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New York daily agenda: Archtober

Archtober 2026 schedule for Oct. 19-25: this week’s lineup of boat tours, talks, workshops, screenings and family programs across New York City. Archtober is the city’s annual Architecture and Design Month, and the list below is organized by day, with times, organizers and format (in person, virtual or hybrid). For details and registration, see the official Archtober events page.

Monday, Oct. 19

  • 10:30 a.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour (Classic Harbor Line/AIA New York); tour; in person
  • 2 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 3 p.m. — LEGO Club (New York Public Library); family; in person
  • 3:30 p.m. — Builder’s Club (New York Public Library); family; in person
  • 3:30 p.m. — Build with Lego & Duplo (Brooklyn Public Library); family; in person
  • 4 p.m. — “Theater History with Mel” (New York Public Library); talk; in person
  • 6 p.m. — Social Science & Architecture: 10-Year Anniversary (AIA New York); special event; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “The Architectural Anarchive: Reimagining the Design Archive” (Van Alen Institute); talk; in person
  • 6:30 p.m. — “Defiantly Modern: The Unconventional Life and Work of Ella Briggs” (Neue Galerie New York); talk; in person

Tuesday, Oct. 20

  • 12:15 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour (two departures); tour; in person
  • 1 p.m. — “Kéyah: A Diné Responsibility to the Land” (Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design); talk; virtual
  • 2 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “The Bowery: A History of NYC’s Oldest Street, First Entertainment District, and Cradle of American Popular Culture” (General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York); talk; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “Reimagining and Rebuilding Home: Indigenous Youth Perspectives” (Land Back in Cities Exhibition); talk; in person
  • 6:30 p.m. — “A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America’s World War II” (CultureNOW); talk; in person

Wednesday, Oct. 21

  • 11:15 a.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour (three departures); tour; in person
  • 1 p.m. — Building of the Day: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Condé M. Nast Galleries (Center for Architecture); in person
  • 2 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “Indigenous Led Design: Aotearoa-New Zealand’s Largest Infrastructure Project” (Land Back in Cities Exhibition); talk; in person

Thursday, Oct. 22

  • 10 a.m. — Building of the Day: Issey Miyake/New York (Center for Architecture); in person
  • 10:45 a.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 2 p.m. — “Building Less, Transforming More — Nordics at Archtober 2026” (Nordic consulates in New York and Scandinavia House); talk; in person
  • 2 p.m. — Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions Tour (Untapped New York); tour; in person
  • 2:15 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 5 p.m. — Docent Tour: Designed to Be Red (Poster House); tour; in person
  • 6 p.m. — Fashion in Film: Spooky Edition (Brooklyn Public Library); screening; in person
  • 6 p.m. — The Accidental Archive: A Community Workshop (Van Alen Institute); workshop; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “Resisting ‘Terra Nullius’ — Cultural Agency in Architecture” (Land Back in Cities Exhibition); talk; in person
  • 6 p.m. — “Cracks in the YIMBY Consensus Part 5: A Housing Shortage? Evaluating the Evidence” (Village Preservation); talk; virtual
  • 6:30 p.m. — “The Picture Book Book: Seymour Chwast & Steven Heller in Conversation” (Poster House); talk; hybrid
  • 6:30 p.m. — Book Club: “Charlotte Perriand: The Art of Dwelling” (Head Hi); in person

Friday, Oct. 23

  • 9 a.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 10:30 a.m. — Midtown Neighborhood Walk of Queer History (New York Public Library); tour; in person
  • noon — Building of the Day: Melrose Library, New York Public Library (Center for Architecture); in person
  • 1:30 p.m. — Crypt Crawl — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 2 p.m. — Vertical Tour — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 3:30 p.m. — Crypt Crawl — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 3:30 p.m. — Kids Create: Stained Glass (Brooklyn Public Library); family; in person
  • 6 p.m. — Archtober x Data Vandals: Screening of “Gateways to New York: Othmar H. Ammann and His Bridges” (Center for Architecture); screening; in person
  • 6:30 p.m. — “Learning from Oslo: The New Life of Eero Saarinen’s Former US Embassy” (Consulate General of Norway in New York/Onera Foundation); talk; in person
  • 7 p.m. — Haunted History House Tour (Bowne House); tour; in person
  • 9:30 p.m. — Beaux Arts Ball 2026: Home Sweet Home (The Architectural League of New York); special event; in person

Saturday, Oct. 24

  • 10 a.m. — Architecture and Design College Fair 2026 (Center for Architecture); special event; in person
  • 10:30 a.m. — Art and Architecture Tour (Grace Farms Foundation); tour; in person
  • 10:30 a.m. — Crypt Crawl — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 11 a.m. — Brooklyn Botanic Garden Fall Harvest Festival; special event; in person
  • 11 a.m. — Hidden History of the South Street Seaport’s Architecture (South Street Seaport Museum); tour; in person
  • 11 a.m. — Exclusive Access Tour of the Woolworth Building (Untapped New York); tour; in person
  • 11 a.m. — Walking Tour: Historic Buildings and New Interventions in SoHo (Center for Architecture); tour; in person
  • 11:30 a.m. — Guggenheim Museum Architecture Tour (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum); tour; in person
  • noon — Vertical Tour — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • noon — Subtle Bodies: Self-Reflection Through Aura Photography — Fall Session (Alice Austen House); workshop; in person
  • 1 p.m. — “CoHousing in the Hudson Valley: Building Community Then and Now” (The Fullerton); talk; in person
  • 1 p.m. — Building of the Day: Marcus Garvey Village and Extension (Center for Architecture); in person
  • 1:30 p.m. — Crypt Crawl — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 1:30 p.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 1:30 p.m. — Prospect Park Tour: Rediscovering Vaux (Prospect Park Alliance); tour; in person
  • 2 p.m. — Vertical Tour — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 2 p.m. — Founders Architecture Talk | “Creative Visions Inspired by the Landscape” (Grace Farms Foundation); talk; in person
  • 2:30 p.m. — “Land for People: Undoing Spatial Apartheid in South African Cities” (Land Back in Cities Exhibition); talk; in person
  • 3:30 p.m. — Crypt Crawl — Cathedral of St. John the Divine; tour; in person
  • 4 p.m. — Make Your Own Pop-up Book with Kelli Anderson (Poster House); workshop; in person

Sunday, Oct. 25

  • midnight — Where Newburgh Still Sings: An Exhibition of Sight and Sound (The Fullerton); special event; in person
  • 7 a.m. — NYC Century Bike Tour (Transportation Alternatives); special event; in person
  • 9 a.m. — AIANY Architecture Boat Tour; tour; in person
  • 10 a.m. — Art Deco Icons of NYC (Untapped New York); tour; in person
  • 10:30 a.m. — Walking Tour: “All-of-a-Kind Family” (Museum at Eldridge Street); tour; in person
  • 11 a.m. — Exhibition Series — Threads: Anne Lindberg + H.L. Hix (‘T’ Space | Steven Myron Holl Foundation); special event; in person
  • 11:30 a.m. — Guggenheim Museum Architecture Tour (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum); tour; in person
  • noon — Building of the Day: Boerum Place (Center for Architecture); in person
  • 2 p.m. — Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Prospect Park Alliance); special event; in person

This Archtober 2026 schedule is subject to change, and many tours and workshops require advance registration. Check each organizer’s page before heading out, since popular events often sell out.