The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art announced the winners of the inaugural Stanford White Awards for Excellence in Classical and Traditional Design in the following categories: Residential Architecture – New Construction, A New Residence and Outbuildings by Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Drumlin Hall by Peter Pennoyer Architects and Residence in Westport, CT by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Residential Architecture – Renovation and Additions, Alterations and Additions to Pepperidge Farm by Ferguson & Shamamian Architects; Residential Architecture – Townhouses and Apartments, Park Avenue Apartment by John B. Murray Architect; Residential Architecture – Multi-Unit Buildings, Carnegie Hill Apartment Building by Zivkovic Connolly Architects and John Simpson & Partners, and Fifteen Central Park West by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Commercial, Civic and Institutional Architecture, Saratoga Community Center by George Ranalli, Architect; Landscape Design, Forest Retreat by Edmund D. Hollander Landscape Architects; and Patronage Award, Lloyd Zuckerberg…

Winners of the WAN AWARDS 2012 21 for 21 included the “highly commended” nARCHITECTS and Neil M. Denari Architects…The Preservation League presented the Pillar of New York Award to two honorees, Nicholson & Galloway and Building Conservation Associates…The Intern Development Program Advisory Committee (IDPAC) has selected eight architecture firms as recipients of the 2012-2015 Intern Development Program (IDP) Outstanding Firm Award, including the New York City offices of EYP; IDPAC also named 11 recipients of the 2012-2015 IDP Firm Award, including Mancini Duffy…

Firms shortlisted in the competition to create Sydney’s Barangaroo Central include Bjark Ingels Group (BIG) with HASSELL; Woods Bagot with Scape NYC; UNStudio, LAB architecture Studio, NH Architecture and Imelk; Sasaki Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Jackson Teece; and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Anderson Hunter Horne…

MoMA/P.S.1 announced the five finalist firms for the annual Young Architects Program, who will compete to design the temporary installation in the P.S. 1 courtyard during the annual summer “Warm-Up” series that include NYC-based Leong Leong Architects, Moorhead & Moorhead, and TempAgency…Finalists in Morpholio’s EyeTime 2012 Photo Competition have been announced, and the public can vote for winners using the competition app; more information.

Antonio Torres, a co-founder of Bittertang, who designed “Burble Bup” for last year’s FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY City of Dreams Pavilion, was named a TED2013 Fellow…

Belmont Freeman, FAIA, has published an essay in Design Observer’s Places Journal titled “Past Perfect: Four Freedoms Park,” on the newly opened memorial to Franklin Roosevelt.

Erika Hinrichs, co-founder of viaArchitecture, has been named Chair of Pratt Institute’s Undergraduate Architecture Department…The Leuphana University Lüneburg has created a new digital school; its first course, “ThinkTank Cities,” will be directed by Daniel Libeskind, AIA…

After 25 years of service, Adele Chatfield-Taylor will step down as president and CEO of the American Academy in Rome, and a committee will begin the search for her successor in January…

Mayor Bloomberg has appointed Brad Gair as director of housing recovery operations with a mission to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to house New Yorkers displaced by Hurricane Sandy…

President Obama announced that Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Hon. AIANY, will serve as the administration’s “point person” for the region’s rebuilding efforts…

Warren Gran, FAIA, and Monica Lopez, AIA, LEED AP, announce the founding of Gran Lopez Architects and Planners…Material ConneXion announces the opening of a satellite office in Tibro, Sweden, and its fourth European location in Skövde, Sweden…

Julian Seward, principal of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA), has relocated from the London to the New York office…The John Hardy Group has appointed Nathan Hall as Senior Project Director…

Mancini Duffy / TSC announced that Theodore (Ted) S. Hammer, FAIA, LEED AP, will head the firm’s architecture practice. Hammer was most recently Managing Partner and Partner-in-Charge of Design at HLW International.