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Archtober salutes city-wide design minds

Halloween, beer fests and post-season baseball don’t have a monopoly on October. This year marks the third anniversary of Archtober — a month-long celebration of architecture and design sponsored by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Along with this weekend’s Open House New York (OHNY), the events help solidify October’s status as the year’s most important architecture month.

Stretching a full 31 days, Archtober features more than 150 programs in more than 50 participating venues throughout the city — including the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design. True, you may have missed a week, but the remaining events are must-sees.

RIGHT ROUND: Head for Open House New York this weekend to tour City Hall’s classically inspired Rotunda.Andrew Moore

Armchair architects: Check out the “Building of the Day” programs — a daily tour led by architects and design professionals. Visit historic locales — such as The Bronx’s Van Cortlandt House Museum and the Brooklyn Historical Society — or modern buildings, like “modular beach structures” in Brooklyn and Queens and the glassy new expansion of the Queens Museum of Art.

Soak up the city’s architecture by boat on the “Around Manhattan Architecture Tour,” which is led by members of the American Institute of Architects. Along with a unique perspective of the city’s structures — seen from the water, the city’s almost quaint — you’ll be treated to “insightful coverage of Manhattan’s classic spires,” a look at the city’s bridges and key, new waterfront developments. (All that, plus a drink and “light snacks,” too!) Use promo code ARCHOB5 for $5 off.

Tired of gawking? Experience a welcome dose of high-design at “MADE: In New York,” a month-long “retail salon” curated by editors at New York and Dwell magazines that showcases “the finest designers and artisans east of the Gowanus Canal.” The shop, which launched Friday at the newly opened Atelier Courbet (177 Mott St.), features “exclusive pieces by our local luminaries,” such as brass-plated Chess Stools ($1,695), which are “wholly produced in New York” by Anna Karlin.

Ready to get your Archtober on — but still unsure how to pronounce it? No worries; we’re here to help. Say: ärk’tōbər. You’re welcome.

Finally, take a peek behind (normally) closed doors this Saturday and Sunday, at the annual Open House New York Weekend. Visit typically off-limits sites in all five boroughs including a Hindu temple in Flushing, the Kings County Distillery and even Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center at Idlewild Airport … er, we mean, JFK.

Info: archtober.org; ohny.org