates exceptional creativity in adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure
  • Best New Infrastructure for distinctive design in public service projects
  • Best New Urban Amenity for an addition to the built environment that contributes to a more livable city
  • Best Environmental Innovation for an exceptional project that enhances the environmental resiliency of the city

2024 MASterworks Jury:

Every year, MAS convenes an esteemed jury of architects, designers, preservationists, scholars, and critics to select the winners of the MASterworks Awards. This year’s distinguished jury is as follows:

Julia Gamolina, Founder and Editor in Chief, MadameArchitect.org
Susan Hinkson-Carling, AIA, LLM, MAS Board of Directors and Principal, Capalino Ventures, LLC
Walter Rodriguez Meyer, PLA, Principal, Local Office Landscape & Urban Design
Roberta Washington, FAIA, Principal, Roberta Washington Architects PC

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