2024-11-05T11:49:44-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/111718628/give-and-take-michael-kimmelman-and-annabelle-selldorf-discuss-architectural-ethics-in-urban-environments Dane Borda 2014-10-20T13:58:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/69/69xlj5frkr1zrebz.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The power of architecture at work in the modern city was a theme that emerged from the start at last Thursday night&rsquo;s <em>Big Ideas, Bold Thinkers, Brilliant Dialogue </em>series at <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/72600/pratt-institute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pratt Institute</a>. This particular conversation featured <em>New York Times</em> architecture critic Michael Kimmelman and Architect <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/15820/selldorf-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annabelle Selldorf</a>. Moderator Spencer Bailey of Surface magazine used the broad term of &ldquo;power of architecture&rdquo; as a catalyst that spawned a conversation on the social responsibility of architecture as we move into an ever&#8208;growing, thickening urban environment.</p><p>Selldof&rsquo;s recent Sunset Park Recycling Center Brooklyn got the discussion going. Selldorf began by explaining why she was so excited to take on an infrastructure project, noting the architectural demands of the site and program were very interesting problems to take on. But the thing that most fascinated her about the project was its capacity to give back to the city by providing an important logistical hub to New York City as well as co...</p>