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Archtober, NYC’s architecture and design festival, celebrates 15 years [Sponsored]
Bustler has been a proud sponsor of Archtober since 2011
Archtober, a New York City-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, will celebrate the next installment of its annual festival from October 1–31, 2025. In collaboration with nearly 100 partners and sponsors across the city, the 2025 festival will gather events, exhibitions, resources, and activities across the five boroughs to raise awareness of the importance of architecture and design in New York City.
“In a moment where uncertainty, hyper-individualism, post-pandemic isolation, and climate crises loom ever larger, we’re urgently and collectively feeling a need for public space and human connection,” says Jesse Lazar, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIA New York and the Center for Architecture. “As we celebrate 15 years of Archtober, this year’s theme Shared Spaces feels particularly pressing in imagining a healthier and more humane urban landscape.”
Festival Theme: Shared Spaces
In recent years, Archtober has launched each festival with an annual theme, beginning in 2023. This year’s theme, Shared Spaces, considers a world where space and resources are shared responsibly, inviting participants to re-envision how we move, connect, and live together in New York City. It points to the cast of collaborators who are actively shaping and experiencing the city, such as architecture firms, urban developers, civic organizations, activists, and the public. Shared Spaces holds our collective wonder, anxiety, learning, and joy, making room for the complexity of the human experience in 2025.
