AIA New York State
2016 Excelsior Awards for Public Architecture
Celebrating design and professional excellence in New York State public architecture
AIA New York State, in collaboration with the New York State contracting agencies, created these awards in 2014 to provide a model of excellence for future state-funded building design and professional practice and advocacy. There are two types of awards: Design Awards and Professional Awards.
2016 Award Recipients
New Construction
High Honor Award
New Construction
Fordham School of Law and McKeon Residence Hall
New York, New York
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
New York, New York
WSP Cantor Seinuk
New York, New York
Structural Engineer
Cosentini Associates
New York, New York
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing
AKRF Environmental & Planning Consultants, Inc.
New York, New York
Environmental Engineer
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
New York, New York
Civil Engineer
Gotham Construction
New York, New York
Constructor
Photo Credit: Paul Warchol Photography
Honor Award
New Construction
No. 7 Subway Line Extension
New York, New York
Dattner Architects
New York, New York
Lead Architect
WSP/ Parsons Brinckerhoff
New York, New York
Engineer of Record
Hill International
New York, New York
Consultant Construction Manager
HDR
New York
Consultant Construction Manager
The LiRo Group
New York
Consultant Construction Manager
Photo Credits: Steven Dorneles
Honor Award
New Construction
Maritime Academic Center
Bronx, New York
EYP Inc.
New York, New York
Architect & MEP Engineering
Ysrael A. Seinuk P.C.
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Structural Engineering
McClaren Engineering
West Nyack, New York
Civil Engineering
J. KokolakisContracting, Inc.
Bronx, New York
Constructor
Photo Credits: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
Honor Award
New Construction
New Science & Technology Center
Fredonia, New York
Mitchell|Giurgola Architects, LLP
New York, New York
Architect
Ysrael A. Seinuk, PC
New York, NY
Structural Engineer
ME Engineering, PC
Rochester, NY
MEP/FP Engineering
Watts Architecture and Engineering, PC
Buffalo, NY
Site/Civil Engineering
McMahon and Mann Consulting Engineers
Buffalo, New York
Geotechnical Engineering
The Pike Company
Rochester, New York
Constructor
Photo Credits: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
Honor Award
New Construction
The Wild Center-Bio Building
Tupper Lake, New York
Architect of record:
Phinney Design Group
Saratoga Springs, New York
Concept Design:
HOK in collaboration with The Office of Charles P. Reay
Bovis
Clifton Park, New York
Construction Manager
Schoder Rivers Associates
Queensbury, New York
Engineer
LA Group
Saratoga Springs, New York
Site/Civil Engineer
Photo Credits: Wild Center
Award
New Construction
Binghamton City School District New MacArthur Elementary School
Binghamton, New York
Ashley McGraw Architects
Syracuse, New York
Buro Happold
New York, New York
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Structural Engineer
Hulbert Engineering and Land Surveying
Binghamton, New York
Civil Engineering
Photo Credits: John Griebsch Photography
Award
New Construction
Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan
Victor, New York
Francois de Menil Architect, PC
New York, New York
Design Architect
DeWolff Partnership Architects, LLP
Rochester, New York
Architect of Record
The Pike Company
Syracuse, New York
Construction Manager
Frank Marianacci, Inc.
Bloomfield, New York
General Contractor
Jensen/BRV Engineering PLLC
Rochester, New York
Structural Engineer
M/E Engineering
Rochester, New York
MEP Engineer
Photo Credit: Paul Warchol Photography
Renovation/Addition
High Honor Award
Renovation/Addition
Carnegie Hall Studio Towers Renovation Project
New York, New York
Iu + Bibliowicz Architects, LLP
New York, New York
Cosentini Associates
New York, New York
MEP Engineers
Robert Silman Associates
New York, New York
Structural Engineer
CCI
New York, New York
Code Consultants Professional Engineers
Joseph R. Loring & Associates, INC
New York, New York
Commissioning Engineers
Photo Credits: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
Honor Award
Renovation/Addition
Fitzelle Hall Rehabilitation and Additions
Oneonta, New York
architecture+
Troy, New York
Ryan Biggs Associates, PC
Clifton Park, New York
Structural Engineer
Sage Engineering Associates, LLP
Albany, New York
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer
Watts Architecture & Engineering, PC
Buffalo, New York
Plumbing Engineer
Clark Engineering & Surveying, PC
New Lebanon, New York
Site/Civil Engineer
Crista Construction, LLC
Binghamton, New York
Constructor
Photo Credits: Matt Wargo
Honor Award
Renovation/Addition
The Bronxville School Auditorium
Bronxville, New York
KG+D Architects, PC
Mount Kisco, New York
Park East Construction
South Huntington, New York
Construction Manager
Damiano Barile Engineers, PC
White Plains, New York
MEP Engineers
The DiSalvo Engineering Group
Danbury, Conneticutt
Structural Engineer
Photo Credit: David Lamb Photography
Historic Preservation
Honor Award
Historic Preservation
C. Fred Johnson Carousel Building
Johnson City, New York
Delta Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors
Endwell, New York
Architect/Engineer of Record
ICS Builders, Inc.
New York, New York
Constructor
J. Orlando & Son Contracting
Endicott, New York
Constructor
Nelcorp Electrical Contracting
Endwell, New York
Electrical Construction
Photo Credits: Delta Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors
Award
Historic Preservation
SUNY Plattsburgh MacDonough Hall Roof Replacement
Plattsburgh, New York
Bell & Spina, Architects-Planners, P.C.
Syracuse, New York
Mid-State Industries Ltd.
Schenectady, New York
Constructor
MH Professional Engineering, PLLC
Clifton Park, New York
MEP Engineer
Photo Credits: Bell & Spina, Architects-Planners, P.C.
Professional Awards

Henry Hobson Richardson Award
Peter T. Flynn, AIA
Peter Flynn, AIA, is the Design Principal at Flynn Battaglia Architects, responsible for design direction of all the firm’s projects, and its marketing and public relations activities. Mr. Flynn’s design approach emphasizes an open process engaging the client and user in the development of a design vision and concept which maximizes opportunity, aesthetics, and accountability.
In 40 years of professional practice, Mr. Flynn has provided leadership capitalizing on his expertise in planning, design, and preservation. He has been involved in a wide variety of project types with concentration in work for public institutions and community organizations. He has in-depth knowledge of planning and development as well as research, feasibility studies, historic structures reports and planning.
Flynn received his Bachelors from Cornell and is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a Master of Architecture and Harvard Graduate School of Design in Historic Preservation.
The Henry Hobson Richardson Award recognizes AIA members licensed in NYS and practicing in the private sector who have made a significant contribution to the quality of NYS public architecture and who have established a portfolio of accomplishments.

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Award
Robert Eisenstat, AIA
Robert Eisenstat, AIA, is the Chief Architect of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA). The PA is a unique public agency with a mission of providing safe and efficient movement of people and goods to serve the economic development of the region.
As Chief Architect, Robert directs the 50-person Architectural, Landscape Architecture, and Graphic Design Unit within the Agency’s 600-person Engineering Department, responsible for the design of projects in the PA Capital Program. He is responsible for a quality-based call-in program that includes Architects, Landscape Architects, and multiple specialty consultants.
Robert has made significant contributions to the Agency’s 10-year, $27.6 billion Capital Plan quality of design not only through his direct efforts, but also through his advocacy efforts within the PA for those projects designed by others. He has served on selection committees and provided input to requests for proposals, most recently, the Port Authority Bus Terminal International Design Competition.
Robert graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1976. He has been in his role as co-chair of the AIA New York Chapter Transportation and Infrastructure Committee since 2007, raising public and professional awareness of this archetype, and has served to promote innovative transportation policies in New York City and the region. He co-authored the transportation and infrastructure content of the AIANY Chapter publication, The Post-Sandy Initiative, and presented at the AIA National Convention regarding the professional response to PlaNYC.
The Nelson Rockefeller Award recognizes licensed architects employed in the public sector in New York State whose work on projects within their jurisdiction has furthered the cause of design excellence in public architecture.