Heim Panelist at Traditional Building Conference

Pleased to have contributed to the panel discussion, Opportunities and Challenges for Historic Communities: Addressing Change, at the Traditional Building Conference in Oyster Bay, NY.  A lively discussion ensued around the topic.  Panelists included Daniela...

Book Talk – AIANY Center for Architecture

Based on their recent book, Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb (Fordham University Press, 2021), architect Laura Heim and historian Jeffrey Kroessler presented a talk on March 31st about Sunnyside Gardens—from its origins in the...

Affordable Housing in NYC Cellars? NO!

As part of the Historic Districts Council’s Preservation School Series, Laura Heim presented the basic zoning and code restrictions which make the legalization of existing NYC cellars and basements in many cases difficult and costly, if not impossible. NYC had...

AIANY Civic Leadership Program Panel

Invited by nycoba|NOMA & AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP), Laura Heim contributed her expertise to the panel discussion “What’s Next for Basement Apartments after Hurricane Ida?” Her experience working on one and two family houses throughout Queens, as...

Heim Participates in Women-Owned Firms Panel

Invited by the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) and Women in Architecture (WIA) committees, Laura Heim FAIA participated on a panel focusing on female founders and their stories.  The panel included multiple generations and various firms types, introducing to...