Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum announced the winners and finalists of the 2007 National Design Awards. NY-based firms and designers: in Interior Design, the winner was Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, with finalists David Rockwell, AIA, and Tsao & McKown Architects. Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, was a finalist in Architecture Design. In Communications Design, finalists were C&G Partners and Paula Scher. In Landscape Design, finalists were Field Operations and Ken Smith, ASLA. And the Design Patron winner was Maharam…

The NYC Department of Buildings received the 2007 Sheldon Oliensis Ethics in City Government Award, an annual award given by the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) to a New York City agency that demonstrates a commitment to the promotion of ethics and integrity…

NYU has selected a team to partner with in its strategic planning initiative, NYU 200, including SMWM, Grimshaw Architects, Toshiko Mori Architect, and The Olin Partnership.

The Cincinnati Art Museum announced the short list for its campus enhancement
and expansion project including NY firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and
Smith-Miller & Hawkinson…

NELSON, an international architecture, interior design, strategies, workplace services, engineering and information services firm, has reached an agreement in principle to merge with two NY-based firms, A/R Environetics Group and Furnstahl & Simon Architects… Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) has named John Jappen a Principal of the firm…