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Profile - Human Rights Watch, James Hagy, Mehgan Gallagher
Profile - Human Rights Watch, James Hagy, Mehgan Gallagher
Rooftops Project
Rooftops Project Profile - Human Rights Watch - Every day, not-for-profit organizations face “stay or move” choices when they approach the end of their leases. Making predictions about space, and making space work, can be challenging. How did one such organization assess its choices as a tenant in one of the most iconic buildings in Manhattan? The Rooftops Project’s Mehgan Gallagher speaks with David Bragg at Human Rights Watch.
Perspectives - Cannon Design’S Open Hand Studio, James Hagy, Sahar Nikanjam
Perspectives - Cannon Design’S Open Hand Studio, James Hagy, Sahar Nikanjam
Rooftops Project
Not only can architects create great space, they can also inspire better connections between the built environment and the social sector. John Syvertsen, Chris Lambert, and Ashley Marsh talk with Sahar Nikanjam and Professor James Hagy of The Rooftops Project about their work with not-for-profit organizations through architectural firm Cannon Design’s Open Hand Studio initiative.
Professor Gerald Korngold On Conservation Easements, James Hagy, Katherine Disalvo, Naveed Fazal
Professor Gerald Korngold On Conservation Easements, James Hagy, Katherine Disalvo, Naveed Fazal
Rooftops Project
The Rooftops Project’s Katherine DiSalvo and Naveed Fazal talk with New York Law School Professor and conservation easement scholar, Gerald Korngold.
Profile - The Jacques Marchais Museum Of Tibetan Art, James Hagy, Kelly Cooper
Profile - The Jacques Marchais Museum Of Tibetan Art, James Hagy, Kelly Cooper
Rooftops Project
Picture yourself leading a museum tucked into a 21st-century residential neighborhood, housed in a mid-20th-century building, mimicking a 16th-century Tibetan monastery, containing priceless art objects crossing a millennium. The Rooftops Project’s Kelly Cooper and Professor James Hagy visit the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Staten Island, New York.
Profile - The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois, James Hagy, Carlee Cooper
Profile - The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois, James Hagy, Carlee Cooper
Rooftops Project
A religious congregation envisions a new building better suited to its needs than its existing facility. But the location is perfect at its present suburban property. How might it start over while also observing green design principles? Rooftops Project team member Carlee Cooper and Professor James Hagy tour the new home of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Illinois, with Michael Ross of Ross Barney Architects. It is the first place of worship in the United States to receive a LEED Platinum designation.
Profile - Not-For-Profit As Urban Neighbor: Groundswell, James Hagy, Scott Haggmark
Profile - Not-For-Profit As Urban Neighbor: Groundswell, James Hagy, Scott Haggmark
Rooftops Project
Few not-for-profit organizations can claim to have made a dramatic, permanent, outdoor visual impact on more than 450 city blocks through the five boroughs of New York City. Groundswell has done just that. As part of a continuing series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, The Rooftop Project’s Scott Haggmark and Professor James Hagy visit with Amy Sananman and Sharon Polli at Groundswell’s Brooklyn headquarters.
Profile - Not-For-Profit As Urban Neighbor: The Bowery Residents’ Committee, James Hagy, Tamara Salzman
Profile - Not-For-Profit As Urban Neighbor: The Bowery Residents’ Committee, James Hagy, Tamara Salzman
Rooftops Project
From the very beginning of its new headquarters project, The Bowery Residents’ Committee set out not only to serve its mission but to be the very best neighbor. Seriously, how many of us freeze our garbage before putting it out for collection? Muzzy Rosenblatt, Christine Lalor-Chisholm, and John Johnson of The Bowery Residents’ Committee, and Charles Thanhauser and Sarah Corcoran of its architectural firm, TEK Architects, talk with the Rooftops Project’s Tamara Salzman an Professor James Hagy about their approach to this unique project in the heart of Manhattan.
Profile - The Noguchi Museum, James Hagy
Profile - The Noguchi Museum, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Few not-for-profit cultural or historic sites can be traced through a single thread, from heritage in an unlikely industrial setting in Queens; its conversion to workspace for the creation, staging and deployment of art throughout the world; its rededication by the living artist as a museum space while still a working gallery; and ultimately its preservation as a permanent cultural destination. At the Noguchi Museum, members and visitors can appreciate artist Isamu Noguchi’s full body of work in many media, enjoy the tranquility of galleries and gardens in a profoundly close-by urban setting, and understand the context in which that …
Panorama - London Olympics Site Redevelopment, James Hagy, Dmitriy Ishimbayev
Panorama - London Olympics Site Redevelopment, James Hagy, Dmitriy Ishimbayev
Rooftops Project
The 2012 London Olympics are over, yet the work is just beginning. Solicitor Linda Fletcher of the London office of the law firm Pinsent Masons talked with Dmitriy Ishimbeyev and Professor James Hagy about the 18-year project to redevelop and repurpose the Olympics venue for the longer term as a major, sustainable, mixed-use community in east London.
Profile - The Wildlife Conservation Society, James Hagy, Lana Buchbinder, Barbara Beau
Profile - The Wildlife Conservation Society, James Hagy, Lana Buchbinder, Barbara Beau
Rooftops Project
What might it be like if your not-for-profit was responsible for projects with occupants consisting of humans plus some 1,700 other species? How can physical location and the needs of animals and visitors be harmonized through architectural design? Barbara Beau, Lana Buchbinder, and Professor James Hagy of The Rooftops Project interview Sue Chin about her work as Chief Architect at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Perspectives - Kenneth Levien And Kimberly Dowdell Of Levien & Company, Inc., James Hagy, Dmitriy Ishimbayev
Perspectives - Kenneth Levien And Kimberly Dowdell Of Levien & Company, Inc., James Hagy, Dmitriy Ishimbayev
Rooftops Project
Kenneth Levien and Kimberly Dowdell share thoughts with The Rooftops Project’s Dmitriy Ishimbayev and Professor James Hagy on the role of project management in not-for-profit construction and renovation projects.
Perspectives - Kimse Yok Mu: An Organization’S Effort For The Advancement Of Life, James Hagy, Shaan Lodi
Perspectives - Kimse Yok Mu: An Organization’S Effort For The Advancement Of Life, James Hagy, Shaan Lodi
Rooftops Project
The Rooftops Project’s Shaan Lodi talks with Turkish relief organization Kimse Yok Mu about its approach to the real estate needed to support disaster response and other work in often challenging settings in 96 countries.
Panorama - Jefferson Mok, James Hagy, Arthy Bakthavasalam
Panorama - Jefferson Mok, James Hagy, Arthy Bakthavasalam
Rooftops Project
What is your real estate strategy when you are the first on-the-ground representative of a social service not-for-profit entering a remote market abroad with a new program? Jefferson Mok reflects on four years in Burundi in a conversation with The Rooftops Project’s Arthy Bakthavasalam and Professor James Hagy.
Panorama - Caring For The Palace Museum, Bejing, China, James Hagy, Cai Bowen
Panorama - Caring For The Palace Museum, Bejing, China, James Hagy, Cai Bowen
Rooftops Project
Shi Zhimin discusses his work as Director of the Ancient Building Management Office of The Palace Museum in Beijing, still also recognized by many visitors as the former Chinese imperial palace known as The Forbidden City, with Cai Bowen and Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project.
Perspectives - Michael Carlton Of Carlton Architecture, James Hagy, Emily Barile
Perspectives - Michael Carlton Of Carlton Architecture, James Hagy, Emily Barile
Rooftops Project
Michael Carlton talks with The Rooftops Project’s Emily Barile and Professor James Hagy about the intersections among architecture, interior design, real estate, and not-for-profit strategic planning.
Perspectives - Richard Cohn, Motion Picture Gaffer, Magician, Musician, James Hagy, Kristen Porro
Perspectives - Richard Cohn, Motion Picture Gaffer, Magician, Musician, James Hagy, Kristen Porro
Rooftops Project
The Rooftops Project’s Kristen Porro talks with Richard Cohn, Gaffer (Chief Electrician) to the television and movie industry on location in New York City, and performing magician, who shares tricks of his two trades that not-for-profits can use to make the most of often imperfect performance spaces.
Profile - The California Endowment’S Center For Healthy Communities, James Hagy
Profile - The California Endowment’S Center For Healthy Communities, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
When the California Endowment planned new headquarters space for its own operations, its vision also included creating conference space suitable for events by other not-for-profits, opportunities for formal and informal collaboration among not-for-profits with compatible missions, and even incubator spaces for smaller organizations in need of an office presence. In this second article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks with Anne-Marie Jones, Director of the Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities, and Edward de la Torre, its Director of Facilities and Events.
Profile - Fernbank Museum Of Natural History, James Hagy
Profile - Fernbank Museum Of Natural History, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Any natural history or science museum would be proud to haev the diversity of collections and programmatic resources found at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia. But few if any can law claim, as Fernbank does, to having “grown out of a forest.” Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks wiht Aneli Nugteren, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Fernbank Museum, about its unique campus, mission, and facilities.
Profile - Legal Aid Center Of Southern Nevada, James Hagy
Profile - Legal Aid Center Of Southern Nevada, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Responding to an ever-increasing need for pro bono legal services, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada recently broke ground in downtown Las Vegas on what will become its new headquarters. Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks with Eexecutive Director Barbara Buckley about the project and the role that the new facility will play in advancing the Center’s mission and its services to clients.
Perspectives - Alyssa Bellew Of The Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church Of Pasadena, James Hagy
Perspectives - Alyssa Bellew Of The Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church Of Pasadena, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
At manyplaces of worship, responsibility for oversight of the physical facilities falls to administrative staff as one more adjunct to an already busy schedule. At others, property tasks may be left to volunteers. The “on-the-job training” may often be self-taught. Professor James Hagy explores these challenges with Alyssa Bellew, Administrative Director of Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church.
Perspectives - Benjamin Webb Of The Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, James Hagy
Perspectives - Benjamin Webb Of The Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Benjamin Webb discusses the rewards and challenges of being responsible for facilities management and energy for the largest mixed-program cultural center in the Southeastern U.S.
Perspectives - Steve Marcussen And Jonathan Sklar Of Cushman & Wakefield, James Hagy
Perspectives - Steve Marcussen And Jonathan Sklar Of Cushman & Wakefield, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Steve Marcussen and Jonathan Sklar of Cushman & Wakefield’s Los Angeles office share thoughts on how not-for-profit organizations can be more effective with their real estate assets and in implementing projects with outside real estate brokerage advisors.
Perspectives - Alice Korngold Of Korngold Consulting, James Hagy
Perspectives - Alice Korngold Of Korngold Consulting, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
Alice Korngold of Korngold Consulting presents her views on optimizing the match between not-for-profit organizations and prospective board member volunteers.
Panorama - International Perspectives: Kathleen Curran, Director Of Casa Nuevo Horizonte, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
In this first of our series of international perspectives, Kathleen Curran relfects on the important role that physical space has played in her charitable mission in Bolivia supporting promising students seeking an advanced education in a setting of poverty.
Profile - The Gates Foundation Leed Platinum Seattle Headquarters, James Hagy
Profile - The Gates Foundation Leed Platinum Seattle Headquarters, James Hagy
Rooftops Project
In this first article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, visits with the Gates Foundation at its recently opened LEED Platinum Seattle headquarters campus.