2019 Best of Design Award for Building of the Year: TWA Hotel
Project Architect and Preservation Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle
Lighting Designer: Cooley Monato Studio
Location: New York City
Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport is among the most significant examples of midcentury modern architecture in the world, but the landmark terminal had been subjected to a series of compromising alterations and additions, and critical maintenance had been deferred. Beyer Blinder Belle has been involved with the building for over two decades, first as an advocate to save it from demolition, then as the overall project architect for its restoration and adaptive reuse as a full-service airport hotel. This intervention involved the construction of two seven-story hotel wings, designed by Lubrano Ciavarra Architects with interior design by Stonehill Taylor, and an underground conference center with meeting rooms and a banquet hall by INC Architecture & Design, which are arrayed around the historic terminal.
“The original is an architecture of optimism. The rebirth of the project celebrates that. That is extremely needed and refreshing in these times.” -Carlos Madrid III
Project Developer: MCR / Morse Development
Design Consultant and Design Architect for the Hotel Buildings: Lubrano Ciavarra Architects
Event Space Interior Design: INC Architecture & Design
Interior Design for Hotel Rooms, Select Public Areas: Stonehill Taylor
Landscape Architect: MNLA
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company
Finalist
Project Name:
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center
Designer:
Signal Architecture + Research
Location:
Wasco, Oregon
“Who wouldn’t want to learn (or teach) there? Beautiful details give power to the overall restraint of the design, a nod to the surrounding landscape.” -Oana Stănescu
Finalist
Project Name:
Anita May Rosenstein Campus, Los Angeles LGBT Center
Designer:
Leong Leong and KFA
Location:
Los Angeles
“This building is a diamond in the rough. Its bold and elegant presence not only supports urban beautification but celebrates its program and purpose.” -Carlos Madrid III
