Earlier this March, the 2010 recipients of the AIA New York Chapter’s Design Awards were publicly announced. The thirty-four selected projects and the architecture firms behind them represented exceptional work by AIA New York members in four categories: interiors, architecture, unbuilt work, and new for 2010, urban design. Each winning project, granted either an “honor” or “merit” award, was chosen for its exemplary originality.

The criteria used by the juries included design quality, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness and technique. Jurors included San Diego professor Teddy Cruz and Los Angeles luminary Craig Hodgetts, FAIA, and Canadian architects Brigette Shim, Hon. FAIA, and Gilles Saucier. There were 425 entries in four categories, including close to two hundred submissions in the architecture category alone.

“We want the world to appreciate New York architecture and New York architects,” said Anthony Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA, the 2010 AIA New York Chapter President. “The design that comes out of New York is important, and the Design Awards celebrate the great work of architects, planners, clients and consultants who are inspired by and constantly inspiring our great city. Design matters—especially here and now.”

The symposium was moderated by William Menking, editor-in-chief of the Architect’s Newspaper. Menking led the jurors in a lively discussion of the winning projects, which were selected from hundreds of submissions for work located around the globe. “The juries brought fresh perspectives on New York’s architecture and design,” said Menking. “Jurors understood the importance of the client-architect relationship, and picked projects that highlighted that good architecture is more than luxury—it’s what works best for the end user, be it a government agency, a nonprofit organization, or a private business.”

“This year’s awards prove that good design isn’t just expensive design,” said Rick Bell, FAIA, Executive Director of AIA New York Chapter. “The recession has hurt our industry, but it hasn’t damaged our sense of what makes a successful project: environmental consciousness, a socially responsible program, and aesthetic delight.”

This is the first year that the Design Awards program has included an Urban Design Award. Teddy Cruz, Maurice Cox, and Julie Eizenberg, AIA, reviewed the entries, and picked four projects. “The public is really key,” said Julie Eizenberg, AIA, of Koning Eizenberg Architecture. The winning designs shared “a generosity of spirit, a clarity in communication, and a joy in what design can bring to communities.”

In addition to the symposium, winning projects will be recognized at the Design Awards Luncheon, April 14 at Cipriani Wall Street. All winning work will be exhibited at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, beginning April 15. The Design Awards Exhibition will remain on view through July 3. The winners’ symposia are scheduled for April 27 and June 17, 2010.

Winners of the 2010 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards:

 

ARCHITECTURE

Architecture Honor Award Winners:

Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Project: Knut Hamsun Center
Location: Hamarøy, Norway

Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Project: Vanke Center / Horizontal Skyscraper
Location: Shenzen, China

Architect: Peter Gluck and Partners
Project: East Harlem School
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Marble Fairbanks
Project: Toni Stabile Student Center
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners
Project: Fishers Island House
Location: Fishers Island, NY

Architect: Morphosis Architects and Gruzen Samton, LLP
Project: 41 Cooper Square
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Toshiko Mori Architect PLLC
Project: The Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion
Location: Buffalo, NY

Architecture Merit Award Winners:

Architect: STUDIOS Architecture
Project: 200 Fifth Avenue
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Handel Architects LLP (Architect of Record) and UNStudio (Design Architect)
Project: New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion
Location: New York, NY

Architect: SAA/Stan Allen Architect
Project: Salim Publishing House
Location: Paju Book City, Korea

Architect: Phillip Wu Architect
Project: 39 East 13th Street
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Garrison Architects
Project: Koby
Location: Albion, MI

Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Project: Carrasco International Airport New Terminal
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay

 

INTERIORS

Interiors Honor Award Winners:

Architect: Peter Marino Architect
Project: Chanel Robertson Blvd.
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Architect: Butler Rogers Baskett
Project: Trinity School - Johnson Chapel
Location: New York, NY

Interiors Merit Award Winners:

Architect: Lyn Rice Architects (Design Architect) and Cooper, Robertson & Partners (Architect of Record)
Project: The New School Welcome Center
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Garrison Architects
Project: Slocum Hall
Location: Syracuse, NY

Architect: STUDIOS Architecture
Project: Dow Jones Offices
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Shelton, Mindel & Associates
Project: Manhattan Rooftop Duplex
Location: New York, NY

 

UNBUILT WORK

Unbuilt Work Merit Award Winners:

Architect: Della Valle Bernheimer and Architecture Research Office
Project: R-House
Location: Syracuse, NY

Architect: Ginseng Chicken Architecture P.C.
Project: Open Paradox
Location: Seoul, South Korea

Architect: EASTON+COMBS
Project: Lux Nova
Location: Queens, NY

Architect: OBRA Architects
Project: Korean Cultural Center New York
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Project: Transbay Transit Center
Location: San Francisco, CA

Architect: H Associates and Haeahn Architecture
Project: Chungnam Government Complex
Location: Hongsung, South Korea

Architect: konyk
Project: Urban Aeration
Location: Dallas, TX

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Project: Tianjin Hang Lung Plaza
Location: Tianjin, China

Architect: Guy Nordenson and Associates with Catherine Seavitt Studio and Architecture Research Office
Project: On the Water: Palisade Bay
Location: New York – New Jersey Upper Bay

Architect: OBRA Architects
Project: The Great Hall at Grace Farms
Location: New Canaan, CT

Architect: Audrey Matlock Architect
Project: Medeu Sports Center
Location: Medeu, Kazakhstan

 

URBAN DESIGN

Urban Design Honor Award Winner:

Architect: James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Project: The High Line
Location: New York, NY

Urban Design Merit Award Winners:

Architect: Architecture Research Office
Project: Five Principles for Greenwich South
Location: New York, NY

Architect: Rogers Marvel Architects, PLLC (Design Architect) and di Domenico + Partners, LLP (Architect of Record)
Project: MTA Flood Mitigation Streetscape Design
Location: New York, NY

Architect: dlandstudio llc
Project: BQE Trench: Reconnection Strategies for Brooklyn
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Jurors for the 2010 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards

ARCHITECTURE
Stanley Saitowitz, Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and principal of Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects Inc. in San Francisco
Gilles Saucier, principal at Saucier + Perrotte Architectes in Montréal
Julie Snow, FAIA, founder of Julie Snow Architects, in Minneapolis, Minnesota

INTERIORS
Brian MacKay Lyons, Hon. FAIA, cofounder of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd, and full professor of Architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax
Glenn Pushelberg, cofounder of Yabu Pushelberg, with design offices in New York
and Toronto
Brigitte Shim, Hon. FAIA, principal at Shim-Sutcliffe Architects and professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design, University of Toronto

UNBUILT WORK
Craig Hodgetts, FAIA, principal and co-founder of Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
Quinyun Ma, Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California and founder of MADA s.p.a.m.
Karen Van Lengen, FAIA, Kenan Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia and former dean of the school

URBAN DESIGN
Maurice Cox, urban designer, architectural educator at the University of Virginia School of Architecture and former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, who recently served as Director of Design for the National Endowment for the Arts
Teddy Cruz, professor of public culture and urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego
Julie Eizenberg, AIA, founding principal of Koning Eizenberg Architecture in Santa Monica