31 Winners Selected from Over 400 Submissions. Works Show Vitality of Design and Architecture in NYC -- and by NYC-Based Firms Working Around the Globe...
(New York, NY) – February 14, 2007 – The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced the 2007 Design Award winners during its annual evening symposium on February 12th.

The coveted award recognizes excellence in architectural design by New York City architects and by architectural work in New York City.

From over 400 submissions 31 awards were given in three categories: buildings, interiors, and projects. Architects from all fifty states and twelve foreign countries submitted.

The jurors for this year’s competition, now in its 26th year, were:
Jeanne Gang; Dan Hanganu; Debra Lehman-Smith; Benjamin Gianni; Matthias Sauerbruch; Piero Sartogo; Massimiliano Fuksas; and Peter Waldman


Architecture Honor Award winners:

1. Weiss / Manfredi
Olympic Sculpture Park

2. Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The Institute of Contemporary Art

3. Steven Holl Architects
Higgins Hall Center Section / Pratt Institute

4. Steven Holl Architects
New Residence at the Swiss Embassy

5. Steven Harris Architects LLP
92 Jane Street

6. Foster + Partners
Hearst Tower


Architecture Merit Award Winners:

7 Peter L. Gluck and Partners
Affordable Housing

8. Steven Holl Architects
School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa

9. noroof architects
Slot House

10. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
United States Census Bureau Headquarters


Interior Architecture Honor Award Winners:

11. Dean / Wolf Architects
Operable Boundary Townhouse Garden

12. Della Valle Bernheimer

23 Beekman Place


Interior Architecture Merit Award Winners:

13. STUDIOS Architecture
Bloomberg LP Expansion Floors 17-20

14. Christoff:Finio Architecture
The Heckscher Foundation for Children

15. Asymptote: Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture
Alessi Flagship Store New York


Interior Architecture Of Interest to the Public Realm Award Winners:

16. Sage and Coombe Architects
New York Public Library Fort Washington Branch Children's Room

17. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
United States Census Bureau Headquarters


Project Honor Award Winners:

18. Thomas Phifer and Partners
North Carolina Museum of Art

19. nARCHITECTS
Windshape


Project Merit Award Winners:

20. Cooper Robertson & Partners
Zuccotti Park

21. Thomas Phifer and Partners, Office for Visual Interaction, Werner Sobek Ingenieure
City Lights

22. Caples Jefferson Architects
Weeksville Heritage Center

23. Robert Siegel Architects
United States Land Port of Entry, Calais, Maine

24. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
405 West 53rd Street

25. Ogawa / Depardon Architects
Red Hook Workspace

26. CR Studio
Pier 62 Carousel Shed

27. Lyn Rice Architects
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

28. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Park Fifth

29. Rogers Marvel Architects
55 Water Street Plaza, The Elevated Acre

30. Rogers Marvel Architects
Battery Park City Streetscapes

31. Frederic Schwartz, Architects
New Orleans ShotgunLOFT Affordable Housing