The AIA has selected recipients for its three most prestigious awards: CA- and NC-based Pugh + Scarpa Architects has been selected for the 2010 AIA Firm Award; Peter Bohlin, FAIA, of PA-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, has been selected as the 2010 AIA Gold Medal recipient; and Michael Graves, FAIA, has been awarded the AIA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education…

Thom Mayne, FAIA, was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities…

AIANY has announced the results of its 2010 Nominating Committee election. The 2010 AIANY Nominating Committee will be Sherida E. Paulsen, FAIA, PKSB Architects; Michael D. Greene, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Carolyn Iu, AIA, Iu & Bibliowicz Architects; Jennifer Sage, AIA, Sage and Coombe Architects; Mark E. Strauss, FAIA, AICP, LEED AP, FXFOWLE Architects, …

The Center for Urban Pedagogy will receive a Union Square Arts Awards, including a $35,000 grant in recognition of innovative work with youth and families in low-income communities… Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard 2009 includes Brooklyn- and Pittsfield, MA-based firm Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design…

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is moving from the Urban Center to the lower Manhattan waterfront, joining their Alliance Partner at the Seaman’s Church Institute…

Costas Kondylis Design has been formed in partnership with Luxembourg-based private investment group Lynx Finances Group…

NBBJ has hired Joshua Schroeder, AIA, as Science Practice Leader in the firm’s NY office… Parsons Brinckerhoff has announced the appointment of George J. Pierson as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer effective 01.01.10… FXFOWLE Architects has announced that Nicholas Garrison, AIA, OAQ, LEED AP, has been promoted to principal…