Climate Week NYC 2026: Architecture and Design Events from September 20–27
From September 20 to 27, 2026, Climate Week NYC will take place, offering various discussions and tours aimed at architects and building industry experts. A session on indoor air quality is scheduled for September 21 at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, which will include a dialogue on regenerative design featuring AIA 2026 President Illya Azaroff and Congressman Paul D. Tonko. Laura Crescimano and Claire Weisz will address resiliency initiatives. On September 22, a panel will delve into the Green Lease Leaders program, and Carlos Moreno will present the Lewis Mumford Lecture at CCNY. Additionally, on September 23, the Architectural League of New York will host a discussion regarding Billy Fleming’s book. AIA New York's boat tour on September 25 will highlight climate resiliency efforts throughout Manhattan.
Key facts
- Climate Week NYC 2026 runs from September 20 to September 27.
- The American Institute of Architects hosts a September 21 talk on regenerative design with AIA 2026 President Illya Azaroff and Congressman Paul D. Tonko.
- Carlos Moreno, the French-Colombian urbanist behind the “15-Minute City” concept and a 2022 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour recipient, delivers the Lewis Mumford Lecture at CCNY’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture on September 22.
- Swissnex’s Swiss pavilion, Assembly, runs September 22–25 at Performance Space New York and debuts a scaffolding installation built by Geneva’s HEAD interior architecture program.
- On September 23, the Architectural League of New York marks the release of Billy Fleming’s Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions with a panel including Keller Easterling, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, and Daniel Aldana Cohen.
- Biomimicry Institute CEO Amanda Sturgeon leads the launch of the Nature Positive Buildings, Cities & Infrastructure Alliance on September 23.
- AIA New York’s September 25 Climate Week event is a 2.75-hour boat tour circumnavigating Manhattan aboard a 1920s-inspired yacht, narrated by AIA member Doug Fox.
- The September 25 boat tour passes the stuck-open Third Avenue Swing Bridge and Governors Island, future home of the New York Climate Exchange.
Entities
Artists
- Illya Azaroff
- Paul D. Tonko
- Laura Crescimano
- Claire Weisz
- Carlos Moreno
- Jane Jacobs
- Billy Fleming
- Keller Easterling
- Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
- Daniel Aldana Cohen
- Amanda Sturgeon
- Julie Hiromoto
- Suchi Reddy
- Doug Fox
Institutions
- American Institute of Architects
- AIA New York
- AIA NY Committee on the Environment
- SITELAB urban studio
- WXY architecture + urban design
- Empire State Realty Trust
- Institute for Market Transformation
- U.S. Green Building Council
- CCNY’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
- Swissnex
- Performance Space New York
- HEAD interior architecture program
- Architectural League of New York
- Center for Brooklyn History
- Climate and Community Institute
- Yale
- Georgetown
- UC Berkeley
- International Court of Justice
- Biomimicry Institute
- Nature Positive Buildings, Cities & Infrastructure Alliance
- Center for Architecture
- HKS Architects
- Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
- NYC Parks
- HDR
- Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
- NYC Housing Preservation and Development
- Port Authority of NY and NJ
- New York Climate Exchange
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- 1290 Avenue of the Americas
- Port of San Francisco
- San Francisco
- Rockaway Boardwalk
- Coastal Conservation Center
- Jones Beach Bathhouse
- Geneva
- Switzerland
- East Harlem
- Southwest Resiliency Park
- Hoboken
- Bushwick Inlet Park
- Brooklyn
- Wagner Park
- Manhattan
- Lower East Side
- Battery Park City
- Third Avenue Swing Bridge
- Governors Island