The 2009 Building Brooklyn Awards winners include Private Sector Honoree Richard Meier, FAIA, and building projects in the following categories: Arts & Culture, Galapagos Art Space by Cycle Architecture; Economic Development, Triangle Junction Mall by Cooper Carry; Historical Preservation, 221 McKibbin Street by Oaklander, Coogan & Vitto; Industrial, The Block Building by AB Architekten; Institutional, Brooklyn Children’s Museum by Rafael Viñoly Architects; Landscape and Open Space, Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Improvements by Emphas!s with Tillett Lighting Design and KT3D; Mixed-Use, Atlantic Gardens by Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design and John Schiementi Architects with Joanna Pertz Landscape Architecture; National Grid Award for Energy Conservation, The Perry Building by Stantec; Office, NYPD Tow Pound Operations by Spacesmith; Residential — Affordable Housing, Morris Manor by Harden + Van Arnam Architects; Residential — One-to Two-Family, Carroll Gardens Row House by Delson or Sherman Architects; and Residential — Multi-Family, On Prospect Park by Richard Meier & Partners, Architects…

The Times Square Alliance invited four NYC design firms to develop proposals for a Valentine for Times Square; the winning design is the “Ice Heart” by Moorhead & Moorhead, which will be installed on 02.11.10. The other participating firms included Aranda/Lasch, Situ Studio, and su11…

The Peace Pentagon competition resulted in three first place winners, including Maureen Connor/ Institute of NYC, as well as Honorable Mentions New World Architects; Jason Allen, AIA, Nash Hurley & Gerald Del Priore; and Heejoo Shi & Kyung Jae Kim… A team led by AECOM has won an international competition for a concept design and feasibility study for Seoul Grand Park in Korea…

Bill Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer in 1980 and co-founder of IDEO, has been named director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York…

UMass Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village have announced key faculty appointments for the new Master of Science in Design with a concentration in historic preservation program, including Program Director Dr. Steven Bedford, Dr. Max Page, Robert Adam, Don Carpentier, Donald Friedman, and Michael Devonshire…