Honor Award Recipients

Matthew W. DelGaudio Award
James William Kideney Gold Medal Award
President’s Award
AIANYS Intern-Associates Award
AIANYS Firm Award
President’s Citations
Student Award
Fellow’s Award
Community Development Award
Honorary Member of AIA New York State
Legislator of the Year Award
AIA New York State College of Fellows Award
Gold Medal Award
Twenty Five Year Award
Architectural Firm Award
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Citation Award
Kemper Award
AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education
Thomas Jefferson Award
The Henry Bacon Medal for Memorial Architecture
Honorary AIANYS Award

Matthew W. DelGaudio Award

The award recognizes outstand and valuable service to the profession through promoting the profession of architecture. Recipients must demonstrate distinguished service to AIANYS, notable competence advancing the profession of architecture, and an active interest and leadership role in AIANYS. Recipients have been:

Burrton L. Roslyn, FAIA	New York	2010
Ronald J. Battaglia, FAIA	Buffalo/Western New York	2010
Russell A. Davidson, AIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	2009
Terrence E. O’Neal, AIA	New York	2008
Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA	Central New York	2007
Stuart B. Chait, Sr., AIA	Rochester	2007
George H. Miller, FAIA	New York	2006
Leevi Kiil, FAIA	New York	2005
Mark Ginsberg, AIA	New York	2002
Orlando Maione, AIA	Long Island	2002
Barbara Nadel, FAIA	New York	2001
John P. Sullivan, FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1999
Donald Weston, FAIA	Brooklyn	1999
Martin Cohen, FAIA	New York	1998
David Castro-Blanco, FAIA	New York	1996
Thomas L. Penn, AIA	Long Island	1996
John R. Sorrenti, FAIA	Long Island	1995
Ronald D. Goodman, AIA	Long Island	1994
Ralph G. Heiman, AIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1993
Sidney L. Delson, FAIA	New York	1992
Sidney M. Shelov, FAIA	New York	1991
Richard E. Kaeyer, FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1990
Roger W. Johanson, AIA	Rochester	1989
Albert Melniker, AIA	Staten Island	1989
Randolph R. Croxton, AIA	New York	1988
Douglas F. Korves, AIA	New York	1988
Leonard Weinberg, AIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1987
Commissioner Joseph B. Klein, AIA	Bronx	1986
Milton D. Petrides, AIA	Long Island	1984
Richard T. Lafferty, AIA	Central New York	1983
William A. Rose, Jr., FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1982
Darrell D. Rippeteau, FAIA	Central New York	1981
Carl J. Petrilli, AIA	New York	1980
J. Delaine Jones, AIA	Eastern New York	1979
Martin H. Cohen, AIA	New York	1978
Laszlo Papp, FAIA	Western/Mid-Hudson	1976
Kurt Karmin, AIA	New York	1975
Joseph Monticciolo, FAIA	Long Island	1974
Frank Visconi, AIA	Long Island	1974
Bruce Hartwigsen, AIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1973
Donald J. Stephens, FAIA	Eastern New York	1971

James William Kideney Gold Medal Award

This award recognizes a lifetime of notable contributions by an architect to the profession, the professional society, and the community. Recipients must demonstrate a lifetime of sustained community leadership, thus advancing the profession of architecture through making the community a better place to live. Recipients must also demonstrate an active interest in leadership role in the profession and processional society at the local, state, or nation level. Recipients have been:

Leevi Kiil,FAIA	New York	2010
John A. Fayko, AIA	Rochester	2009
Ronald J. Battaglia, FAIA	Buffalo/Western New York	2008
Fredric Bell, FAIA	New York	2007
Georgio Cavaglieri, FAIA	New York	2006
Arthur Rosenblatt, FAIA	New York	2005
Robert T. Coles, FAIA	Buffalo/Western New York	2004
Dr. Fredrick Bentel, FAIA	Long Island	2001
Richard E. Kaeyer, FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	2000
Myron E. Starks, AIA	Rochester	1999
Johnstone N. Reid, Jr., AIA	Buffalo/Western New York	1997
Donald Weston, FAIA	Brooklyn	1996
Richard Roth Jr., FAIA	New York	1993
Jan Hird Pokorny, FAIA	New York	1992
Lee P. Bearsch, AIA	Southern New York	1991
Albert C. Brevetti, AIA	Eastern New York	1990
John M. Laping, FAIA	Buffalo/Western New York	1989
William A. Rose, Jr., FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1988
Darrel D. Rippeteau, FAIA	Central New York	1987
Laszlo Papp, FAIA	Westchester/Mid-Hudson	1985
Georige S. Lewis, FAIA	New York	1982
Joseph D. Monticciolo, FAIA	Long Island	1981

President’s Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the profession of architecture by a member architect in education, industry, or government, who, through outstanding efforts of professional competence in nontraditional areas of architectural practice, has demonstrated lasting influence and raised the standards of processional performance and increased the recognition of professional competence by others, and in the processional society at the local, state or national level. Recipients have been:

Stanley Stark, FAIA	New York	2010
Leevi Kiil, FAIA	New York	2009
Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA	Buffalo/Western New York	2008
David J. Burney, AIA	New York	2007
Susan Chin, FAIA	New York	2006
Linda M. Stango, AIA	Rochester	2004
Joyce S. Lee, AIA	New York	2004
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA	New York	2004
J. Delaine Jones, Ph.D., FAIA	Eastern New York	2002
Barbara Nadel, FAIA	New York	2002
Fredric Bell, FAIA	New York	2001
Conrad Levenson, FAIA	Queens	2000
Randolph R. Croxton, FAIA	New York	1999
Adrienne Green Bresnan, FAIA	New York	1992
Patrick S. Raspante, AIA	Brooklyn	1991
Richard S. Kruter, AIA	Queens	1990
Donald Kenneth Sargent, AIA	Central New York	1987
Joseph D. Monticciolo, FAIA	Long Island	1986

AIANYS Intern – Associate Award

Established in 2005, the purpose of the Intern-Associate Award is to recognize notable contributions and accomplishments by an intern or associate member of AIANYS.

Mark Behm, Assoc. AIA	2010
Venesa Alicea, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP	2009
Shanntina Moore, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP	2009
Vasso Kampiti, Assoc. AIA	2008
Ryan Clark, Assoc. AIA	2007
Jeremy S. Edmunds, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP	2006
Dirk Schneider, AIA	2006

AIANYS Firm Award

Established in 2005, the purpose of the Firm Award is to recognize notable achievements in design, community service, education, and service to the profession and the AIA by an architectural firm within New York State. Projects, accomplishments, and service submitted must reflect a period of at least 10 years.

FX Fowle	2010
Pei Cobb + Partners Architects	2009
Cannon Design	2008
Helfand Architecture	2007
Dattner Architects	2006

President’s Citations

The President’s Citation may be conferred by the President of AIANYS on individuals or other entities that he/she believes merit acknowledgement for outstanding contributions to the profession of architecture.

Burton L. Roslyn, FAIA	2010
John P. Goodman, FAIA	2010
Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA	2009
Patricia Lancaster, FAIA	2008
Terrence E. O’Neal, AIA	2008
Strong National Museum of Play	2007
Ronald J. Battaglia, FAIA	2006
The Trust for Public Land	2006

AIANYS Student Awards

The AIANYS Student Awards were established in 2007 in order to enrich and reinforce design exploration among students; to establish a stronger relationship between the profession and the academy; and recognize the future leadership of our profession and society.

Jessica Russell	2010
Adam Felt	2010
Miles Paloympis	2010
Kyle Baumgardner	2010
Jenni Wilga	2010
Brandon Peterson	2010
Caitlin Pontrella	2010
Evan Lepore, AIAS	2007

Fellow’s Award

Established in 2006, the purpose of this award is to recognize a Fellow of the AIA who has exemplified the philosophy of Mentorship within the profession. This individual either personally, or through his or her firm has exceeded in helping a young architect (as defined by AIA), student or an unlicensed individual to gain a greater knowledge of the profession and has assisted them in achieving more than they would have normally within the profession without this guidance.

Abby Suckle, FAIA	2009
Mark Strauss, FAIA	2007

Community Development Award

This award recognizes and acknowledges projects and individuals who have a substantial impact on the built environment within the various localities of New York State, or on the State as a whole. The citation may be made to any individual, community or civic organization, governmental agency, or private corporation whose efforts have resulted in a significant and positive improvement to the built environment. Recipients have been:

ACES2 House-Architects Collaborating with Engineers for Shelter	Rochester, New York	2009
Hudson River Park Trust	New York	2008
Sustainable South Bronx	South Bronx, New York	2007
Reshaping Rochester:Planning for the Public Realm	Rochester, New York	2006
Dean Biancavilla, AIA & Robert Haley, AIA, Urban Design Center of Syracuse	Syracuse, New York	2005
Times Square Alliance	New York, New York	2005
Roger Brown, AIA	Barkstrom & LaCroix Architects, Rochester, New York	2004
Conrad Levenson, FAIA	Phoenix House Foundation, Inc., Long Island, New York	2004
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation	New York, New York	2003
New York Foundation for Architecture, Inc.	New York, New York	1999
Abyssinian Development Corporation	New York (Harlem), New York	1996
Brooklyn Union	Brooklyn, New York	1996
Landmark Society of Western New York	Rochester, New York	1995
Preservation League of New York State	Albany, New York	1993
Hon. Mario M. Cuomo, Governor	New York, New York	1992
Main-Genesee Urban Design Task Group, for Fountain Plaza	Buffalo, New York	1992
Dr. & Mrs. Roger Gerry For establishing the Roslyn Historic Commission	Roslyn, New York	1992
L. William Chapin, II, AIA Ronald McDonald House	Rochester, New York	1991
Cinderella Program, Brooklyn Union Gas Company	Brooklyn, New York	1990
New York State Facilities Development Center	Walter J. Hinckley, Executive Director	1987
The Rochester Downtown Development Corporation	Rochester, New York	1986

Honorary Member of AIA New York State

This honorary award recognizes outstanding and significant accomplishments of a person of esteemed character who is not eligible for membership in the Institute, but who has rendered distinguished service to the profession of architecture or the arts and sciences allied therewith.

Lina G.Telese, Esq. Partner Zetlin and De Chiare	New York City	2010
Suzanne Mecs AIA New York Chapter	New York City	2010
Richard Baer Baer & Associates/Construction Consultants	Buffalo, New York	2009
Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer Rochester Downtown Development Corporation	Rochester, New York	2009
Georgi Ann Bailey Director of Programs and Operations AIA New York State	Albany, New York	2009
Jerry Ludwig Ludwig Associates, Inc.	Rochester, New York	2006
Raymond T. Mellon, Esq. Zetlin & DeChiara, LLP	New York, New York	2006
David A. Thurm Senior Vice President and CEO The New York Times	New York, New York	2006
Ronald Schiffmann, FAICP	Pratt Institute School of Architecture	2005
Frank J. Sciame, Jr. FJ Sciame Construction Co., Inc.	New York, New York	2004
Linda Hewitt, Executive Director	AIA Rochester Chapter	2004
Valerie Brown, Executive Director	AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter	2003
Stephen Suggs, Deputy Director	AIA New York Chapter	2003
Richard E. Leckerling, Esq. Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna	Albany, New York	2002
David Kapell, Mayor Village of Greenport	Long Island, New York	2002
Michael Zetlin, Esq. Zetlin & DeChiara, LLP	New York, New York	2001
Ann LoMonte, Executive Director	AIA Long Island	2000
Anthony C. Wood, Executive Director Ittleson Foundation, Inc.	New York, New York	2000
Roberta Rodriguez-Bacchus Past Executive Assistant/Program Director	AIA New York State	1998
Nancy Macon Past Executive Director, AIA Rochester	Rochester, New York	1997
Joan Davidson, President FURTHERMORE	Hudson, New York	1996
Patricia Manfre-Staab Business Manager and Senior Associate	Spector Group Long Island, New York	1996
Joel Miele, Sr., PE, Commissioner	New York City Department of Buildings	1996
Greg Kumm, President Prosurance Brokerage	New York, New York	1995
Anne H. Van Ingen	New York, New York	1995
Elizabeth Goldstein New York City Region	NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation	1993
William E. Clarkson	Buffalo, New York	1992
Seymour Sy Sheldon Queens County Democratic Leader	Queens, New York	1992
Alice Paul Public Member	New York State Board for Architecture Brooklyn, New York	1992
John Gardner	Institute of Bermuda Architects	1991
Karen Pomeroy Pomeroy East	Binghamton, New York	1990
Joan Capelin, APR Capelin Communications, Inc.	New York, New York	1990
David Haviland, Dean School of Architecture	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York	1989

Legislator of the Year Award

This award recognizes outstanding legislative contributions to the profession and the practice of architecture by a New York State Legislator; who will have demonstrated leadership and an active role in advancing the legislative priorities of AIA New York State.

Senator Suzi Oppenheimer	2010
Senator David Valesky	2009
Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo	2008
Senator Carl L. Marcellino	2008
Assemblyman Sam Hoyt	2007
Senator Kemp Hannon	2006
Senator Joseph Robach	2004
Assemblyman Joseph Lentol	2004
Assemblyman Ron Canestrari	2002
Senator Michael Balboni	2002
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger	2001
Assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle	1999
Senator Kenneth P. LaValle	1996
Senator Dale Volker	1996
Assemblyman Ron Canestrari	1996
Assemblyman Edward Sullivan	1996
Senator Kemp Hannon	1994
Assemblyman Ron Canestrari	1994
Senator Dale M. Volker	1993
Senator Kenneth P. LaValle	1992
Assemblyman Edward D. Sullivan	1992
Senator John J. Marchi	1991
Assemblyman Gregory P. Young	1991
Assemblyman James R. Tallon, Jr.	1990
Senator Michael J. Tully, Jr.	1989
Assemblyman Samuel Colman	1987
Assemblyman Clarence Rappleyea	1986
Assemblyman Mark Alan Siegel	1985
Senator Emanuel R. Gold	1984
Senator Warren M. Anderson	1983
Senator Douglas Barclay	1982
Assemblyman Saul Weprin	1982
Senator Norman J. Levy	1981
Assemblyman Frank J. Barbaro	1981
Senator Frank Padavan	1980
Assemblyman Vincent F. Nicolosi	1980
Senator John E. Flynn	1979
Assemblyman Roger J. Robach	1979
Senator Douglas Barclay	1978
Assemblyman Melvin H. Miller	1978
Assemblyman Angelo F. Orazio	1977

AIA New York State College of Fellows Award

The purpose of the AIA New York State College of Fellows Award is to recognize a New York Fellow who exemplifies and advances the highest principles of The American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows; who continually elevates the profession privately and publicly; and who continues to make significant contributions to architects, architecture and society.

Jan Hird Pokorny, FAIA	2000
I.M. Pei, FAIA	1995
Phillip Johnson, FAIA	1995

 

AIA New York State Recipients of AIA Honors

Gold Medal Recipients

The Gold Medal is the highest honor the Institute can bestow. It is awarded by the Board of Directors in recognition of most distinguished service to the architectural profession or to the institute. Only one Gold Medal may be given in any year. The medal may be awarded posthumously. New York State Recipients have been:

Ed Barnes	2007
Richard Meier	1997
Romaldo Giurgola	1982
Ieoh Ming Pei	1979
Philip Cortelyou Johnson	1978
Marcel Breuer	1968
Wallace K. Harrison	1967
Ralph Walker (Centennial Medal of Honor)	1957
Louis Skidmore	1957
Clarence S. Stein	1956
William Adams Delano	1953
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue	1925
Henry Bacon	1923
George Browne Post	1911
Charles Follen McKim	1909

Twenty Five Year Award Recipients

The award was established to recognize distinguished architectural design after a period of time has elapsed in which the function, esthetic statement and execution can be reassessed. The test of time is used to single out the executed projects which receive this award: they must have been completed 25 to 35 years ago and must be projects by American architects in the United States or abroad. Past New York State winning projects are:

The Ford Foundation Headquarters, New York NY	1995
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,  New York, NY	1986
Seagram Building, New York, NY	1984
Lever House, New York, NY	1980
Rockerfeller Center, New York, NY	1969

Architectural Firm Award Recipients

The Architectural Firm Award of the Institute is awarded to a firm in which the continuing collaboration among individuals of the firm has been the principal force in consistently producing distinguished architecture for a period of at least ten years. This award is the highest honor the Institute can bestow on a firm. New York State recipients have been:

R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects	1997
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	1996
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners	1995
James Steward Polshek and Partners	1992
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, P.C.	1990
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates	1982
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates	1981
Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates	1980
Mitchell/Giurgola, Architects	1976
Davis, Brody & Associates	1975
I.M. Pei & Partners	1968
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	1962

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Citation Recipients

This Citation was established in 1971 to honor the late Whitney M. Young, Jr. who challenged the architectural profession to assume its professional responsibility to the social issues for today. The Citation is given to an architect or architecturally oriented organization in recognition of a significant contribution toward meeting this responsibility. New York recipients have been:

David Castro Blanco, FAIA	1993
J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA	1987
Rev. Richard M. Prosser	1986
John Lewis Wilson, AIA	1983
Robert Traynham Coles, FAIA	1981

Kemper Award Recipients

The Edward C. Kemper Award, in honor of a late Executive Director of the Institute, may be given each year by the Board to a member who has contributed significantly to the Institute and to the profession of architecture. New York State Recipients have been:

Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA	2009
Norbert Young, Jr., FAIA	2005
Joseph D. Monticciolo, FAIA	1987
Herbert Epstein, FAIA	1980

AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education

The AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education is awarded jointly by the AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) to an individual, who must be living at the time of nomination, who has spent at least a decade primarily involved in architectural education, and whose primary contribution to architectural education has been on the North American continent.

Lance Jay Brown, FAIA	2007
Alan H. Balfour	2000
Werner Seligmann	1998
Mario Salvadori, Hon. AIA	1993
Kenneth B. Frampton	1991
John Hejduk, FAIA	1988

Thomas Jefferson Award

The Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture is given each year by the Institute to recognize achievements in the following three categories:

Lewis Davis, FAIA	1999
Arthur Rosenblatt, FAIA	1998
John Tarantino, AIA	1997
Richard Dattner, FAIA	1994
James Ingo Freed, FAIA	1992
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Hon. AIA	1992

The Henry Bacon Medal for Memorial Architecture

The Henry Bacon Medal is awarded by the Institute on behalf of The American Institute of Architects for excellence in memorial architecture. Any memorial architecture having no purpose other than to portray, promote, or symbolize an idea of high spiritual concern is eligible. New York State projects awarded:

Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City	1991
Statue of Liberty, New York City	1986