The Architectural League started another cultural year on a high note at the 2016 Beaux Arts Ball, which took place at the new nARCHITECTS-designed A/D/O space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn last Friday. Co-chaired by architects Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown, this year's “Tabula Rasa” theme was all about celebrating creativity in progress, the act of fresh-thinking, and New York's ceaseless reinvention. Here are some photos from the event:

Over 1,200 architects, designers, and friends showed up to the yearly party. In tandem with the Tabula Rasa theme, guests got a good look inside the 23,000 square-foot still-in-progress A/D/O industrial space and were surrounded by natural stone slabs from ABC Worldwide Stone. Chef Fredrik Berselius of the acclaimed Nordic-inspired restaurant Aska curated a menu of light fare.

“Table's Clear” designed by Ultramoderne.

Ultramoderne designed a site-specific “floating tabula rasa” installation called “Table's Clear” for the party. “The lightweight fabric hangs in a subtle catenary shape, creating new spaces and environments without the construction of a single wall,” Ultramoderne describes. Multi-disciplinary collective Wild Dogs International added digital splashes of color throughout the space with projection-mapped architectural abstractions.

Projection-mapped abstractions by Wild Dogs International.

All photos by Leandro Viana, courtesy of The Architectural League.

Check out photos from 2015: Threshold, 2014: Craft and 2013: -isms.