by Nick Miller

As the venerable Van Alen Institute enters its 120th year in existence, big changes are coming for its West 22nd Street storefront. The Van Alen Bookstore, which opened in 2011 to the hurrahs of New York’s architectural community, will be closing its doors this spring. Designed by Napoli- and New York–based LOT-EK Architecture & Design, the yellow space housed the city’s last remaining bookstore dedicated to architecture and played host to an array of panels and events. In its place will come a new space, designed by Collective-LOK, signaling yet another era in the long history of this admired institution.