Rendering of the exterior façade of the museum
The Louis Armstrong House Museum held it's Groundbreaking Ceremony on 17 July 2017. We are excited to move ahead with the construction of this cultural & education center honoring the life & legacy of the great Louis Armstrong, the one and only Satchmo.
Caples Jefferson Architects received a 2024 AIA New York State Honor Award in the Institutional category for the Louis Armstrong Center in Corona, Queens.
Since 1968, the The American Institute of Architects New York State Design Awards have recognized architectural excellence, celebrating projects that exemplify innovation, sustainability, and cultural significance. This year, 29 projects were honored across 14 categories, including Adaptive Reuse, Institutional, Urban Planning, and more.
The awards jury praised the winning projects for their commitment to environmental stewardship, placemaking, and design excellence—values that guided our work on the Louis Armstrong Center.
Congratulations to all the award recipients!
To be a great architect—or painter or poet or almost anything—do you need a great patron? “Certainly that helps, but then you have to bring the talent and vision and invention,” says Sara Caples.
Listen to Randy Cohen, Everardo Jefferson, and Sara Caples in conversation at the Louis Armstrong Center for Episode 519 of Person Place Thing broadcasting Tuesday and Sunday afternoons at 1:30 on WNYE, 91.5 FM, and more broadly Friday night at 10:30 across WAMC Northeast Public Radio. You can also hear it any time as a podcast at PersonPlaceThing.org or download it free at iTunes.
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that is important to them. The result? Surprising stories from great talkers.
Produced with Open House New York.
Principal Everardo Jefferson is exhibiting work at the Yale North Gallery exhibition, “A Repository of Black Knowledge” at the Yale School of Architecture through February 15th. This exhibition celebrates the rich history and knowledge of Black architects at Yale. Curated by the Yale Black Architecture Alumni Group (YBAA), this show brings together Black alumni voices, offering a space for dialogue and a Repository of Black Knowledge. As we honor the legacy of Black architects at YSoA, we look both to the past and the future of Black architecture.
Curated by:
Benjamin Johnson
Jess Mitchell
Precious Ndukuba
Featuring:
YBAA Members
The Black Workshop Archive
For more information visit: https://www.architecture.yale.edu/exhibitions/294-a-repository-of-black-knowledge
