events
2010-2022 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / Prior

 

 

4-23-2022

First in-person Public Open House at Bronx River House - culminating Earth Week 2022!

 

 

 

5-26-2021

Urban Omnibus: Remediation and River House

 

 

 

4-29-2021

Life On Earth - Plenary Conference on The International Month of Mother Earth. Noon keynote by Gregory Kiss.

 

 

 

10-8-2020

River House is Archtober Building of the Day - an honor to be featured a second time. Sign up for the free virtual tour.

 

 

 

4-14-2020

The Bronx River Alliance has moved into River House! See the tour on Facebook Live.

 

 

 

09-02-2019

After more than 30 years, K+C is (gradually) changing! See Kiss-Architects coming soon website.

 

 

 

05-17-2019

Bronx River House represents the Bronx in Achtober's special May preview. Tour the building on May 17 at 11:00.

 

 

 

04-06-2019

A joint presentation at the Princeton Environmental Ideathon 2019: Green Metropolis by Greg Kiss and Mahadev Raman, Director of Arup University

 

 

 

09-26-2018

CitiesAlive 2018 in Brooklyn. See Integrated Microclimate: the Bronx River House Vertical Eco-system presented by Greg

 

 

 

06-27-2018

The USDA is hosting a conference on Innovation and Design in Vertical Agriculture & Sustainable Urban Ecosystems in Washington D.C.. Greg Kiss will present.

 

 

 

06-08-2018

Greg Kiss is presenting at the New York Passive House 2018 Conference, June 8, 2018

 

 

 

10-31-2017

Waterfront Alliance announces Starlight Park is one of the first projects certified under the Waterfront Edge Design Guidlines! See the WEDG site, and video from the event at the Center for Architecture (Riverhouse details around 37 minutes in).

 

 

 

10-19-2017

Zero Waste Design Guidelines launched! See the AIA NewYork webiste. A collaboration with the Center for Architecture, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Link to the guidelines here. More to come!

 

 

 

7-14-2017

NY1 has a story on Bronx River House! Video here.

 

 

 

3-28-2017

Greg Kiss gave a talk on Productive Architecture at Robert A. M. Stern Architects, who were gracious enough to share the video here.

 

 

 

2-8-2017

Clare Miflin is an organizer of an ambitious project to develop Design Guidelines for Zero Waste, a resource for building managers and designers, in support of New York City’s OneNYC plan to eliminate waste to landfills by 2030. A collaboration with the Center for Architecture, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation.

 

 

 

7-8-2016

The Greenest Building in the South Bronx - an in-process stroy about River House in the New York Times

 

 

 

6-9-2016

ArchDaily has named Bushwick Inlet Park one of the 100 Top projects in the US!

 

 

 

4-2-2016

Double Feature! Clare Miflin on sustainabilityand biomimicry in episode 22 (Clare-ity of thought) of the Urban Agriculture podcast.

 

 

 

2-29-2016

Dickson Despommier and Vincent Raciniello interview Greg in - Kiss + Tell - episode 21 of their Urban Agriculture podcast.

 

 

 

1-20-2016

The Vertical City Podcast series features Gregory Kiss in episode 2, on questions of energy, food, and economic and social sustainability. See also the Vertical City project home page.

 

 

 

9-29-2015

Bronx River Alliance honors Kiss + Cathcart at their 2015 Upstream Soirée!

 

 

 

07-23-2015

Zero Waste: The Organics Factor. A panel at Urban Green moderated by Clare Miflin, 6-8pm.

 

 

 

03-03-2015

Towards 2050 - The Challenge for Tall Buildings, presentation by Craig Gibbons, Global Structural Engineering Leader at Arup, at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 2014 Shanghai conference. Features the 2050 Tower as a case study.

 

 

 

12-18-2014

At the Center for Architecture, awards presentation for the AIA New York Committee on the Environment's new competition: AIANY 2014 COTE Competition Proof + Beauty - Dec 18, 6-8pm

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

11-03-2014

Vertical City: A Solution for Sustainable Living, a visionary look at future urbanism by Kenneth King and Kellogg Wong, is introduced on Kickstarter. Includes K+C's work - see the video.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

10-30-2014

Groundbreaking ceremony at Bronx River House!

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

6-17-2014

NY14 Passive House Conference Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street New York, NY. Gregory kiss is moderating the panel: The Energy Puzzle: Passive House, Renewable Energy and a Decarbonized Grid.

 

 

 

4-22-2014 (Earth Day)

Bushwick Inlet Park is a winner of the AIA Committee on the Environment 2014 Top Ten Green Projects Awards!

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

5-13-2014

Urban Green's Green Building Tour of Bushwick Inlet Park, 6-7pm,

 

 

 

4-7-2014

The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn is honoring K+C with its design award for Bushwick Inlet Park at their 2014 Spring Gala.

 

 

 

3-20-2014

Water Blues, Green Solutions. Preview of a film by Penn State Public Media for PBS about water-related environmental issues. Case studies include Bronx River House. Preview screening event March 20, 6:30pm at the Arsenal (Parks Headquarters) in Central Park, New York, followed by a panel discussion including Gregory Kiss, moderated by Majora Carter.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

2-28-2014

Public Seminar at Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences: The 2050 Tower: and the Self-Sustaining Urban Future. Presentation by Gregory Kiss, Krisitna Moores, and Mahadev Raman (Arup), 2:30 pm.
See coverage in The Daily Targum (Rutgers)

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

12-11-2013

Kickoff Ceremony for the PS 84 greenhouse. Thanks to supporters, elected officials, and announcement of construction. Read about it in the NY Daily News.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

6-8-2013

NY13 Passive House Symposium City College of New York, The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Greg is on two panels.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

4-11-2013

American Society of Landscape Architects awards show opening, Center for Architecture, 6:30 - 8:30p. Bushwick Inlet Park is a winner for Starr Whitehouse.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

4-4-2013

The BQE Enhancement Project is on display in Currents in Green Infrastructure: Designs for a Sustainable New York City at the Horticultural Society of New York from April 4 to 30, on behalf of Starr Whitehouse.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

9-20-2012

Colin Cathcart Lectures at Ryerson University's lecture series "Matter".

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

9-18-2012

New : Metropolitan sustainability: Understanding and improving the urban environment, Woodhead Publishing. Chapter: Solar energy in the built environment: powering the sustainable City by Gregory Kiss.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

8-16-2012

At the Knoll showroom, 75 9th Avenue: Growing Buildings: A Practitioner's Approach To Urban Agriculture. Greg Kiss joins the panel. 6-8pm.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

8-01-2012

Farming our Future: Diversity and Design Ingenuity in NYC Urban Agriculture. A panel including Colin Cathcart.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

6-08-2012

TEDx Youth. Discovering Sustainability Science at the Manhattan School for Children. Greg is a speaker. See video here.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

5-24-2012

Partnerships and Competition in the Building Integrated PV Market. Greg Kiss on panel, presented by Agrion - live at the Markle Foundation, Rockefeller Center, and streaming.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

5-17-2012

Urban Impacts on Landscape. Colin Cathcart at the Wildlife Conservation Society - Central Park Zoo

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

11-5-2011

Buildings = Energy: Design for a Change. Symposium at the AIA Center for Architecture, NYC. Colin Cathcart joins the panel.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

9-21-2011

Autotropholis: Toward Self-Sustaining Architecture and Urbanism. Lecture at the University of Hawaii School of Architecture by Greg Kiss.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

9-15-2011

Energy & Sustainability 2011, University of Delaware, Newark. Opening day presentation by Greg Kiss.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

3-30-2011

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Green Roof & Urban Agriculture Panel, with Clare Miflin, at GreenBuilding 2011.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

3-24-2011

CNN Earth's Frontiers has a piece on urban agriculture featuring PS333 and the 2020 Tower.

 

 

curbed awards 2010
 

12-30-2010

The BQE Enhancement project featured in Curbed Awards '10: Adventures in Urban Planning.

 

 

greenhouse project
 

12-6-2010

The Greenhouse Project at PS 333 opens! The first (but not the last) hydroponic greenhouse facility for a New York City public school. Developed by New York Sun Works, architecture by Kiss + Cathcart.

 

 

NYU: Situating Sustainability
 

11-30-2010

Building the Productive City: New York and Beyond. A talk by Gregory Kiss at New York University, part of the Situating Sustainability series. 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. RSVP to janmpadios@gmail.com

 

 

urban green
 

11-17-2010

A panel created by K+C at Greenbuild 2010, Chicago: From Solar Panels to Lettuce: Evaluating the most Productive Options for Building Envelopes.

 

 

BQE Enhancement Study
 

11-15-2010

BQE Enhancement Study: Final public presentation. With Starr Whitehouse. See the New York City Economic Development Corporation web site.

 

 

Situating Sustainability
 

11-6-2010

Situating Sustainability: Urban Ecology and the Problem of Context. NYU Abu Dhabi convenes a workshop on questions of urban sustainability and the role of place. In Abu Dhabi, November 6-8, 2010.

 

 

Bushwick Inlet Park Phase 2
 

8-2-2010

Phase 2 construction begins for Bushwick Inlet Park. Construction webcam is live.

 

 

urban green
 

4-8-2010

High Performance Green Building Salon: Investigating Urban Agriculture. A panel created and moderated by Clare Miflin.