The Society of American Architects New York Council announced the 2012 Celebration of Architecture & Design Awards winners, including Special Awards: Visionary City Landscape Award, the High Line by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Urban Contextual Award, The Dillon by Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects; Architectural/Technological Innovation Award, Metal Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban Architects + Dean Maltz Architect; Excellence in Civic Architecture Award, FDNY Marine Company 1 Firehouse by CR Studio Architects…

…Awards of Excellence: Beach Walk House by SPG Architects, 48 Bond Street by Deborah Berke & Partners, and VIP, Men’s Residence by WASA/Studio A (Housing); Partnership for the Homeless by Richard Ayotte Architect, Saratoga Community Center by George Ranalli, Architect, and City University of New York, Medgar Evers College, Academic Building by Ennead Architects (Educational & Institutional); Uniqlo by Gensler and Twenty Five Lusk by CCS Architecture (Commercial); Horizon Media by Architecture + Information (Interior Design); Rado Redux by Peter Gluck & Partners, and Kirkman Lofts by Scarano Architects (Rehabilitation & Remodeling); Newtown Creek Concept Master Plan by Perkins+Will (Conceptual or Theoretical Projects); Kuwait University Teaching School by Perkins+Will, Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant by Ennead Architects, and The Greatest Grid and South Street Seaport Museum by Cooper Joseph Studio (Sustainable Design); Ashburton Housing Complex by Pablo S. Almeida, Assoc. AIA, and Container House by Indira Fuentes (Student)…

…Awards of Merit: Atlantic Terminal Complex and Trenton Transit Center by di Domenico + Partners, Department of Homeless Services, Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing by Ennead Architects and Hamilton Grange Teen Center by Rice+Lipka Architects (Educational & Institutional); Eastside Residence by Ronnette Riley Architects, Cooper Square by Desai Chia Architects, Central Park Residence by Shelton, Mindel + Associates, and Apella by Bentel & Bentel Architects (Interior Design); TWA Terminal by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New York City Center by Ennead Architects (Rehabilitation & Remodeling); NRDC Strategic Plan & Prototype by Croxton Collaborative Architects (Sustainable Design); and Inter-weave by Yeugeniy Mekhtiyev & Sam Shneyer (Student)…

…Awards of Honor: Dutchess Co. Private Residence by Sen Architects (Housing); Natural History Museum of Utah by Ennead Architects (Educational & Institutional); New York School of Interior Design by Gensler, Spruce Street School by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, W 24 Loft by Desai Chia Architecture, SoHo Penthouse Residence and Historic Fifth Avenue Residence by Shelton, Mindel + Associates, and Hirsch Apartment by Richard Ayotte, Architect (Interior Design); Liberty Theatre by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, Brooklyn Navy Yard by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, and London Terrace by Howard Zimmerman (Rehabilitation & Remodeling); Osong Bio-Valley City Plan by Perkins+Will (Conceptual or Theoretical Projects); Casa Torcida by SPG Architects (Sustainable Design); Recess Lav by Desai Chia Architecture (Product Design); Malleable Nesting by Yeugeniy Mekhtiyev & Sam Shneyer; Flow Lounge by Eni Kodhima; Leaf Bus Stop by Raymond Jimenez; Production House by Ermir Gjoka; HH House by Florian Gjoka; and H.I.B.A.-tat disaster relief shelter by Erik Jester, Hiba Nafe, & Long Ruan (Student)…

The Historic Districts Council (HDC) will present its annual Grassroots Preservation Awards to The Green-Wood Cemetery; Parkway Village Historical Society; The Coalition to Save Manufacturers Hanover Trust; West End Preservation Society;

NYC Council Member Albert Vann, 36th District – Friend in High Places; DNAinfo – Friend from the Media; and Susan Henshaw Jones – Mickey Murphy Award…

Winners of the USITT Architecture Awards program for 2012 include an Honor Award for The AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre by REX | OMA with Associate Architect Kendall Heaton Associates, and Merit Awards for

the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center by Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture with Associate Architect FW Architects; New York City Center by Ennead Architects; Dancing Water Theater at City of Dreams by Pei Partnership Architects with Executive Architect P&T Group; and Santa Barbara Bowl by Handel Architects with Executive Architect DesignARC…

I.M. Pei, FAIA, celebrated his 95th birthday on 04.26.12…The New Museum announced that Maya Lin will be featured as this year’s Visionary speaker…Pratt Institute will award honorary degrees to Ai Weiwei and Santiago Calatrava…

The New York School of Interior Design presented 2012 Green Design Awards to Gensler, Design of Interior Spaces; Lutron Electronics, Interior Products; The Related Companies, Development/Real Estate; and NYC Green Codes Task Force, Advocacy/Community…

Barry Bergdoll, MoMA’s Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences…