by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP
The 2008 AIANY Design Awards have been announced. In Architecture, an Honor Award was given to Steven Holl Architects (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art); Merit Awards include: Andrew Berman Architect (Private Library and Writing Studio); Thomas Phifer & Partners (Salt Point House); Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (Skirkanich Hall); FXFOWLE Architects/Renzo Piano Building Workshop (The New York Times Building); and Polshek Partnership Architects (Yale University Art Gallery, Kahn Building Renovation).
In Interior Architecture, Honor Awards include: De-Spec Inc./Vista Engineering (Blanchet Flowers); Architecture Research Office (Susan P. and Richard A. Friedman Study Center); Joel Sanders Architect (Yale University Art Gallery Media Lounge). Merit Awards went to: WORK AC (Anthropologie Store); Bentel & Bentel Architects (CRAFTSTEAK NY); STUDIOS Architecture (IAC Headquarters); Stephan Jaklitsch Architects (Marc Jacobs Paris); Workshop For Architecture (Maritime Intelligence Group Office); Christoff:Finio Architecture (Museum as Hub at the New Museum of Contemporary Art); and Shelton, Mindel & Associates (North Sea Poolhouse).
Project Honor Award recipients include: OBRA Architects (BEATFUSE!); David Yum Architects (ELV Winery); West 8/Rogers Marvel Architects/Diller Scofidio + Renfro/Quennell Rothschild & Partners/SMWM (Governors Island Redevelopment); Toshiko Mori Architect (The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems); Cook + Fox Architects (Waterfront Tower); and Leeser Architecture (World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum). Merit Awards went to: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Al Rajhi Bank Headquarters); Zakrzewski & Hyde Architects (Hudson Square RISE); WRT Design (Queens Plaza Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project); Himma Architecture Studio (Ridge House and Master Plan); Joel Sanders Architect with Haeahn Architecture (Seongbukdong Residences); Leven Betts Studio (Stockholm Public Library Addition); AC Hocek Architecture (The Tristes Tropiques Houses); and GRO Architects (Best Pedestrian Route)…