35 Exemplary Projects Win 2017 AIA New York Design Awards

Written by Patrick Lynch
Published on March 08, 2017

AIA New York has announced the winners of their 2017 AIA New York Design Awards, highlighting the best new projects located in the Empire State or completed by AIA NY registered architects across categories of architecture, projects, interior design and urban planning.

Within the four categories, winning projects have been granted either an “Honor” or “Merit” distinction. Each project has been chosen for its “design quality, response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.” The winners scale in scale from temporary exhibitions to large-scale urban interventions.

This year 22 of the 35 winners were New York City-located projects, including the grand prize winner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s striking Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at Columbia University’s medical campus. Continue reading to see the full list of winners.

Best in Competition

Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Executive Architect: Gensler
Landscape Architect: SCAPE
Project: The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Columbia University
Location: New York, NY

Architecture - Honor

Architect: Gluckman Tang Architects
Landscape Architect: LaGuardia Design Group
Project: De Maria Pavilion
Location: Bridgehampton, NY

Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Associate Architect: BNIM
Project: University of Iowa Visual Arts Building
Location: Iowa City, IA

Architecture - Merit

Architect: 1100 Architect
Project: Main: East Side Lofts
Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Architect: Andrew Berman Architect
Project: Sculpture Center
Location: Long Island City, NY

Architect: Deborah Berke Partners
Architect-of-Record: RATIO
Landscape Architect: DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
Project: Cummins Indy Distribution Headquarters
Location: Indianapolis, IN

Preservation Architect: John G. Waite Associates, Architects
Landscape Architect: OLIN
Project: Restoration and Renovation of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, VA

Architect: Kennedy & Violich Architecture
Landscape Architect: Richard Burck Associates
Project: Tozzer Anthropology Building, Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, MA

Architect: nARCHITECTS
Project: A/D/O
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Project: Public Safety Answering Center II
Location: Bronx, NY

Architect: stpmj Architecture
Project: Shear House (Environment Sensitive Typology)
Location: Kyung Buk (Yecheon), Korea

Asia Society Hong Kong Center / Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. Image © Michael Moran

Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
Associate Architect – Core and Shell: AGD Design
Associate Architect – Interiors: Associated Architects
Landscape Architect: ADI Limited
Project: Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Location: Hong Kong, China

Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Project: Kim and Tritton Residence Halls, Haverford College
Location: Haverford, PA

Architect: WORK Architecture Company
Restoration Architect: CTS Group Architecture/Planning
Project: Stealth Building
Location: New York, NY

Interiors - Honor

Architect: A+I
Project: Squarespace Global Headquarters
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture
Project: Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Architect: Stephen Yablon Architecture
Project: Diane L. Max Health Center: Planned Parenthood Queens
Location: Long Island City, NY

Interiors - Merit

Restoration Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle
Architectural Conservator: Cultural Heritage Conservation
Landscape Architects: Vogt Landscape Architects with Future Green Studio
Project: The Met Breuer Restoration
Location: New York, NY

Architects: BFDO Architects and 4|MATIV
Architect-of-Record: Marvel Architects
Project: Maple Street School
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Architect: LEVENBETTS
Project: Brooklyn Heights Interim Library
Location: Brooklyn, NY

New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard / Marvel Architects. Image © David Sundberg

Architect: Marvel Architects
Concept Design and Interior Design: Macro-Sea
Project: New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House Installation / SPAN Architecture. Image © Michael Moran

Architect: SPAN Architecture
Project: Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House Installation
Location: New York, NY

Architect: STUDIOS Architecture
Project: One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Location: New York, NY

Projects - Honor

Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Project: Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, The Jewish Museum
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism
Project: Penn Palimpsest
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Studio Joseph
Media Designer: Local Projects
Graphic Designer: Pentagram
Project: New York at Its Core, Museum of the City of New York
Location: New York, NY

Projects - Merit

Architect: Andrew Berman Architect
Project: Re-Envisioning Branch Libraries Design Study
Location: New York, NY

Architect: APTUM ARCHITECTURE
Project: Isla Rhizolith | Rhizolith Island
Location: Isla Grande, Cartagena, Colombia

Architect: Efficiency Lab for Architecture
Project: The Lima Art Museum New Contemporary Art Wing
Location: Lima, Peru

Architect: J. Mayer H. und Partner, Architekten
Project: XXX Times Square with Love
Location: New York, NY

NASA Orbit Pavilion / StudioKCA. Image © Chuck Choi

Architect: StudioKCA
Project: NASA Orbit Pavilion
Location: San Marino, CA

Urban Design - Merit

Architect: DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Project: The Gowanus Canal Sponge Park Pilot
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Landscape Architect: OLIN
Project: New York City Housing Authority Red Hook Houses – Sandy Resiliency & Renewal Program
Location: Brooklyn, NY