Align Your Brand with Design Excellence
The 2026 AIANYS Excelsior Awards bring together the architects, designers, public officials, and industry professionals behind New York State’s most impactful publicly funded projects. Sponsoring this event puts your organization in front of the people who make decisions about the projects that shape communities, at a moment when their attention is fully on the work that defines the profession.
Past Excelsior Awards Projects
Honor Award:
Shirley A Chisholm
State Office Building
Citation Award:
Sterling Nature Center,
New Visitors Center
Merit Award:
YM&WHA
Rooftop Playground
Merit Award:
Eliza + Inwood Library Joseph & Sheila Rosenblatt Building
Why Sponsor the Excelsior Awards?
The Excelsior Awards are one of the most respected recognition programs in New York State architecture. Over the past decade, more than 100 projects statewide have earned this distinction, and the award recipients and nominees represent the highest caliber of design talent working in the public sector. As a sponsor, your organization becomes part of that story.
Whether your firm or company provides products, services, technology, or expertise to the architecture community, the Excelsior Awards offer a direct, credible connection to your audience — not through an advertisement, but through a shared commitment to design excellence.
Targeted Access
to Decision-Makers
Put your brand in front of the
audience that drives purchasing
decisions in the AEC industry.
Association with Prestige
and Design Excellence
Share in the value of quality, innovation, and community impact that define the
Excelsior Awards.
Visibility Before, During,
and After the Event
Ensure your brand reaches thousands of architecture professionals (9,500+) well
beyond the May 6 celebration.
Sponsorship & Partner Packages to Fit Your Goals
Sponsorship & partnership opportunities range from $500 to $3,000, with benefits scaled to match your investment.
A La Carte Partnership Opportunities
RECEPTION PARTNER
INVESTMENT: $2,500 | EXCLUSIVE
Make a lasting impression in the architecture industry by sponsoring the Excelsior Awards Networking Reception.
BENEFITS
- Verbal recognition during reception
- Dedicated signage recognizing your firm as the reception sponsor
- Custom printed single color cocktail napkins
- Custom drink topper design served with beverages during
reception (Subject to AIANYS approval)
AWARDS PARTNER
INVESTMENT: $2,000 | EXCLUSIVE
Secure permanent brand recognition with leading architecture
firms across New York State.
BENEFITS
- Opportunity to present recipients with the award
during the ceremony - Ability to take a photograph with each awardee
- Logo on event signage as Awards Partner
HALF PAGE PROGRAM ADVERTISEMENT I INVESTMENT: $500
A half page, color ad in the program booklet. Your company name is listed in sponsor and advertiser “thank you” distributed to members.
Ready to Become an Awards Sponsor or Partner?
The Excelsior Awards are where New York State’s architecture community gathers to celebrate the work that matters most. We invite you to be part of it.
To learn more or to secure your sponsorship, contact Cara Longobardi at clongobardi@aianys.org or (518) 449-3334.