The recipients of the 2011 AIA Housing Awards include, in the category of One/Two Family Custom Housing, R-House by Della Valle Bernheimer and Architecture Research Office; and Special Housing, The Schermerhorn by Ennead Architects…

The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of the 38th Annual Interior Design Competition, including the David Yurman Townhouse by Gabellini Sheppard Associates and the Andaz 5th Avenue Hotel by TonyChi and Associates…

Winners of the 11th Annual NYC Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Student Lighting Competition include: “Peace Bomb” by Kevin Lee of Pratt Institute, Industrial Design (Grand Prize); “Shadow Ripples in a Pond of Light” by Rebecca Bost, Parsons The New School for Design, MFA Lighting Design and Architecture (Second Prize); “Was It a Rat I Saw?” by Brandon Lenoir, Parsons The New School for Design, AAS Interior Design (Third Prize); and “Light Lunch” by Margaret Cabanis-Wicht, Pratt Institute, Master of Industrial Design; “The Heart of A Confident Man” by Shane Moan, Fordham University, BA Theater Design Production; and “Familiar Objects In a New Light” by Andrew Koudlai, Fordham University, Visual Arts (Honorable Mentions)…

Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, has been elected the inaugural Chancellor of the recently formed College of Distinguished Professors within the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)…

Nancy Aber Goshow, AIA, LEED AP, will be honored as a 2011 Partner of the Year at the 24th Annual Partners for Progress Gala presented by the Queensborough Community College Fund…

Scott Lauer, former director of the Robin Hood Foundation L!brary Building Initiative and founder of openhousenewyork (OHNY), has been named vice president for programs at the American Architectural Foundation…

HOK New York announces that Juliette Lam will lead Strategic Initiatives for the firm’s worldwide Interiors practice, and Tom Polucci will lead the New York Interiors practice…