ANNUAL DINNER

2023

The World Around’s inaugural Annual Dinner at Park Avenue Armory featured a “Radical Restoration” talk with Wang Shu, Lu Wenyu, and Herzog & de Meuron, followed by an intimate celebratory dinner.

Date
November 16, 2023
18:00 – 22:00
Location
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
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The World Around’s inaugural Annual Dinner was held in the historic reception rooms of New York’s Park Avenue Armory, meticulously restored in 2014 by Herzog & de Meuron. The evening began in the Veterans Room with an exclusive In Dialogue conversation on the theme of “Radical Restoration.” Moderated by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, the discussion featured Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, laureates of the Pritzker Prize, alongside Ascan Mergenthaler of Herzog & de Meuron. Mergenthaler reflected on the radical restoration of the Armory itself, while Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu shared their extraordinary work in China, where they weave together craft traditions, historic preservation, and contemporary design. Guests then moved to the Board of Officers Room for an intimate dinner among many of The World Around’s closest friends and supporters, celebrating architecture’s power to honor the past while shaping the future. 



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The inaugural The World Around Annual Dinner was held at Park Avenue Armory's historic period rooms.

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Details and decor

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Art advisor Louise Neri, The World Around executive director Beatrice Galilee and architect and The World Around board director Elizabeth Diller

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The World Around board chairman Adam Flatto

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Honorees Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu

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MAD Architects Dixon Lu and Ma Yansong with Elle Decor editor Ingrid Abramovitch

Dixon Lu and Ma Yansong
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President of Chanel Arts Culture and Heritage Yana Peel and founder of 2x4 Michael Rock

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The World Around advisory board member Susan Sellers with Sandra Jackson Dumont and Malika Leiper

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MoMA's Paola Antonelli and The World Around board director Vishaan Chakrabarti

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Curator and author Kimberly Drew

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Honorees Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu

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Artist Sissel Tolaas and director of Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Maria Nicanor

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The World Around founder and executive director Beatrice Galilee, artist Adrián Villar Rojas and artist Ian Cheng

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Art advisor Louise Nier, artist Liam Gillick and art dealer Rose Lord

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The World Around partner Unifor and art curator Barbara Flynn

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Thank you to the 2023 dinner partners, arts publisher Phaidon and skincare brand Aesop

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