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CannonDesigners in the NYC Office are showing their support for National Bike Month and Bike to Work Week 2016! Meeting up in different parts of the city and riding to work in “caravans,” the participants are gaining safe urban commuting knowledge, getting exercise (especially going over bridges!), living out our sustainability goals, and helping to grow the community of bikers here in NYC. Congratulations to a successful first day team of Heather Clinger, Elisa Feng, Ryan Koella, Siobhan Lee,Heather Rosen, Sarah Ruel-Bergeron, and Aysu Unal! Here’s to a great coming week: Thursday 5/19 – Central Park Snack and Ride picnic after work. Friday 05/20 – National Bike to Work Day “Meeting”...

In anticipation of the announcement of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate our team in New York City held a good old-fashioned guessing game that sparked conversation, debate and research around the great living architects and speculation on who would receive the profession’s highest honor for 2016. 24 guesses were made, including Steven Holl, David Adjaye, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, David Chipperfield, Jeanne Gang, Moshe Safdie, Baumschlager+Eberle, Kengo Kuma, Bijoy Jain, Bjarke Ingels, Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, Ricardo Bofill, Sou Fujimoto, Peter Eisenman, Francine Houben, Santiago Calatrava, and this year’s recipient, Alejandro Aravena. We extend our congratulations to Mr. Aravena and are grateful for his distinctive contributions to the profession.

Our New York City team kicked off 2016 by participating in the Design Within Reach Champagne Chair ChallengeTM — an annual competition to create the most original miniature chair design out of materials (except glass) from no more than two champagne bottles, with glue as the only permitted adhesive. CannonDesigners came up with 15 amazing ideas, but an internal vote ruled the landslide winner as #15, the Game of Thrones-inspired “Winter is Coming.” Check out all of our designs below, and cheers to a happy, healthy 2016. #1 Bourgeois Lounge & Table // #2 Way Back Recline // #3 Heatherwack // #4 Troll Chair // #5 RockingKing #6 Curvy Chair // #7...