May 25, 2011
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Delegates to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention in New Orleans elected Mickey Jacob, FAIA (AIA Tampa Bay), to serve as the 2012 AIA First Vice President/President-elect and 2013 Institute President; Russell A. Davidson, AIA (AIA Westchester Hudson Valley), and Debra S. Kunce, FAIA (AIA Indianapolis), each to serve as Vice President from 2012-13; and Gabriel Durand-Hollis, FAIA (AIA San Antonio), as the Institute’s Treasurer from 2012-13…

The AIA is the winner of the 2011 Webby Award in the Associations category for its AIA.org website…

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and its Real Estate & Development Committee announced the Building Brooklyn Awards winners, which include: 184 Kent Avenue by SLCE Architects and SLADE Architecture (Adaptive Reuse); Newtown Creek by Ennead Architects (Civic and Institutional); Pratt Institute’s Myrtle Hall by WASA/Studio A (Education); Erasmus Hall High School by BJLJ Engineers & Architects (Historic Preservation); Brooklyn Brewery Plant Expansion by Fradkin and McAlpin Architects (Industrial); 28 Old Fulton Street by Nandinee Phookan Architects (Interior Renovation); Brooklyn Ecopolis by Semino Architects (Mixed Use); Phoenix Beverages by Barlo & Associates Architects (National Grid Award for Energy Efficiency); Brooklyn Bridge Park Piers 1 & 6 by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (Open Space); Wyckoff Exchange by Andre Kikoski Architect (Retail); The Domenech by Jonathan Kirschenfeld Architects (Residential: Affordable Housing); Clinton Rising by CBA (Residential: Low Rise); and Mason Fisk, owned and developed by Meshberg Group/72 Berry (Residential: Multi-Family)…

Student teams from NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) earned three of the six first-place awards, four of the six second-place awards, and two of six third-place awards at the annual Cal Poly Design Village competition in San Luis Obispo…

The Historic Districts Council (HDC) has presented its annual Grassroots Preservation Awards to the Cedar Grove Beach Club; Central Queens Historical Society; Mary Kay Gallagher; Prospect Cemetery Association; Friend in High Places — State Senator Bill Perkins, 30th District, Manhattan; Friend from the Media — The Architect’s Newspaper; and Mickey Murphy Award for Lifetime Achievement — Bronson Binger and Ann Walker Gaffney

Winners of SPECSIMPLE.COM’S Save A Sample! include, from first-sixth place, Mallory Ortman of daSilva Architects; Nicole Moudis of Ted Moudis Associates; Lauren Haber of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Aiko Tanabe of Francis Cauffman Architects; Donna Schragis of Robert A.M. Stern Architects; and Susan Pavlovsky for Eileen Ragsdale/TPG Architects…

Davis Brody Bond Aedas and Spacesmith have officially partnered and Spacesmith’s staff will relocate to David Brody Bond Aedas’ offices, though each practice will maintain its current brand identity within the partnership…

Michael Bonomo was appointed Director of Corporate Interior Design for Francis Cauffman Architect’s NY office… W.J. Patrick Curley, AIA, was appointed principal of Fletcher Thompson’s College and University Practice Group…

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