Author: Murrye Bernard, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP - Contributing Editor

In this issue:
· Call for Issues: 2009 Congressional Agenda
· Youth Take on GreeNYC Community Service Initiative
· AIA Fifth Edition AIA Guide to NYC is Slated for 2010
· Register for Build Boston

Call for Issues: 2009 Congressional Agenda
The AIA Call for Issues is an effort to get member feedback about key issues the AIA should take to Capitol Hill in the next calendar year. All comments may be submitted via The Angle or by e-mail to the AIA government relations team no later than 10.17.08. The Board of Directors will then review the suggestions and contribute to the final 2009 advocacy agenda.
For more information on the current AIA Congressional Issues Agenda, or how to submit a response to the Call for Issues, click here.

Youth Take on GreeNYC Community Service Initiative
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently announced a new partnership between NYC’s environmental education campaign, GreeNYC, and the non-profit organizations Children for Children and RelightNY, designed to encourage young people to use compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs. With private donations, RelightNY has already purchased 30,000 CFLs and distributed them to subsidized and public housing developments. On 09.27.08 — the “ServiceNation Day of Action” — young people in NYC distributed another 30,000 CFLs in their communities. The goal of this partnership is for the organizations to work together with more than 500 schools, after-school programs, and community groups to encourage tens of thousands more young people to keep relighting the city.

Fifth Edition AIA Guide to NYC is Slated for 2010
The fifth edition of the AIA Guide to NYC will be published by the Oxford University Press in 2010. Originally published for the AIANY’s 100th Anniversary and the concurrent 1967 AIA National convention in NY, it was written and photographed by Norval White, FAIA, and the late Elliot Willensky. The fifth edition will be revised, rewritten, and extended by White and Fran Leadon, AIA, with the assistance of a team of students from the City College School of Architecture (where Leadon serves as an assistant professor). All new maps, photographs, buildings, and special in-depth coverage of 9/11 and the memorial and reconstruction in and around the WTC area will be included.

Nominations are sought for inclusion (particularly in the outer boroughs), and comments on any inaccuracies in the fourth edition are welcome. E-mail information and digital photos to norval@me.com or norvalwhite@mac.com. Mail submissions to: Fran Leadon, AIA, 245 Warren Street #4L, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Register for Build Boston
Build Boston, taking place 11.18-20.08, is a regional tradeshow and convention for the design and construction industry. It includes 350 exhibits and more than 240 workshops, tours, and other professional development opportunities. All building industry segments are represented, and building owner/managers, architects, engineers, contractors, interior designers, and landscape architects are encouraged to attend. Free admission to the exhibition hall and workshop discounts are available if you register by 10.24.08.

Click here to visit the Build Boston website. If you have any questions about registration, contact info@buildboston.com.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) selected 13 individuals for honorary membership for their work in education, government, and environmental activism, including Kristen Richards, editor-in-chief of OCULUS and ArchNewsNow, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president, American Academy in Rome…

Winners of the Educational Interiors Showcase competition sponsored by American School & University magazine include Magnusson Architecture and Planning, Crow Island School Citation for The Bronx Early Learning Center; Macrae-Gibson Architects, Bronze Citation for the P.S. 70 X Pool; as well as Outstanding Projects in the categories of Interior Renovation: Gensler, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology; and Vocational/Industrial Arts: Susan Doban Architect, Monroe College, Culinary Arts Center…

HD Awards winners and finalists include NY-based architecture firms in the categories of Hotel Mid-range or Economy Finalist, Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners for Hyatt New Brunswick; Restaurant Fine Dining Winner, Rockwell Group for Nobu Intercontinental Hong Kong, and Finalist for Belvedere Hotel Restaurant & Bar and Matsuhisa; Restaurant Fine Dining Finalist, AvroKO for Bourbon Steak, and ICRAVE Design for STK; Casual Restaurant Finalist, Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners for South Gate; and Green Design Finalist, S. Russell Groves for The Lucinda Sales + Design Center…

The shortlist for the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008 include NY-based firms Steven Holl Architects, International Interior Design Award for the NYU Department of Philosophy; Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New Innovation of the Year for MAS — Modernisation of Acute Services; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Best Sustainable Development for the United States Census Bureau Headquarters, and International Interior Design Award for GSC Offices; Bernard Tschumi Architects, Residential Building of the Year (Multiple Level Building) for BLUE Residential Tower, and Best Sustainable Development for Limoges Concert Hall…(The winners will be announced in London on 10.23.08)…

The curators of the Fourth International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam selected six international teams to participate including Brooklyn-based Interboro Partners…

Edith Hsu-Chen has been appointed as Director of City Planning’s Manhattan Office… Kirsten Sibilia Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, has joined JCJ Architecture as Chief Marketing Officer… Bruce Nussbaum has been appointed Visiting Professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons The New School for Design… Marc Hochlerin joins BBG-BBGM as Principal of Strategic Planning… Kevin Klasic is a new principal at Shen Milsom & Wilke… Perkins Eastman announced that Thomas K. Fridstein, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as principal… Dana Byrne joins RMJM Hillier as senior human resources manager in charge of Talent Acquisition and Development… Bruce D. Eisenberg has joined STV Incorporated as an associate and director of the Buildings and Facilities’ New York Architecture Studio…

09.29.08 Request for Proposals: 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The biennial Mies van der Rohe Award is hosted by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona. The jury will select two works: one that receives the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (cash prize of 50,000€ and a sculpture evoking Mies van der Rohe’s German Pavilion) in recognition of its conceptual, technical, and constructional qualities, and the other that receives the Emerging Architect Special Mention (10,000€ and a sculpture). The jury also selects a set of finalist works to be included in both the Award catalogue and exhibition.

11.07.08 Call for Entries: The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
This annual $100,000 prize program seeks comprehensive anticipatory design solutions with integrated strategies dealing with key social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues. Entries should be regionally specific yet globally applicable and backed up by a solid plan and the capability to move the solution forward.

12.12.08 Call for Entries: Exhibit Design Awards
EXHIBITOR magazine’s 23rd Annual Exhibit Design Awards honor the world’s best trade show exhibition designs. Designs debuting between 12.01.06 and 12.01.08, are eligible for the 2009 competition. One EDGE Award (for Exhibit Design and Graphic Excellence) and multiple Gold, Silver, and Special Merit Awards are offered. Each winner receives a feature in EXHIBITOR‘s May issue, and winning entrants receive a trophy and a posting on the Awards Wall at the EXHIBITOR conference.

01.13.09 Call for Entries: WOOD, PAPER, CHECKMARK Competition and GOING WITH THE GRAIN Challenge
Created by DESIGN 21 with co-beneficiaries Forest Stewardship Council-US (FSC-US) and The Nature Conservancy, these events were developed as a means to inform the public about FSC-certified wood. To be considered for Wood, Paper, Checkmark, entrants must provide: a message that sparks an interest in FSC and drives people to a consumer-searchable website; a campaign design for online and print ads; and a clever URL name for FSC’s website. The winner will receive $5,000 in prize money. The prototype of the winning design will be auctioned in concurrence with the May 2009 opening of The Nature Conservancy’s Design for a Living World traveling exhibition featuring sustainable materials.

01.30.09 Call for Entries: 2009 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition: Fix Our Energy Addiction
Metropolis magazine challenges young designers to rethink the broken energy models that represented 20th-century life and work. Open to all designers in practice for 10 years or less, as well as to students, the magazine seeks entries at all scales of design and for every aspect of the man-made environment. The prize is a $10,000 award.

02.06.09 Call for Entries: Ceramic Tiles of Italy 2009 Design Competition
This competition, now in its 16th year, celebrates examples of contemporary American design featuring Italian ceramic tiles. An international jury looks at the overall design of the space and how the tiles meet their functional and technical requirements. Winning architects/designers receive $5,000 per category, presented at Coverings 2009, Chicago, IL, plus a five-day trip to Italy to attend Cersaie 2009 (Additional $1,000 to be shared by distributor/contractor team).

Through 12.20.08
Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s

Étienne Kohlmann, Bureau [Office], published in Inté rieurs III [Interiors],1925, Courtesy The Wolfsonian-Florida International University.

The New York School of Interior Design

Over 70 prints selected from four French interior design portfolios produced in the 1920s are on view. Using a technique known as pochoir, highly skilled artisans manually colored the prints with the aid of carefully cut stencils. Organized by The Wolfsonian-Florida International University in Miami Beach, the exhibition promotes the Style Moderne, later known as Art Deco. A complementary photography exhibition entitled Art Deco New York will be on view in the school’s anterior gallery space as well.

The New York School of Interior Design
170 E. 70th Street

10.02.08 through 10.14.08
Architects Draw — Freeing the Hand

Architects Draw.

Courtesy The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union

To celebrate the launch of Architects Draw and to honor Sue Ferguson Gussow, professor at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, a symposium on the subject of drawing in architectural education will be held in The Great Hall of The Cooper Union on 10.02.08 at 6:30 pm. Following the panel discussion, the Architects Draw – Freeing the Hand exhibition opens and will feature many original illustrations from the book.

The Cooper Union, Houghton Gallery
7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor

10.02.08 through 12.31.08
Tadashi Kawamata: Tree Huts

Tadashi Kawamat: Tree Huts.

Images courtesy madisonsquarepark.org

Japanese-born artist Tadashi Kawamata’s public installations, also known as “displacements,” transform the spaces they occupy; complex and chaotic architectural growths of raw lumber, found objects, and construction scraps bloom around existing aspects of the urban landscape. Tree huts are a crystallization of Kawamata’s interest in the architecture of shelter and the insertion of private objects into public spaces as a method of renegotiating the meaning of both. This marks the artist’s first exploration of this theme on a North American site. Check out the Tree Huts blog [http://madsqhuts.wordpress.com/] for daily updates and images.

Madison Square Park
Fifth Ave. at 23rd Street

A Memorial Challenge: Keeping People in Mind

Event: Memorial Sites: New York to Nairobi, Photographs by Julie Dermansky & Memorials and Meaning Panel Discussion
Location: Center for Architecture, 09.10.08
Speakers: Julie Dermansky (artist statement) — Artist; Frederic Schwartz, FAIA – Principal, Frederic Schwarz Architects and Architect, Westchester County 9/11 Memorial & Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park; Michael Arad, AIA – Partner, Handel Architects and Architect, National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center; Louis Nelson — Designer, Mural Wall of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
Moderator: Lance Jay Brown, FAIA — Competition Advisor, National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center competition
Respondent: Rick Bell, FAIA — AIANY Executive Director
Organizer; Sponsor: Center for Architecture

The South Pool of National September 11 Memorial with the latest rendering of the Memorial Museum beyond. Memorial by Michael Arad, AIA, with Peter Walker, FASLA; museum by Snøhetta.

Created by Squared Design Lab, provided by National September 11 Memorial & Museum

While many see a memorial as a single object, such as a statue or fountain, Frederic Schwartz, FAIA, Michael Arad, AIA, and Louis Nelson have tried to reach beyond this notion to create unique spaces for healing and reflection. Though each memorial has a different purpose with varying site conditions, several common themes resonate through all of them.

Each project attempts to move people — both figuratively and literally. The designs guide visitors through changing levels via prescribed paths, often culminating in a moment of contemplation. Arad’s design for the National September 11 Memorial channels people down to bedrock and then back up above grade to view the footprints of the former towers from above. The linear design of Schwartz’s Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park, NJ, compresses people between two abstract slabs engraved with the names of victims, culminating in a framed view of the empty space left in the Manhattan skyline by the towers’ collapse. In Nelson’s Korean War Veterans Memorial, viewers find themselves surrounded by life-size steel sculptures of marching infantry soldiers.

The experiences of these memorials don’t always reflect the processes that created them. All of the designers recalled frustrations of having their winning entries altered through the intervention of committees, juries, and government. Often the path from design to built reality is not straight, yet the interaction between designers and grievers (friends and families of the victims) is necessary for appropriate memorial design, the designers agreed. Viewing a memorial is intensely personal, as is the process of designing one. Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, described memorials as the “interplay between abstractness and figurativeness.” Arad sees memorial design as a conflict between rationality and emotion. But ultimately, “people: that’s what a memorial is all about,” said Nelson.

In conjunction with the panel, the exhibition of photographs by Julie Dermansky titled Memorial Sites: New York to Nairobi is on view at the Center for Architecture through 10.04.08. The exhibition reflects on the meaning and history of memorials while addressing site specificity, the culture of place, injustice and genocide, and the irony of sacred sites converted to tourist destinations. The exhibition catalogue is available for purchase online.

Murrye Bernard, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, is a designer with TEK Architects, and has written for Architectural Record, Architecture Boston, and Architectural Lighting.

In this issue:
· AIA Requires Green
· IDP/ARE Concurrency Authorized in NYS
· New Green Resource for Architects goes 50to50
· AIA Gets Political
· GSA Opposes Post 9/11 Building Code

AIA Requires Green
AIA Continuing Education System (CES) has changed the continuing education requirement to include 4 sustainable design hours as part of the total required 8 health, safety, and welfare (HSW) hours. Effective 01.01.09, the requirement will remain in place until 2012, when it will be re-evaluated. There are four thresholds by which courses are judged: eligible courses must address the AIA definition of sustainability; must be structured programs rather than self-study; must cover health, safety, and welfare in at least 75% of their content; and must address at least one of the Committee on the Environment’s (COTE) measures of sustainable design and performance.

IDP/ARE Concurrency Authorized in NYS
At a recent meeting of the New York State Board of Regents Professional Practice Committee, regulatory changes permitting architectural interns to take the Architectural Record Exams (ARE) concurrent with the Intern Development Program (IDP) were approved. Going into effect on 10.09.08, so long as an intern has a NAAB accredited degree (or a combination of education and experience equaling a NAAB accredited degree), and upon enrollment in the IDP with NCARB, and submission of a New York application and fee, he or she will be permitted to sit for the ARE. Check out the NCARB and NYS Education Department Office of the Professions for more information.

New Green Resource for Architects goes 50to50
As part of the AIA’s commitment to achieving a minimum 50% reduction of fossil fuel consumption in buildings by 2010 and carbon neutrality by 2030, 50to50 includes 50 strategies for architects to help achieve significant carbon reduction. Items span a spectrum from broad-based site and planning objectives to specific building-based concepts. Included are overviews of relevant topics, typical applications, emerging trends, links to information sources, and carbon reduction examples. 50to50 is a product of the AIA’s Sustainability Discussion Group (SDiG), a task group of the AIA Board of Directors. For more information, click the link.

AIA Gets Political
For the first time in its history, the AIA has become actively involved in both the political conventions and the presidential and congressional elections. DesignVote, an initiative to engage architects in the political process, educates members on pertinent issues, providing them with ways to participate in the campaigns. AIA members attended both the Democratic and Republican party conventions. In Denver, the AIA hosted a reception honoring the AIA’s sustainability successes on Capitol Hill with a “Walk the Walk” reception hosted by the firm RNL. During both conventions, AIA members contributed to The Angle, the government advocacy blog.

In addition, the DesignVote team is working on a “get out the vote” campaign with information on how, when, and where AIA members can register to vote. For more information on any election or campaign position, contact the DesignVote team at the links above.

GSA Opposes Post 9/11 Building Code
The General Services Administration (GSA) opposes changes made last year to the International Building Code regarding stronger safety requirements for skyscrapers. The GSA is concerned about the economic impacts of the more stringent codes. Though the federal government is technically exempt from local building codes, it generally requires that buildings it rents or buys honor them. The new provisions, which were based on recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the wake of 9/11, state that any nonresidential skyscraper over 420 feet tall (about 40 stories) must have a third stairwell and fireproofing capable of staying in place even if hit with 1,000 pounds-per-square-foot of force.

Real estate industry experts estimate that the fireproofing and stairwell requirements alone could cost real estate developers $13 million for a 42-story office building, not to mention significantly decreased floor space. However, advocates of the code believe these figures are inflated. The matter will go to a vote next week at a meeting of the code council in Minneapolis.

The Rockefeller Foundation awarded the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership to Peggy Shepard, executive director and co-founder of West Harlem Environmental Action, and the 2008 Medal for New Ideas and Activism to Alexie Torres-Fleming, founder of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice…

Edith Hsu-Chen has been appointed as Director of City Planning’s Manhattan Office, succeeding Ray Gastil, who is now Seattle’s Planning Director… Frederick Bland, FAIA, a managing partner at Beyer Blinder Belle, has been appointed to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, replacing Jan Pokorny, the former commission chair who passed away in May… non-profit Architecture Omi has named Lee H. Skolnick, FAIA, as its first chairman of the board…

Zetlin & De Chiara was named the top regional construction law firm by Legal 500, and Michael De Chiara was selected as one of the five leading construction litigators in the country…

The Seagram’s Building is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Happy Birthday!

09.15.08 Request for Qualifications: From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes
This competition seeks to provide a new model for formerly vital, urban residential neighborhoods throughout the U.S. through the creation of sustainable, affordable housing. Selected teams will work on infill sites, proposing designs for a 1,100-1,500-square-foot single-family home to be built in the Near Westside neighborhood of Syracuse, NY. The goal is to create innovative designs for cost-efficient, green prototypes that are sensitive to the scale and composition of the existing conditions while providing a legible vision for an array of existing and potential residents.

09.26.08 Call for Proposals: AIA Emerging Professionals Component Grants
The deadline has been extended to apply for small grants provided by The College of Fellows to assist AIA components in the development of programs that foster the mission of Young Architects and Associates. Funds may be used to enhance the activities of an existing Emerging Professionals group or as seed money to help start a new one. All grants must be for a specific program or activity. The maximum available funding is $10,000, although grants may be subdivided.

11.03.08 Call for Entries: AIAS 2008 Library for the 21st Century Design Competition
Sponsored by Kawneer and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), this program challenges students to learn about building materials — specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems and their assembly in the design of a library. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the winning design.

11.14.08 Request for Proposals: 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program
This RFP solicits applications for inclusion in the Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) 2009 program. SDAT brings together multidisciplinary, architect-led teams to work with community stakeholders and decision-makers to develop a vision and framework for a sustainable future. Since its inception in 2005, the SDAT program has assisted over 25 communities with long-term sustainability plans addressing a range of local issues.

11.14.08 Call for Submissions: The Palladio Awards
The eighth annual competition recognizes outstanding work in traditional design for commercial, institutional, public, and residential projects. Co-produced by Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines, the awards are named in honor of Andrea Palladio, the Renaissance architect who created modern architecture for his time while drawing on past models for inspiration.

12.05.08 Call for Entries: Discarded Dreams: Used Mattress Design Competition
Every year in the U.S. 40 million mattresses are discarded. Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products. Submissions should include instructions detailing how to make the product and a plan for production on a larger scale. First place is $1,000, and the winner/winners will be invited to collaborate with Rubicon to design and execute a method of collecting and converting the mattresses into their value-added product, potentially to be distributed for commercial use.

01.06.09 Call for Entries: TEA-OFF! Tea Kettle Design Competition
The competition invites original kettle designs using one of three materials: metal, glass, or ceramic. Three winners will be chosen with designs unveiled and exhibited at the World Kitchen booth at the 2009 International Housewares Show in Chicago in March 2009. Winning designers receive $5,000 cash prizes and two-day, expense-paid trips to Chicago for the show. If a winner is a design student, a $1,000 award will be given to a faculty advisor. The winning designs will also appear on the World Kitchen website.

02.13.09 Call for Entries: COD Ideas Competition
The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students, and allied design professionals to submit sketches to the international COD Ideas Competition. Submitters are asked to design a new house to replace the recently demolished Raymond House (architect: Eleanor Raymond, FAIA). One of the earliest Modern homes in the United States, the Raymond House was a signature work of one of the most prominent American women architects of the 20th century. Award recipients will receive funding to attend the COD Spring Design Conference in Boston and have their work exhibited at the 2009 AIA National Convention in San Francisco.

Through 09.18.08
Creative Hong Kong

“Stringless Pleasure,” by Chi-Wing Lo, is a stereo system atop an antique wood cabinet.

Courtesy Sotheby’s

From fashion and toys to environments and communication, designs and products on view show how Hong Kong has built a reputation for bringing added value and strategic solutions to businesses and brands. The highlight of the exhibition is a display of 10 unique products that are the results of collaborations among 10 internationally renowned brands and 10 well-known Hong Kong designers. The products, which range from a dining set to a distinctive stereo system, fuse elements from Hong Kong with the essence of brands such as Herman Miller, Alessi, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Royal Copenhagen.

Sotheby’s
1334 York Avenue

Through 10.13.08
Reinventing Grand Army Plaza

Reinventing Grand Army Plaza.

Courtesy Design Trust

This free, outdoor exhibition showcases 30 visionary plans for a new and improved Grand Army Plaza, selected from over 200 international submissions to the “Reinventing Grand Army Plaza” ideas competition. Designed by Pentagram, on view are ideas for making the plaza more beautiful, accessible, culturally vibrant, and safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. The first large-scale exhibition in the center of Grand Army Plaza allows visitors to imagine new designs while on site. The competition was co-sponsored by Design Trust for Public Space and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition; the competition winners were announced Friday, 09.12.08, and include Brooklyn-based Garrison Architects. All winning entries can be viewed at link below.

Center of Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NYC

09.28.08 through 11.30.08
Panorama: The Mapping of Prediction

“Diagrams: Aerial Perspective,” by Steven Talasnik, 2008, graphite on paper.

Queens Museum of Art

This exhibition captures Steven Talasnik’s use of architectural forms, including 13 pieces from his Panorama series measuring up to 12 feet in length. Installed in the same space as the museum’s Panorama of the City of New York, the exhibition presents Talasnik’s own musings on architecture and design juxtaposed with the model that inspired his artistic career.

Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NYC

The 2008 AIANYS Design Award Recipients include NYC-based firms in the following categories — Adaptive Reuse: New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch (Award of Excellence), Rogers Marvel Architects; Betances Community Center & Boxing Gym (Award of Merit), Stephen Yablon Architect; Bronx Lighthouse Charter School (Award of Merit), Gran Kriegel Associates…

Commercial/Industrial, Small Projects: Fendi Flagship (Citation for Design), Peter Marino Architect… Historic Preservation: Rodin Studios (Award of Merit), Zaskorski & Notaro Architects… International: Hong Kong International Airport, Terminal 2 and Skyplaza (Citation for Design), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architect, Aedas Limited, Executive Architect…

Commercial/Industrial, Large Projects: The New York Times Building (Award of Excellence), Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with FXFOWLE Architects and Gensler, Interior Architect; Hamptons Country Club (Award of Merit), Hart Howerton; The Plaza at PPL Center, Office Development for Liberty Property Trust (Award of Merit), Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Design Architect, Kendall/Heaton Associates, Associate Architect; Theory World Headquarters & Retail Flagship (Award of Merit), Rogers Marvel Architects…

Institutional: The Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center, (Award of Excellence), BKSK Architects; The Reece School (Award of Excellence), Platt Byard Dovell White Architects; Princeton School of Architecture (Award of Merit), Architecture Research Office; Bronx Library Center (Citation for Design), Dattner Architects; Flushing Meadows Corona Park Natatorium & Ice Rink (Citation for Design), Handel Architects in association with Kevin Hom & Andrew Goldman Architects; Glenstone Museum (Citation for Design), Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects; Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center, New York University School of Medicine (Citation for Design), Mitchell/Giurgola Architects…

Interiors: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (Award of Excellence), Lyn Rice Architects with Astrid Lipka; 23 Beekman Place (Award of Merit), Della Valle Bernheimer; Ermenegildo Zegna Flagship (Award of Merit), Peter Marino Architect; Interior for a Writer’s Studio (Award of Merit), Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture; Louis Vuitton Flagship (Award of Merit), Peter Marino Architect, Architect, Denton Corker Marshall, Associate Architect; Apple Store West 14th Street (Citation for Design), Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Historic Central Park West Residence (Citation for Design), Shelton Mindel & Associates; IAC Headquarters (Citation for Design), STUDIOS architecture, Architect, Gehry Partners, Base Building Architect; NoVo Foundation Offices (Citation for Design), Ryall Porter Architects; The Core Club (Citation for Design), SPaN…

Residential, Small Projects: Addition to House on the Gulf of Mexico (Award of Excellence), Toshiko Mori Architect; Studio for a Writer (Award of Excellence), Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture; Grand Street Residence & Gardens (Award of Merit), Andrew Berman Architect; Mesa’s Edge (Award of Merit), Bone/Levine Architects; Artist Studio (Citation for Design), Basil Walter Architects; Duane Street Live/Work Loft (Citation for Design), Marpillero Pollak Architects, Architect, John Furth Peachy Architect, Architect of Record…

Residential, Large Projects: 325 West Broadway Condominium (Award of Excellence), Beyhan Karahan & Associates, Architects; Private Residence (Award of Merit), Oliver Cope Architect; Upper West Side Townhouse (Citation for Design), Redtop Architects in association with Antonietta Schreiber; Watermill Houses (Citation for Design), 1100: Architect…

Unbuilt: Decatur Modern Home (Citation for Design), Kimberlae Saul Architect; Urban Planning/Design: Hudson River Promontory (Award of Merit), Weisz + Yoes Architecture; Philadelphia Navy Yard, Liberty Property Trust and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (Citation for Design), Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Architect, EDAW and Synterra Ltd., Landscape Architecture/Planning/Design…

The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) announced the 2008 recipients of the 31st Annual National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA), including Advertising, RAND Engineering & Architecture and Annual Report, Mancini Duffy…

The National Building Museum will present the 2008 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology to Charles H. Thornton, Hon. AIA, Ph.D., P.E., co-founder of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., and founder of the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program of America…

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Directors voted at its July meeting to merge with the Civil Engineering Forum for Innovation (CEFI)… The Board of HOK Group, Inc., and managers of HOK Sports Facilities have jointly agreed to transfer ownership of HOK Sport Venue Event to leaders of that practice, becoming and independent entity… Steven Rosenstein Associates (SRA) has merged into Perkins Eastman and Steven Rosenstein joins them as a Principal…

Kathryn Dean of Dean/Wolf has been appointed director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis… Magnusson Architecture and Planning announced the appointment of Fernando Villa, AIA, LEED AP, to senior associate…