2024-05-05T21:34:01-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150247004/ikon-5-architects-young-ayata-narchitects-and-over-20-other-ny-firms-recognized-at-the-2021-aiany-design-awards Katherine Guimapang 2021-01-27T15:57:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/76/760b7f893226edb79e224bff47f38e6c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The annual <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/182862/aiany" target="_blank">AIANY</a> Design Awards recognizes New York-based practices for their outstanding work and overall design excellence. Awards are distributed across the following categories: Architecture, Interiors, Urban Design, and Projects.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jury members <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150065997/marlon-blackwell-architects" target="_blank">Marlon Blackwell</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/koningezienberg" target="_blank">Julie Eizenberg</a>, Stephan Gary, Andrea Love, Maria Paz de Moura Castro, and Francesca Perani were tasked with selecting projects that "demonstrates exemplary skill and creativity in the resolution and integration of formal, functional, and technical requirements, including ecological stewardship and social responsibility."</p> <p>Below are this year's winning firms and their projects.</p> Best in Competition <ul><li>Newark Housing Authority Training Recreation Education Center (TREC)&nbsp;by <a href="https://archinect.com/ikon5architects" target="_blank">ikon.5 architects</a></li></ul><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d28526ec3bfc1b1b5487fadad4b9b8bd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d28526ec3bfc1b1b5487fadad4b9b8bd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Newark Housing Authority Training Recreation Education Center (TREC) by ikon.5 architects. Image &copy; Jeffrey Totaro/Courtesy of AIANY</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Project details: </strong>The Newark Housing Authority aspired to design a facility that would be a social collector; a ...</p>