There's plenty of architectural inspiration around NYC to help fill up the longer days of summer. For anyone who is curious about what local architecture-related events to fit into your weekly schedules, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of thought-provoking lectures, discussions, upcoming exhibitions and ongoing ones you might have not heard about yet, and other happenings around town worth knowing about.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out! Have a look at our selection of NYC events for July 11-18.

Manhattanhenge | July 12, recommended by Justine Testado

Photo: Grisha Levit/Flickr

Popularized by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Manhattanhenge” — sometimes called the Manhattan Solstice — happens twice every summer when the setting sun is perfectly aligned with the east-west streets of Manhattan's street grid. Snap some sweet Instagram-worthy photos of the celestial event over at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, which will keep its gates open after-hours. Don't miss out, or you'll have to wait until next year!

The Architecture Lobby Bastille Day Party + Fundraiser | July 14, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

As a worker-founded organization devoted to advancing the value of architecture–both in the general public and within the discipline–The Architecture Lobby runs on the steam of its members and supporters. To help keep things running financially, they're throwing a party and hosting an art auction on (when else) Bastille Day.

Studio Job MAD HOUSE | Open now until August 21, recommended by Alexander Walter

Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel in foundry. Photo: Daniel Stier. Image courtesy of MAD | Museum of Arts and Design.

In the mood for something wonky and provocative this week? Good. The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) presents the exhibition Studio Job MAD HOUSE showcasing the work of Belgian Job Smeets and Dutch Nynke Tynagel. Proudly pushing the reputation of enfants terribles of the art and design world, the duo's been active in a wide spectrum of media and forms, always marrying traditional arts practices with contemporary themes—spiced with a not-so-small dash of tongue-in-cheek.

But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa | Open now until October 5, recommended by Justine Testado

Image via guggenheim.org

Get a glimpse of the contemporary art practices emerging from the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the region's diaspora. Visit the Guggenheim to see this multimedia exhibition now (or in the fall) before it travels to Istanbul's Pera Museum next year.

Also keep track of our weekly event picks for Los Angeles and London.

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