Spring 2026: AIANY Design Awards
A Publication of AIA New York, Volume 88, Issue 2
On the Cover: At The Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, WXY architecture + urban design preserved the shell of an existing 8,200-square-foot landmark brownstone and added a 17,250-square-foot mass-timber expansion. Photo: Albert Vecerka/ESTO.
Table of Contents
Features
2026 Honor Awards
In addition to the projects celebrated by the Design Awards, this issue is dedicated to the AIA New York Chapter’s 2026 Honor Award recipients. The four awardees are united by their mission to address the urgent need for a more equitable, sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Learn about the honorees here.
Intro & Jury
Out of the 208 eligible submissions reviewed by this yearʼs jury, the 24 projects they awarded show the true breadth of architectural work at this moment in time.
See the winners.
See the winners.
ARCHITECTURE
HONOR
Amy Gutmann Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Lake Flato Architects; KSS Architects; Ground Control
Book Tower
ODA; Kraemer Design Group
The Davis Center at the Harlem Meer
Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture ∙ Design; Mitchell Giurgola Architects; Central Park Conservancy
The Eliza Apartments and Inwood Library— Joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building
Fogarty Finger; Andrew Berman Architect
Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow
Mecanoo; Marvel
MERIT
Brook Street Residence Halls, Brown University
TenBerke Architects; Stimson
Frame 122
Brent Buck Architects; MKM Landscape Architecture PC
Garden House, Packer Collegiate Institute
WXY architecture + urban design; Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
Honnen Arts
Kennedy & Violich Architecture
NYC Parks Luis Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom
1100 Architect; NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Powell Hall, Jack C. Taylor Music Center
Snøhetta; Christner Architects, A CannonDesign Company
Robert A. Iger Building The Walt Disney New York City Headquarters
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Gensler; SCAPE
Studio Museum in Harlem
Adjaye Associates; Corgan; Studio Zewde
Terminal Warehouse
COOKFOX Architects; terrain-nyc
CITATION
475 High Performance Building Supply
Ryan Enschede Studio
Capital Project, Storm King Art Center
WXY architecture + urban design; heneghan peng architects (hparc); Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Reed Hilderbrand LLC
Riverhouse
WORKac; Anne Penniman Associates; Golden Root Inc.
INTERIORS
HONOR
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
Diamond Schmitt; Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
MERIT
Manifest 002
INC Architecture & Design
“Sculpting History at the Valentine Studio: Art, Power, and the ‘Lost Cause’ American Myth,” The Valentine Museum
Studio Joseph; Glavé & Holmes Architecture
PROJECTS
HONOR
Exodus and Dance Restoration, Kingsborough Houses
NYCHA A&CM Architecture & Engineering Services; Ronnette Riley Architect
MERIT
Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia
Evan Shieh
URBAN DESIGN
MERIT
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project
AECOM LAUD; SiteWorks
CITATION
Neuhoff District
S9 Architecture; Smith Gee Studio; HKS, Inc.; Future Green Studio
Index of Collaborators
News & Articles
On View
CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces; Reclaiming Power and Ground: Two Projects in Urban Repair; Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety; He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model
Index to Advertisers
