Annually since 1968, AIA New York State’s Annual Design Awards celebrate local, national and international projects that achieve architectural excellence designed by architects who are licensed and registered in New York State. Twenty-four projects were recognized for Citation, Merit, Honor and High Honor Awards in the following categories: Adaptive Reuse/Historic Preservation, Commercial/Industrial, Institutional, Interiors, International, Pro Bono Projects, Residential, Sole Practitioner, Unbuilt and Urban Planning/Design.
The 2021 Design Awards Jury represented all scales and manner of practice, theory and geographic diversity. The jury was comprised of Jury Chair Matt Dumich, FAIA, Principal and Workplace Studio Leader at SmithGroup; Allison Anderson, FAIA, Founder and Principal of unabridged Architecture; Donna Kacmar, FAIA, an Architect at Architect Works, PLLC and a Professor at the University of Houston; Paola Moya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Moya Design Partners; and Reggie Truxon, AIA, Associate and Southeast Region Design Management Leader at Gensler, had the challenge of choosing the winners out of 222 submissions. Out of the 24 award recipients, the jury also selected one project considered to be the “Best of the Best” which was The Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX by Steven Holl Architects.
Matt Dumich, FAIA, the 2021 Design Awards Jury Chair stated, “I was impressed with the overall quality of submissions and pleased to see so many projects focusing on community and resilience.”
Donna Kacmar, FAIA, a 2021 Design Awards juror stated, “We saw so many great projects and many projects that we all would have been happy to have authored ourselves.”
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