AIA New York State announced the 2012 Design Award recipients, presented in several categories. Adaptive Reuse/Historic Preservation: TWA Flight Center by Port Authority of NY and NJ and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects + Planners (Award of Excellence); Arthouse at the Jones Center by LTL Architects, and House #9 by Frederic Schwartz Architects (Awards of Merit); Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects, and New York City Center by Ennead Architects (Citations for Design). Commercial/Industrial, Small Projects: Malin + Goetz by Bernheimer Architecture (Citation for Design). Commercial/Industrial, Large Projects: One Bryant Park by Cook+Fox Architects (Award of Merit), and The High Line Building by Morris Adjimi Architects (Citation for Design). Institutional: Won Dharma Center by Hanrahan Meyers Architects (Award of Excellence), Cornell University, Human Ecology Building by Gruzen Samton-IBI Group, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Awards of Merit), BMW Guggenheim Lab by Fiedler Marciano Architects, The Lunder Building by NBBJ, Natural History Museum of Utah by Ennead Architects, Two Structures for Long Dock Park by Architecture Research Office/ARO, US Courthouse by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, and Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (Citations for Design)…

…Interiors: Hamilton Grange Teen Center by Rice+Lipka Architects, Loft for a Writer and a Painter by Cooper Joseph Studio, and Marc by Marc Jacobs Showroom by Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects (Awards of Merit), Chanel Soho by Peter Marino Architects, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center by Rockwell Group, The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011 by Cooper Joseph Studio, and JetBlue Headquarters by HLW International (Citations for Design). International: Mizutu Museum of Art by Studio SUMO (Award of Excellence). Pro Bono Projects: Guatemala Bench by Snohetta (Citation for Design). Residential, Single Small: Small House in an Olive Orchard by Cooper Joseph Studio (Award of Merit), Sagaponac House by Tsao + McKown Architects (Citation for Design)…

…Residential, Multi-Family: The Dillon by Smith-Miller and Hawkinson Architects, and The Hegeman: A Solution for Supportive Housing by Cook+Fox Architects (Awards of Merit), 48 Bond Street by Deborah Berke + Partners, and 57 Irving Place by Audrey Matlock Architect (Citations for Design). Sole Practitioner: Transformer Loft by Studio Garneau (Citation for Design). Unbuilt, General: Embassy Compound of the United States of America by Davis Brody Bond (Award of Excellence), Diagonal Tower, Yongsan International Business District by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Award of Merit), The Seneca Art and Culture Center at Ganondagan by Francois deMenil Architect (Citation for Design). Unbuilt, Under 10 Years: Magok Waterfront: Inter-City by Unitedlab (Citation for Design). Urban Planning/Design: East River Waterfront-Esplanade and Pier 15 by SHoP Architects, and National September 11 Memorial by Handel Architects, with Davis Brody Bond as Associate Architect (Awards of Excellence); Victor Civita Plaza/Eco Park by Davis Brody Bond and Webb Chapel Picnic Pavilion by Cooper Joseph Studio (Citations for Design)…

FIGMENT, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) announced the finalists for the third annual 2012-2013 City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition: A Cloud in a Tree, by SAMPLES (Julien Boitard and Richard Nguyen); Fodder Form Pavilion by HuycKurlanDowling (Teddy Huyck, Alexis Kurland, Conner Dowling); The Enneper Pavilion by Maria Mingallon; For Rent by MTWTHFSS (Edward R. Blumer and Pete Storey); and Head in the Clouds by LID design collaborative (Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang)…

Ten projects were honored at the Public Design Commission’s 30th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, including the Construction of the Squibb Pedestrian Bridge

Over Furman Street between Brooklyn Bridge Park and Squibb Park by HNTB; Construction of the CityPoint Retail Facility and DeKalb Market by Cook + Fox Architects, Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture and ORE Design + Technology; Construction of Riverside Park South, Phase V by Thomas Balsley Associates and Sage and Coombe Architects; Construction of Three Carriage Houses for the Staten Island Historical Society by Rice+Lipka Architects; Construction of an Addition to the East Elmhurst Community Library by Garrison Architects; Construction of the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning by Peter Gluck and Partners, Architects; Installation of The Passage: A Moving Memorial by Mary Miss (at Memorial Green, Staten Island Courthouse by Ennead Architects); Reconstruction of the Flatbush Avenue Entrance and Terrace Café (Brooklyn Botanic Garden) by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Architecture Research Office/ARO; Construction of Governors Island Park and Public Spaces, Phase I, including the Installation of Day Is Done by Susan Philips by West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Pentagram, and Tillotson Design Associates, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies and Susan Philipsz; and a Special Recognition Award for Central Park Conservancy’s Plan…

The Washington DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) has announced a shortlist of design-build teams for a temporary pavilion on the campus of historic St. Elizabeths Hospital that includes Davis Brody Bond with KADCON…

The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation announced the appointment of Frederick Bland, FAIA, managing partner of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, as its new chairman (outgoing Chairman John H. Stubbs will remain on the Board)…The Board of Trustees of the New York School of Interior Design has appointed David Sprouls as the college’s seventh president…Rob Speyer, president and co-CEO of Tishman Speyer, was tapped to become the chair of The Real Estate Board of New York…