FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Camila Schaulsohn 212-358-6114 [email protected] Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup. Photo by Alan Karchmer; rights held by The Smithsonian Institution AIA NEW YORK ANNOUNCES 2018 DESIGN AWARDS RECIPIENTS Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup recognized with Best in Competition Award for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Updated 3/22: As of March 22, 2018, the AIANY Board of Directors rescinded the Architecture Merit Award given to the Leblon Offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Architect: Richard Meier & Partners Architects; Associate Architect: RAF Arquitetura) and the Interior Merit Award given to The Lobster Club in New York City (Architect: Peter Marino Architect). NEW YORK CITY, January 9, 2018 – On Monday, January 8, 2018, a jury of independent architects, educators, critics, and planners from outside New York City convened at the Center for Architecture to select the winners of the 2018 AIA New York Design Awards. That evening, they publicly announced the 32 winning projects at a symposium at the Center for Architecture. The 32 selected projects and the architecture firms that designed them – many of whom were on hand for the symposium – represent the exceptional work by AIA New York members and architects practicing in New York City in four categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. The jurors named the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup Best in Competition. Each winning project, granted either an “Honor,” “Merit,” or “Citation” award, was chosen for its design quality, response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique. Submitted projects had to be completed by AIANY members, architects/designers practicing in New York, or be New York projects designed by architects/designers based elsewhere. The winners range from temporary installations and exhibitions to large-scale urban interventions. 12 of the 32 winners are projects located in New York City. Design Awards Exhibition All winning work will be exhibited in the 2018 AIANY Design Awards exhibition at the Center for Architecture beginning Friday, April 20, with an opening reception from 6-8pm. The exhibition, designed by Once-Future Office, will remain on view through Wednesday, June 27. Honors and Awards Luncheon and Upcoming Programs In addition to the Jury Symposium, winning projects will be recognized at the Honors and Awards Luncheon, Friday, April 20, at Cipriani Wall Street (www.aiany.org/awardslunch). Members of the press are invited to all events. Jurors and a list of the winning projects are on the following pages. For project details and photographs or to RSVP to Design Awards events, contact Camila Schaulsohn at AIA New York, 212-358-6114 or [email protected]. 2018 AIANY DESIGN AWARDS JURORS Gro Benesmo, Partner, S P A C E G R O U P Ila Berman, DDes MRAIC, Dean and Edward Elson Professor, UVA School of Architecture Aaron Forrest, AIA, NCARB, Principal, Ultramoderne Walter Hood, Creative Director, Hood Studio Tom Kundig, FAIA, Principal and Owner, Olson Kundig Architects Debra Lehman Smith, Partner, LSM Studio J. Meejin Yoon, AIA, Co-Founder, Höweler + Yoon Architecture LLP, Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology AWARD RECIPIENTS Design Awards 2018 Statistics: 30 Awards Conferred ARCHITECTURE – 18 total (5 honors; 11 merits; 2 citations) INTERIORS - 5 total (1 honor; 3 merits; 1 citation) PROJECTS – 3 total (1 honor; 1 merit; 1 citation) URBAN DESIGN - 3 total (3 merits) BEST IN COMPETITION Architect: Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup Landscape Architect: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Project: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture Location: Washington, DC ARCHITECTURE HONORS Architect: Architecture Research Office Project: Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse Location: Brooklyn, NY Architect: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group Landscape Architect: Bach Landskab Project: Tirpitz Museum Location: Blåvand, Denmark Architect: LEVENBETTS Landscape Architect: Marc Peter Keane Project: Square House Location: Stone Ridge, NY Architect: MQ Architecture Project: Magazzino Italian Art Cold Spring, NY Architect: NADAAA Associate Architect: Adamson Associates Architects Restoration Architect: ERA Architects Project: University of Toronto Daniels Building at One Spadina Location: Toronto, Canada MERITS Architect: Desai Chia Architecture Architect of Record: Environment Architects Landscape Architect: SURFACEDESIGN Project: Michigan Lake House Location: Leelanau County, MI Architects: LTL Architects and Perkins+Will Landscape Architect: Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects Project: Cornell University Upson Hall Renovation Location: Ithaca, NY Architect: nARCHITECTS Project: NYC DOT Harper Street Yard Structures Location: Corona, NY Architect: N.E.E.D. Architecture Project: The Book Company Headquarters Location: Seoul, South Korea Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Executive Architect: Davis Brody Bond Associate Architect: Body Lawson Associates Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations Project: Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts Location: New York, NY Architect: Selldorf Architects Architect of Record: C+D architecture Landscape Architect: Bureau Bas Smets Project: LUMA Arles Location; Arles, France Architect: Studio Libeskind Landscape Architect: Claude Cormier + Associés Project: Canadian National Holocaust Monument Location: Ottawa, Canada Architect: StudioSUMO Architect of Record: Obayashi Corporation Project: Josai International University i-House Dormitory Location: Togane, Japan Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners Associate Architect: Ballinger Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Project: Princeton University Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment Location: Princeton, NJ Architect: WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Architect of Record: Richard L. Bowen + Associates Landscape Architect: Knight & Stolar Project: Kent State Center for Architecture and Environmental Design Location: Kent, OH Architect: WORK Architecture Company Project: Queens Library at Kew Gardens Hills Location: Flushing, NY CITATIONS Architect: David Scott Parker Architects Architect of Record: Bosch Architecture Project: Williamsburgh Savings Bank Location: Brooklyn, NY Architect: Michielli + Wyetzner Architects Project: Delancey and Essex Municipal Parking Garage Location: New York, NY INTERIORS HONOR Architect: N H D M / Nahyun Hwang + David Eugin Moon Architect of Record: ALab Architects Project: Nam June Paik Art Center Renovation Location: Yongin, South Korea MERITS Architect: LEVENBETTS Project: Cornell University Rhodes Hall Location: Ithaca, NY Architect: Rice+Lipka Architects Project: Parsons Making Center Location: New York, NY Architects: SheltonMindel in association with A+I Project: New York Family Office Location: New York, NY CITATION Architect: Young Projects Landscape Architect: Future Green Studio Project: The Gerken Residence Location: New York, NY PROJECTS HONOR Architect: LTL Architects Project: Manual of Section MERIT Architect: APTUM Architecture Project: Thinness Pavilion Location: San Francisco, CA CITATION Architect: Studio Joseph Architect of Record: Foster + Partners Project: London Mithraeum Location: London, UK URBAN DESIGN MERITS Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Project: One Vanderbilt Location: New York, NY Architect: NADAAA Project: Justice in Design Location: New York, NY Architect: ROGERS PARTNERS Architects + Urban Designers Project: Houston-Galveston Area Protection System (H-GAPS) Location: Galveston Bay, TX About AIA New York AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects with more than 5,500 architect, allied professional, student, and public members. 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