On March 3, 2014, twelve eminent architects, landscape architects, educators, critics, and planners convened at the Center for Architecture to select the winners of the 2014 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards. That night, they publicly announced the 35 winning projects at a symposium at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place. The conversation was moderated by Susan S. Szenasy, Hon. AIANY, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis.
The selected projects and the architecture firms that designed them – many of whom were on hand for the program – represent the exceptional work by AIA New York Chapter members and other architects practicing in New York City in four categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. There was great variety in the winners, which ranged from small installations to large projects.
Each winning project, granted either an “Honor” or “Merit” award, was chosen for its design quality, response to context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique. Submissions had to be completed by AIANY members, architects/designers practicing in New York, or be New York projects designed by architects/designers based elsewhere. There were 384 entries in four categories, including 178 submissions in the Architecture category alone.
