AIA New York announces winners of 2023 Design Awards

The AIA’s oldest chapter has announced the winners of the 2023 AIANY Design Awards. While all the submitting architects are members of the New York chapter of the professional organization, not all of the projects are located within the five boroughs, the Empire State, or even North America.

The 18 projects receiving recognition range in both location and scope, from the adaptive reuse of a ferry terminal in New York to villas in Lebanon located at the former site of a Syrian army camp. Divided into four categories (Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design), the projects show off architectural innovation, sustainable practices, and the importance of preserving history.

Members of the jury for the 2023 AIANY Design Awards were:

Ronnie Belizaire, Vice President, JLL
Gia Biagi, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation
Angela Brooks, Managing Principal, Brooks + Scarpa
Nondita Correa Mehrotra, Principal, RMA Architects; Director, Charles Correa Foundation
Ashley Rao, Associate Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Below are the winning projects. The list kicks off with the Honor recipients, followed by the projects receiving Merit and Citation recognition in each category. Curious which projects won last year? You can view those here.

The AIANY Design Awards exhibition will be on view at the Center for Architecture from May 4 through September 2 later this year.

Honor Awards

Honors – Architecture

night view of building with bridge in back — Columbia Business School (Iwan Baan)

Columbia Business School Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall | Diller Scofidio + Renfro; FXCollaborative; AARIS Design Architects
New York

all glass facade — 2050 M Street (Iwan Baan)

2050 M Street | REX; Kendall/Heaton Associates
Washington D.C.

night view of buildings attached with bridge — Uber Headquarters (Jason O’ Rear)

Uber Headquarters | SHoP Architects; Quezada Architecture
San Francisco

view of building with wavy facade — 11 Hoyt (Tom Harris)

11 Hoyt |Studio Gang; Hill West Architects; Hollander Design Landscape Architects
Brooklyn, New York

white villas sculpted into landscape — Marea (Bruce Damonte)

Marea |WORKac
Batroun, Lebanon

Honor – Interiors

orange walls and stairs — Adams Street Library (Bruce Damonte)

Brooklyn Public Library Adams Street Branch | WORKac
Brooklyn, New York

Urban Design — Honors

map and diagram of new york city nycha locations — Open Space Master Plan New York City Housing Authority (Runit Chhaya)

New York City Housing Authority Open Space Master Plan | Grain Collective
New York

Merits and Citations

Architecture — Merits

One South First | COOKFOX; dencityworks; SHoP Architects; James Corner Field Operations
Brooklyn, New York

Princeton University Residential Colleges | Deborah Berke Partners; James Corner Field Operations
Princeton, New Jersey

TheatreSquared | Marvel
Fayetteville, Arkansas

John Lewis Elementary School | Perkins Eastman
Washington D.C.

The Hood Museum of Art | Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners; Hargreaves Jones
Hanover, New Hampshire

Architecture — Citations

Battery Maritime Building – Casa Cipriani |Marvel; Higgins Quasebarth & Partners
New York

Interiors — Merit

Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations | Skidmore Owings & Merrill
New York

Projects — Merit

Battery Playscape | BKSK Architects; Starr Whitehouse
New York

Interiors — Citation

For Innovative Use of Curved CLT to Encourage Fluid Movement
Bronx Children’s Museum | O’Neill McVoy Architects
Bronx, New York

Projects — Citation

Citation For Provoking Questions on Ownership of the Public Way
Librería Barco de Papel | N H D M
Queens, New York

Urban Design — Citation

Citation For Provoking Questions on Ownership of the Public Way
550 Madison Garden | Snøhetta; Adamson Associates; SiteWorks
New York

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