by: AIA New York
New Hires and Promotions
Vincent Sorge has joined Ware Malcomb as Director, Interior Architecture & Design in their New York office. Also in New York, Ware Malcomb promoted Damian Melo to Director, Interior Architecture & Design. And in Newark, the firm has promoted Meera Bahukutumbi to Studio Manager, Interior Architecture & Design.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) has just appointed two new Partners, Gemma Kim and Kevin Kelly, to the firm’s partnership and named Lisa Matkovic as its first ever CEO.
Array Architects welcomes Maureen Carley-Vallejo, IIDA, NCIDQ, as Director of Interior Design at their New York City studio.
Academic, Institutional, and Government Appointments
The Cooper Union has announced an update in its search to find a new permanent Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. In a letter to the schoolwide community, the Board of Trustees announced the continuation of Hayley Eber as Acting Dean and the addition of South African-born architect Mokena Makeka as its first Special Advisor to the Vice President of Academic Affairs following an exhaustive two-year community feedback process.
Awards and Recognitions
nARCHITECTS has received the 2023 National Design Award in Architecture from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced its annual BEVY Leadership Awards Celebration honorees: Elizabeth Velez, Velez Organization; Elizabeth Leber, AIA, LEED AP, Beyer Blinder Belle; Mónica Ponce De León, AIA, Princeton University; Mariana Giraldo, Perkins&Will; Christopher Hawthorne, Yale University; Rosalind Tsang, AIA, LEED AP, Building Design Partnership.
Architectural Record has announced the 2023 recipients of the Women in Architecture Design Leadership Awards: Anne Marie Duvall Decker, Rosalie Genevro, Andrea Leers, Jane Weinzapfel, Julie Snow, and Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton.
This year, Historic Districts Council (HDC) will present Michael Devonshire with the Landmarks Lion Award at its annual gala on November 15, 2023.