Event Pass Information Event Pass TypePriceQuantity General Public$15.00 USD 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Event Details Start off your Halloween weekend at the Center for Architecture’s third annual Pumpkitecture! competition! 20 New York City-based firms will go gourd to gourd to once again compete for the Pritzkerpumpkin. Who will squash the competition? What firm will succeed in summoning the Brutal ghost of Marcel Booeuer or invoking the spirit of Michael Gravesyard? Will the Crowned Curibita be inspired by Frank-o-Lloyd Wright’s Guggengourd? See for yourself at Pumpkitecture! Come witness architects live-carve extraordinary structures and vote for the People’s Pumpkin! Pumpkitecture! will take place on Friday, October 26 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM. The carving will commence at 6:15 and will run through 7:30. Contestants will briefly defend their designs, after which jurors will deliberate and pick the winning pumpkin. Festive food and beverages included. Participating Firms (list in formation)Architecture Research Office (ARO)Bernheimer ArchitectureDXA StudioEnnead ArchitectsGRT ArchitectsHandel Architectsikon.5 architectsLeroy Street StudioLTL ArchitectsMdeASMitchell GiurgolaQuennell Rothschild & PartnersRaad StudioRobert A.M. Stern ArchitectsRogers Partners Architects+Urban DesignersSITU Studio JosephWeiss/Manfredi Jury (list in formation)Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Founders, Chen Chen and Kai WilliamsAshley Mendelsohn, Assistant Curator, Architecture and Digital Initiatives, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum Ellen Van Dusen, Founder and Designer, Dusen DusenDr. Takeshi Yamada & SearaMark Zlotsky, Founder of LARD and half of the elusive artist duo Mookntaka A program of Archtober, NYC's annual architecture and design festival happening during the month of October. See the full events lineup at archtober.org. -- Please Note: Your registration for this event constitutes your agreement to specific and limited use of your email address, and possibly your image or voice, in related communications. Learn more in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Contact info@aiany.org with questions. As a reminder, AIA National policy requires participants to attend the entire educational portion of an event to receive continuing education credits. We encourage all participants to arrive on time to comply with this policy.