Based in New York City, the award-winning Slade Architecture is led by Founding Principles Hayes and James Slade. Hayes Slade, AIA, served as President of the American Institute of Architecture in 2019, and has served as an Architecture Fellow with Design Trust for Public Space and co-authored Design Guidelines for affordable housing for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. James Slade FAIA, IIDA, LEED-AP, is a past co-chair of the NY AIA Awards Committee. His awards include a NYC Design Excellence in Public Architecture Award, Progressive Architecture (PA) Awards, AIA Awards, and Interior Design Best of Year (BoY) Awards.

The firm is a longstanding contributor to the Design for Freedom movement and collaborators in developing the Design for Freedom Toolkit.

Blacksburg, Virginia

Greg Bencivengo and James Slade visited Virginia Tech University as part of the university’s fall lecture series, where they spoke with students about the evolving landscape of the architectural industry and shared insights into the firm’s recent residential and commercial work. The full lecture is now up on Youtube!

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