MASterworks Explorations: Inwood Hill Nature Center

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2024 Winner for Best Environmental Innovation

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 Thursday, October 10 from 11-12 PM, join MAS for a visit to Inwood Hill Nature Center, 2024 MASterworks winner for Best Environmental Innovation. Rebecca Byrnes from the NYC Parks Department will lead the exploration of the nature center, explaining how the space has been brought back into operation post-Hurricane Sandy and highlighting the programs and educational opportunities the center provides. Sign-up for this exploration and learn more about this incredible educational and environmental resource in our city!

The Inwood Hill Nature Center is in Inwood Hill Park, located near the Hudson River. Through educational programming and recreational activities, the space caters to the needs of the local children and indigenous surroundings. Learn more about the park’s resources and history>

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Thursday, October 10
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM

Inwood Hill Nature Center
600 W 218th St
New York, NY 10034

Tickets:
Free!

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2024 MASterworks Honoree: the Inwood Hill Nature Center Post-Sandy Reconstruction. Photo: NYC Parks.

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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