Marianela D'Aprile Named Program Director of The Architectural League of New York
Marianela D'Aprile has been named the new program director of the Architectural League of New York, taking over from Anne Rieselbach, who departed in February but continues to serve as an advisor. D'Aprile will collaborate with executive director Jacob R. Moore and manage various initiatives, such as Current Work and Emerging Voices. Moore commended her commitment to advocating for the built environment. Formerly the deputy editor of the New York Review of Architecture, D'Aprile holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of California, Berkeley. Her goals include integrating her academic and community organizing experience, with a focus on housing, labor supply chains, procurement practices, AI impacts, and broadening the League's national influence while preserving its New York identity.
Key facts
- Marianela D'Aprile was named program director of The Architectural League of New York.
- Anne Rieselbach, the previous program director, announced she was stepping down last February.
- Rieselbach continues as an advisor on the League's Program and History Committees.
- The League will mark its 150th anniversary in 2031.
- D'Aprile will work with executive director Jacob R. Moore.
- She will oversee Current Work, Emerging Voices, the League Prize, Student Program, From Field to Form, the Gunther Prize, and After Hours.
- D'Aprile was previously deputy editor of New York Review of Architecture and contributed to AN and AN Interior.
- She earned a BA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and an MS in architecture history and theory from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Her stated priorities include housing, labor and material supply chains, procurement, and AI's labor implications in design firms.
Entities
Artists
- Marianela D'Aprile
- Anne Rieselbach
- Jacob R. Moore
Institutions
- The Architectural League of New York
- New York Review of Architecture
- AN
- AN Interior
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- University of California, Berkeley
- Center for Brooklyn History
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Knoxville
- Tennessee
- Berkeley
- California
- Brooklyn