The Institute for Public Architecture https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/3189 en-us The IPA’s Latest Exhibition on Governors Island Reimagines New York Without the BQE The Block House’s "BQE" exhibit proposes five collaborative projects that seek to tackle how to replace the city’s once divisive, now deteriorating expressway.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15485 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15485-the-ipas-latest-exhibition-on-governors-island-reimagines-new-york-without-the-bqe BQE-Block-House-2.jpg The Institute for Public Architecture’s new HQ–two floors of the Block House on Governor’s Island–now houses IPA’s BQE exhibition. Photo © Architectural Record BQE-Block-House-1.jpg People attend the opening of the IPA’s latest exhibition on view at the Block House, entitled BQE that envisions a future New York City without the Robert Moses engineered highway. Photo © Pedro Pulido BQE-Block-House-3.jpg Previously a prison, now a shared arts space known as Building 9, the Block House is an early 1840s Greek Revival historic landmark initially designed by architect Martin E. Thompson. Photo © Architectural Record BQE-Block-House-4.jpg Block House site plan. Photo courtesy of the IPA