NYCxDesign: Architectural Practice in Brooklyn

Emily Abruzzo joins a candid panel discussion on what it means to run an architecture studio in Brooklyn today — part of the NYCxDesign Festival.

Hosted by Brent Buck Architects and moderated by Leopoldo Villardi, Managing Editor of Architectural Record, this intimate salon brings together Emily Abruzzo (Abruzzo Bodziak Architects), Bretaigne Walliser (TBo), and Brent Buck for a conversation about architectural practice in one of the world’s most visible and complex design contexts.

The discussion will move between practice, place, construction, and the realities of “brand Brooklyn” — exploring what shapes how small studios work, the values they bring to their projects, and what role emerging practices can play in shaping the borough’s future over the next five to ten years.

Abruzzo Bodziak Architects brings firsthand experience to this conversation. The Brooklyn-based studio has developed deep expertise in designing and renovating townhouses throughout the borough, navigating the particular challenges of rowhouse typologies, historic districts, and the layered approval processes that define building in Brooklyn. That ground-level knowledge of how the borough is actually constructed — block by block, project by project — is central to the practice’s perspective on what architectural practice in Brooklyn looks like today.

Agenda: 6:45pm — Doors open 7:00pm — Salon discussion 8:00pm — Reception with light refreshments

Venue is wheelchair accessible. RSVP on Eventbrite