by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York Section (IESNY) announced the recipients of the 2007 Lumen Awards for lighting design in the following categories: Award of Excellence — Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: 7WTC (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/James Carpenter Design Associates); Citation Awards — Leni Schwendinger Light Projects: illumination of Coney Island Parachute Jump; and Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: Minneapolis Central Library Children’s Reading Room (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects/Architectural Alliance).
Citation for Daylighting — Tanteri + Associates: Museo de Arte de Ponce (Luis Gutierrez Architect); and Merit Awards — Renfro Design Group: 21c Museum Hotel (Deborah Berke & Partners Architects/K. Norman Berry Associates Architects); Tillotson Design Associates: Alessi Flagship Store (Asymptote); Fisher Marantz Stone: Georgia Aquarium (Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback/Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets/Heery International); Arc Light Design: Millennium Hilton Bangkok (BARstudio); Sachs Morgan Studio: Temple Emanu-El (Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners); and Ann Schiffers Lighting Design: Third Point (Slade Architecture/TPG Architecture)…
Steven Holl Architects was awarded two RIBA International Awards for Architecture 2007 for the New Residence at the Swiss Embassy and the School for Art & Art History at the University of Iowa (also 2007 AIANY Design Award winners)… The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, designed by Bermello Ajamil & Partners, was honored with “Best New U.S. Homeport” by Porthole Cruise Magazine, and “Best Turnaround Port” by Princess Cruise Lines… The Brooklyn and Manhattan Cruise Terminals were together chosen as “Best U.S. Homeport” by TravelAge West… The Battery Maritime Building has won the 2007 Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) MASterwork Award for Best Commercial Restoration…
The ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York announced 47 four-year scholarship awards. Top winners were Diniece Peters and Steven Montoni. Click here for the complete list of winners…
This fall, AIA Chicago will launch a new professional publication, Chicago Architect… Justin Davidson will be New York magazine’s new classical music and architecture critic…
RMJM and Hillier Architecture have merged to become RMJM Hillier… Andres Lepik will join MoMA as a Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design… Joan Gerner, Assoc. AIA, was named Executive Vice President for Design, Construction and Capital Planning of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation… Gilbert Delgado, AIA, has been named Cornell University architect…