AIANYS announced the 2011 Design Award recipients, including projects in the following categories: Adaptive Reuse; Awards of Merit, El Museo Del Barrio by Gruzen Samton Architects; Orchestra of St. Luke’s DiMenna Center by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture; and Wyckoff Exchange by Andre Kikoski Architect; Citation for Design, East Hampton Town Hall by Robert A.M. Stern Architects… Commercial/Industrial — Large Projects; Awards of Merit, Comcast Center by Robert A.M. Stern Architects with Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. ; and Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant by Ennead Architects…

Commercial/Industrial — Small Projects; Award of Excellence, Marc Jacobs Flagship Building by Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects with Creative Designers International and D. Brain Co., LTD… Historic Preservation; Award of Excellence, Thomas Edison National Historical Park by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners; Citations for Design, 648 Broadway by Scott Henson Architect; and New York Public Library, Exterior Restoration by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc… Institutional Awards of Merit, New York City Fire Department by Ennead Architects; and The Stephen Sondheim Theatre by Cook+Fox Architects with Adamson Associates Architects; Citations for Design, Union County Juvenile Detention Center by Ricci Greene Associates; and United States Land Port of Entry by Robert Siegel Architects…

Interiors; Award of Excellence, Inverted Warehouse/Townhouse by Dean/Wolf Architects; Award of Merit, Grey Group by STUDIOS Architecture; Citation for Design, Infinity Chapel by hanrahanMeyers Architects… International; Award of Excellence, Taichung InfoBox by Stan Allen Architect with W.B. Huang Architects & Planners… Residential — Large Projects; Award of Merit, The Schermerhorn, Common Ground Community by Ennead Architects; Citation for Design, William Beaver House by Tsao & McKown Architects with SLCE Architects… Residential — Small Projects; Award of Merit, House for “Locavore” Farmers by Cooper Joseph Studio with Richardson Architects… Unbuilt; Citations for Design, Bike Hanger by Jeeyong An, AIA, MANIFESTO Architecture; and St. Ann’s Warehouse by Geoff Lynch, AIA, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture…Urban Planning Design; Award of Excellence, SandRidge Commons by Rogers Marvel Architects; Award of Merit, Zipper Park Bench System by WXY architecture + urban design; Citation for Design, MTA Flood Mitigation by Rogers Marvel Architects with di Domenico + Partners…

George H. Miller, FAIA, 2010 AIA President, was awarded the NCARB President’s Medal…

Michael Kimmelman has been named the new New York Times architecture critic…

Winners of the Public Design Commission’s 29th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design are: the Construction of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Rooftop Pavilion by Toshiko Mori Architect; Construction of a Salt Shed by Dattner Architects with WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Reconstruction of Harper Street Yard, including the Construction of a Diesel Monitoring Booth by nARCHITECTS; Renovation of and Addition to the 122 Community Center, including the Installation of Inhale/Exhale and Independent Lines by Monika Goetz by Deborah Berke & Partners Architects; Installation of a Commemorative Program at the Original Yankee Stadium Site by Doyle Partners with Cozzolino Studio; Rehabilitation of the Delancey and Essex Municipal Parking Garage by Michielli + Wyetzner Architects; Construction of the Hunter’s Point Community Library by Steven Holl Architects with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Reconstruction of the Staten Island Animal Care Facility by Garrison Architects; Rehabilitation of the Sands Street Gatehouses by Beyer Blinder Belle ; Renovation and Expansion of the Museum of the Moving Image by Leeser Architecture with Karlssonwilker; and a Special Recognition Award for the Renovation of and Addition to the Office of Emergency Management Headquarters by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects…

Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture announces the winning entries for Life at the Speed of Rail, including The Beacon by MANIFESTO Architecture and parallelogrammic HOU(S)TATION by SEUNGTEAK + MIJUNG; Honorable Mentions went to Dazzle Trains by Abby Richardson and Henry Grosman; The Image of the Continent by Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis; NON-STOP by Peter Dorsey with Freecell; and Territory for Infrastructure Re-Purposing by Jordan Carver…

The National Capitol Planning Commission has selected five finalists for designs aimed at improving and enhancing the visitor experience of President’s Park South near the White House, including proposals by NYC-based Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Rogers Marvel Architects; the NCPC invites public comment on the designs online through 07.08.11…

The AIANYS Student Awards recepients include Benjamin Johnson and Harry Murzyn, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union…

The Historic Districts Council will present its Annual Landmarks Lion Award to Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Hon. AIA; the Council also elected Françoise Bollack, AIA, as its eighth president…

Charles Cameron, principal and chief lighting officer of Studio C Squared, has been elected for a two-year term as president of the Illuminating Engineering Society, New York Section (IESNYC)…