The Annual Benefit

Each year the Center holds its Annual Cocktail Benefit to raise the bulk of its operating costs. This year was especially important because we celebrated the centenary of our founder, Dr. Mario Salvadori, with a specially prepared presentation on his life and work.

Each year the Center holds its Annual Cocktail Benefit to raise the bulk of its operating costs. At the Benefit, we give awards to leading professionals in Business, Design, and Public Service. This year, on May 6, 2008, our Business honoroees were William and Harry Macklowe, with Adrian Benepe, NYC Parks Commissioner, being honored for Public Service, and Moed de Armas and Shannon Architects P.C. for Design. To be put on a mailing list for an invitiation next year, send us an email.

Corporate Sponsors who donate $5000 or more to the Annual Benefit have their organization's logo, description, and website link posted on the website.

Past Benefits and Honorees

2008

• William Macklowe and Harry Macklowe, Macklowe Properties [Business]
• Moed de Armas Shannon Architects [Design]
• Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, NYC Parks & Recreation Department [Public Service]
• Review our corporate patrons and supporters
• See pictures of our honorees.
• Coming Soon: A slide show of pictures from the event.

2007: Centenary of Mario Salvadori's birth

• Charles Bendit and Paul Pariser, Taconic Investment Partners [Business]
• Rafael Viñoly, Rafael Viñoly Architects [Design]
• Amanda M. Burden, NYC Department of Planning [Public Service]
• See the 2007 Benefit Invitation (in PDF).
• Watch a slide show of who attended.
• Review the lists of our corporate patrons and supporters.

2006

• Eric Hadar, Allied Partners [Business]
• Cesar Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects [Design]
• Mysore Nagaraja, MTA Capital Construction [Public Service]
• See the 2006 Benefit Program (in PDF).
• Review the list of corporate patrons as well as list of all Benefit 2006 donors.

2005

• Douglas Durst, The Durst Organization [Business]
• A. Eugene Kohn, Kohn Pederson Fox [Design]
• Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools [Public Service]
• See the 2005 Benefit Program (in PDF).

2004

• Robert B. Catell, KeySpan [Business]
• Dr. Santiago Calatrava, Santiago Calatrava LLC [Design]
• Hon. Adolfo Carrion, Jr., Bronx Borough President [Public Service]
• See the 2004 Benefit Program (in PDF).

2003

• Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Boston Properties [Business]
• David M. Childs, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/New York [Design]
• Patricia J. Lancaster, AIA, Commissioner of Buildings, New York City Department of Buildings [Public Service]

2002

• Hugh Hardy, FAIA, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates [Architecture and Education]
• David Macaulay, author [Youth and Education]
• Cherrie Nanninga, Director of Real Estate, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey [Real Estate and Education]
• See the 2002 Benefit Program (in PDF).

2001

• Frank J. Sciame, F.J. Sciame Constuction [Construction and Education]
• Richard L. Tomasetti, Thorton-Tomasetti Group [Design and Education]
• Norbert W. Young, Jr., McGraw Hill Construction Information Group [Business and Education]
• See the 2001 Benefit Program (in PDF).

2000

• Dr. George Campbell, Jr., NACME, Inc. [Youth and Education]
• Thomas M. Craig, Jr., Hines [Business and Education]
• Bernardo Fort-Brescia & Laurinda Spear, Arquitectonica [Architecture and Education]
• Greg Jordan, Greg Jordan, Inc. [Design and Education]
• See the 2000 Benefit Program (in PDF).

1999

• James Stewart Polshek, Polshek Partnership Architects [Design and Education]
• Mary Ann Tighe, Insignia/ESG [Business and Education]
• Faith and James Waters, The Waters Foundation [Youth and Education]
• See the 1999 Benefit Program (in PDF).