Terreform is thrilled to announce the next set of books published by our imprint, UR (Urban Research).
UR was launched in 2016 with the understanding that no single approach is adequate to the promise and problems of the urban; and this second set of books continues our commitment to publish a wide range of designs and analyses. Read more about the forthcoming volumes at urpub.org.
On September 26, Terreform's imprint UR (Urban Research) hosed a panel discussion at the Hagop Kevorkian Center at New York University to celebrate the launch of Beyond the Square: Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings (UR, 2016), edited by Deen Sharp and Claire Panetta.
The panel featured both the editors, as well as Ahmed Kanna (Anthropology, University of the Pacific) and Julie Mehretu (Artist).
Terreform has received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts so that it can continue its publication series (URpub.org). This will support our initiative to disseminate speculative research, designs and analyses that focus on a progressive urbanism.
See their announcement printed in Arch Daily: Graham Foundation Announces $419,000 in 2016 Grants to Organizations.
Also check out our grantees project page at Graham Foundation: UR (Urban Research), Volumes 07-11.
Join Terreform's Michael Sorkin and Maria Torres-Springer, President and CEO of NYC Economic Development Corporation aboard the Hornblower Infinity on May 12, 2016 as they lead the keynote conversation: "How do we define--and deliver--equity at the waterfront?" for Waterfront Alliance's 2016 Waterfront Conference. This year's conference will provide a platform to debate the future of New York's metropolitan waterfronts and the challenges of defining and delivering equitable access to jobs, education, transportation, and recreation at the water's edge.
For more details about the conference, check out Waterfront Alliance's events page.
The international jury of the Next Helsinki competition announced the results on April 20, 2015 in Helsinki. The chair of the jury, Michael Sorkin notes, "We initiated this project out of a sense of both outrage and love. Outrage at the march of the homogenizing multi-national brand culture emblematized by the imperial Guggenheim franchise–the cultural equivalent of Starbucks–was what launched us."
Terreform is awarded a Graham Foundation grant for UR (Urban Research), a series books examining the world's cities. Understanding that no single discourse is adequate to confront the promise and problems of the urban, we aim to publish a wide range of design and analysis, and welcome proposals for future publications.