Cocktails & Conversation: LTL Architects

Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that brings an architect together with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture and urban design issues. For this program, the three founding principals of LTL Architects—Paul Lewis, FAIA, Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, and David J. Lewis, AIA—will discuss the philosophies behind their books Manual of Section (2016) and Manual of Biogenic House Sections (2022), exploring the tectonic and spatial opportunities of bio and geogenic systems. They will be joined in conversation with Rosalie Genevro, former Executive Director of the Architectural League of New York, over a custom-crafted cocktail to be enjoyed by all attendees.

Founded in 1997, LTL Architects pursues architecture at the intersection of spatial invention, material innovation, and collective experience. Over the past decade, the firm has refocused its practice on the role of embodied carbon and the architectural potentials of plant and earth-based materials and reuse. Current work includes a prototype dwelling based on the use of compressed straw, the reuse of Hangers 3&4 at Floyd Bennet Field, and the Brownsville Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. LTL Architects were honored as the AIA New York State Firm of the Year in 2019.

Speakers:
David J. Lewis, AIA, Principal, LTL Architects
Paul Lewis, FAIA, Principal, LTL Architects
Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, Principal, LTL Architects

Moderator:
Rosalie Genevro, Historian & Urbanist, New York’s Architecture and Civic Communities

About the Speakers:
Rosalie Genevro is an architectural historian and urbanist who has been an active participant in New York’s architecture and civic communities for over four decades. She led the Architecture League of New York as Executive Director from 1985 to 2023, originating major research, publishing, and engagement projects. Genevro continues to contribute her expertise to numerous civic and professional organizations, currently serving on the Boards of Directors of Places Journal, HypotheKIDS, and the Architecture Review Committee, and teaches as an adjunct faculty member in the New York/Paris program at Columbia University’s GSAPP.

David J. Lewis, AIA, received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, a Master of Arts in the History of Architecture and Urbanism from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College. He is a Professor at Parsons School of Design – School of Constructed Environments, former Dean of the School, and holds the honorary position of Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Paul Lewis, FAIA, received a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. He is Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture where he has taught since 2000. Lewis is the past President of the Architecture League of New York, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. He is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and has taught there since 2004. Tsurumaki is the recent President of the Storefront for Art and Architecture.