Building of the Day

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden and Water Conservation Project

Oct 19 at 12–1pm
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 455 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Register here for 12:00pm

The Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden is a 1.5-acre wetland and riparian environment with a network of innovative water conservation features. It was designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to highlight the beauty of water elements at BBG and anchor the Water Conservation Project, a Garden-wide initiative to reduce outdoor freshwater use and mitigate storm-water impact. This is the first project of its scale and complexity in North America.

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Building of the Day
Photo by Liz Ligon. Courtesy of Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
NYC’s architecture and design month features hundreds of events, tours, and exhibitions organized by more than 60 partners across the five boroughs.
Monday, Oct 1
One John Street
—Building of the Day
2–3pm
World Architecture Day Gallery Tour
—Tour
Organized by
Rubin Museum of Art
1:45–4:30pm
AIANY Around Manhattan Architecture Cruise
—Tour
Organized by
AIA New YorkClassic Harbor Line
6:30–7:30pm
20th Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture Series: CHARLES BIRNBAUM | Change and Continuity
—Lecture
Organized by
New York Botanical Garden
6–8pm
Opening – Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture
—Special Event
Organized by
Center for Architecture
6:30–8:30pm
Kennedy & Violich Architecture
—Lecture
Organized by
Columbia GSAPP
World Habitat Day
—Special Event
Organized by
UN-Habitat
Tuesday, Oct 2
Lenox Health Greenwich Village
—Building of the Day
Wednesday, Oct 3
Domino Park
—Building of the Day
Thursday, Oct 4
Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant
—Building of the Day
Friday, Oct 5
Swiss Institute
—Building of the Day
Saturday, Oct 6
TWA Hotel
—Building of the Day
Sunday, Oct 7
BSE Global
—Building of the Day
Monday, Oct 8
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
—Building of the Day
Tuesday, Oct 9
Five Manhattan West
—Building of the Day
Wednesday, Oct 10
Bronx River Arts Center
—Building of the Day
Thursday, Oct 11
277 Fifth Avenue
—Building of the Day
Friday, Oct 12
The Marcel Breuer Buildings at Bronx Community College
—Building of the Day
Saturday, Oct 13
Open House New York Weekend
—Building of the Day
Sunday, Oct 14
Open House New York Weekend
—Building of the Day
Monday, Oct 15
Hayes Theater
—Building of the Day
Tuesday, Oct 16
R & Company
—Building of the Day
Wednesday, Oct 17
Dock 72
—Building of the Day
Thursday, Oct 18
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse
—Building of the Day
Friday, Oct 19
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden and Water Conservation Project
—Building of the Day
Saturday, Oct 20
100 East 53rd Street
—Building of the Day
Sunday, Oct 21
Kew Gardens Hills Library
—Building of the Day
Monday, Oct 22
Spyscape Museum
—Building of the Day
Tuesday, Oct 23
Manhattanville Campus Plan, Jerome L. Greene Science Center (Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute), The Forum
—Building of the Day
Wednesday, Oct 24
325 Kent
—Building of the Day
Thursday, Oct 25
Sculpture Studio
—Building of the Day
Friday, Oct 26
The Shed
—Building of the Day
Saturday, Oct 27
Sunday, Oct 28
Ocean Wonders: Sharks!
—Building of the Day
Monday, Oct 29
African Burial Ground Memorial
—Building of the Day
Tuesday, Oct 30
123 Melrose
—Building of the Day
Wednesday, Oct 31
Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park
—Building of the Day
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