Jan Blackmon, FAIA, LEED AP, has been named executive director of the Dallas Chapter of The American Institute of Architects and the Dallas Center for Architecture…

The team comprised of students from Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology placed first in the Affordability category as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011…The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2011 winners include Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl Architects…

Winners of the Jack Kemp Models of Excellence Award from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) include Columbia Commons and Columbia Hicks Apartments by GF55 Partners, and Tapestry by MHG Architects…

The Woodward Avenue Tribute program by Calori & Vanden-Eynden received a 2011 National Scenic Byways award…

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) named Gospel for Teens, ioby, Riverpark Farm, Storm King Art Center, and Urban Samaritan the winners of the 2011 MAS Livable City Awards… The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance’s 2011 Heroes of the Harbor Awards dinner on 10.11.11 honored Madelyn Wils, President and CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust, and James J. Devine, President and CEO of New York Container Terminal…

Zetlin & De Chiara Partners Michael S. Zetlin, Michael K. De Chiara, Raymond T. Mellon, Carol J. Patterson, and Michael J. Vardaro have been named five of the top construction litigation attorneys in NY by Super Lawyers Magazine…

Friends of the High Line has appointed Melissa Fisher, the current Director of Horticulture & Park Operations, to the expanded role of Chief Operating Officer…

Thomas K. Fridstein, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP, has joined The Greenway Group as a consulting principal… WXY architecture + urban design has named Adam Lubinsky as principal…