The Preservation League of New York State announced the 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award Recipients: Tsao & McKown‘s River Lofts condominium project (Excellence in Historic Preservation); Robert A.M. Stern‘s Excellence Charter School (Project Excellence); and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (organizational excellence)…

The fifth annual ARCHI-TECH AV Award winners include the Hearst Tower (architect: Foster + Partners, architect-of-record: Adamson Associates, interior architecture: Gensler) for Best Project Over $1 Million; and the New York City Office of Emergency Management (architect: Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, multimedia, telecommunications, acoustics, data consultant: Shen Milsom & Wilke)… The League of Historic American Theatres presented its 2007 Outstanding Individual Contribution Award to Craig Morrison, AIA…

The Landmarks Preservation Commission announced that the City Council approved the appointment of Roberta Washington, FAIA, as a new Commissioner, and the reappointment of Chair Robert B. Tierney to a second term… Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, will become dean of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University…

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners announced that Elizabeth R. Leber, AIA, has been promoted to Partner…WB Engineers | Consultants has appointed Constantine Siversky as a business development associate… Jenine Lepera Izzi has joined Kenneth Park Architects as the Director of Business Development for Corporate Architecture & Interiors… Sarah Natkins has joined Material ConneXion Inc. and Culture and Commerce Inc. as Director of Marketing and Communications…