AIANY New York Chapter 2011 Board of Directors includes: Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, President; Joseph J. Aliotta, AIA, LEED AP, First Vice President/President-Elect; Abby Suckle, FAIA, LEED AP, Vice President for Public Outreach; Jill N. Lerner, FAIA, Vice President for Professional Development; Mary A. Burke, AIA, IIDA, Vice President for Design Excellence; Umberto Dindo, AIA, Secretary; Kenneth D. Levien, AIA, Treasurer; Kirsten Sibilia, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Director for Publications; Megan Chusid, Assoc. AIA, Director for Educational Affairs; Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, Director for Programs and Strategic Planning; Margery Perlmutter, Esq., AIA, Director for Legislative Affairs; David S. Penick, Director for Industry Affairs; Marcy Stanley, Hon. AIA, Director for Development Affairs; Mark Behm, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Associate Director; Lori Mazor, AIA, Public Director; Stanley T. Allen, AIA, Public Director for Educational Affairs; Craig Schwitter, PE, Public Director for Professional Affairs; Santiago Rivera, AIAS, Director for Student Affairs; Anthony P. Schirripa, FAIA, IIDA, Immediate Past President; Ernie Hutton, Assoc. AIA, FAICP, Alternate Director for Public Outreach; Carl Galioto, FAIA, Alternate Director for Professional Development; David Piscuskas, FAIA, Alternate Director for Design Excellence; Rick Bell, FAIA, Ex Officio/Executuve Director; and Michael S. Zetlin, Esq, Ex Officio/Legal Counsel…

The winners of Interior Design Best of Year 2010 include: in the category of Green, Burgess Group by SmithGroup (Best of); Educational, NYU-Department of Linguistics by 1100 Architect (Merit), and NYU Stern School of Business Concourse by Perkins+Will (Merit); Healthcare: SMALL, Oasis of Health by Karim Rashid (Best of); Hospitality: HOTEL , Hard Rock Hotel + Casino by MarkZeff (Merit), and St. Regis Mexico City by Yabu Pushelberg (Merit); Hospitality: HOTEL RENOVATION, Fairmont San Francisco Penthouse Suite by Champalimaud (Merit); Hospitality: BAR/LOUNGE, The Colony by ICrave (Merit); Hospitality: CAFE, Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group by Moschella + Roberts (Mertit); Hospitality: RESTAURANT, The Wright by Andre Kikoski Architect (Best of), and The Collective by ICrave (Merit); Institutional, Battery Park City Library by 1100 Architect (Merit); Kitchen & Bath, Fractal Pad by Architecture in Formation (Best of), and Midtown Minimal by Workshop/apd (Merit); Office: LARGE, Confidential Trading Firm and Panduit World Headquarters by Gensler (Merit); Office: LARGE RENOVATION, Grey Group (Best of), Guess Headquarters (Merit), and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe NY (Merit) by STUDIOS Architecture, and Oglivy & Mather by Gensler (Merit); Office: MID-SIZE, Hyundai Capital America by Gensler (Merit), and Confidential Trading Firm by OWP/P I Cannon Design (Merit); Public Space, 184 Kent Ave. by Slade Architecture (Merit)…

In the category of Residence: APARTMENT, SoHo Penthouse by Shelton, Mindel & Associates (Best of), Fractal Pad by Architecture in Formation (Merit), 15 Central Park West by D’Aquino Monaco (Merit), and Gorelik Residence by Walzworkinc (Merit); Residence: FREESTANDING HOUSE, Leicester House by SPG Archtiects (Merit), and Sufside Residence by Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners (Merit); Residence: MODERN FARMHOUSE, Villa San Spirito by Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners (Best of), Modern Farmhouse by Betty Wasserman Art and Interiors (Merit), and Vermont Weekend Retreat by Shamir Shah Design (Merit); Residence: MODERN BARN, Barn House by D’Apostrophe Design (Best of); Residence: MULTI-UNIT DWELLING, The Lucida by S. Russell Groves (Merit), and The William Beaver House by Tsao + McKown Architects (Merit); Residence: URBAN HOUSE, Warren Street Residence by Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design (Best of); Retail: FASHION, David Yurman Townhouse by Gabellini Sheppard Associates (Best Of), Christian Louboutin Miami by 212box (Merit), and The Room at Hudson Bay Company by Yabu Pushelberg (Merit); Retail, Brother + Sister by MarkZeff (Merit); and Showroom, Avenue Road by Yabu Pushelberg (Best of)…

McGraw-Hill Construction announced 2010 Best of the Best Awards including Brooklyn Bridge Park (Piers 1 & 6) by Michael van Valkenberg Associates, in the category of Landscape/Urban Planning…

The five winning projects to be featured in Storefront for Art and Architecture, Architizer.com, and Actar Publisher’s “Total Housing 01: Apartments” include Tiago Barros and Pratt Institute (instructors Robert Langhorn, Julie Torres Moskovitz, and Corey Yurkovich)…

Seongbuk Gate Hills, a collaboration between Joel Sanders Architect and Haeahn Architecture, has been honored with a Korean Architecture Award 2010 Merit Award… The winners of the third annual DawnTown Miami Design competition include Amphibian by Stantec, Vicky Chan, AIA, Alex Zulas, and Liange Otero Colon… The peer-review publication Best Lawyers has named Michael T. Sillerman of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP as the “New York Area’s Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year” for 2011.

Robert A. M. Stern, FAIA, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture… Material ConneXion and Culture & Commerice, Inc. congratulate former Founder & CEO George M. Beylerian on receiving the 2010 Design Visionary Award for the Museum of Arts and Desgn…

01.01.2011 will launch Cooper Joseph Studio, a partnership between Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA, LEED AP, and Chris Cooper, AIA, LEED AP…

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT/SUNY) will begin offering an MA degree in Sustainable Interior Environments in fall 2011…

Susan J. Pogoda is the new Deputy Commissioner of Legal Affairs at the Department of Buildings…