The AIA selected 17 Recipients for the 2009 Housing Awards including the House at Sagaponac by Tsao & McKown Architects…The 2008-2009 IDP Firm Awards recipients include Mancini Duffy; Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott…

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences elected the following new Fellows for architecture: Guy Nordenson, Ricardo Scofidio, AIA, and Michael Sorkin… The Lower East Side Tenement Museum hosted a fundraiser honoring Brad Perkins, FAIA, Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, and Gary Handel, AIA…

Ohio State has announced the short list for its new $43 million emergency hospital’s chiller plant, including Polshek Partnership Architects, Steven Holl Architects, and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects…

The Preservation League of New York State has named properties in South Street Seaport to the group’s annual list of the Empire State’s most threatened historic resources, Seven to Save…

Thomas Grooms is retiring as the Director of Design Excellence and the Arts in the Office of the Chief Architect this summer, beginning a nation-wide search for his successor; applications are due 04.30.09. Click here for more information…

The American Council on Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York announced the 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards, including the following projects which won Diamond Awards: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, Empire Award for the Best Project in New York State, by Cook + Fox Architects; The Standard Hotel, Polshek Partnership; North River Pollution Control Plant, DMJM Harris/AECOM; New York City Transit Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Central Maintenance Facility, Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects; Intrepid Pier 86, Dattner Architects; The High Line Project, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro; Pier 17 Redevelopment, SHoP Architects; Foundations for the New York Law School Expansion, SmithGroup; African Burial Ground National Monument, AARIS Architects; Shanghai World Financial Center, Kohn Pedersen Fox; Park Center for Business & Sustainable Enterprise, Robert A. M. Stern Architects; The New York City Waterfalls, Olafur Eliasson; and Citi Field, HOK Sport (now Populous)…

CetraRuddy has created a new division, the CetraRuddy Hospitality Group…

Hausman LLC, a public relations firm, has been launched to serve as an advisor to firms in the design and construction industry…

Nicholas S. Fusco has joined Gertler & Wente Architects as its healthcare facility planner… Laura Gralnick has been named senior designer at Poulin + Morris…

John Sadlon, Assoc. AIA, a principal at Mancini Duffy, was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Real Estate New York…

The IIDA New York Chapter awarded five $5,000 scholarships in interior design plus 10 one-year IIDA student memberships to winners and honorable mention recipients, including Peerapong Sornnuwat and Anna Pilarska, Pratt Institute; Larissa Raywood, School of Visual Arts; Sang-Pyo Hong and Horacio Hernandez, Fashion Institute of Technology… Honorable Mentions were awarded to Daniel Park, New York School of Interior Design; Ambar Margarida and Mohamed Ame, School of Visual Arts; Anupriya Subbian, Pratt Institute; and Gal Vaknin, Fashion Institute of Technology…